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Birth & Early Career: Born in 1880, he served as a District Inspector in the Royal Irish Constabulary (RIC) before World War I. [1]

World War I Service: He volunteered at the outbreak of the war and was seconded as a Captain in the 6th Battalion, Royal Dublin Fusiliers in November 1914. He was wounded at Suvla Bay during the Gallipoli campaign in August 1915.

Kilmainham Gaol: During the Easter Rising of 1916, his regiment was stationed in Dublin, and Lennon was appointed temporary Commandant (or Governor) of Kilmainham Gaol, where he interacted with leaders like Éamonn Ceannt and Pádraig Pearse prior to their executions.

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The best information I could find came from an 'Irish Times' obituary of 16/4/1923. It is a masterpiece of concise facts ...

" Lennon, William Sherlock; RIC 60527; LDS 2098/189; born 5/2/1880, Eyre Square, Co. Galway; (Galway Registrar's District, March Quarter, 1880, vol. 4, p. 283): son of William Lennon, SI, RIC and Annie Sherlock; educated at the Galway school; tutor; matriculated to TCD on 20/6/1898; BA Degree, 1905 and LLB, 1908, Trinity College Dublin; recommended for a Commission in the Army by the Inspector General of the RIC with a reference supplied by L.L. Nicol, Brigadier-General, commanding 30th Infantry Brigade; captain, 6th Battalion Royal Dublin Fusiliers, 19/11/1914 and temporary major on 18/1/1916; Governor of Kilmainham Gaol, Dublin, March to July 1916 and residing at 23, Marlborough Road, Dublin; attached to the Egyptian Army from 18/2/1917 to 16/10/1919; he received a gunshot wound to the right forearm in action at Suvla Bay, Gallipoli on 15/8/1915; 3rd DI 25/5/1902; King Edward VII Visit to Ireland Medal, 1903; pensioned 1/8/1920; seconded for service with the Sudan Government from 2/9/1920 as Assistant District Commissioner; died 1/4/1923 of appendicitis on board the hospital ship 'Lady Baker' on the River Nile near Kosti, White Nile Province, Sudan, Egypt; administration granted at the Principal Registry, London on 19/1/1924 to his mother, Annie Lennon, 22, Norham Road, Oxford as no executor appointed in his will effects £1,885.0s.3d; administration granted to his mother on 7/5/1924 in the High Court, Dublin effects in Ireland £255.6s.3d.; (PRO reference PMG4875); (WO 339/13484); (Obituary in the Irish Times, 16/4/1923). "

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He was made a 'temporary major on 18/1/1916', ie one crown on the shoulder as seen in the photo. (Ed. Wrong. See below)

beachcomber australia That obituary is a masterclass on the use of semi-colons!

And perhaps this photo was taken to mark the temporary major status? So after 18 January 1916?

National Library of Ireland on The Commons

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For a man who died of appendicitis he deserved fewer colons in his obituary

"attached to the Egyptian Army from 18/2/1917" - latest date for photo ?

In the
1901 census

and :
1911

“Copy note from Major W.S. Lennon, Commandant, Kilmainham Detention Barracks, to Fr. Aloysius Travers OFM Cap. The note reads: ‘The Prisoner H.T. Pearse [sic] desires to see you and you have permission to visit him. Failing you he would be glad to see any of the Capucines [sic]’.”

catholicarchives.ie

27 April 1883 was a Friday ...
(Wishing it Was a Wednesday)

A "busk" is the rigid element of a corset placed at the center front to keep it straight.

'Poirotte' - "An old regional French term for a wild, soft, or overripe pear"
The corsets made people pear-shaped!

Flickr is sometimes amazing! Mr Theodore Poirotte also made exquisite shoes.
Via Northampton Museums

Looking at marriages and births, there are quite a few possible Mrs. Storeys.

A mention in 'Finnegan's Wake' (BookII, Chapter I, page 235)
via AI

"Lady Marmela Shortbred will walk in for supper with her marchpane switch on, her necklace of almonds and her poirette Sundae dress with bracelets of honey and her cochineal hose with the caramel dancings, the briskly best from Bootiestown, and her suckingstaff of ivory-mint."

