Lieutenant Charles Sheil

Regiment: Royal Flying Corps
Date published: 24/05/1918
Killed in action: Yes
Date of death: 22/04/1918
Information: Lieutenant Charles Sheil May 24th,Royal Flying Corps, who was killed in action on April 22nd, 1918, was the youngest son of Mr. and Mrs. R. H. Sheil, 24 Burlington Road, Dublin, and was educated at Clongowes Wood, Sallins. He was a member of the staff of Messrs. A. Guinness Son and Co., but on the outbreak of the war he joined the famous “D.” Company of the 7th Royal Dublin Fusiliers, and served with them in Gallipoli, where he was wounded, and subsequently in Salonica. He was afterwards gazetted to the Royal Munster Fusiliers, with whom he served in France from March, 1917. He had been mentioned in despatches and awarded the Parchment Certificate.