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Richard Apjohn Fitzgibbon

 Richard Apjohn Fitzgibbon

Person details

Forename(s) Richard Apjohn
Surname Fitzgibbon
Rank Lieutenant
Regiment [Indian Army] 128th Pioneers
Age 25
Death Died of wounds
Place of Death Egypt
Date of Death 04/02/1915
Year of Entry 1904
House Letter F
School Notes
Comments 128th Pioneers. Reg: "In 128 Pioneers 1912... died of wounds rec'd at the Suez Canal". Obituary in Radleian of 27/07/1916 and Radleian of 09/03/1917
Commonwealth War Graves Commission Link https://www.cwgc.org/find-record...
Unit
Prefect
Military Decorations Mentioned in despatches
Album Number 2
Battle Defence of the Suez Canal
Previous Regiment -
Additional Notes Added to Imperial War Museum 'Faces of World War One' project and Radley College War Memorial Flickr website on 11 March 2013 http://www.flickr.com/photos/radley_college_war_memorial/

27.7.1916 The Radleian. Record of a citation. MAJOR.GENERAL SIR A. WILSON'S RECOMMENDATIONS.
128th Pioneers .- Lieutenant R. A. Fitzgibbon behaved with conspicuous gallantry. When severely wounded he ran a considerable distance under fire to the 5th Egyptian Battery.He has since died of his wounds.
Burial or Cemetery ISMAILIA WAR MEMORIAL CEMETERY. Grave ref B. 40
Place of Birth Dublin, Ireland
Post School Christ Church, Oxford; Career soldier
Shields in Hall