Military service
Burial/memorial information
Son of John Cahill and Mary Sweeney (formerly Cahill), of Bell Island, Newfoundland.
Digital gallery of Private Martin Joseph Cahill
Digital gallery of
Private Martin Joseph Cahill
In memory of the men would served in the Royal Newfoundland Regiment
during World War I and did not return home.
Submitted for the project Operation: Picture Me.
Digital gallery of
Private Martin Joseph Cahill
Cahill family photo, taken in 1897, John is the boy in the front, Martin is located at the extreme left.
Digital gallery of
Private Martin Joseph Cahill
This is John Cahill and his wife later in life. He is the brother of casualty, Martin Cahill. (John is referred to in the letter to R.H. Bennett)
Digital gallery of
Private Martin Joseph Cahill
Martin Cahill has died at this point, as mentioned in this letter. In this
correspondence to military officials, his mother, Mary Ellen (Cahill) Sweeney, asks to have John, her other son, released into her care, after being wounded.
Digital gallery of
Private Martin Joseph Cahill
Digital gallery of
Private Martin Joseph Cahill
This is the reply from the Colonial Secretary to Mary Ellen Cahill's letter.
Digital gallery of
Private Martin Joseph Cahill
Digital gallery of
Private Martin Joseph Cahill
In memory of the men would served in the Royal Newfoundland Regiment
during World War I and did not return home.
Submitted for the project Operation: Picture Me.
Digital gallery of
Private Martin Joseph Cahill
In memory of the men would served in the Royal Newfoundland Regiment
during World War i and did not return home.
Submitted for the project Operation: Picture Me.
Image gallery
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In memory of the men would served in the Royal Newfoundland Regiment during World War I and did not return home. Submitted for the project Operation: Picture Me.
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Cahill family photo, taken in 1897, John is the boy in the front, Martin is located at the extreme left.
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This is John Cahill and his wife later in life. He is the brother of casualty, Martin Cahill. (John is referred to in the letter to R.H. Bennett)
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Martin Cahill has died at this point, as mentioned in this letter. In this correspondence to military officials, his mother, Mary Ellen (Cahill) Sweeney, asks to have John, her other son, released into her care, after being wounded.
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This is the reply from the Colonial Secretary to Mary Ellen Cahill's letter.
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In memory of the men would served in the Royal Newfoundland Regiment during World War I and did not return home. Submitted for the project Operation: Picture Me.
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In memory of the men would served in the Royal Newfoundland Regiment during World War i and did not return home. Submitted for the project Operation: Picture Me.
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 23 of the Newfoundland Book of Remembrance.
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Digitized personnel record available through Library and Archives Canada.
LONDON CEMETERY AND EXTENSION Somme, France
Longueval is a village 40 kilometres north-east of Amiens and 12 kilometres east-north-east of Albert, a town on the D929 road from Amiens to Bapaume and Cambrai. From the D929 direction Bapaume-Albert take the 2nd turning for Martinpuich and continue along the D6 direction Longueval, for 2 kilometres. LONDON CEMETERY AND EXTENSION sits on the right hand side of the road.
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