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Offline LindaMeehan

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Patrick O'Connor. Royal Munster Fusiliers
« on: Saturday 05 July 14 16:43 BST (UK) »
Hi all,

I've had no luck finding my relative's WW1 service record on Ancestry, so I presume it didn't survive. But given I know the below details about him, are there any other ways I could find more about his time in the war?

Patrick O'Connor.
B. about 1895, Kerry.
Served with Royal Munster Fusiliers.
Received shrapnel wounds.
Survived and when he returned, was given a home in the Gap of Dunloe by the British Army (possibly under the Irish Sailors and Soldiers Land Trust).
Died around 1929 due to complications with the shrapnel wounds.

I also know his wife and child's name.

Any push in the right direction appreciated  :)

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Re: Patrick O'Connor. Royal Munster Fusiliers
« Reply #1 on: Saturday 05 July 14 17:38 BST (UK) »
Do you have a service number for him...if you have medals they will be on rim

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Blackburn (Castleford)
Sidwell(Ledsham)
Fairburn(Hartshead)
Wood(Liversedge)
Tallon (Whittington Lancs/Hartshead West Yorkshire)

Researching all Great War soldiers from the Spen Valley of West Yorkshire Especially lads from the Cleckheaton Company of 1/4th West Riding Regiment.

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Re: Patrick O'Connor. Royal Munster Fusiliers
« Reply #2 on: Saturday 05 July 14 19:21 BST (UK) »
I don't have his medals I'm afraid. Lost in the family somewhere.

I just received this info from someone else:

"Silver War Badge entry for 5935 Patrick O'Connor, RMF. Discharged as a result of wounds."

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Re: Patrick O'Connor. Royal Munster Fusiliers
« Reply #3 on: Saturday 05 July 14 19:58 BST (UK) »
Medal card of O'Connor, Patrick
Corps   Regiment            No   Rank
Royal Munster Fusiliers   5935   Private

The National Archives, Kew
WO 372/15/26684

http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/SearchUI/Details?uri=D4425809

Medal card of O'Connor, Patrick
Corps   Regiment            No          Rank
Royal Munster Fusiliers   8/5935   Private

The National Archives, Kew
WO 372/15/26692
http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/SearchUI/Details?uri=D4425817

Rudolf
Goldschmidt; Gregory, Maude, Nancy Price, Welby (UK),
Goldschmidt > Goldsmith, Benetta, Bloom, Gillis, McDonough, Moses, Wheaton (Australia / NZ),
Spatz & Henderson (Greater London),
Herbert Spatz MC > H. Spence MC (Salisbury),
Spatz > Spence, Nichols. Kidd (Bromley > Manchester South, India),
Spatz > Spaatz (Boyertown, PA - USA),
Engel & Joly (Philadelphia, PA - USA).
Kummerer (London, Chicago & Australia).

WW1 - Cousins Killed in Action in the Australian, English, French & German Armies

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Re: Patrick O'Connor. Royal Munster Fusiliers
« Reply #4 on: Saturday 05 July 14 20:18 BST (UK) »
http://1914-1918.invisionzone.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=171881

Maybe of interest possibly 8th batt man with that prefix

Ady
Lowe(Lower Gornall-Castleford)
Blackburn (Castleford)
Sidwell(Ledsham)
Fairburn(Hartshead)
Wood(Liversedge)
Tallon (Whittington Lancs/Hartshead West Yorkshire)

Researching all Great War soldiers from the Spen Valley of West Yorkshire Especially lads from the Cleckheaton Company of 1/4th West Riding Regiment.

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Re: Patrick O'Connor. Royal Munster Fusiliers
« Reply #5 on: Thursday 10 July 14 16:13 BST (UK) »
Thank you Rudolf and thank you mmm45. That forum link was brilliant. I downloaded the war diary for the 8th batt RMF and tried to find him but no luck. So many wounded and killed that the officer didn't bother writing their names half the time, which is sad. But at least I can be fairly confident that that was his battalion and i know roughly where he was when wounded.
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