Second Lieutenant Donald Lockhart Fletcher

Regiment: Leinster Regiment
Date published: 29/06/1917
Killed in action: Yes
Date of death: 28/04/1917
Age at death: 20
Cemetery: Struma Military Cemetery, Greece
Plot: VII. B. 14.
Information: Second Lieut. Donald Lockhart Fletcher, Leinster Regiment, third son of Mr. George Fletcher, of the Department of Agriculture and Technical Instruction, was born on July 15, 1897, was educated at Dublin High School and was an undergraduate of Trinity College when he was granted a commission in the 4th Leinster Regiment in May, 1915. A month or two later he had a narrow escape from death in the accident to the Irish mail near Weedon. He went to the Macedonian front in May, 1916, and died on April 28th, 1917, from wounds received in action. Lieutenant Fletcher had previously been mentioned in despatches.