Daniel J. Daly | Acting Corporal | 1st King’s Liverpool Regiment
My maternal grandfather, Daniel Daly from Ireland was a regular soldier – an acting corporal. He took part in WWI and was stationed in France. He was gassed in the trenches, but survived. Daniel came from a strong republican background but he himself was not a republican. His aunt, whose husband, John McCann, was Lord Mayor of Dublin from 1946 to 1947, bought him out of the army twice. They never wanted to acknowledge that a relative of theirs had served in the British Army. He eventually re-enlisted for the third time. He joined the Liverpool regiment and was in India before World War I. He was gassed in the trenches but survived. Daniel Daly was employed by Messrs Guinness as a security man at St. James’s Gate after the war. He died in 1944.
Photograph of Daniel J. Daly
War Medals : Mons Star and clasp
Great War Medal
Victory Medal
Reverse of photograph and medals
Daniel J. Daly, Acting Corporal, 1st King’s Liverpool Regiment
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Photograph of Daniel J. Daly
Medals of Daniel J. Daly - Mons Star and clasp
Great War Medal
Victory Medal
Daniel J. Daly
CONTRIBUTOR
Philippe Bosonnet
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INSTITUTION
Europeana 1914-1918
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