James Murren

Died

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22 June 1921

Age

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47

Rank

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Sergeant

Force

:

Royal Irish Constabulary

Cause

:

Homicide - Shot

Duty Status

:

On Duty

Shot dead alongside his colleague, Constable Edgar Ernest Day, 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.