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Curragh Camp Fire Brigade

from National Library of Ireland on The Commons

  • 14 older comments, and then…
  • José Miguel LLop Sanchez said:
    fantastic shot
  • National Library of Ireland on The Commons said:
    José Miguel LLop Sanchez Thank you!
  • Mike said:
    Hope they were using race-horses!?
  • National Library of Ireland on The Commons said:
    Mike Think they were going for strength over speed by the look of these horses...
  • Gerry Ward said:
    It is "Shand, Mason & Co., London". Samuel Phillips was making fire engines by 1760; in 1797 the firm became Phillips & Hopwood; in 1811 it was James Hopwood; by 1818 it was Hopwood & Tilley; by 1825 Tilley & Co; and around 1853 Shand, Mason & Co. Merryweather & Sons Ltd acquired them in 1928.

Reading Room, Elise Sandes Soldiers Home, Curragh Camp

from National Library of Ireland on The Commons

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  • Nick Stewart said:
    Fascinating image. There's a fair bit of movement from some of the soldiers. Gives it a slightly ghostly feel.
  • National Library of Ireland on The Commons said:
    Nick Stewart Some of them were definitely fidgety and must have driven the photographer mad. Do you mean the chap with the newspaper in the row of chairs on the right? He must have been flying through that paper, leaning forward and back...
  • Swordscookie said:
    Great photograph but there are a number of things about it that raise a question mark. Why have they all (bar 1) got their caps on indoors in a recreation room? I've worn uniforms for most of my life and one of the first things one does is take the darned cap off and especially in a room such as this. They are all, more or less, facing the camera which would indicate that it was posed and if so why did the silly beggars insist on moving so much? The likelihood that an Irish ampersand is used in a religious text in a British army rec room is remote to say the least. This was a rec room for other ranks i.e privates as there are no officers present and no signs of ranks on the sleeves of tunics as far as I can see. As regards "Golden SCA text" I expect that it was something like Services Christian Association? Very interesting indeed! Another thought struck me, why all the flowers? There must have been a generals inspection coming off for this level of adornment?
  • National Library of Ireland on The Commons said:
    Swordscookie Definitely agree about the posing! Caps were on for the photographer without a doubt. I have another one from the Curragh tomorrow, and again all are wearing their caps... So do you think 16.7.16 is safe enough to assume as the date??
  • Swordscookie said:
    I think it is safe enough. The flowers are "cut-flowers" and are fresh as distinct from pot plants and they are plentiful so that means spring/summer at the least. July is probably right for that shot! The ampersand used up to recently in material relating to the Dept. of Posts and Telegraphs did have the 7 shape but it was distinctively lower that the other numbers.

2 Lieutenant James Hope Nelson

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  • Denise Jackson said:
    Sir James Hope Nelson, 2nd Baronet Acton Park, Denbigh. Wikipedia page en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nelson_baronets Born 1883 in Liverpool. Married twice to (1) Isabel Valle 1913 (divorced 1921), daughter of Dr Jules F Valle of St Louis, USA. (2) Annie Bryan 1923, daughter of Lt Col Loftus Bryan of Bormount Manor, Wexford, Ireland. www.ebooksread.com/authors-eng/arthur-charles-fox-davies/... His Medal Roll Index Card lists him as a Lieutenant in the Labour Corps. Notes his address as Clonbarron, Athboy, Co. Meath. Eligible 21.12.18.
  • Charlotte Czyzyk said:
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