My father William Powderly Royal Army Service Corps
Map of a section of the Western Front in Bethune, France
This image contains a studio style photograph of my father, also called William Powderly, who served as a driver during the full extent of the Great War from 1915 to 1918, and a photograph of him and a colleague pictured with the ambulance they drove. This image also shows my father's cap badge, which I still have and which he wore at all of the engagements in which he served including the Somme and Ypres. The cap badge in particular is very important to me as this actual item was present at many of the great battles of the war.
Picture of William Powderly with ambulance and also his cap badge
Medical
Transport
William Powderly
Photograph
Islandbridge, Dublin
Photograph of veterans marching to a commemoration at Islandbridge
William Powderly, Remembrance ceremony at Islandbridge
Remembrance
This is a picture of World War 1 veterans, including my father William Powderly, marching to a Remembrance commemoration at Islandbridge in Dublin at a date sometime between the 1930s and the 1950s. I accompanied my father on many of these occasions and I played The Last Post on a bugle at many Remembrance ceremonies during this period. There was a great sense of fellowship among the comrades from the Great War but after Irish independence these veterans of the War were not popular in Ireland and the Remembrance ceremonies were not supported by either the public or the Irish government until recent years.
Official document
My father's driving licence for the Royal Army Service Corps
Driving licence of my father, William Powderly, who served in the Royal Army Service Corps as a driver on the Western Front between 1915 and 1918.
Leave sheet of William Powderly
Leave sheet of my father, William Powderly, granting him leave in 1917 from Rouen in France to spend time at home in Dublin, Ireland.
Recruitment and Conscription
William Powderly's certificate on entering active service in 1915
Medal card for the service medal of my father, William Powderly, who served in the Royal Army Service Corps on the Western Front during the Great War.
Medal card of William Powderly - M21 073990
Group of veterans at Remembrance ceremony at Islandbridge in Dublin
Photograph of a group of veterans, including my father William Powderly, attending a Remembrance ceremony at Islandbridge in Dublin. I have fond memories of attending such events with my father over many years.
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William Powderly
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LANGUAGE
eng
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INSTITUTION
Europeana 1914-1918
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