Photograph of the two Goldrick brothers, Thomas and John

1) Photograph of JT Winders as a boy 2) Cap badge 3) Trench art - brass matchbox case 4) Silk postcards 5) Letters 6) Demobilization form || John Thomas Winders was our grandfather. he came from Dublin and joined the Royal Dublin Fusiliers on the 24th September 1914

My uncle Thomas Byrne, the son of John Byrne and Sarah Lacy of John Street, Wexford, Ireland, was born on 5 November 1894. When he was sixteen he was a moulder at a local foundry. After a lockout of the workers at the foundry, he enlisted in the 6th Battalion of the Royal Irish Regiment, service number 1900. He was sent to Fermoy, Co. Cork until September 1915. From there he moved to Aldershot in Hampshire and eventually he was deployed to France. On 23 July 1917, he moved up to the front and on to Brandhoek in Belgium on 30 July 1917. From there he moved into an area known as ‘Square Farm’. He was killed in action on 5 August 1917. He has no known grave but his name is commemorated in the Menin Gate in Ypres Ieper, Belgium. We have his Death Plaque still in its box, and two of his medals, the 1914-15 Star and the British War Medal. || Private Thomas Byrne; 1914-15 Star, obverse and reverse; British War Medal, obverse and reverse; Death Plaque with cover/box; Death Plaque; Sarah Lacy (1866-1902), Tom's mother; Margaret Byrne, Tom's sister and the contributor's (Thomas Cleary) mother. || || Pte Thomas Byrne, John Street, Wexford || Photograph || || Tom Byrne's 1914-1915 Star Medal || Medal || || Back of Tom Byrne's 1914-1915 Star Medal || Medal || || Medal || Tom Byrne's British War Medal || || Back of Tom Byrne's British War Medal || Medal || Tom Byrne's British War Medal, reverse || || Tom Byrne's Death Plaque with cover/box || Medal || || Thomas Byrne's Death Plaque || Medal || || Photograph || Sarah Lacy (1866-1902) Tom's mother || || Photograph || Margaret Byrne, Tom's sister || Margaret Byrne, Tom's sister and contributor's (Thomas Cleary) mother