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maggiemole
Joined: 16 May 2006 Posts: 14
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Posted: Fri Sep 25, 2009 3:09 am Post subject: Irish soldiers in UK Army WW1 |
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Has anyone experience of finding records of these men? My great Uncle John Rooney fought in the British army in WW1 and survived. There are far too many John Rooneys listed in the UK records mostly with too little detail to let me identify my man, so I thought I might try from the other end.
Although born in Roscommon, he was working and living in Galway Town in 1914. Would the Connaught Rangers be the recruiting force here? How would I go about finding out if his record is in their archives?
Thanks for any help, Maggie |
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John Hunter
Joined: 02 Feb 2005 Posts: 245 Location: Brisbane, Australia
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Posted: Fri Sep 25, 2009 4:27 am Post subject: |
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http://www.movinghere.org.uk/galleries/roots/irish/irishrecordsuk/irishrecordsuk.htm#
http://www.movinghere.org.uk/galleries/roots/irish/irishrecordsuk/soldiers.htm
http://www.movinghere.org.uk/galleries/roots/irish/irishrecords/gro5.htm
The Connaught Rangers Association
Museum located at King House, Boyle town, County Roscommon. One of their objectives is to formulate a database of information on the men who were veterans of the Connaught Rangers. They publish a yearly newsletter and an annual magazine.
Their website is www.connaughtrangersassoc.com.
Email is info@connaughtrangersassoc.com
Visit Wikipedia at
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Connaught_Rangers
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Source: Part J14 of the Resource County Roscommon 2009 CD
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John _________________ Beirne, Byrne, Connor, Hedian, Moraghan, Nerney. Hunter, Gildea, Kildea
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maggiemole
Joined: 16 May 2006 Posts: 14
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Posted: Fri Sep 25, 2009 10:27 am Post subject: |
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Thank you very much, John: I'll try an email to them and keep my fingers crossed!
Maggie |
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