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Mitch - are you still reading this? I've followed with interest anything to do with 2RMF for some years. My great Unlcle, Lance Serjent Patrick O'Keeffe (no 1052) was in the regiment from Nov 1915 until he died (missing presumed dead) on Mar 22 1918. He was 36 when he died. My guess is that he was killed on the 21st, the first day of the German Spring offensive but due to the pasting that the batallion took on that day he was probably only reported as missing the following day. It's proven almost impossible to find any more about him other than he enlisted in Liverpool. Thia is strange enough as he was a Cork man. His records were destroyed and the medal rolls show only that he was awarded the 1914-15 service medal. I've tried unsucessfully to try and pin down his company all to no avail. No one in the family kmows much about him but there's a story that he received a battlefield promotion or commendation for some act of bravery - sounds a bit preposterous to me! His sister apparently worked for the Aga Khan in Paris during the war and tried to get him to use his influence to get Patrick out of the front lines!  Any pointers you can give to help greatly appreciated!