Harry Beckett

Died

19 May 1921

Age

Rank

Constable

Force

Royal Irish Constabulary

Cause

Homicide - Shot

Duty Status

On Duty

Killed in a gun battle with an IRA unit which ambushed the patrol he was part of.

Killed when his patrol of three vehicles was ambushed by a large terrorist unit at Kilmeena, between Westport and Newport, County Mayo.