Lives of the First World War

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ID: 4599538

Reference: WO372/20

Title: Medal Index Card

Description: Medal index cards were created by the Army Medal Office towards the end of the First World War. They record the medals that men and women who served in the First World War were entitled to claim.

UPP: GBM/MCI/4603914

Credit: © The National Archives

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ID: 7933275

Name: New Rathass 2 1928-1954 Page 174

Title: Kerry Local Authorities - Graveyard Records

Description: Burial Records on Kerry County Council Website

Connected by: Kay61656

URL: http://kerrylaburials.ie
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Additional: The burial record is for my Grandfather who served as a Serjeant in the Royal Irish Regiment ref. 4/7922 and the Royal Munster Fusiliers ref. 4824 during WW1. This confirms the connection.

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ID: 7948066

Name: 1901/Kerry/O_Brennan/Ballymullen/1429692

Title: National Archives of Ireland 1901 Census

Description: Census of Ireland 1901 for A Company, Royal Munster Fusiliers, Ballymullen Barracks, Tralee, Co. Kerry.

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URL: http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie
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Additional: The details listed in the 1901 Census for Private M. Walsh, ref. no. 5925 in Ballymullen Barracks are for my grandfather. He was discharged from the Army in 1904 in Tralee and re-enlisted during WW1.

Source information

ID: 7948157

Title: Serjeant Matthew Walsh

Description: Served in the Royal Munster Fusiliers and the Royal Irish Regiment during World War 1.

Connected by: Kay61656

Source information

ID: 8532921

Reference: gbm_mci

Title: Medal Index Cards Transcription

Connected by: Kay61656

UPP: GBM/MCI/4603924

Additional: All Military details listed regarding Soldier numbers, Rank and Corps are correct and can be confirmed from records and WW1 medals by family.

Credit: © The National Archives

Source information

ID: 8666531

Name: Tralee_Kerry Command_ Page 62

Title: Irish Army Census Collection 1922

Description: Irish Army Census taken on 12th/13th November, 1922

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URL: http://www.militaryarchives.ie
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Additional: Proof of my grandfather's military service in Ireland after WW1.

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ID: 8692416

Title: WW1 Medals

Description: WW1 Medals of Serjeant Matthew Walsh

Connected by: Kay61656

Source information

ID: 8851690

Reference: gbm_silver_war_bad1914_18

Title: Silver War Badge Roll Transcription

Connected by: Fife3190

UPP: GBM/SILVERWAR/BADGES/146627

Additional: service number badly transcribed but dates match that on Silver War Badge Card

Credit: © The National Archives

Source information

ID: 8854370

Title: Marriage Record

Description: Marriage Record for Matthew Walsh and Catherine O'Brien from General Register Office of Ireland.

Connected by: Kay61656

Additional: Marriage took place in St. John's R.C. Church, Castle Street, Tralee, Co. Kerry, Ireland.

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