Three medals with ribbons; Postcard from Southampton, 1909, from Patrick to his wife; Postcard with photograph of J. Smyth; Photographs of his discharge certificate; Character certificate (Army Form B, 2067); Ministry of Pensions document, 1920; Certificate of Discharge (Army Form B, 2079); War Office Records document, 1957, of service; Pension Appeals Tribunal (Entitlement) document; Copy of photograph of Patrick with his wife and children || My grandfather, Sgt. Patrick Holland, was born in 1888 in Templemore, Co. Tipperary, Ireland. Before the war he was a groom although his Pension Appeals Tribunal (Entitlement) document notes that he was a baker. He enlisted at Templemore on 10/12/06 at about 18 years of age. He married Lizzie in 1906 and they had two children. His Certificate of Discharge states that he trained in medical duties in Longmoor in 1908. There is some contradictions in his records with regard to when he moved from the Leinster Regiment to the 8th Hussars. The War Office document states that enlisted in the Leinster Regiment on 10/12/1906 and was transferred to the 8th Hussars on 01/03/1909. His Pension Appeals Tribunal (Entitlement) document notes that he was in 8th Hussars from 10/12/1906 to 03/08/1914 and in 8th Hussars from 04/08/1914 to 30/04/1919. Presumably this is a mistake and it meant to note that he was in the Leinster Regiment from 10/12/1906 to 03/08/1914? There is a postcard from Southampton dated 1909, before he sailed for India. He served in India until 1914. His Pension Appeals Tribunal (Entitlement) document, however, states that he served in India from 04/08/1914 to 14/10/1914. I heard a story that when he was coming back from India, he thought he was coming home on leave but was sent to France. He served in France from 15/10/1914 to 6/03/1918 and in Egypt from 7/03/1918 to 15/03/1919. He was discharged in 1919. His discharge refers (dated 30/04/1919 in War Office document) to him being surplus to requirements and an impairment. I know he had malaria that was recurring. He had a silver war badge but I don't have that. He never spoke about his war. His nephew once asked him if he had met Lawrence of Arabia and he said yes. He was in a restaurant with a group when the table cloth got caught in a belt and took the table with it. An argument ensued with the restaurant owner and their superiors were involved. Lawrence was at the restaurant and defended the fact that it was an accident. My grandmother' s two brothers were also in the army. One died in Bombay. I am unsure who J. Smyth is in the photograph but it must be a relative? Patrick became a postman after the war in Templemore. He was called an auxiliary postman because he had no Irish. he died on 2 July 1968, aged 80. || || 3 Medals of Patrick Holland and ribbons. || Front || Patrick Holland || Medal || Medals of Patrick Holland || || Back || Patrick Holland || Medal || 3 Medals of Patrick Holland and ribbons. || Medals of Patrick Holland || || Southampton, England || Postcard to Mrs. Holland from Patrick sent before sailing from Southampton to India. || Postcard || Front || || Postcard || Back || Postcard to Mrs. Holland from Patrick sent before sailing from Southampton to India. || Southampton, England || || Postcard from J. Smyth, addressed Dear Mother. || Postcard from J. Smyth. || Postcard || J. Smyth || Front || || Postcard from J. Smyth, addressed Dear Mother. || Postcard || Back || Postcard from J. Smyth. || || Official document || Character Certificate || York, England || Patrick Holland || Back || Character Certificate of Patrick Holland detailing service in the 8th Hussars. || || Character Certificate of Patrick Holland detailing service in the 8th Hussars. || York, England || Patrick Holland || Official document || Front || Character Certificate || || Honorable discharge document of Patrick Holland || Honorable discharge document of Patrick Holland. || Patrick Holland || Official document || || 51.4865187,-0.17123109999999997 || Patrick Holland || Official document || Patrick Holland's Pensions Document || || War Office Document || Official document || York, England || Back || Patrick Holland || || Official document || Front || War Office Document || Patrick Holland || York, England || || Patrick Holland || Military Service Document outlining records of Patrick Holland. || Official document || Hayes, England || Military Service Document || || Pension Appeals Tribunal Document concerning Lizzie Holland (Patrick's Widow) || Pension Appeals Tribunal Document || Official document || Patrick and Lizzie Holland || || Photograph || Patrick Holland and family || Photo of Patrick Holland with his wife and two children

X medals of B. O'Farrell Royal Army Medical Crops records of John Grogan 4 photrographs of John Grogan || My grandfather, John Grogan, was born in Carlow on 4 July 1896. He joined the Royal Army Medical Corps in 1914, at the age of 18. During the war he was a stretcher bearer, and one of his medal records mentions Egypt as a theatre of war. According to my father, on the way to Gallipoli he was injured and picked up in the water near Greece, from where he was brought to England. He sustained a leg injury and couldn't return to the fighting after this. However, he was in France until 1920 with the Graves Commission, as a gardener. One of the photographs provided was taken in 1916 when he was in France. He was wearing a black button on his uniforn as he was in mourning for his mother, whose funeral he was unable to attend. A second photograph shows him with two French soldiers, possibly taken after the war when he was working for the Graves Commission. A third photo show him with a mandolin, with a note on the back. There is a fourth photograph, date unknown, of him in a graveyard, probably in France post-war. I have included his R.A.M.C. records. John Grogan died in March 1946. I have also provided the medals of B. O'Farrell, a nephew to John Grogan, who died during the war and was buried in France, He as in the 8th Hussars (no. 11432). || || Medal || Medal of John Grogan's nephew, B O'Farrell || || Photograph of John Grogan, Royal Army Medical Corps || Photograph || Western Front

This is a letter from James Clarke (of J&M Builders and Contractors) to the Chief Superintendent of Dublin Metropolitan police recommending Bill for a job with the force.