• Poirette: A clever double play on words. It refers to Poire (French for pear, invoking the pear-shaped dessert Poire Belle Hélène), while simultaneously referencing Poirette, a highly popular, real-world brand of women's corsets and luxury undergarments active during the era Joyce wrote the book.
• Sundae Dress: A pun on "Sunday dress" (one's finest church clothing), transformed into an ice cream sundae to match the surrounding dessert motifs like marchpane (marzipan), almonds, honey, and caramel.

The arms at the top belong to the city of Paris, rather than Poirette.

"TOSSED BY THE WAVES, BUT NEVER SUNK" is an odd tag for an inland city.

Top middle is the coat of arms of Paris, and the city motto is "FLVCTVAT NEC MERCITVR" ("[She] is tossed [by the waves], but does not sink").
See - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coat_of_arms_of_Paris

Ed. Snap @ The McAuley!

National Library of Ireland on The Commons the postage stamp could be an early form of ‘stamp duty’

Historically, a physical revenue stamp had to be glued, embossed, or stamped onto a legal document to make it valid

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stamp_duty

Edit:
British Customs and Inland Revenue Act of 1881, the British government legally authorized select postage stamps to dual-function as valid revenue tax stamps.
The act mandated a universal 1-penny tax duty on any commercial retail receipt or cash transaction totaling £2 or more. Because Mrs. Story’s custom corset order came to a high total of £3 and 2 shillings, Theodore Poirotte's business was legally required to buy, affix, and cancel this stamp to prove the transaction tax had been paid to the Inland Revenue.

The Handwritten Cancellation

To comply with revenue regulations and ensure the stamp could never be peeled off and illegally reused on a piece of mail, the shop clerk manually "canceled" it with an ink pen at the exact time of payment

Bee Aviation (Beecraft) Wee Bee

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Spencer_Francis
"Charles Spencer Francis (June 17, 1853 – December 1, 1911) was an American diplomat and newspaper editor.
--Early life and education--
The son of diplomat and newspaper publisher John M. Francis and Harriet E. Tucker, Charles Spencer Francis was born on June 17, 1853. He studied at Cornell University from 1870 to 1871, before joining his father in Greece as his secretary. With his mission completed, Francis returned to the United States and to Cornell in 1874.

At Cornell, Francis proved to be an excellent rower, setting the world record in intercollegiate single scull competition[clarification needed] in 1876 (which stood long after his death, up until his grandson also attended Cornell). He graduated from Cornell the next year with a Bachelor of Science degree."

Thanks swanq, we'll add some of this information to the catalog record.

Probably Ejnar Mikkelsen
- en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ejnar_Mikkelsen
"Ejnar Mikkelsen (23 December 1880 – 1 May 1971) was a Danish polar explorer and writer. He is most known for his expeditions to Greenland."

Thanks swanq, that appears to be him and he was in the US in 1908 and published a number of articles in newspapers.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/August_Belmont_Jr.
"August Belmont Jr. (February 18, 1853 – December 10, 1924) was an American financier. He financed the construction of the original New York City Subway line (1900–1904) and for many years headed the Interborough Rapid Transit Company, which ran the transit system. He also financed and led the construction of the Cape Cod Canal in Massachusetts, which opened in 1914. Belmont bought the land for and built New York's Belmont Park racetrack—named for his father—and was a major owner/breeder of thoroughbred racehorses. He served as chairman of the board of the Louisville and Nashville Railroad. He also served as a director of the Southern Pacific Co., parent of the railroad, and National Park Bank."

Thanks swanq, we'll add some of this info to the catalog record.

Oscar Straus
- en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oscar_Straus_(politician)
"Oscar Solomon Straus (December 23, 1850 – May 3, 1926) was an American politician and diplomat. He served as United States Secretary of Commerce and Labor under President Theodore Roosevelt from 1906 to 1909. He was the first Jewish United States Cabinet Secretary.
Straus also served in four presidential administrations as America's representative to the Ottoman Empire and ran for Governor of New York in 1912 as the candidate of then-former president Theodore Roosevelt's Progressive "Bull Moose" Party, in tandem with Roosevelt's own unsuccessful run for a nonconsecutive third term as president that same year."

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Thanks swanq, we'll add some of this info to the catalog record.

