The fear of his first battle with the 1st Battalion Royal Irish Fusiliers remained with Bill for the rest of his life. It was a bloody affair in which a victory of sorts was secured but at a high cost. Many of his Battalion were killed or captured. Continue reading
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Irish ANZAC Gallipoli commemorations
As someone who has relatives who died at Gallipoli and in the Somme, I have an appreciation for how these men and their legacies were overlooked in Ireland for decades. Continue reading
Gallipoli – an Irish, as well as an Australian, campaign
Twas better to die ‘neath an Irish sky than at Suvla or Sud-El-Bar (The Foggy Dew) Continue reading
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