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Dublin soldier served from Boer War to Great War
Medals and shaving kit
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…
Contributors
- Henry John Molloy
Subject
- World War I
- Henry John Molloy
- World War I
Type of item
- Story
Date
- 1871
- 1918
- 1918
- 1871
- 1918
- 1871
Contributors
- Henry John Molloy
Subject
- World War I
- Henry John Molloy
- World War I
Type of item
- Story
Date
- 1871
- 1918
- 1918
- 1871
- 1918
- 1871
Providing institution
Aggregator
Rights statement for the media in this item (unless otherwise specified)
- http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/
Creation date
- 2014-09-03 15:29:17 UTC
- 2014-09-03
- 2014-09-03
Temporal
- europeana19141918:timespan/50141236068120484ccb66272c0141de
Places
- Western Front
Provenance
- INTERNET
Source
- UGC
Identifier
- 17524
- https://1914-1918.europeana.eu/contributions/17524
Language
- English
- eng
Is part of
- EnrichEuropeana
Year
- 1918
- 1871
Providing country
- Europe
Collection name
First time published on Europeana
- 2019-09-11T08:22:26.093Z
Last time updated from providing institution
- 2023-06-05T08:05:33.085Z