Lieutenant Cecil Mahon Tweedy

Date published: 04/05/1917
Killed in action: Yes
Date of death: 28/02/1917
Age at death: 24
Cemetery: Sailly Saillisel British Cemetery, Somme, France
Plot: II. D. 8.
Information: Lieutenant Cecil Mahon Tweedy, who was killed in action on 28th ult., was the elder son of Mr. Thomas Tweedy, County Inspector, Royal Irish Constabulary, Bandon. He entered Trinity College, Dublin, in October, 1911. On the 26th August, 1914, he received a commission in the Royal Munster Fusiliers from the D.U.O.T.C., and was later transferred to the Special Reserve R.D.F. He was a well known boxer. In 1912 he won the Heavy-weight Championship of the University, and was never afterwards dispossessed of the title. In 1915 he won the Irish Command Officers' Heavy-weight Championship. He was a nephew of General Sir Bryan Mahon, Commander-in-Chief of the Forces in Ireland.