Policing Genealogy Ireland History
Download| Name: | George Mordaunt | Reg No: | 12566 (DMP) and 6712 |
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Date Of Joining: | 03 March 1925 |
| Date of birth: | 24 September 1897 (27 years) | Address: | 17 Chamber Street, Dublin |
| Religion: | Roman Catholic | IRA Rank: | - |
| Rank In National Army: | N.A (2 Years 165 Days) | RIC Rank: | - |
| Foreign Army Rank: | - | If In Cid Or Protection Corps: | - |
| Knowledge Of Irish Language: | - | Height: | 5ft 8 3/4 |
| Chest: | - | Remarks: | Transferred to Civic Guards 15 March 1925 |
| Keyword: | Killed on Duty | Acknowledgements And Sources: | Picture and Information sourced from Garda.ie |
| Garda Rank at end of service: | Detective Garda | Where Stationed-DISTRICT(Place): | - |
| End of Service and Reason: | - | Marriage | - |
| Occupation Or Trade: | RLY Guard | By Whom Recommended: | Comdt. Noone |
| Link To Register: | https://digital.ucd.ie/view-media/ucdlib:53467/canvas/ucdlib:53982 | ||
| Additional Images: | - | Page Numbers: | 252 (Line 16) |
| Further Notes: | Last Member to be assigned a DMP Warrant number before the amalgamation of the force with An Garda Siochana in April 1925. On 24th October, 1942, Detective Mordaunt was among a group of Gardai who attended a House on Holly Road, Donnycarney, Dublin, to arrest several wanted men. He got separated from the Gardai and was found a short time later having been killed by a gunshot wound by the criminals who escaped the house. Just prior to the arrival of the Gardai the men escaped from the house and during the course of a search for them Detective Garda Mordaunt became separated from his comrades. It was a short time later that he was missed, and on a search being made for him, his body was discovered in the garden of a house in an adjoining street. Garda Mordaunt had been fatally wounded by a firearm Garda Mordaunt was one of a number of Gardai who went to Holly Road, Donnycarney, Dublin, to arrest a group of wanted men. | ||