Serjeant M HEALY
Service Number: 5130
Regiment & Unit/Ship
Royal Munster Fusiliers
2nd Bn.
Date of Death
Died 02 March 1917
Age 25 years old
- Country of Service United Kingdom
- Awards Albert Medal, Distinguished Conduct Medal, Military Medal and Bar
- Additional Info Son of Mrs. Annie Healy, of Ballinamuck, Dungarvan, Co. Waterford. A War Office letter (68/Albert/109/A.G.10) records the following:-"On 1st March, 1917, this non-commissioned officer, with a total disregard for his own personal safety and solely prompted by the desire to save his comrades, rushed to pick up a live bomb which had been thrown by a Private and which struck the parapet and rolled back into the trench near Lieutenant Roe and the Private. Sergeant Healy, fearing the party could not escape in time, made a most gallant attempt to seize and hurl the bomb from the trench. It exploded, however, and mortally wounded him. This was the last of Sergeant Healy's many acts of gallantry and devotion to duty. He was previously awarded the Distinguished Conduct Medal and the Military Medal and later a bar to his Military Medal.".
- Personal Inscription SACRED HEART OF JESUS HAVE MERCY ON HIS SOUL
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