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.

Printed extracts of the biographies of Lieut Daniel J Sheehan (RFC) and Lieut Martin J Sheehan (RAF) (wrongly titled RFC) as first printed and published by His Majesty's Stationary Office (HMSO), London, 1921: Officers Died in the Great War 1914-19.