Historical Collections Online
Search our Historical Collections Online, a sample of 10,000 artefacts from the National Museum of Ireland’s Historical, Military and Easter Week Collections, published as part of the Decade of Commemorations.
photograph / 'A' Coy Tug o' War, 1914
Photograph of a group of men, one of which in British Army officer uniform, in front of a tent, with a sign reading ' 'A' Coy Tug o' War 1914'. Circa July 1914.
photograph / 'A' Coy Tug o' War, 1914
Photograph of a group of men, one of which in British Army officer uniform, in front of a tent, with a sign reading ' 'A' Coy Tug o' War 1914'. Circa July 1914.
photograph / Royal Hibernian Military School, 1924
Photograph of the Royal Hibernian Military School, Schorncliffe, June 1924.
photograph / World War I
Photograph of a ship leaving dock, one of a set of photographs depicting Irish troops in the British Army leaving Dublin c.1916. World War I.
photograph / British Army, World War I
Photograph of a group of British Army Officers, four men in white coats seated at the front row. World War I period.
cap badge / Australian Commonwealth Military Forces, WWI
Cap badge of Australian Commonwealth Military Forces. First World War. Bronze.
presentation cup / Captain S.V. Morgan, Royal Irish Rifles, WWI
Royal Irish Rifles Presentation cup. Silver with Antrim Rifle Corps / 3rd Battalion Royal Irish Rifles crest engraved on one face and "To Lieut. & Adjutant S.V. Morgan from Lieut. Col. W.G.C. McCammond in grateful recognition of valuable services rendered to the Battalion 1914-17". The two handled...
shell (ammunition) / WWI
World War 1 shell, fuse missing, no inscriptions. Probably a dummy made as an example, i.e. no fuse or explosive was inserted.
shell (ammunition) / WWI
World War 1 shell, fuse missing, no inscriptions. Probably a dummy made as an example, i.e. no fuse or explosive was inserted.
book / Private John Honner, WWI
Pay book of Private John Honner, No 863, B Squadron, the South Irish Horse. World War I.
commission / T.M. Gick, 14th Manchester Regiment December 1914
Commission, dated 18 December 1914, of Thomas Malley Gick as Temporary 2nd Lieutenant Thomas Malley Gick to the Land Forces. Thomas Malley Gick, born in Dublin to C. Hemsley of Sandymount, Co. Dublin. Educated at Grammar School, Kingstown. Clerk at the Great Southern and Western Railway. Gazetted...
letter / T.M. Gick, 14th Manchester Regiment December 1914
Letter of Commission, dated 18 December 1914, for the 14th Manchester Regiment 18/12/14. Posting Temporary 2nd Lieutenant Thomas Malley Gick, Royal Dublin Fusiliers, with an address at Minerva, Oaklands Park, Ballsbridge, Dublin. Order to report to the Adjutant Cambridge University O.T.C. at...
letter / T.M. Gick, Royal Dublin Fusiliers, WWI
Letter or certificate awarding pension, dated June 21st 1946, citing T.M. Gick as being 20% disabled. Thomas Malley Gick, born in Dublin to C. Hemsley of Sandymount, Co. Dublin. Educated at Grammar School, Kingstown. Clerk at the Great Southern and Western Railway. Gazetted Second Lieutenant 14th...
letter / T.M. Gick, Royal Dublin Fusiliers, WWI
Letter, typescript, from Thomas M. Gick to the War Office, dated 12 August 1914, volunteering his services as a temporary Junior Officer for either Home or Foreign Service. 21 years of age. His copy. Thomas Malley Gick, born in Dublin to C. Hemsley of Sandymount, Co. Dublin. Educated at Grammar...
letter / T.M. Gick, Royal Dublin Fusiliers, WWI
Letter, handwritten, from Thomas M. Gick to the War Office, dated 18 August 1914, further to his volunteering his services as a temporary commission, requesting his name be placed on the list of Special Reserve of Officers for the Army Service Corps. His copy. Thomas Malley Gick, born in Dublin to...
letter / T.M. Gick, Royal Dublin Fusiliers, WWI
Letter, handwritten, from Thomas M. Gick to the War Office, dated 21 August 1914, further to his volunteering his services as a temporary commission, requesting a copy of Form M.T. / 393. His copy. Thomas Malley Gick, born in Dublin to C. Hemsley of Sandymount, Co. Dublin. Educated at Grammar...
letter / T.M. Gick, Royal Dublin Fusiliers, WWI
Letter, typescript with handwritten detail, from War Office to Thomas M. Gick, dated 25 August 1914, re lack of opportunity at present for inclusion in the Special reserve of Officers Army Service Coprs. Suggesting he submit an application for a temporary commission in the Regular Army Service...
memorandum / T.M. Gick, Royal Dublin Fusiliers, WWI
Memorandum, handwritten on form, from Adjutant Depot, Naas, to Thomas M. Gick, dated 22 August 1914, enclosing copy of Form M.T. / 393. Thomas Malley Gick, born in Dublin to C. Hemsley of Sandymount, Co. Dublin. Educated at Grammar School, Kingstown. Clerk at the Great Southern and Western...
form / T.M. Gick, Royal Dublin Fusiliers, WWI
Form M.T. / 393, with handwritten details, for Thomas M. Gick dated 23 September 1914, signed by Henry Stoher(?). Application for Appointment to a Temporary Commission, in hte Regular Army for the Period of the War. Thomas Malley Gick, born in Dublin to C. Hemsley of Sandymount, Co. Dublin....