Joseph Ballantine

Died

21 May 1922

Age

Rank

Head Constable

Force

Royal Irish Constabulary

Cause

Homicide - Shot

Duty Status

Retired

Roll of Honour Citation

Died after being shot in the stomach when three men knocked at his door as he was preparing to move furniture from his home.

Roll of Honour Citation

Died after being shot in the stomach when three men knocked at his door as he was preparing to move furniture from his home.

Circumstances

Shot dead when he entered his home having just been disbanded and retired.

Died after being shot in the stomach when three men knocked at his door as he was preparing to move furniture from his home in William Street, Raphoe, County Donegal, to his new home in County Armagh.

He was no longer a serving officer at the time of the attack having retired on disbandment from the Royal Irish Constabulary.