Carlow Sentinel, June, 14th 1919.
Military Funeral in Carlow.
On Wednesday last Sergeant Fleet, 5th Signal
Company, R.A., (?) was buried in the New Cemetery, Carlow, with
military honours. Deceased was married in Carlow, and stationed here
when the war broke out. He left with his regiment for the front, and
while serving was awarded the D.S.M. After his return to England he
succumbed to a serious attack of paralysis, and his remains were
sent to Carlow by the Military Authorities. The coffin covered by
the Union Jack, was borne on a gun wagon, and escorted by a firing
party from the Curragh. The Rev. S. Ridgeway officiated at the
funeral.
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The above is a true and
accurate transcript of the original document.
- Transcribed by M. Purcell c2010.
- Old newspapers in the PPP.