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Cleveland Indians' catcher Steve O'Neil photographed at Ebbets Field during the 1920 World Series. Note the black mourning band on the left sleeve of O'Neill's uniform. The black arm band on the Indians' uniforms was worn in memory of former teammate Ray Chapman (1891-1920), who died earlier in the 1920 baseball season in August after being struck in the head by a pitch thrown by Yankees' pitcher Carl Mays during a game at the Polo Grounds. Chapman remains the only player to die as a result of an in-game injury suffered during a Major League Baseball game. See: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1920_World_Series en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_O%27Neill en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ray_Chapman

From the Commonwealth War Graves Commission website: Name:O'NEILL, AMBROSE A. Initials:A A Nationality:Canadian Rank:Private Regiment/Service:Newfoundland Regiment Unit Text:1st Bn. Age:29 Date of Death:22/04/1917 Service No:2545 Additional information:Son of Paul and Mary O'Neill, of Admiral's Cove, Ferrneuse, Newfoundland. Casualty Type:Commonwealth War Dead Grave/Memorial Reference:II. P. 9. Cemetery:DUISANS BRITISH CEMETERY, ETRUN

A family tree on www.ancestry.co.uk shows his full name as Ambrose William O'Neill born 27th Feb 1887 at Fermeuse, Newfoundland, Canada. He was baptised at Holy Apostles' Roman Catholic Church and was the son of Paul O'Neill and Mary O'Keeffe. His mother died in 1903.

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hmm Usually i hear of parades or marches for the army (apparently as a power show) ... but policemen parade? I don't know how much common is that.

I find the "slow unravelling of the photos details and origins" on these pages through the investigative comments and detailed knowledge of several posters as fascinating as the photos themselves - yesterdays was a great example ...... I'll be back to see what follows

Hurraah, Hurrah Limerick features on NLI in Flickr but where's this Georges Street I ask. That beautiful thoroughfare is O'Connell St with The Crescent and O'Connell Avenue in the distance. Limerick is of course a very old city but in the 1700's/1800's a planned city on a grid was developed and this street was part of what is/was Newtown-Pery. The massed ranks are marching in the opposite direction to modern parades as we normally had parades that marched down towards the O'Connell Street/William St. junction behind the photographer. I know they look like policemen but I can't see that many "polis" having a role in Limerick around that time. They are marching in the direction of the "New" barracks, now Sarsfields Barracks, and I suspect that this might explain the direction and the echelons.

there seem to be a band marching in the opposite direction???

TJ No TJ, if you look closely in Original size you will see that they have the bayonet frogs to the left just like the group closest the camera. I was just going to comment on the bayonets, they are each wearing a bayonet in a frog on a white belt. This is more a military item of kit than police and looking at the dress of the NCO's they are wearing sashes etc which is once again more a military affectation than a police one.