A photograph of my uncle Arthur Hanna. When asked he said he was only a common sailor and my home is on the deep. He was a boxer of real ability and an even better scrapper, according to his brother Frank Hanna. His one effort at promotion ended with a fight with one of the course instructors and he was to remain an Able Seaman until the end of his days.When war was declared he was serving in the destroyer Scorpion, commanded by Andrew Cunningham, later Admiral of the Fleet, Viscount Cunningham of Hyndhope. Arthur remained in this ship throughout the Gallipoli campaign, until he was shot in the foot during a raid on the Turkish mainland. After medical treatment he was drafted to Laforey, a Harwich Force destroyer seconded to the Dover Patrol. he lost his life when she was mined in the English Channel in March 1917.

A short history 16 page history of my Uncle,

article diary || Edmund Mahony was my uncle. He was killed in France in 1918. He joined the Royal Munster Fusiliers at the age of 30. He worked in the family grain company before joining the army. There was an article about him in the Obelisk Journal of Kilmacud Local History Society. Iza Mahony was a volunteer nurse. I brought her diary from 1915-16 that she wrote in Malta. She worked on hospital ships and died in 1919 in Ireland. || || Letter || Account of the death of my uncle, Edmund Mahony, Royal Munster Fusiliers || || Diary || Malta || Diary of Iza Mahony, volunteer nurse in Malta