Jeremiah Cullinane was born in Fermoy, Co. Cork, Ireland, in 1890 to a working class family, who had lived in the town for several generations. “Jerry” was the much revered elder brother of my grandfather, John Cullinane. Jerry joined the British Army in on 3rd December 1913, an almost natural consequence of living in a garrison town and being poor. Jeremiah died in 1927 in Manchester, England, after a short illness. Jerry enlisted in the Royal Irish Regiment (No. 7109402) and early in the war he was sent to Europe as a member of the British Expeditionary Forces who went to Belgium. Jerry was involved in the Battle of Mons and was captured. He was sent to Limburg an der Lahn, a prisoner of war camp near Frankfort in Germany. Limburg was the camp where men belonging to Irish Regiments were collected together. This is also the camp where Casement spoke to the men to encourage them to fight for the Germans. Casement met with very little success. Today there is a Celtic cross erected at the site to commemorate the Irish soldiers who lost their lives there. Jerry was put on farm labour duty. He seems to have been very well treated and got along with his farm supervisor. He had many photographs taken at this time and has also left us a photograph of the man we believe to be his farm supervisor. He seems to have integrated as much as possible with the German culture. An ardent Catholic, he appears to have been attended by a German Chaplin and was in possession of prayers and religious mementos in German. I have been unable to ascertain Jerry’s service records and surmise they were among those lost during enemy action in the Second World War. Jerry was mentioned in the local Fermoy papers as being one of three Fermoy men in Limburg. They included Lance Corporal, Peter Nevin, of Clancy Street, Jeremiah from Grattan Terrace and Private William Dooley, Royal Irish Regiment, who lost his fight for life after being exchanged for a German prisoner, having being shot through the lung at Mons. Private Dooley was given full (British) military honours and the Union Jack draped over his coffin. Jerry did survive the war but wrote (in pencil) to his sister Betty on 1st March 1927 to say he was in bad health and that if anything should happen he was “in credit” as he was on £2.00 per week out of hospital and 21 shillings in. He asked her to let him know if she was at Bath yet and signed it : your fond brother, Jer, 8B Ward, Withington Hospital, West Didsbury, Manchester. Jerry was buried by HE Townson and Bros. Tintern Avenue, Burton Road, West Didsbury in March 1927 for the sum of £11-5sch. £5 paid on account on 17 March and £6-5sh. on 24th March by Ministry of Pensions. His sister, Betty and brother, John, attended his funeral. Jeremiah was 36. He had qualified for 1914 Star, British War Medal and the Victory Medal. || Selection of photographs, newspaper reports, letters, certificate of discharge and medal index card

My name is Gertie O'Brien and the story is about my Uncle in Law, Patrick J Maguire from Charleville, Co Cork. Patrick worked in a bank in Dublin city. He enlisted, I don't know the regiment but it included bankers and shopkeepers and was sent to France. He suffered a hip injury and died in France on the 20th November 1916. He is buried in Etaples, France in the military cemetery. || The item I have is a Memorial card of Patrick J Maguire. || || Other || Patrick J Maguire || This the memorial card for Patrick J Maguire. Both side may be viewed, that is all the information that I have. || Memorial Card of Patrick J Maguire from Cork

Image 1 Photo of panel 44 at Menin Gate – inscription of Richard Morrissey’s name. Image 2 Photo of Matthew Morrissey’s grave and headstone in Flanders. Image 3 Photo of Mary O’Reilly and her brother at their grandfather’s (William Morrissey) grave in Rouent, France. || My grandfather, William Morrissey, came from Fermoy in Co Cork, Ireland. He was born c. 1884. Fermoy was a garrison town and the Morrissey family home was situated beside the barracks. William was the eldest of three boys and had a big interest in horses. Both his brothers had enlisted in the British Army before the war. As a young man William immigrated to Cape Town in South Africa. He married an Irish lady (maiden name Smyth) in 1907. They returned to Ireland and are recorded in the 1911 census as living in Fermoy and having three children. William signed up on 3rd November 1914 in Newcastle, England to the Royal Army Service Corps as a foreman in charge of horses. He was stationed in Rouen, base Depot No 1. In 1916 William was sent home on compassionate leave as he had sustained an injury. He recovered and was sent back to fight once again, but sadly contracted Spanish Flu and died on Armistice Day 1918 in hospital in Rouen, aged 34. His widow, Henrietta Smyth from Waterford, received a war pension. William’s brother Matthew Morrissey was a drummer in the Leinster Regiment and was stationed in India when war broke out. He was involved in several battles in France. He was employed as a stretcher-bearer and participated in a regimental band. He was killed in action in West Flanders on 5th April 1916. Another brother Richard was a cavalry solider with the 8th (King's Royal Irish) Hussars in Ambala in India when war broke out. His regiment was moved to Marseilles in France in November 1914. He was killed in action in July 1917 and his body was never found. His name is on panel 44 of the Menin Gate. Shortly before he died he requested a transfer to join his brother Matthew in the Leinster Regiment