Captain (brevet Lt.-Col.) Myles Walter Keogh

Myles Walter Keogh (1840–76) was born in Carlow on 25 March 1840 and was commissioned an officer in the Irish Battalion of the Papal Army on 7 August 1860. He helped defend the Papal States against Italian nationalists, serving at the siege of Ancona from 12 to 28 September 1860. He resigned his commission on ... Read more

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