Troops were sent to Ireland often and in fact there was always a number there. The numbers in Ireland would dramatically gone up after 1916 and around 1919 until they left in 1921. Kevin. Date: Tue, 4 Jun 2013 16:13:06 +0100 From: [email protected] Subject: Re: [GLA] WWI Letter To: [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected] Hi FrancesI had a great uncle who served in the Middle East during WW1 but later was sent to Ireland. I am afraid I do not know his regiment but he was from Whitland Carmarthenshire. Would these soldiers have been sent to Ireland because of the uprising in Ireland at that time?Yvonne Evans From: Frances Laird <[email protected]> To: K Mc <[email protected]>; "[email protected]" <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, 4 June 2013, 15:57 Subject: Re: [GLA] WWI Letter Hi Kevin I too have something similar; my grandfather was in the South Wales Borderers at the end of WW1 and I have a small notebook of his, full of notes and sketches. It has an account of being in Ennis in Ireland in 1920, but according to the SWB, they weren't there. Very puzzling. But it is wonderful to have something of his that is so personal. Frances ________________________________ Hello All, I've only just arrived back from Cardiff. I spent a few hours going through my mother's photographs and was delighted to find a multitude of old photographs that I hadn't seen before. Amongst the photos I found the last page of a letter that my mother knew about and never got around to reading as her eyesight isn't great. After reading through several times I realised the writer was a grand uncle of mine who was killed in March 1918 and was buried or had his name inscribed on the memorial at Arras. My question is how important (historically ) or rare these letters are? It means everything to me and of course I will pass onto my children. Obviously this question is to researchers who would be clued into the military side of their research. My grand uncles letter isn't dated as I have the last page but he does state he is in France and that he thanked his parents for the parcel which they rarely received. He also asks about a brother of his who was ill and he would like to hear from his brother and sister in Canada. He ends with ......your loving son etc. xxxx I never thought I'd make such a discovery and to be honest I felt a touch of sadness and yet excited too. Many thanks, Kevin. - ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message -- To send to the list send to [email protected] GLAMORGAN Family History Mailing List archives etc. are at http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/intl/WLS/GLAMORGAN.html - This site has been prepared to help you use the Glamorgan List http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~glamorgan/ - A large amount of information, and a wide variety of useful links, may be found at http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/wal/GLA/ - The South/West Wales Lookup Exchange and Gareth's Help Pages http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~walesle/wal/AW.html and http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~ukwales2/hicks.html ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message