Looking for information on great grandfather

As suggested apply for his records
A death cert is not required but you might have some detail redacted however it is you only option

 

Hi,

For your information “townland” is
used in Ireland - north & south of the 1921 “border” - to denote a small division/district of land usually within a rural civil parish.

Steve (Tulaigh Bhróine)

 

FYI Army Roll of Honour 1939-45 (TNA ref WO 304) has only one Gilmartin fatality for British Army WW2,

 

Charles, King's Liverpool Rgt 4/4/1943 Burma so probably 13th Bn on 1st Chindit operation.
Born Eire, Resided Bootle (personnel from Eire usually appear with a British place of residence, rarely Eire, possibly to due to Neutral status) Army Number 3779348 from the KLR block.

 

Re James Gilmartin, better to check if a registered POW as not a fatality...

 

No Grave or NOK info on WGC https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/3069802/charles-gilmartin/

 

Martin,

Cc7 has not logged in since his post in September 2024. Best to send him a Private Message (PM) to alert him to return to view your posts.

 

Many thanks David, on further reading the post, the individual does not appear to have been a PoW.
Best wishes
Martin