Julius Bosonnet | Sergeant Major | Officer Training Corps | Trinity College | 1914-1918
My paternal grandfather, Julius Bosonnet, was a member of the King’s Own Yorkshire Light Infantry. His family came to Ireland from Haute-Savoie in France during the late eighteenth century to be educated to work for the Empire. Julius’s father worked in the Department of Education in Ireland during the late 1800s – early 1900s. Julius de-mobbed in 1914 and was re-mobilised at the outbreak of WWI. He was a Sergeant Major in the Officer Training Corps at Trinity College, defending the college during Easter week of 1916. (He was recorded as “Basonnet” in error in the College Records). Julius Bosonnet was associated with Redmond’s Volunteers. However he trained with the IRA after the 1916 executions.
Photograph of Julius Bosonnet
Julius Bosonnet, Sergeant Major, Officer Training Corps, Trinity College, 1914-1918
Easter Rising 1916
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Philippe Bosonnet
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Europeana 1914-1918
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