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Member Since: March 2006 Posts: 5,866 Send Message	Lady Cutie	Report	10 Mar 2013 15:34
Member Since: March 2006 Posts: 5,866 Send Message	Thank you Shirley~i,m getting the hang of it and Ann . My F.I.L was irish he was from Ferry Bank Waterford . and it was his dad that the disagreement started with . My OH 's cousin says that he was an english man because he joined the army ( he was in the Royal Engineers) . I have found a birth for him in Dungarvan . then i believe he moved to East Passage then to Ferry bank where my F.I.L was born . thank you everyone who has helped me with this Hazel
Member Since: June 2008 Posts: 1,121 Send Message	GlasgowLass	Report	10 Mar 2013 14:17
	My great uncle came over from Donegal at the age of 18yrs, specifically to enlist. He signed with a Scottish regiment, but it was still the British Army. He was awarded the MM and died in a POW camp at 21yrs of age.
	Researching: Brannan/ McGrath/ Kerr/ Jordan/ Finnigan NI and Free State. Devlin/ Lamont /FYFE/ Pollock/ Johnston/ Smith... Scotland. Avitar: Bridget: Born 1930 Ramelton, Co Donegal
Member Since: January 2003 Posts: 28,177 Send Message	Shirley~I,m getting the hang of it	Report	10 Mar 2013 13:13
	My hubbies grandfather was born in Killarney southern Ireland and served in WW 1
	Researching: Surname Fahse. Germany. Essex .South East London My avatar is my hubby's maternal grandmother Harriet and her sister Nellie
Member Since: March 2006 Posts: 5,866 Send Message	Lady Cutie	Report	9 Mar 2013 19:41
Member Since: March 2006 Posts: 5,866 Send Message	Thanks Pigletspal , Hazel.
Member Since: April 2006 Posts: 1,295 Send Message	PigletsPal	Report	9 Mar 2013 19:37
	There was a large amount of Irishmen in the British Army. In fact many were surprised as most of them had been fighting the English over Home Rule and a United Ireland. But come the outbreak of war all that ceased and they signed up in droves to fight.
	Researching: We are all of us in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars
Member Since: March 2006 Posts: 5,866 Send Message	Lady Cutie	Report	9 Mar 2013 19:25
Member Since: March 2006 Posts: 5,866 Send Message	Thank you Brummiejan , and my mistake , of course it's the british army . You have just cleared up a long standing disagreement between me and OH's cousin lol Hazel
Member Since: July 2006 Posts: 20,091 Send Message	brummiejan	Report	9 Mar 2013 18:59
	Unless I am mistaken, there was (and is!) no such thing as the English Army - it's the British Army. The Irish Free State didn't exist till 1922. So I think the answer is yes! Jan
	Researching: Myatt, Hanks, Eccleston, Powell, Clungunford, Birmingham
Member Since: March 2006 Posts: 5,866 Send Message	Lady Cutie	Report	9 Mar 2013 18:56
Member Since: March 2006 Posts: 5,866 Send Message	Irish man living in Waterford Eire have joined the english Army in in 1914 war . would anyone know ....... Thanks Hazel

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