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I wonder how many of these men survived the war. I hate the new flickr format!

[http://www.flickr.com/photos/toots] @Cassies grandma Interesting you should ask ... ;) There were books written and movies made about the crew of the SMS Emden. A blurb from the back cover of one book: "The Last Cruise of the Emden is the true story of one of the most extraordinary and little-known escapades of World War I. On August 2, 1914, the Emden, a German light cruiser, was steaming peacefully off the China coast when over its wireless came the message that the German Empire was at war. The ship was made ready for action. Sailing to the Indian Ocean under orders, the Emden sank some twenty merchant vessels - most of them British - a Russian cruiser, and a French destroyer. "What followed was a six-month voyage that took the Emden and its crew halfway around the world, fighting heroic battles both on land and at sea, culminating in a dramatic journey across the Arabian desert, which saw the crew survive attacks of malaria, typhus, dysentery, and the murderous onslaught of Lawrence of Arabia's bedouin tribesmen."  

Slight correction of the note: the name of the ship is "Ayesha", not Dyesha. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hellmuth_von_Mücke The picture was taken on the occasion of Kapitänleutnant von Mücke's wedding with Carla Finke in June 1915, after his and his men's adventurous return from the South Seas via the Arab peninsula and Constantinople: books.google.de/books?id=8uDIrtb5DzEC&pg=PA77&lpg...

Thanks Pixel. I guess I could have googled it but I appreciate your input.

Mücke has appeared twice before in the Bain collection, and there are further notes under those photos

Mr John Cullinan MP married Rita O'Meara on Wednesday 2nd April 1913 at Ardfinnan Parish Church. Minnie O'Meara was the bridesmaid, and Mr R Burke was best man. The bride was given away by her brother Mr James O'Meara. The bride "carried a handsome shower bouquet of white heather, lily-pf-the-valley, and white roses ... and wore a very beautiful diamond pendant, a gift from the Irish Party." (condensed from the report in Freeman's Journal 3rd April 1913)

The report also lists the 6 clergymen who were present in addition to the Very Reverend Canon Sheedy who performed the ceremony, and at whose house the wedding breakfast took place.

John Cullinan at wikipedia. Rita and Minnie in the 1901 Census.

I think this is at the Parochial House in Ardfinnan. You can see the corner of the house in one of the other photos of the event. Streetview of driveway.

By April the 10th he was back at work in Westminster: Hansard

Would it be possible for you to confirm for me the formal position of each sitter?

Or stander (to avoid any confusion) :- )

I would love to have a go at "reading" that image, but I am not very concise, so an email is probably more suitable than this page. d a v i d . f r a s e r 1 @ n t l w o r l d . com if you are interested : - ) I will have a bash when I get back from my holidays (as we say in Glasgow)

Hi Tom, thank you for your interest and comments! These images are part of a collection of which the background documentation has been lost and/or destroyed over time. What we hope for here is that some of our intrepid researchers will unearth the details of the sitters, standers and location from the title, image and personalities therein! Keep an eye on the comments stream during the day and perhaps we will, as we have many times in the past, be enlightened, entertained and educated:-)

Other images in the series give the date as 1911, and the commissioning location as Ballybur (Castle?), County Killkenny.