Front || Marriage certificate for George Atkinson Sharp to Margaret Garrett at Gateshead on April 5 1915

My uncle John Harper was born on 24 May 1899 in Churchtown, Tagoat, Co. Wexford, son of Patrick Harper and Anastatia Wickham Harper. He initially went to sea but then a short time later he joined the British Army as a Private in the 1st Battalion Rifle Brigade, service number 46274. He died on active service on 22 April 1918 aged 19. He is buried at Pernes British Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France. || Photo of John Harper; Original metal case which housed the British War Medal || || John Harper || Photograph || || Box for John Harper's British War Medal || Box for British War Medal || Other || || British War Medal and box || Other || British War Medal with container || Front || || British War Medal, reverse - John Harper, with box || British War Medal and box || Other

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