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File Reference 2D148
Name Owen Sherlock
Gender male
Address detail
Street Clarna, Tydavnet
County Monaghan
Country Ireland
Notes Date of birth not on file but father states that he was 20 years of age at the time of his death
Date of death 1922-09-23
Place Mounthamilton, Dundalk, County Louth
Associated files in MSPA 457/20; F49;
Related files 21027 subject's National Army service number. See also SPG/17/2.
Easter rising service No
Organisation Óglaigh na hÉireann/National Forces
Rank Private
Division 5 Northern Division
Commanding Officer(s) General D. Hogan; Colonel O'Carroll;
National Army Service Number 21027
Pension Claim No
Award Pension Yes
Army Pensions Act 1923/1953 Yes
Type of Award OTHOther
Notes Partial dependents' gratuity
Military Service Pensions Acts 1924 No
Military Service Pensions Acts 1934 No
Military Service Pensions Acts 1949 No
Digital file Scanned/digital copyW2D148OWENSHERLOCK.pdf
Scanned/digital copyW457_20OWENSHERLOCK.pdf
Scanned/digital copyWF49OWENSHERLOCK.pdf
File dates 15 November 1922 - 22 April 1954
Subject Information File relates to Owen Sherlock's receipt of a partial dependents' gratuity of £50 (fifty pounds sterling) under the Army Pensions Act, 1923 in respect of his son National Army Private 21027 Owen Sherlock. Private Owen Sherlock died after being shot at Mounthamilton, Dundalk, County Louth on 23 September 1922 during the Civil War. According to information on the file Owen Sherlock joined the National Army in March 1922 and had been interned at Ballykinlar Internment Camp by the British authorities for 11 months in 1921 during the War of Independence. File includes: material submitted and signed by Owen Sherlock (senior) and by John J. Keenan, Solicitor, Monaghan in support of claimant's application; signed standard report of 18 January 1924 from the office of the Defence Forces Adjutant General to the Secretary, Army Pensions Department regarding the date and circumstances of Private Owen Sherlock's death; Garda Síochána report of 21 February 1924 regarding the circumstances and means of the Sherlock family and the degree of dependency of Owen Sherlock on his son at the time of the latter's death; and material relating to claimant's unsuccessful application for a further award under the Army Pensions Act, 1932.