Patrick Kealy Memorabilia
Portrait photo of Patrick with his father Thomas; Discharge Certificate; Character Certificate; Postcard from Malta (Hospital); Postcard from Malta (Church of Bones); Postcard from Salonika; Postcard from Albert; Postcard from Malta (Welsh Rifles); Postcard of a French Military Hospital; Postcard of (?)-Grenay, Pas de Calais.
My wife's grandfather Patrick served with The Camerononians, 11. Scottish Rifles.
Patrick enlisted in 1915 in Glasgow, Scotland, aged 27 but gave his age as 24. He was a Private, serial number 201389.
Family lore says he left home and joined the Army to escape from his Step-Mother with whom he did not get along.
His regiment was sent via Boulogne to the Albert, Somme area in France but were very soon shifted to the Balkans theatre in late 1915.
He suffered gas injuries on the Salonika/Macedonia Front, and also caught dysentery. He was hospitalised in Mtarfa Military Hospital in Malta at some stage.
He was married in Dublin in 1917 while on leave to Ellen Cooke (1883 - 1931).
He returned to Dublin after his Army discharge in 1919 and with Ellen had two children, May and Frank (my late father-in-law).
Patrick's dark brown hair turned white from his war experiences, then went black.
He did not speak much at all about the War.
He was widowed after only 14 years of marriage.
Patrick worked as a Labourer and Porter in the Dublin markets, but his health declined progressively from the gassing and the disease caught in the Balkans campaign.
He died aged only 52 and is buried in Mount Jerome Cemetery, unfortunately in a common grave with no marker.
Our family has managed to keep several items from Patrick's WWI service, including one of his two medals (War & Victory).
Patrick is not forgotten.
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Hamilton, Scotland
Remembrance
Patrick Kealy
Gas Warfare
Patrick's Character Certificate from The Cameronians
Official document
Back
Medical
Front
Patrick's Discharge Certificate from The Cameronians
Postcard from Patrick's brief time in France
Français
Postcard
Western Front
Albert, Somme, France
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English
Albert, Somme - Basilica of Notre Dame de Brebières.
France
Military Nurse and wounded troops
Second postcard from Patrick's brief time in France
Titled A Sister's Loving Care, showing a nurse tending to wounded French troops at a hospital.
Women
Mtarfa, Malta
Group photo of men from the Welsh Regt, including William Evans whose name is written on the photo.
William Evans & colleagues in the Welsh Regiment
Balkans
Postcard from Middle East or Malta
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Propaganda
War-damaged town in France, Pas de Calais area
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Pas de Calais, France
3rd postcard from Patrick's brief time in France
Malta and Salonika
The top postcard shows the Military Hospital in Mtarfa, Malta.
The middle one depicts the Church of Bones in Malta.
The bottom picture shows the Great Fire in Salonika.
Three postcards sent by Patrick from Greece & Malta
Malta & Salonika
The reverse side of the postcards from Malta & Greece.
Photograph
Patrick Kealy with his father Thomas.
Dublin
Studio portrait taken in Dublin, Ireland of Patrick Kealy in his Cameronians uniform with his father Thomas.
This is the only photo we have of Patrick in uniform and the one and only photo of his father.
So it is very special to our family.
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CONTRIBUTOR
Des White
DATE
1915-08-16 - 1919-04-03
LANGUAGE
eng
ITEMS
12
INSTITUTION
Europeana 1914-1918
PROGRESS
METADATA
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