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  • #76
    Groundhog. Is this gravestone in Thomastown, Looks like it.Cpl. Liam Kelly is a cousin of mine. I was born and raised in Thomastown and from looking at the photo I would say that cross is about 20 yards from my parents grave. I'm ashamed to say I have never seen it. I may be wrong but is Cpl. Kelly buried in Glasnevin. His brother (ex 3rd Bn. ) still lives in Thomastown. I will be in Thomastown tomorrow and will definitely visit the graveyard. A thousand thanks for the pic.

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    • #77
      Originally posted by Drylander View Post
      Groundhog. Is this gravestone in Thomastown, Looks like it.Cpl. Liam Kelly is a cousin of mine. I was born and raised in Thomastown and from looking at the photo I would say that cross is about 20 yards from my parents grave. I'm ashamed to say I have never seen it. I may be wrong but is Cpl. Kelly buried in Glasnevin. His brother (ex 3rd Bn. ) still lives in Thomastown. I will be in Thomastown tomorrow and will definitely visit the graveyard. A thousand thanks for the pic.

      Yes that headstone is in Thomastown. I assumed that Cpl Kellyw as buried there but I don't actually know. I came across it by chance whilst looking for this one...

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      • #78
        I discovered this stone in my local churchyard 9 miles outside of Southampton. Quinnell was born in Tralee.



        Oct 1914: Officer, Royal Artillery

        xx xxx 1915: U/T Pilot, RFC.

        10 Jun 1915: Pilot, No 10 Sqn RFC. (BE2c – Netheravon/Western Front)

        1 Jun 1916: Flight Commander, No 7 Sqn RFC.

        1 Dec 1916: Officer Commanding, No ? (Training) Sqn RFC.

        6 Feb 1917: Officer Commanding, No 83 Sqn RFC.

        xx Apr 1917: Officer Commanding, No 63 Sqn RFC. (RE8 –Mesopotamia from Aug 1917)

        21 Oct 1917: In transit to England

        1 Jan 1918: Officer Commanding, No 104 Sqn. (DH9 - Wyton/Andover/IAF)

        3 Feb 1919: Officer Commanding, No 26 Sqn.

        7 Feb 1919: Officer Commanding, No 49 Sqn.

        23 Jul 1919: Officer Commanding, No 22 Sqn. (Bristol F2B –Germany/Ford Junction)

        1 Aug 1919: Awarded Permanent Commission as a Major

        30 Jan 1920: Officer Commanding, No 60 Sqn. (DH10 – NWF India)

        4 Feb 1920: Officer Commanding, No 97 Sqn.

        1 Apr 1921: Officer Commanding, No 3 FTS.

        30 Jan 1922: Attended School of Naval Co-operation. (Qualified Air Navigation Officer)

        15 Jan 1923: Supernumerary, RAF Base Gosport.

        1 May 1923: Attended RAF Staff College.

        20 Apr 1924: Officer Commanding, No 9 Sqn. (Vimy – Manston)

        12 Aug 1924: Air Staff, HQ No 7 Group.

        10 Jun 1927: Staff, HQ No 10 Group.

        14 Jan 1929: Attended Imperial Defence College.

        18 Jan 1930: Air Staff - Operations, HQ Iraq Command.

        17 Feb 1931: Supernumerary - non effective (sick), RAF Depot.

        2 May 1931: Officer Commanding, School of Naval Co-operation.

        1 Nov 1933: SASO, HQ Western Area.

        12 Aug 1935: AOC, No 1 Air Defence Group.

        14 Jul 1936: AOC, No 6 (Auxiliary) Group.

        xx xxx 1939: SASO, Advanced Air Striking Force.

        xx Jan 1940: AOC, No 31 (Balloon Barrage) Group.

        1 Nov 1942: AOC, No 28 (Training) Group.

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        • #79
          Here are some photos taken recently in Saint Mullins, County Carlow, a place thats well worth a visit.


