Photograph of Cpl English's Squad, Coldstream Guards, June 1918 || This photograph was preserved by my Aunt, Bridget (Bea) Moran (1895-1997). Unfortunately the names of those in the picture are not recorded. She had a brother John who was in England during that war and perhaps he is in the picture-I just don't know. He was born in 1886 and died in 1946. He was a policeman in Lancashire and had retired just before his sudden death. His brother Patrick Moran was executed by hanging on March 14th 1921 in Mountjoy Jail. He was involved in the 1916 Easter Rising, was imprisoned in Knutsford and Frongoch, was Captain of D Company, Dublin 2 Brigade and was executed for his alleged involvement in Bloody Sunday, November 21, 1920.He was also active in the trade union movement fighting for betterment of conditions for workers at that time. He was President of the Irish National Union of Vintners, Grocers, and Allied Trades Assistants at the time of his death.

Thomas James Morley was my Great Grandfather. He was born 1884. I was supposed to be named after him but my parents broke with tradition and instead of becoming the sixth Thomas Morley in a row I was named James Thomas! He was a machine gunner in the 34th Battalion Machine Gun Corps during World War 1. In World War 2 he was a fireman in London (Hornsey I seem to recall). I don't know for sure when or where this was taken, though I think it was quite late in the war. The machine gun has been identified as a a Vickers. || Real photo postcard

Photo of Harry Mitchell