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| File Reference |
DP5238
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| Name |
John Lacy |
| Gender |
male |
| Address detail |
| Street |
24 Macken Street, Wexford
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| County |
Wexford
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| Country |
Ireland
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| Date of birth |
1898
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| Notes |
Date of birth not recorded on file but age at time of death given as 24 years
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| Date of death |
1923-03-23
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| Place |
Ballyboggan, County Wexford, Ireland
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| Associated files in MSPA |
2RB411; 52APB136; Y251;
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| Related files |
DP2666 Martin Nolan, DP5322 Denis Leacy and DP6650 John O'Connor all killed in the same engagement as John Lacy; 3D133 Edward Gorman - see this file for newspaper account of Kyle ambush and follow up engagement at Ballyboggan leading to John Lacy's death;
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| Civilian occupation |
Clerk, Great Southern Railway Co., Ltd., Wexford Railway Station, Wexford, County Wexford, Ireland;
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| Easter rising service |
No |
| Organisation |
Irish Volunteers |
| Rank |
Volunteer
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| Organisation |
Irish Republican Army |
| Rank |
Private
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| Unit |
Active Service Unit
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| Brigade |
South Wexford Brigade
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| Commanding Officer(s) |
Robert Lambert
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| Pension Claim |
No |
| Award Pension |
Yes |
| Army Pensions Act 1923/1953 |
YesYesNo |
| Type of Award |
OTHOther
OTHOther
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| Notes |
1.) John Lacy. Father. Partial dependents' gratuity which he refused to accept
2.) Annie Lacy. Mother. Partial dependents' gratuity
3.) Sarah Lacy. Sister. No award
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| Military Service Pensions Acts 1924 |
No |
| Military Service Pensions Acts 1934 |
No |
| Military Service Pensions Acts 1949 |
No |
| Digital file |
Scanned/digital copyY251 John Lacy.pdf
Scanned/digital copyDP5238 John Lacy.pdf
Scanned/digital copy52APB136 John Lacy.pdf
Scanned/digital copy2RB411 John Lacy.pdf |
| File dates |
31 March 1933 - 14 June 1961
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| Subject Information |
File relates to Annie Lacy's receipt of a partial dependents' gratuity of £100 (one hundred pounds sterling) in 1936 under the Army Pensions Acts in respect of her son IRA Private John Lacy Junior. File also relates to the award of a partial dependents' gratuity of £100 to John Lacy Senior in 1935 in respect of his son John Lacy Junior. However John Lacy Senior refused to accept this award and never accepted or received payment prior to his death on 3 April 1936. File further relates to Sarah Lacy's unsuccessful application under the Army Pensions Acts in respect of her brother John Lacy Junior.
John Lacy Junior was killed in action against National Army forces on 23 March 1923 during the Civil War. Place of death is given as Ballyboggan, County Wexford on his death certificate. References state that John Lacy Junior was one of an IRA column which had attacked National Army forces at Kyle, County Wexford and which were themselves attacked by National Army forces at Crory, Castlebridge, County Wexford. According to material on file John Lacy Junior had served with the Irish Volunteers and IRA from 1918 onwards and during the War of Independence and Civil War.
File includes: original handwritten material submitted and signed by or on behalf of John Lacy Senior, Annie Lacy and Sarah Lacy in support of their respective applications; original signed and initialled handwritten and typed and copy typed material relating to Customs and Excise, Social Welfar and Army Pensions Board investigations as to the circumstances and means of the Lacy family and the degree of dependency of the various applicants on John Lacy Junior at the time of his death; representations on behalf of John Lacy Senior from John White; original signed typed and copy typed correspondence involving officials of the departments of Finance and Defence regarding the amount of gratuity to be awarded to John Lacy Senior (10 April - 9 December 1935); original signed handwritten letter dated 30 January 1936 from John Lacy to the Department of Defence rejecting the award of a gratuity of £100 to him; representations on behalf of Annie Lacy from James Ryan TD, Minister for Agriculture; original signed typed and copy typed correspondence and related documentation (24 June 1936 - 18 February 1937) involving officials of the departments of Defence and Finance, the Office of the Chief State Solicitor and the Attorney General regarding the question of whether the gratuity awarded to John Lacy can be paid to his widow Annie Lacy and whether any claim from Annie Lacy must be treated as a new application given John Lacy's rejection of the award and his subsequent death; and original signed handwritten statements regarding John Lacy's service and death from S. Ó hAodha (Stephen Hayes), Philip Lennon, H. Donovan and M. Flusk.
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