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LAIRD (Frank M., BA, TCD, late Royal Dublin Fusiliers)
Personal Experiences of the Great War (An Unfinished Manuscript)
1st Ed., [vii]+200pp., portrait frontis. Dublin: Eason & Son Ltd. nd (c.1926).
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Very rare memoirs of enlistment in Ireland in 1914, Gallipoli in 1915 in the ranks of the 7th Royal Dublin Fusiliers (wounded at Suvla Bay), back to the Depot at Naas & recieved a commission; present in Dublin during the Easter Rising in 1916; then posted to France in Jan. 1917 to the 8th Dublins (16th Irish Div.): in action in the Salient inc. Battle of Messines, March Retreat 1918 (when he was wounded & taken PoW), repatriated in December 1918 (& died as a result of his war service in Jan. 1925). Inter al, includes an unusual account of a recruiting tour in Ireland in 1916, events in Dublin during the Easter Rising, recollections of the famous Father Doyle at the Front & other interesting matter. Orig. blue cloth, gilt to front, covs. little rubbed & worn. See illustration on our website.
£225
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