Lieutenant Myles Henry O'Donovan

Regiment: Royal Munster Fusiliers
Attached: 8th Battalion Royal Munster Fusiliers
Date published: 28/07/1916
Killed in action: Yes
Date of death: 21/06/1916
Age at death: 20
Cemetery: Mazingarbe Communal Cemetery Extension, Pas de Calais, France
Plot: I. F. 3.
Information: Lieutenant Myles Henry O'Donovan, Royal Munster Fusiliers, attached 8th Battalion, was killed in action on June 21st, 1916. He was the second son of The O'Donovan, C.B., D.L.t J.P., and Madam O'Donovan, of Liss Ard, Skibbereen. Lieut. O'Donovan was in his 20th year, and was educated at Bilton Grange, Rugby, and Marlborough College, Wilts. He had not been long gazetted to his regiment, but had already earned the highest tribute from his Colonel and officers for his fine soldierly duties.