John Fitzgerald

Died

4 July 1921

Age

Rank

Constable

Force

Royal Irish Constabulary

Cause

Homicide - Shot

Duty Status

Off Duty

Roll of Honour Citation

Died the following morning after being shot and fatally wounded when he and another Constable were attacked by five armed men on bicycles, while off duty.

Roll of Honour Citation

Died the following morning after being shot and fatally wounded when he and another Constable were attacked by five armed men on bicycles, while off duty.

Circumstances

Shot and fatally wounded when attacked while off duty unarmed.

Died early the following morning after being shot and fatally wounded when he and another Constable, who managed to escape, were attacked by five armed men on bicycles, while off duty at The Murrough, about a mile from Wicklow, County Wicklow.