Photograph of my paternal uncle, Ino LK Nuttall Service medal of my paternal uncle, Ino LK Nuttall || My paternal uncle, Ino LK Nutall, joined up on the first day of the war, according to what my father told me. He was in the Alberta Dragoons, having been about 3 years in Canada. Ino had emigrated as there were no opportunities at home, as a second son from a modest farm in Sligo. My grandfather, his father, had married a widow with a farm and a family of her own, and they went on to have a family together. Ino served in Belgium and France; he was behind the lines when he was killed in a shooting accident. He is buried in the cemetery at Chateau Kemell. As far as I understand, the soldier who accidentally shot him was not court-martialled. I am the eldest son in my family, and I inherited the farm from my father - and his desk. The medal and the photograph were in the desk. Although I don't have any items with me which belonged to my mother's father, his story was quite dramatic. He was a doctor in Dublin whose name was Dr Frank Purser. In WWI he joined the medical corps, where he treated soldiers with shell-shock. He wanted to build a hospital for recovering soldiers in Monto in Dublin, rather than Castlecove in Kerry where he felt they would be isolated, but nothing came of that plan. He was also an ex-rugby international and in 1910 was President of the RFU ( he played on the wing and he was very quick) , and this probably saved his life. On Easter Saturday he was injured playing in an Old Ulster/Old Leinster match and was in hospital rather than walking around Dublin in uniform when the fighting broke out. || || Ino Nuttall || Photograph || Ireland || Photograph of my uncle, Ino Nuttall

William's sister Florence, a teenager at the time of his death possessed the following memorabilia until her death in 1999. At which point they were passed to her great nieces Joanne & Alison Dean :- Letter from William to brothers Jim and Harry written while training at Tidworth (about pigeon bet) Imperial War Graves Commission paper on location of William's grave in Vermelles, France Poster Letters from William Picture of William Penny from King George V on death (Dead Man's Penny) Will; papers from War Office about him being gassed & hospitalised. Letter from Cavalry Record Office informing his mother of burial place at Vermelles, France. Photograph of Queen Mother & William's brother Jim at Colne War Memorial in 1930 Book of names Letter from William's captain informing his mother off his death + cap badge Letters from his mother Birth certificate of sister Florence || Private William Dean, 18th Hussars was born in 1893? in Colne. He joined the army in February 1910. According to the contributor he was aged 19 yrs 5 months and spent 5 years in the reserves. He was gassed while serving in France and spent time in hospital. He was killed 10 February 1916 aged 23 ? buried at Vermelles, France. He was shot dead in France from a bullet which passed through his cap badge. Please note that Liz Danskin is in fact the cataloguer, who has entered this data on behalf of contributor Joanne Dean.

Special Constabulary medal