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4 unusual facts about William Cosgrove


William Cosgrove

Corporal Cosgrove led a company section during the attack on the Turkish positions.

William Cosgrove was born at Aghada, County Cork on 1 October 1888, the son of Michael and Mary Cosgrove.

Some of us got close to the wire and we started to cut it with a pliers, you might as well try and snip Cloyne round tower with a scissors.

About five hundred members of the O.C.A. of the R.M.F. Association met the vessel at Penrose Quay and formed a guard of honour as the coffin was taken from the boat to the waiting hearse.



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