scarf / John McLoughlin, Royal Irish Rifles, 1918

John McLoughlin, Royal Irish Rifles, 1918

Hand knitted brown woollen scarf worn in trenches in WWI by Private John McLoughlin 6680 Royal Irish Rifles. According to family research, John had been injured on 7th July 1916 at the Somme. He had received serious injuries to his spine and later died on 22nd September 1918. Officially aged 21 (he actually was 19).;

John McLoughlin, Royal Irish Rifles, 1918

Object Number:
HA:2004.199.2

Institution:
NMI

Date:
1918

Collections:

Arms and Armour - Militaria Collection

Exhibitions:

Soldiers and Chiefs

Subjects:

Battle of the Somme (1916)
World War I