Regimental Sergeant Major Robert Dolan
Name recorded on the Pozieres Memorial, Somme, France. Name also commemorated on the Diamond War Memorial.
Husband of Mary Bridget Dolan, 8, Dillon Street, Tipperary. Brother of Mrs James Coyle, 78, Duke Street, Waterside, Derry.
Regimental Sergeant Major Dolan was through the Boer campaign, and in the First World War was twice wounded. He served with the 1st Battalion Inniskillings throughout the South African campaign, and held the King's and Queen's South African medals. Shortly after his death, members of his family placed the following lines in a Derry newspaper:
'O, Blessed Mother Mary,
On him your prayers extol.
O, Sacred Heart of Jesus,
Have mercy on his soul.'
On the second anniversary of the death of Robert Dolan, his sisters and brothers, and brother-in-law, 78, Duke Street, had the following sentiments inserted in a Derry newspaper:
'He was a brother true and kind,
Loved by those he left behind;
Forget him, no, we never will,
As years roll on we love him still.'