Joseph P Morton

Died

28 May 1920

Age

Rank

Constable

Force

Royal Irish Constabulary

Cause

Homicide - Bomb

Duty Status

On Duty

Circumstances

Killed when an IRA gun and bomb attack destroyed RIC barracks he was in.

Posthumously awarded the Constabulary Medal for Gallantry.

Killed alongside his colleague, Sergeant Thomas Kane, during the early hours when a large number of terrorists with guns and bombs attacked and destroyed their barracks. Posthumously awarded the Constabulary Medal for Gallantry.