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Description: | 10 ms letters (30pp), 1 April - 8 June 1915, written to his brother whilst serving as a Private with the 3rd Battalion Royal Dublin Fusiliers in Ireland (April 1915) and with the 1st Battalion Royal Dublin Fusiliers (86th Brigade, 29th Division) at Gallipoli (May 1915), describing attending a musketry course, receiving a posting to the Dardanelles and his frustration at the subsequent delays, embarking at Devonport and sailing via Gibraltar and Malta, successfully landing at Gallipoli and moving up to the frontline in preparation for an attack upon Turkish forces; together with his will (1p), 3 May 1915 and a ts letter (1p), 14 November 1921, from the Infantry Record Office, Dublin awarding him the 1914 Star posthumously. Also included is a photocopied ts letter (1p), 26 June 1997, from the Commonwealth War Graves Commission giving the details of his death and confirmation of his name on the Helles Memorial, Turkey.
Cataloguer JHK
Catalogue date 2007-12-04 | Publisher: | http://www.iwm.org.uk | Source: | Imperial War Museum | Creator: | Lennon, M | Identifier: | http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/o... | Go to resource |
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