Transcription: Zur Erinnernung an Deinen ältesten Jungen.          willy Koszmi-Kapyzne, am 26/ Juni 1915 (Russ. Polen)

Transcription: Daddy, what did YOU do in the Great War?

Transcription: Daddy, what did YOU do in the Great War?

Transcription: Im Namen des Führers und Reichskanzlers    Dem Bankbeamten Kurt  Hüttel in      Zwickau ist auf Grund der Verordnung vom 13. Juli 1934 zur Erinnerung an   den Weltkrieg 1914/1918 das von dem Reichspräsidenten Generalfeld-  marschall von Hindenburg gestiftete                                                              Ehrenkreuz für Frontkämpfer verliehen worden.                                                                                            Zwickau  , den  21.  März  193 5. Der Polizeidirektor zu Zwickau.  Nr. F:  H  445  /34.        Unterschrift

Transcription: Res. Inf. Reg. 207   2. K.    57      Bedeutet: Reserve Infanterie Regiment 207; 2. Kompanie, Soldatennummer 57 Kriegs- Tagebuch

Transcription: Anschrift:          An Frl. Cili Schweiger Mennerstochter   (!)   in Hohenburg     Post daselbst b. Amberg Oberpfalz Bayern  Text:   den Juni 1915 Liebste Cili ! Die besten Grüße sendet Dir Joh. Schlederer. Ich bin immer gesund und hoffe das selbe von dir. nebst deine Eltern. Lebe wohl aufs wiedersehn Gruß a d. Eltern Sepp Anna   u.  ... Bitte bald Antwort.

Transcription: must have been blown up. At this station there is another Signaller and myself and it was my turn to go out, and after informing the officer, Shaw, who has relieved Cook. I donned on my steel had and respirator, slung over my shoulder a portable telephone and set out. It was pitch dark, but luckily the shelling had lessened an I trailed through my hand the twin wires, hoping the break was near, not because I had the 'wind-up', but because I was tired and yearned for sleep. At last I came to the break, which must have been midway between us and the Battery, The lines had been blown sky high and the other ends were missing, so I walked around searching for the others. I found them without much trouble, but after pulling hard I failed to make them meet. The shell must have blown yards out of them. I followed the lines in the direction of the Battery, came to a trench where some 'slack' wire had been prudently coiled and which I quickly loosened and then returned to the break. With my jackknife I scraped off insulation from the four ends, joined them with reef knots and bound them with insulation tape. From my telephone two safety-pins dangled on leads. With them I pierced the wires and as soon as the receiver touched my ear I knew by the 'warm' sensation that the lines were now OK. However, to be doubly sure, I tapped OK? On the buzzer and immediately received OK in reply.   On returning to 'B.C.' I found that the lne had been blown up again, my only relief being to mutter a long string of picturesque curses. This second time there was some consolation in finding the break nearer home, and in the inky blackness of the night I repeated the performance, except that this time there was sufficent wire. I crept back to 'B.C.', wondering how long the wires would not last. I sank down on my rough bed, glanced at my wrist-watch to find it was 3 am and before I knew it I was fast asleep. 46

Transcription: G V    R  I  Coat of arms of George the Fifth of Great Britain   Honi mal y pense Dieu et mon Droit He whom this scroll commemorates was numbered among those who, at the call of King and Country, left all that was dear to them, endured hardness, faced danger, and finally passed out of  the sight of men by the path of duty and self-sacrifice, giving up their own lives that others might live in freedom. Let those who come after see to it that his name be not forgotten.  10675. L/CPL, Percy John FRANKLIN 5th Battalion. Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry Killed in action, France and Flanders. 25/9/15 Born: Northmoor, Oxon, Enlisted: Oxford, Residence: Eynsham, Oxon

Transcription: Sons of the Empire. A FIGHTING FAMILY.         Hereunder we give photographs of the four sons of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Hanton, of Emmet Place, Wexford, who have been engaged with the services since the outbreak of war, and of whom their parents are deservedly proud.    A black and white photograph   Corporal peter Hanton, who was wounded in France some time. He has since recovered and is again in the firing line.    A black and white photograph   Private Thomas Hanton, who is at preent serving "somewhere in France."    A black and white photograph   Seaman Robert Hanton, who is aboard H.M.S "Prince Edward."    A black and white photograph   Stoker Patrick Hanton, R.N.R. Anson batt. Stoker Hanton died in Malta from a wound received in the head during the operations in the Dardanelles.

Transcription: If those cards are not allowed to go Please destroy the names CARTE POSTALE Correspondance Adresse If those M cards are not allowed to go Please destroy the name  MA

