Cleve Lindsay Soady

Died

1 March 1921

Age

Rank

Temporary Cadet

Force

Royal Irish Constabulary

Cause

Homicide - Shot

Duty Status

On Duty

Roll of Honour Citation

Died four days after he and two other officers were shot in a terrorist ambush in Coolavokig, near Ballyvourney, County Cork.

Roll of Honour Citation

Died four days after he and two other officers were shot in a terrorist ambush in Coolavokig, near Ballyvourney, County Cork.

Circumstances

Born 18th August 1881 in Southsea Hampshire, Soady was the youngest son of Major Thomas Soady of the 66th Regiment. He served in the RNR discharging in 1919 and thereafter joining the Royal Irish Constabulary Auxiliary Division in October 1920. He was posted to J Company in Macroom. On the morning of 25th February 1921 Major James Seafield Grant MC, Commander of J Company led a column comprised on 39 Auxiliaries and a Sergeant plus 6 Constables. This activity was a regular, almost predictable occurrence aimed at conducting disruption raids to arrest rebels. The column was ambushed some 7 miles from Macroom at Coolavohig. Soady sustained injuries in the initial attack, he commanded a defense from one of two cottages nearby. The injuries he sustained proved fatal some days later. Macroom Protestant churchyard, Co Cork

Died four days after he and two other officers were shot in a terrorist ambush in Coolavokig, near Ballyvourney, County Cork. His commanding officer, Major James Seafield-Grant MC, died during the attack and Constable Arthur William Cane died the following day.

Born on 18th August 1881 in Southsea Hampshire, Temporary Cadet Soady was the youngest son of Major Thomas Soady of the 66th Regiment. He served in the RNR, discharging in 1919, and thereafter joining the Royal Irish Constabulary Auxiliary Division in October 1920. He was posted to J Company in Macroom.