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Medals | two photographs and certificate of discharge for Michael Gleeson

These items belonged to my dad, Michael Gleeson. He was a member of the Royal Munster Fusiliers and served in both World Wars. I have a plaque with several medals pinned to it, including some from World War 2. One is a 1914 star which means that he joined up immediately at the outbreak of war. He probably served at the Battle of Mons. He spent time in a prisoner of war camp in France and one of the photographs is from that time.
Medals, two photographs, certificate of discharge

Prisoners of War
Photographs of Michael Gleeson, including one from his time as a POW
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CONTRIBUTOR

Gerard Gleeson

DATE

1914 - 1918

LANGUAGE

eng

ITEMS

3

INSTITUTION

Europeana 1914-1918

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Source

UGC
Photograph

Contributor

europeana19141918:agent/e01b9c45aef243a594a944c7855e07b6

Date

1914
1918

Type

Story

Language

eng
English

Country

Europe

DataProvider

Europeana 1914-1918

Provider

Europeana 1914-1918

Year

1918
1914

DatasetName

2020601_Ag_ErsterWeltkrieg_EU

Begin

1914

End

1918

Language

mul

Agent

Michael Gleeson | europeana19141918:agent/cdae08e4719656e9b5988e501e07fe63
Gerard Gleeson | europeana19141918:agent/e01b9c45aef243a594a944c7855e07b6

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2019-09-11T08:16:28.034Z
2020-02-25T08:13:27.351Z
2012-03-22 12:14:10 UTC
2012-04-10 12:26:37 UTC
2012-04-10 12:26:38 UTC
2012-04-10 12:26:40 UTC

Provenance

DU18

Record ID

/2020601/https___1914_1918_europeana_eu_contributions_3406

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