Transcription: Patrick Joseph Kiely  Direct Relations 140. BRIDGET FITZGIBBON (Patrick's cousin, once removed) was born in 1911 to John Fitzgibbon149 and Bridget Fitzgibbon150. Bridget is no longer living. Note: Bridget went to Australia with a family as their maid, she was never heard of again. Generation of Grandparents 141. JOHN KIELY (Patrick's grandfather) was born on 13 November 1868, in Glensharrold Co Limerick, to Michael Kiely and mary Kiely [Dillane} as shown in family tree 11. John was a Carter. John is no longer living. The following information is also recorded for John. Religion: Roman Catholic; Nationality: Ireland. 142. MARY KIELY [BARRETT] (Patrick's grandmother) was born about 1867, in Edward Street Limerick, to John Barrett, as shown withing family tree 8. Mary died in may 1954, aged about 86, in 120 Carey's Road Limerick. She was buried in Mt St Lawrences Old Cemetery Limerick plot no 69-Z. John Kiely, aged 19, married Mary Kiely [Barrett], aged about 21, on 17 October 1888 in St Michaels Catholic Church Limerick. They had seven children:   Michael Kiely about 1889   Jack Kiely about 1893   William Kiely about 1895   Bridget Kelly [Kiely] about 1897   Joseph Patrick Kiely in 1899   Thomas Kiely about 1902   Patrick Kiely about 1906 This family is shown as family tree 9. Note: Thomas J Dickinson and Kate Callaghan were witnesses at their marriage. 143. DANIEL MCCORMACK (Patrick's grandfather) was born on 11 July 1877 to Davy mcCormack and Kate McCormacj [McInerney], as shown within family tree 8. Daniel was a Mill labourer. Daniel died (At War) on 9 May 1915, aged 37 years, in battle fields of France. He was buried in le Touret memorial, Pas de Calais, France. The following information is also recorded for Daniel. Military Enlistment in october 1914, aged 37 years, in Limerick, Religion: Roman Catholic; Nationality: Ireland.

Transcription: In Loving Memory OF Patrick Cousins (5th  Drag Guards.)  DEMPSEY'S TERRACE, WEXFORD, Who died of wounds at Etaples, France, On January 4th, 1916, AGED 22 YEARS, On whose Soul Sweet Jesus have Mercy. Dearest PATRICK, thou hast left us   And thy loss we deeply feel ; But the God Who hath bereft us,   He can all our sorrows heal. He is gone, but not forgotten,   Never shall his memory fade ; Sweetest thoughts shall ever linger   Round the grave where he is laid. We loved him ; yes, we loved him,   But Jesus loved him more, And surely He has called him   To yonder shining Shore. No tears about his grave be shd,   But sweetest flowers be flung - The fittest offer we can make   To a heart that  perished young. O GENTLEST HEART OF JESUS, ever present in the Blessed  crament , ever consumed with burning love for the poor captive souls  in Purgatory, have mercy on the soul of Thy servant, PATRICK ; bring him from  the  windows of exile to the bright home of Heavem, where we trust Thou and Thy  Blessed  Mother have woven for him a crown of unfading bliss. Amen.

Transcription: 'First advance through PEROONE - Picked up by me W.O. ARTHUR POWELL 320707 Dispatch rider of Inter-Allied Commisiion In the debris of interior of PERONNE Cathedral out of girls hand whilst giving wounded girl a drink of water Great War 1914-1918' 'Who ever may take this Holy Book in hand will never realize the Hidden Horrow the writer witnessed nor the Horrow behind the ? mark. Who ever [sic] finds this book on kmy body bury it with me please.   A. Powell' 'Found dead body male outside cathedral Likewise four girls with bosoms cut away at BOHAIN Several others to horrible to be penned     A. Powell'

Transcription: In Memory of EDWARD BUSHER Private 4525 2nd Bn., Royal Irish Regiment who died on Wednesday, 7th June 1916. Age 20. Additional Information: Son of Edward and Margaret Busher, of Bride Street, Wexford. Commerative Information Cemetery:  CORBIE COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION, Somme, France Grave Reference/Panel Number: Plot I. Row A. Grave 13. Location: Corbie is a small town 15 kilometres east of Amiens. Go north from the town centre taking the D1 (Rue Gambetta) in the direction of Bray. You will arrive at a set ot traffic lights with the hospital diagonally on your left. Continue, taking the second turning on your right onto the Rue des Longues Vignes (VC6). The cemetery lies about 800 metres on the left and the extension is east of the Communal Cemetery. Historical Information:  Corbie was about 21 kilometres behind the front trenches when the British Third Army took over the line from Berles-au-Bois southward to the Somme, in July, 1915, and it became at once a medical centre. No. 5 Casualty Clearing Station (the suburb across the Ancre) until October, 1916, and April 1917, respectively. They were bured in the Communal Cemetery until May, 1916, when the British plot was filled and it became necessary to open the Extension. Plot I. and the greater part of Plot II. of the Extension contain the graves of officers and men who died of wounds in the Battles of the Somme, 1916. Between November, 1916, and the Spring of 1918 there is a gap in the records of burial; the front line had gone eastward. In the german advance of the 1918 the enemy came withing 10 kilometres of the town. Field Ambulances of the 47th Division were stationed near it, and the 12th Australian Field Ambulance came in July, 1918. The Cemeteries were shelled, and specail memorials in the Extension record the fact that graves known to have existed cannot now be traced. There are now over 900, 1914-18 war casualties commemorated in this site. Display Record of Commemoration

Transcription: Just a note to stand by for you tonight.                          South. Irish Horse                             Rivertown                           Co. Cork 4/9/15                         . Dear Miss ORourke.           Just a line to say I was very sorry that I could not stay for Saturday I was going to call in when I was coming up but I think the family were asleep. I was down down with  Cahill the wife just the whole ways to Cork. I arrived in  Bks at 3/30. I was very lucky to come back because their we several fellows doing 28 days detention for over staying their leave. It is a pith that there is not another girl like yourself in Cork at the present time to comfort a brokenheart. I will conclude now Hoping you will accept the note & I will be looking forward for the real nice answer.        Excuse this scrobbling.                      I remain               Yours                  Ever then                   Pte. P.ck If I had more time I guess there would be in Reality. XXXXX

Transcription: GRANDAD - FAR RIGHT - END OF 2nd ROW - UNCLE jOHN (HIS BRO.) BEHIND HIM. (WITH I AM TOLD - SOME BULGARIAN PRISONERS)