Dublin soldier served from Boer War to Great War

My grandfather, Henry John Molloy, served in the British army and saw action in the Boer War and in World War 1. He was born in 1871 and joined the Dublin Fusiliers around 1887. He was claimed out by two of his aunts acting as wards of court. So determined was he to seek adventure as a soldier that he rejoined the Royal Leinster Regiment (D Company, 2nd Battalion) under the name Henry Metcalfe, hi…