Richard Haywood Jones and the Easter Rising
My grandfather Richard Haywood Jones served with the cavalry during the First World War. He was from England. We had always had his medal at home but I had never known the story of my grandfather's service in the war. One night years ago my father told me that his father (Richard Haywood Jones) had been based in Dublin during the Irish Easter Rising in 1916. With his regiment he was involved in suppressing the rebellion. I had never known this growing up. After the was over my grandfather married an Irish girl from Waterford and settled down in Ireland.
British war medal (silver issue). One the front is the bust of king George V enclosed with Georgivs V Britt. Omn: Rex Et Ind: Imp. The reverse shows naked man with sword riding a horse over the carnage of the trenches.
Richard Haywood Jones
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My grandfather Richard Haywood Jones' British war medal
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CONTRIBUTOR
Tom H Jones
DATE
1916-04
LANGUAGE
eng
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2
INSTITUTION
Europeana 1914-1918
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