Don't believe all that's on the newspapers about England's great victorys
Daniel McCormack (my wife's greqat-grandfather) and his brother Patrick were both from Limerick in Ireland. Their father was a carpenter. They left their jobs in a Limerick flour mill (Bannatyne's at the time, now Ranks) and joined the Armey for the war in France. He became a Sergeant in the Royal Munster Fusilieers, number 2309. The letter was the last letter received by his wife Mary (Mollie) McCormack. Danny, as Daniel was known to his family, was killed in action at Aubers Ridge on the 9th of May 1915, where he was blown up. He left a widow and seven children. He is commemorated on panel 43/44 at Le Touret Cemetery in France. He seems to be mistakenly referred to as David in one record. His wife Mary died on the 16th of January 1965. A letter from October 1914 to his wife advised her not to believe everything published in newspapers about England's victories in the War. A transcript of this appeared in the Widow's Penny Book.
Copy of letter dated October 1914
Copies of War Medals
Copy of Photo/Portrait of Daniel McCormack
Papers
Copies of Medals
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Medal
Daniel McCormack
Copies of Sergeant Daniel McCormack's Medals
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Official document
Sergeant Daniel McCormack's Military Record
Sergeant Daniel McCormack's Military Record. Mistakenly referred to as David.
Home Front
Letter from Sergeant Daniel McCormack to Mary (Mollie) McCormack. Letter is a page folded in half, resulting in 4 pages of text. Left side of this image is page 4. Right side is page 1. See next image for pages 2 and 3.
Propaganda
Letter from Sergeant Daniel McCormack to Mary (Mollie) McCormack
Letter
Letter from Sergeant Daniel McCormack to Mary (Mollie) McCormack. Letter is a page folded in half, resulting in 4 pages of text. Left side of this image is page 2. Right side is page 3. See previous image for pages 1 and 4.
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Daniel McCormack and Mary McCormack
Family Tree of Daniel McCormack and Mary (Mollie) McCormack (Fitzgibbon)
Family History details of Daniel McCormack and Mary McCormack (Fitzgibbon)
CONTRIBUTOR
Mike McNamara
DATE
1914-10 - 1915-05-09
LANGUAGE
eng
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14
INSTITUTION
Europeana 1914-1918
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