This is a photo of volunteers from Llandrindod Wells ready to set out for Hereford to enlist in the Herefordshire Regiment. Emlyn James is bare-headed, kneeling in the middle of the front row. His friends, the brothers Tom and Frank Edwards, are standing on the left of the picture: Tom is bare-headed, Frank is wearing a hat and has his arms crossed.

Letters from James to his half-brother Papers from War Office || We didn’t really know much about my uncle James Murtagh and I never met him. He was my father’s older brother and he was killed at Somme in 1916. All I have really are some letters which he wrote home to his half-brother. There’s only about four of them. We wrote to somebody in the War Office and find out more about James. So he looked it up but he didn’t find out a lot but I’ve brought all those papers with me. It says in the papers that James joined up in Manchester, I think it was in 1915. He was told that his name would be taken down and then he was called up in 1916. It was part of a scheme to get people to join up. My dad was fighting (GPO) when James was training. My dad was then sent to jail in England and I don’t think they ever managed to get in touch with one another. Because my father would have been very much on the republican side, I think that he would have been horrified that James would have joined the British Army. I did actually go to the Somme and I did find his name. He didn’t have a grave but his name was on a monument. I had written to the Wargraves Commission and they told me where I might find it. I found it very, very easily which was great. || || Multiple || Letters from James Murtagh to his half brother

Attestation Paper James Christopher Daly; Correspondence to his daughter; Letter September 1915 to his daughter; Letter and SAE from Soldier's Christian Association Canada; Letter from James Daly to Daughter on BEF paper; Letter to Christopher Day; Letter to his sister; Page 2 of letter to sister; Notice of Death of J. Daly 1917; Poem; SAE to Miss J. Daly || James Daly enlisted at age 36 in May 1915 in the Canadian Infantry, Western Ontario Regiment, 47th Battalion, Service No. 116370. He was from Ireland, but perhaps emmigrated to Canada to prospect/mine. In 1915 he was still in headquarters in Canada, and training. In 1916 he is in Shorncliff, England. He served in the Western Front from about 1916. He suffered some injuries during his time, but continued his service. He served in the Battle of Vimy Ridge and was wounded after this. His letters describe his injuries and the deaths of other colleagues during the battles – quite descriptive. A letter sent on 22 October 1917 to his daughter explains that he had died. It was sent by Theodore G. Thomas, Lieut., No. 7 Platoon, B. Company, 47th Batt. The official letter was sent on 30th October which confirmed the death. James Daly’s letters mention Ireland in 1916 and state that no leave was given to soldiers.