Personal Number: 165051 Rank: Second Lieutenant Name: Francis Arthur MAHAFFY Unit: Irish Guards London Gazette : 14 January 1941 https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/35040/supplement/251/data.pdf The undermentioned Cadets, from Sandhurst and 162nd O.C.T.U.s, to be 2nd Lts., except as otherwise stated. 21st Dec. 1940: I. G'ds. Francis Arthur MAHAFFY (165051).
Casualty Lieutenant MAHAFFY, FRANCIS ARTHUR Service Number 165051 Died 27/04/1943 Aged 22 1st Bn. Irish Guards Son of Robert Pentland Mahaffy, and of the Hon. Mrs. Mahaffy, of Chislehurst, Kent. Exhibitioner of King's College, Cambridge. Buried at MASSICAULT WAR CEMETERY Location: Tunisia Cemetery/memorial reference: V. M. 9. See cemetery plan
PERSONAL INFORMATION Name: MAHAFFY, Francis Arthur DOB: 1920, 4th Quarter Place of Birth: Marylebone, London Residence: Greatest, Chislehurst, Kent. Profession before enlistment: Exhibitioner of King's College, Cambridge. Parents: Robert Pentland Mahaffy, and of the Hon. Mrs. Evelina Victoria Mahaffy nee Dillon, of Chislehurst, Kent. Probate: Photo: SERVICE Army/Personal Number: 165051 Rank: Lieutenant Regiment/Battalion: Irish Guards, 1st Battalion As at 01/09/1939: OFFICER Commission: London Gazette 14th January 1941 https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/35040/supplement/251/data.pdf https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/35040/supplement/252/data.pdf The undermentioned Cadets, from Sandhurst and 162nd O.C.T.U.s, to be 2nd Lts., except as otherwise stated. 21st Dec. 1940: I. G'ds. Francis Arthur MAHAFFY (165051)." Promotions: Field Returns: Orbats: 1st Battalion Irish Guards 28th February, 1943 - North Africa Orbats: Irish Guards CASUALTY CWGC Link: Casualty Details CWGC Certificate: Theatre of War: North Africa Date of Death: 27/04/1943 Age at Death: 22 Casualty Type: Killed in Action Cemetery: MASSICAULT WAR CEMETERY Cemetery Plan: Cemetery Photo: Grave Reference: V. M. 9. Headstone Photo: Grave Registration: Grave Concentration: Headstone: Reburial Date: 12/07/1943 Original Burial Place / Map Reference: Tunisia J. 84448, 7145 Inscription: None Army Casualty List (WO 417): 165051 MAHAFFY F A 1942-43 Irish Guards 165051 MAHAFFY F A 1942-43 Irish Guards 165051 MAHAFFY F A 1942-43 Irish Guards The Times Casualty List: PRISONER/MISSING Missing Personnel File Details: MEDALS Campaign Medals: Medal Roll Details: REFERENCES War Diaries: War Diary: 1st Battalion IRISH GUARDS, September 1939 - July 1944 Archive Files: WO 417 Publications: IG History - page 170 Accounts: War Memorial: Newspaper: The Times, 3rd June, 1943 Websites: Irish Guards: Roll of Honour - WWII Open Resource Group Lieut Francis Arthur Mahaffy ( - 1943) - Find A Grave Memorial MASSICAULT WAR CEMETERY, TUNISIA