Just came across this article on the BBC Northern Ireland Website. I was really proud to see the event being commemorated in Northern Ireland.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/northern_ireland/8017872.stm

The sad thing about the event is that I and others did not know anything about the event as I guess other Northern Ireland Forum members to attend.


Regards,

Phil

phil,
there was also a dawn service in grangegorman cemetry in dublin .

cheers, mike.

Mike did not know but I would traveled down had I known.

Regards,

Phil

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my friend is a standard bearer for the british legion has told me that the attendance during the days ceremonies was up threefold over previous years.

ps i would have loved to be there my self as my grandad is buried in grangegorman cemetry.

all the best , mike.

Great photograph Mike. Your friend was Ex Irish Guards?

Regards,

Phil

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yes he was. lance sgt, noel cullen in his 'work gear' in the mountains s.arabia .

mike.

From the order of service ... only received this A.M.

Well he is the right man for the standard bearer being ex-Irish Guards.

Here is a photograph of my Great Grandfather Irish Guards.

Was part of the BEF in 1914
injured Festubert 1915
3 months later was back in the line.

Regards,

Phil

Click to view attachment phil, a picture of l/cpl michael o`leary irish guards, irelands first vc of the great war at festubert . ps have you got a copy of ' irish guards' first hundred years. a great book for anyone with a connection or indeed an interest in the 'micks'.

cheers , mike.

No Mike but would to get a copy who is the author?
Great picture of L Cpl O`Leary.
regards,

Phil

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phil, it was compiled by the trustees of the irish guards ?? spellmount publishers, staplehurst. it may be out of print but you might get a copy at amazon or such. or your local library. isbn 1-86227-069-4

cheers ,mike.

Thanks will search high and low.

Regards,

Phil

Ta Des, do you have any more on the coverage?


Cheers
Kim

May have pics next week

Des

Just for info, the picture of Lance Corporal Michael O'Leary was the first in a small series of Victoria Cross winners by the battle artist Lady (Elizabeth) Butler 1846-1933. Although they were not drawn from life, portrait photographs of these men appeared in the newspapers of the time. This picture was painted in 1915 and was exhibited at the Leicester Galleries in 1917.

Other VC winners in this series are a soldier of the 1st Battalion Lancashire Fusiliers at Gallipoli (probably William Kenneally); Drummer Walter Richie, 2nd Battalion,Seaforth Highlanders; CSM .Frederick Barter, RWF; Major JLR Sampson of the Black Watch and "A Man of Kent" which is possibly Corporal William Cotter of the 6th Battalion, "The Buffs".

From a publication to come ...

Des

Looks very impressive - can you tell us anymore about the publication...?

Regards
Brian

Sorry - long finger job due to credit crunch .. unless miracle happens.

Basically the finished product will be a walk-through of the war as it was reported in columns of local paper .. enhanced with other research/ stories etc

To keep things approx on topic, here's a page from the 1915 series featuring some Gallipoli stuff. Eahc 'Year Chapter' will have an overview piece and #points of entry information about aspects' .. but the accounts from the paper are the core.

Des

Fingers crossed! Put me down for one.

Brian

Another Gallipoli vet - but KIA 1916


and a bit context

Brilliant pieces Des.



Phil