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Description: | Bound memorial volume of 48 ms letters and 1 postcard written during his service with the 5th Battalion Leinster Regiment (25th Reserve Brigade) in Ireland (c. May 1915 - May 1916) and briefly in England (May - June 1915) before joining the 2nd Battalion (73rd Brigade, 24th Division) in France (June - August 1916) until his death in action at Guillemont on 1 September, containing an interesting reference to the burial of victims from the sinking of the LUSITANIA in Queenstown, Co. Cork (May 1915), and outstanding descriptions of street fighting in Dublin during the Easter Rising (April 1916), as well as useful comments about conditions on the Western Front principally during the Battle of the Somme and his reaction to the horrors of war, together with 2 telegrams relating to his death, 3 letters of condolence and (loose) a copy of the IRISH WAR NEWS.
Cataloguer AC
Catalogue date 1997-09-26 | Publisher: | http://www.iwm.org.uk | Source: | Imperial War Museum | Creator: | Jameson, A M | Identifier: | http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/o... | Go to resource |
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