Frank and Paddy Fawl

My uncle, Frank Fawl from Ireland, was already a regular solider when war broke out. Frank Fawl survived the war, and was awarded the Military Medal in 1917. He spent fourteen years in India before eventually settling in England. Frank rarely spoke about the Great War.

Although Frank warned his brother not to enlist, my uncle Paddy Fawl volunteered in December 1915. He was commissioned in ea…