Second Lieutenant Robert W. MacDermot

Regiment: 8th Batt. Royal Irish Rifles
Date published: 28/01/1916
Killed in action: Yes
Date of death: 08/01/1916
Age at death: 25
Cemetery: Auchonvillers Military Cemetery, Somme, France
Plot: II. A. 30.
Information: Second Lieutenant Robert W. MacDermot, 8th Batt. Royal Irish Rifles, was killed in action on the Western front. He was the second son of Rev. Dr. MacDermot, Belmont, and was educated at Campbell College, Belmont, and the Queen's University, Belfast. He was within a few months of being called to the Bar when war broke out, and immediately volunteered for service.