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May 21, 2007

Death of Edward Medlicott of Dunmurry, 1872

A death notice and obituary for a member of the Medlicott family of Dunmurry from the pages of the Leinster Express,  30 November 1872.

The Leinster Express, Saturday, November 30, 1872, p.5

Births, Marriages, and Deaths.

Deaths.

Medlicott-On the 25th instant, at “Maison de Santa” Hospital, Dublin, after a short illness, Edward Richard, 1st Class Sub-Inspector and Inspector of Musketry to the R.I. Constabulary Depot, Phoenix Park, second son of the late Mr E. J. Medlicott, of Dunmurry, county Kildare, aged 40.

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THE LATE SUB-INSPECTOR MEDLICOTT, ROYAL IRISH CONSTABULARY. – The funeral of the late Sub-Inspector Medlicott, of the Royal Irish Constabulary, took place on Wednesday from the Maison de Sante, Charlemont-street, Dublin to Mount Jerome Cemetery, Harold’s Cross, where the prayers were read by the Rev. Mr Long. The cortege was attended by a large number of brother officers and sorrowing friends of the deceased. The chief mourner was Mr E. J. Medlicott, J.P., county Kildare. Almost all the non-commissioned officers and most of the men of the barracks, Phoenix Park, accompanied the remains to the grave, thus testifying the respect they bore for their late musketry instructor. In the carriages were the following officers of the service:- Colonel Hillier, D.I.G.; T. M. Brownrigg, A.I.G.; J. Duncan, A.I.G.; and Commandant of the Depot; W. Colomb, Adjutant; Dr. E. Le Clerc, T. W. Gloag, V.S.; T. M. Frith, Dr. Swan, V.S.; A. Reid, D. Smyth, T. Pelley, J. G. Webb, T. E. French, - Douglas, W. E. O’Shea, S. B. Rodger, B. A. Somerville, W. Law, H. H. Jones, J. M. O’Brien, A. E. S. Heard, A. J. M’Dermot, T. H. Warren, R. C. Carter, &c.

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