Headstone of Daniel J Sheehan 2nd Lieut RFC, in the Cabaret Rouge British War Cemetery, Souchez, France. The cemetery lies 14km north of Arras on the D937 national route in the direction of Béthune. His grave is in plot 16, row N16 an d is maintained and serviced by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

Martin Joseph Sheehan (r), Second Lieutenant with the Royal Air Force (RAF), was the second of three sons of Captain DD Sheehan MP (RMF), who served with him on the Western Front. When on an observation mission over Cambrai, France, in an R.E.8 D4898 reconnaissance biplane of the RAF No.13 Squadron, he was killed 1 October 1918, together with his pilot William George McCaig (left), Second Lieutenant RAF, born 1896 in Kirkcaldy, Scotland. They are buried nearby in the Commonwealth War Graves Commission's Anneux British War Cemetery, on the N30 route to Bepaume. Their graves: Plot 1, Row H nos. 21 and 19. His biography as first printed and published by His Majesty's Stationary Office London, 1921 publication: Officers Died in the Great War 1914-19 See also http://www.theaerodrome.com/forum/516019-post2.html Link to recorded details. It is most probable that the aircraft was brought down by ground fire. Three family members recalled, how one morning their mother came down crying out loud I saw him coming down in flames -- I saw him coming down in flames. Several days later the official telegram arrived, confirming that he had been killed.

Martin Joseph Sheehan (1896–1918) was Second Lieutenant with the Royal Munster Fusiliers (RMF), subsequently with the Royal Air Force (RAF) when killed on the Western Front. Photograph shows him on home leave in Cork, 1917. He was the second of three sons of Captain DD Sheehan MP for mid-Cork, Ireland, who served with him on the front. Martin was born in Tralee and educated at Christian College Cork (city) and Mount St. Joseph's College, Roscrea. He won several prizes in school sports and played for Munster in the Rugby Inter-Provincial Senior College Championships, being described in the Dublin Press as 'the most brilliant three-quarter back the College had produced for years'. He went to Canada in 1913, and was employed in the Union Bank of Canada at Bellevue, Alberta. He joined the Canadian Expeditionary Force as a private in 1915 and won the all-round Athletic Championship of his Division in Nova Scotia. He came overseas with his battalion in 1916, transferred as a cadet to the RMF and later obtained his commission. With them he was in some of the fiercest fighting at the Third Battle Passchendaele and elsewhere. He transferred to the RAF No. 13 Squadron as 'Observer' and saw considerable service in France and Italy. He went out on observation duty over the enemy lines on the morning of 1 October 1918, and met his death, but in what circumstances has never been known. His biography as first printed and published by His Majesty's Stationary Office London, 1921 publication: Officers Died in the Great War 1914-19. See also http://www.theaerodrome.com/forum/516019-post2.html Link to recorded details. It is most probable that the aircraft was brought down by ground fire. http://www.greatwar.co.uk/research/military-records/ww1-war-dead-records.htm He is buried in the Commonwealth War Graves Commission's Anneux British War Cemetery, near Cambrai, France; grave no.: Plot 1, Row H21. Details from link: http://www.cwgc.org/search/casualty_details.aspx?casualty=188154 Casualty details—Sheehan M J.