Policing Genealogy Ireland History

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Name:	George Mordaunt	Reg No:	12566 (DMP) and 6712
Image:		Date Of Joining:	03 March 1925
Date of birth:	24 September 1897 (27 years)	Address:	17 Chamber Street, Dublin
Date of Death:	-
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
Page Numbers:	252 (Line 16)
Additional Images:	-
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.