In memory of
John Beets Bales
1921
- Their country
- Ireland
- Killed that day
- April 24, 1921, aged 23
Their life
Died in the Royal Victoria Hospital in Belfast the day after he and Temporary Cadet Ernest Baran Bolam, who died the previous day, were shot and fatally wounded, after finishing their escort duty when, at approximately 9:10pm, they were attacked by two men at the junction of Donegall Place and Fountain Lane, in Belfast. The two officers had earlier travelled to Belfast in a party of twelve officers from Sligo.
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