Dragoon Guard E. Cullinan | from Ireland to Canada to the war
photograph;
Memorial medal
My great-uncle moved to Canada as a ranger and joined the Dragoon Guards in June 1915. He was killed in the last cavalry charge and he is commemorated in a Canadian memorial.
CONTRIBUTOR
Helen O'Connor
DATE
1915 - 1918
LANGUAGE
eng
ITEMS
1
INSTITUTION
Europeana 1914-1918
PROGRESS
METADATA
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