Cyril Dunstan Wakefield Bayley

Cyril Dunstan Wakefield Bayley

Died

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28 November 1920

Age

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22

Rank

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Temporary Cadet

Force

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Royal Irish Constabulary

Cause

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Homicide - Shot

Duty Status

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On Duty

Roll of Honour Citation

One of sixteen RIC officers killed when their patrol was ambushed by terrorists near Macroom, County Cork.

Killed alongside a District Inspector, a Temporary Constable and thirteen other Temporary Cadets, when their auxiliary division mobile patrol was ambushed by a large terrorist unit at Dus a’ Bharraigh, in the townland of Shanacashel, Kilmichael Parish, near Macroom, County Cork. Temporary Cadet Cecil James Guthrie who escaped the incident, was caught and shot two days later.