Help decyphering ww1 Record Discharge

[Mrs Dalloway]

Phil,
I dont think the second Patrick is the right man... he did have a brother Thomas, but he was a cobbler and didnt join up... and his sister Bridget lived in Offaly, then Dublin.  Thanks for clearing that up for me though.  You have saved me a lot of time.
Michelle

ps Here is a family photo... 3 of the sons fought in WW1

[forester]

Hello Michelle,

Now that the images have disappeared, could you please list the brothers with their service numbers, so that we don't lose the plot. 

Phil

[Mrs Dalloway]

Good thinking.. here goes...

Gregory Fahey. Corps: Leinster Reg 'Depol' (or Depot?)

[Mrs Dalloway]

oops.. sorry here goes again...

Gregory Fahey leinster Reg Depot Reg. No. 3/3475
date of discharge 3.6.18
date on enlistment:21.1.13
 Medals: 
Victory- A/104B3/ 324
British-  ditto        ditto
star -   blank

Action taken list A/809
deleted from list A/845





Patrick Fahey. Leinst R. srt regtal no. 3205
Medals:
Victory A/104 B3  324
British  Ditto        ditto
Star     Blank
S.W.B. List A/570



Patrick Fahey
x6 leinst Reg   pte       REg No:44
R. Ir. Reg        L/Corp  REg. No: 5910
Qualifying date: 9/7/15

Medals:
Victory  A/102 B4   673
British     strike through
15 Star  A/1/1C    C52
Action Taken: Disch'd
Theatre of war: (2b)Balkans
sublist A/869



Christopher Fahey
Leinstr R.     Pte   Regtl No:   10180
# Leinstr R. Pte    Regtl No: 7177464
Medals:
Victory  A/104  B3   324
British   - ditto          ditto -

There is some text written about #Leinstr R... I will try to post it (only a small section of the document) to be decyphered

Sorry for all the detail, but I am totally clueless about which details are important and which are not!! 

Michelle

[forester]

Michelle,

The bit you can't read refers to the India General Service Medal as per Ken's earlier post. It is the reference to the actual Medal Roll. The cards are merely index cards.

I can't access Ancestry at work, but you are looking at two different Patricks. All the info (including previous service) that I posted last night was for the one in the 6th(Service) Battalion. If I remember rightly, he was 40 years old when he re-enlisted in 1914. Does that mean that we can discount him now and look at the other one; Serjeant 3205, who incidentally appears to be on the same page in the Rolls as Gregory?

Phil

[Mrs Dalloway]

Yes Phil, I think Patrick Fahey. Leinst R. srt regtal no. 3205 sounds more likely.
Sorry for the wild goose chase.

The brother lived in Birr Town, Co Offaly (previously known as King's County)

I have their dates of birth:
Gregory J. Fahey DOB 22.6.1889
Patrick Fahey DOB 16.1.1891
Christopher Fahey DOB 11.12.1898

Thanks, Michelle

[Mrs Dalloway]

Ken,
I just heard from Christopher Fahey's grand-daughter and she said that Christopher followed her grandmother over to Canada, so I guess this is proof that I have the right man. 

[FROGSMILE]

He is indeed in the Leinster Regiment, whose depot was at Birr.  The metal badge on his right upper arm shows him to be a regimental bandsman (it is a lyre with crown over and shows him to be competent), which might help with your research.

[Mrs Dalloway]

He is indeed in the Leinster Regiment, whose depot was at Birr.  The metal badge on his right upper arm shows him to be a regimental bandsman (it is a lyre with crown over and shows him to be competent), which might help with your research.

Frogsmile - Thank you for that - only seeing your post now.  Yes - I have been told that the brothers played in a band...  Must have been the army band.  Lovely to have some evidence of this.  Regards, Michelle