          1798 Memorial,


          Grave of General Thomas Cloney who fought at the three bullet gate in New Ross during the 1798 rebellion,


          James O'Rourke, shot by yeomen, 1798,


          Patrick Foley, killed in Ferns, 1798,


          Bryan na Stroake Kavanagh who fought with King James army at the battle of the boyne and at Aughrim, 1691,


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          • #80
            Been doing some checking on the two photos in Thomastown. Cpl. Liam Kelly is buried in the CONGO plot in glasnevin. Charles Ambrose I think is buried in Afghanistan or in that region

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            • #81
              Originally posted by Drylander View Post
              Been doing some checking on the two photos in Thomastown. Cpl. Liam Kelly is buried in the CONGO plot in glasnevin. Charles Ambrose I think is buried in Afghanistan or in that region
              If Ambrose was buried in Afghanistan then the CWGC headstone would be over that grave if it's location was known.

              What makes you think he was buried in Afghanistan?
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              • #82
                I haven't lived in Thomastown for over forty years, so I am working on hearsay. The people I asked about this stone don't know a lot about it and nobody can remember his funeral . Will make further enquiries. One point of interest. Ambrose was surgeon on the SS Princesa. Was this a merchant navy ship and if so why would the CWGC place a headstone over him. I would have thought he would have to be a military person for this to happen.

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                • #83
                  Originally posted by Drylander View Post
                  I haven't lived in Thomastown for over forty years, so I am working on hearsay. The people I asked about this stone don't know a lot about it and nobody can remember his funeral . Will make further enquiries. One point of interest. Ambrose was surgeon on the SS Princesa. Was this a merchant navy ship and if so why would the CWGC place a headstone over him. I would have thought he would have to be a military person for this to happen.
                  If you look at the pic of his headstone you will see the MN at the top meaning Merchant Navy. Members of the Merchant Navy were servicemen and women for the duration of the war. Those who have no graves are commemorated on the Tower Hill Memorial. They are also listed on the CWGC Website.



                  Since his father was also Charles Ambose, I wonder is HE buried in Afghanistan?
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                  • #84
                    Originally posted by Groundhog View Post
                    Those who have no graves are commemorated on the Tower Hill Memorial.
                    I have often passed by this memorial, but never had the oppertunity to have a look. All the names as can be seen are engraved onto brass plaques.

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                    • #85
                      Farlee

                      that last grave stone, by chance do you have a clearer picture as I would love to read it

                      thanks
                      Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold;
                      Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world,
                      The blood-dimmed tide is loosed, and everywhere***
                      The ceremony of innocence is drowned;
                      The best lack all conviction, while the worst
                      Are full of passionate intensity.

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                      • #86
                        Groundhog; Thanks for that info.I will find out more about this grave next time I visit T.Town. The MN on the headstone didn't register with me. It should have. By the way, did these merchant seamen qualify for the war and victory medals same as the army etc.

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                        • #87
                          Irish War Memorials

                          Groundhog; Couldn't get any more info on that gravestone for now. However I found this one in a long closed graveyard in Thomastown, directly to the left of the new Garda Station.
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                          • #88
                            Originally posted by Drylander View Post
                            By the way, did these merchant seamen qualify for the war and victory medals same as the army etc.
                            Yes they did. And the Widow's Penny too.
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                            • #89
                              Taken on the grounds of UCC.




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                              Last edited by WES; 25 January 2008, 17:35.
                              The worst sin toward our fellow creatures is not to hate them, but to be indifferent to them: that's the essence of inhumanity.
                              (George Bernard Shaw, Playwright, 1856 - 1950)

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                              • #90
                                Originally posted by hedgehog View Post
                                Farlee

                                that last grave stone, by chance do you have a clearer picture as I would love to read it

                                thanks
                                Sorry Hedgehog, I don't have a clearer picture, it was a bright day and a new camera. Maybe someone can take a better photo and post it, there are several other interesting headstones in the graveyard, but the pics I took were not very clear.

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