Edgar Ernest Day

Died

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22 June 1921

Age

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23

Rank

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Constable

Force

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Royal Irish Constabulary

Cause

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Homicide - Shot

Duty Status

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On Duty

Shot dead alongside his colleague, Sergeant James Murren, when their four-man patrol was ambushed just 150 yards from their barracks in Milltown, County Galway, as they returned along the main road from the village of Banagher. Another officer was seriously wounded while the fourth escaped back to the barracks.