My grand uncle, Patrick Drury, was probably from the Old Watergate area of Limerick, Ireland. I don't know anything about his life before the War. He joined the King's Liverpool Regiment (Private No. 9238). The photograph on the postcard here is probably of Patrick though it may be his brother Joseph (Joseph is the name given on the back). Patrick died during the War, though we don't know how. My father only spoke about this once. The postcard has Joseph Drury, Royal Munster Fusiliers, ? II Battalion, Limburg (?), Germany. This could still relate to Patrick if the regiment was decimated as people were moved to new regiments when this happened. || (1) Document accompanying the 1914-15 Star medal; (2) Document accompanying the Victory medal;(3) Medals: 1914-15 Star medal & Victory medal; (4) Postcard with photograph possibly of Patrick Drury; (5) Memorial scroll

My maternal grandfather, Daniel Daly from Ireland was a regular soldier – an acting corporal. He took part in WWI and was stationed in France. He was gassed in the trenches, but survived. Daniel came from a strong republican background but he himself was not a republican. His aunt, whose husband, John McCann, was Lord Mayor of Dublin from 1946 to 1947, bought him out of the army twice. They never wanted to acknowledge that a relative of theirs had served in the British Army. He eventually re-enlisted for the third time. He joined the Liverpool regiment and was in India before World War I. He was gassed in the trenches but survived. Daniel Daly was employed by Messrs Guinness as a security man at St. James’s Gate after the war. He died in 1944. || Photograph of Daniel J. Daly War Medals : Mons Star and clasp Great War Medal Victory Medal || || Reverse of photograph and medals || Daniel J. Daly, Acting Corporal, 1st King’s Liverpool Regiment || Medal || || Medal || Photograph of Daniel J. Daly Medals of Daniel J. Daly - Mons Star and clasp Great War Medal Victory Medal || Daniel J. Daly

Photograph, medals and official correspondence || My Great-Grandfather, Francis Stafford was the son of a policeman from Castletown, Gorey in County Wexford, Ireland. He was born c.1875 and joined the army at an early age. Having seen service in India and in the Boer War, he returned to Ireland in 1902 where he worked as a labourer in the famous Guinness Brewery, married Gertrude Moore of Dublin and had a family. At the outbreak of the Great War, he re-enlisted as part of Kitchener's New Army, joining up with the 6th Battalion, Royal Irish Rifles, at the rank of Rifleman. The Battalion was part of the 29th Brigade of the 10th (Irish) Division of the New Army, and was ordered to the Gallipoli Campaign under General Stopford. Having assembled on the Island of Lemnos, Greece, in August 1915, the Battalion was deployed in support of the Australian and New Zealand forces at Anzac Cove. In support of the advance on the high ground at Chunuk Bair, the Battalion suffered heavy casualties, and on 11th August, 1915, Francis Stafford having been promoted to Lance-Corporal, was reported missing in action. He is commemorated on the Helles Memorial at Gallipoli. || || Lance-Corporal (then Rifleman) Francis Stafford || Photograph || Rifleman Francis Stafford Prior to Embarcation || Studio Portrait of Francis Stafford. Appears to have been retouched. The only known surviving photo of my Great-Grandfather || || Front || Medal || Lance-Corporal Francis Stafford || My great-grandfather, Francis Stafford's Victory Medal || || Medal || Francis Stafford's Gallipoli Star Medal || Front || || Francis Stafford's Gallipoli Star Medal (Reverse) || Medal || || Front || Francis Stafford's British War Medal || Medal || || Medal || Francis Stafford's Regimental Cap Badge || || Letter conveying Victory Medal and British War Medal on behalf of Lance-Corporal Francis Stafford to his widow, Gertrude Stafford, my great-grandmother. || London || Official document || Letter from HM Record Office re: Francis Stafford || Lance-Corporal Francis Stafford || || Official document || Letter from HM Record Office re: Francis Stafford || Letter conveying 1914-1915 (Gallipoli) Star Medal on behalf of Lance-Corporal Francis Stafford to his widow Gertrude, my great-grandmother. || London || || Official document || Letter from King George V to Gertrude Stafford, widow of Lance-Corporal Francis Stafford || Letter from the King accompanying Memorial Plaque and Scroll of Lance-Corporal Francis Stafford. Preserved with great pride by his widow, Gertrude Stafford of New Bride Street, Dublin, my great-gandmother. || || Lance-Corporal Francis Stafford || Memorial Plaque of Lance-Corporal Francis Stafford || Memorabilia || The Memorial Plaque was proudly displayed in its frame by my great-grandmother, Gertrude Stafford of New Bride Street, Dublin, widow of Lance-Corporal Francis Stafford. || London || || Memorial Scroll of Lance-Corporal Francis Stafford || Memorabilia || London || The Memorial Scroll was proudly displayed in its frame by my great-grandmother, Gertrude Stafford of New Bride Street, Dublin, widow of Lance-Corporal Francis Stafford. || Lance-Corporal Francis Stafford