Lives of the First World War

WW1 Royal Irish Rifles cap badge

"There's a Devil in the Drum" a book written by John F. Lucy, Denis Lucy's brother. It is an account of the enlistment and basic training of the two brothers from Cork, Ireland, in the pre-war British Army and their subsequent service on the Western Front. Published by The Naval and Military Press 1993

John F.Lucy, Denis Lucy's brother. He was the author of the autobiographical account of his World War One service "There's a Devil in the Drum"

Drawbridge Street, Cork, Ireland, where Denis Lucey lived with his brother John at the time of the 1911 census

The La Ferté-sous-Jouarre Memorial commemorates 3,740 officers and men of the British Expeditionary Force (BEF) who fell at the battles of Mons, Le Cateau, the Marne and the Aisne between the end of August and early October 1914 and have no known graves...The memorial was designed by George H. Goldsmith, a decorated veteran of the Western Front, and unveiled by Sir William Pulteney, who had commanded the III Corps of the BEF in 1914, on 4 November 1928. (From CWGC Cemetery Details)

Cork in 1883. Denis Lucey was born in Cork ten years later

Gt Britain St.(now Great Wiiliam O'Brien Street) where Denis Lucey was living with his father and siblings at the time of his enlistment

75 Great William O'Brien Street (formerly Great Britain Street) where Denis Lucey's siblings (and father?) lived at the time of his enlistment in January 1912