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About Company Sergeant-Major Martin Doyle, VC, MM
Martin Doyle Company sergeant-major in the 1st Battalion, The Royal Munster Fusiliers, 16th (Irish) Division
Martin Doyle VC, MM (25 October 1891 – 20 November 1940) was a British Army soldier during the First World War, and an Irish recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.
After the war he joined the IRA in the Irish War of Independence and served with the National Army during and after the Irish Civil War.
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Announcement of his VC, London Gazette, Jan 31, 1919
Biography at the RoyalMunsterFusiliers.org
BBC, Aug 22, 2014
Irish Times, Nov 10, 2015
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Company Sergeant-Major Martin Doyle, VC, MM's Timeline
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October 25, 1891
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Gusserane, New Ross, Wexford, Ireland
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| 1940 |
November 20, 1940
Age 49
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Sir Patrick Dun's Hospital, Dublin, Dublin City, Ireland
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Grangegorman Military Cemetery, Dublin, Dublin City, Ireland
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