peteconnolly.co.uk » Irish Civil War http://www.peteconnolly.co.uk/blog/wordpress Pete's Pictures Thu, 19 Aug 2010 09:20:13 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc Jim Harpur’s Active Service Unit Certificate http://www.peteconnolly.co.uk/blog/wordpress/2009/11/26/jim-harpurs-active-service-unit-certificate/ http://www.peteconnolly.co.uk/blog/wordpress/2009/11/26/jim-harpurs-active-service-unit-certificate/#comments Thu, 26 Nov 2009 11:16:10 +0000 pete http://www.peteconnolly.co.uk/blog/wordpress/?p=361 Prompted by some comments on this entry, I took a photo of the certificate we have in the study, showing that my maternal grandfather Jim Harpur played his part in the HQ Active Service Unit during the Irish War of Independence.

Jim Harpur's ASU Certificate

Jim Harpur's ASU Certificate

There’s a high resolution version available here (opens a new window).

I believe the little crosses next to some of the names indicate that that person died in service, but I’m not 100% sure about that.  I hope it’s useful or interesting  to somebody

]]> http://www.peteconnolly.co.uk/blog/wordpress/2009/11/26/jim-harpurs-active-service-unit-certificate/feed/ 3 My Dad’s recollections of the Connolly Family role in the Irish War of Independence http://www.peteconnolly.co.uk/blog/wordpress/2007/07/13/my-dads-recollections-of-the-connolly-family-role-in-the-irish-civil-war/ http://www.peteconnolly.co.uk/blog/wordpress/2007/07/13/my-dads-recollections-of-the-connolly-family-role-in-the-irish-civil-war/#comments Fri, 13 Jul 2007 14:50:55 +0000 pete http://www.peteconnolly.co.uk/blog/wordpress/2007/07/13/my-dads-recollections-of-the-connolly-family-role-in-the-irish-civil-war/ Phew – short, snappy title that. My brother Paul sent me an electronic version of a document that our Dad wrote a few years ago regarding the role his Dad, also called Richard Connolly, played in the Irish War of Independence and the Civil War. I’ve put this on a separate page here.

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