Photograph, medals and official correspondence || My Great-Grandfather, Francis Stafford was the son of a policeman from Castletown, Gorey in County Wexford, Ireland. He was born c.1875 and joined the army at an early age. Having seen service in India and in the Boer War, he returned to Ireland in 1902 where he worked as a labourer in the famous Guinness Brewery, married Gertrude Moore of Dublin and had a family. At the outbreak of the Great War, he re-enlisted as part of Kitchener's New Army, joining up with the 6th Battalion, Royal Irish Rifles, at the rank of Rifleman. The Battalion was part of the 29th Brigade of the 10th (Irish) Division of the New Army, and was ordered to the Gallipoli Campaign under General Stopford. Having assembled on the Island of Lemnos, Greece, in August 1915, the Battalion was deployed in support of the Australian and New Zealand forces at Anzac Cove. In support of the advance on the high ground at Chunuk Bair, the Battalion suffered heavy casualties, and on 11th August, 1915, Francis Stafford having been promoted to Lance-Corporal, was reported missing in action. He is commemorated on the Helles Memorial at Gallipoli. || || Lance-Corporal (then Rifleman) Francis Stafford || Photograph || Rifleman Francis Stafford Prior to Embarcation || Studio Portrait of Francis Stafford. Appears to have been retouched. The only known surviving photo of my Great-Grandfather || || Front || Medal || Lance-Corporal Francis Stafford || My great-grandfather, Francis Stafford's Victory Medal || || Medal || Francis Stafford's Gallipoli Star Medal || Front || || Francis Stafford's Gallipoli Star Medal (Reverse) || Medal || || Front || Francis Stafford's British War Medal || Medal || || Medal || Francis Stafford's Regimental Cap Badge || || Letter conveying Victory Medal and British War Medal on behalf of Lance-Corporal Francis Stafford to his widow, Gertrude Stafford, my great-grandmother. || London || Official document || Letter from HM Record Office re: Francis Stafford || Lance-Corporal Francis Stafford || || Official document || Letter from HM Record Office re: Francis Stafford || Letter conveying 1914-1915 (Gallipoli) Star Medal on behalf of Lance-Corporal Francis Stafford to his widow Gertrude, my great-grandmother. || London || || Official document || Letter from King George V to Gertrude Stafford, widow of Lance-Corporal Francis Stafford || Letter from the King accompanying Memorial Plaque and Scroll of Lance-Corporal Francis Stafford. Preserved with great pride by his widow, Gertrude Stafford of New Bride Street, Dublin, my great-gandmother. || || Lance-Corporal Francis Stafford || Memorial Plaque of Lance-Corporal Francis Stafford || Memorabilia || The Memorial Plaque was proudly displayed in its frame by my great-grandmother, Gertrude Stafford of New Bride Street, Dublin, widow of Lance-Corporal Francis Stafford. || London || || Memorial Scroll of Lance-Corporal Francis Stafford || Memorabilia || London || The Memorial Scroll was proudly displayed in its frame by my great-grandmother, Gertrude Stafford of New Bride Street, Dublin, widow of Lance-Corporal Francis Stafford. || Lance-Corporal Francis Stafford

Travel permit for Patrick Nicholson to travel from Belgium to London

Photograph of Joseph Walsh