Some fine hounds there! The photography quality, for that period, is amazing as well. Folk can hold still for an historic exposer time, but the HOUNDS? Such sharp detail, coming from an avid photographer myself, well done to the one who made this piece of art!

SPAD fighter (VII or XIII)
Stig

Caudron G.III
Photo is reversed
Stig

Looks like one of the modified Burgess H that Grover Loening did for the US Signal Corp.
They are tricky to ID since after modifications they looked very different from each other
Stig

Breguet XIV of 9th Aero Sq in Oct 1918
Stig

from history of Z2326:
AAEE (Aircraft Armament Experiment Establishment) 40mm gun trials 14-4-42

Possibly at Boscombe Downs

timelapse halo on her finger?? I doubt that very much.

... not sure if it's the best description - but there is a torch spinning on a string and the photo has a slow shutter speed to create the halo effect.

this image shows the process

State Library of New South Wales A timelapse is the process of multiple photographs taken over a period of time, each one an instant after the other. This is not a timelapse, but instead it is a long exposure, ie a single photograph, whereby the shutter is open for a period of time and thus capturing all and any light appearing in that time. Being a long exposure, this photograph informs 2 things: 1. The model had to keep incredibly still. 2. The torch was rotating very fast, otherwise the model would have had great difficulty staying still and thus staying in focus. Usually 5 seconds is the absolute max we can rely on subjects to 'keep still'.

Wow such a cool photo.

A pleasure to view 😊

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Herbert Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herbert_Kitchener,_1st_Earl_Kitchener

"Field Marshal Horatio Herbert Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener (/ˈkɪtʃɪnər/; 24 June 1850 – 5 June 1916) was a British Army officer and colonial administrator. Kitchener came to prominence for his imperial campaigns, his involvement in the Second Boer War, and his central role in the early part of the First World War.

Kitchener was credited in 1898 for having won the Battle of Omdurman and securing control of the Sudan, for which he was made Baron Kitchener of Khartoum. As Chief of Staff (1900–1902) in the Second Boer War he played a key role in Lord Roberts' conquest of the Boer Republics, then succeeded Roberts as commander-in-chief – by which time Boer forces had taken to guerrilla fighting and British forces imprisoned Boer and African civilians in concentration camps. His term as commander-in-chief (1902–1909) of the Army in India saw him quarrel with another eminent proconsul, the viceroy Lord Curzon, who eventually resigned. Kitchener then returned to Egypt as British agent and consul-general (de facto administrator)."

Presumably the photographer for "In Wildest Africa." See
www.rookebooks.com
See a digital copy of the book at
- archive.org

One possibility for further identification is
- www.findagrave.com

also
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en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stewart_L._Woodford
"Stewart Lyndon Woodford (September 3, 1835 – February 14, 1913) was an American attorney and politician who served as a member of the United States House of Representatives and the lieutenant governor of New York.

Born in New York City, Woodford graduated from Columbia University in 1854, studied law, and attained admission to the bar. Becoming active in politics as a Republican, he served as Assistant United States Attorney for New York's Southern District from 1861 until volunteering for the Union Army in 1862. Woodford took part in the American Civil War as chief of staff to Quincy A. Gillmore, commander of the Department of the South, and as commander of the 103rd Colored Infantry Regiment. He attained the rank of colonel and the brevet rank of brigadier general.

Woodford ran successfully for lieutenant governor in 1866 and served from 1867 to 1868. After losing the 1870 race for governor, in 1872, Woodford was elected to the U.S. House, and he served a partial term. From 1877 to 1883, he served as United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and he served as Minister to Spain from 1897 until the start of hostilities during the Spanish–American War. Woodford died in New York City in 1913, and was buried in Stamford, Connecticut."

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Amazing photo!!!!!

Great photo.
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Lovely old picture, I'm guessing it's from the Edwardian era by the way they're dressed. Congrats on explore ! ❤ 🌟 😍 ✨ 💕

Beautiful

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beautiful photo!

Beautiful capture !
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Appreciated your fabulous photograph Congratulations on Explore 👌🏆

This image was published in the SD paper. Names: Top: Betty Lambert and Gina Pournelle; Middle Gertrude Lockwood, Elsie Watson, Aileen Saunders, Isabelle McCrae, Dottie Sanders; Front Gerry Vickers & Terry Vasques