British Army Soldier Documentation (World War I)

Reference code: HOYFM.ACL2024.40
Level of description: Fonds
Title: British Army Soldier Documentation (World War I)
Scope and content: Handwritten letters, record of service books, and demobilisation ration books, among other items, from Ulster soldiers involved in the Great War of 1914-1918.
Contents: A folder of handwritten letters from George Burns to his mother from France during World War One. Burns was a Rifleman in the 36th Ulster Division, No letters after July, with the start of the Somme. Contents: inscription on letters entitled ‘On Active Service with The British Expeditionary Force’ (1915-16); ‘On Active Service’ correspondence envelopes, all addressed to Mrs Burns (1916); a letter to Lillie during the Battle of the Somme concerning a missing soldier (1916); a note of allowed absence for Burns (1916); four field service postcards indicating Burns is well and has received parcels and letters from his mother (1916); a letter from Robert concerning George (1916); a letter to Joe Montgomery from Robert (1916).
Officers' record of service and demobilisation book, along with other miscellaneous items belonging to Kenneth Arthur Crawford of the Royal Garrison Artillery Siege Battery Unit, from Rathfern, Whiteabbey.
Photocopies of service records and discharge papers of John Clarke of the Royal Irish Rifles, from Ballymacarrett.