Photograph relating to army career Patrick Downey, Royal Irish Fusiliers

Honorable discharge from United States Army (Camp Upton New York USA) || Hugh Waters was the second youngest of nine children, son of Pat and Mary Anne Waters (née Daly). Emigrated to USA from townland of Derrylustia, Drumkeerin, Co. Leitrim. he was conscripted into the US army and landed in France the day before the war ended. He was offered the chance to return to USA via Ireland but declined. He died at quite young age, never returning to Ireland.

I believe Peter served before the war with the Royal Irish Fusiliers and subsequently joined the suicide squad - a machine gun squad. He survived the war and suffered malaria all his life, leading me to think he was in India before the war. Marksman and colour sergeant.