Drummer Peter Durcan, Armagh
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Drummer Peter Durcan, Armagh
Image: © Kenneth Allen Taken: 25 Jun 2014
He joined the 1st Battalion Royal Irish Fusiliers in 1895 and like many other boy soldiers, became a Drummer. He was 20 years old when he was killed in action at the storming of Talana Hill on 20 October 1899 in the Boer War. Pictured here Image]
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Image Location
Latitude
54.350394
Longitude
-6.652172