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Bloomfield tablet

Two photographs of the Bloomfield tablet in Loughton church

Bloomfield, John Arthur Douglas

Photographs of Birr Barracks and Leinster Regiment

  • IE OCL P84
  • Collection
  • 1870-1910

Collection of photographs relating to Birr Barracks and the Leinster Regiment, many of which are reproductions of original photographs by William Lawrence and others. Contains an original group portrait King's County Rifles, Birr (1872), and several images of the Barrack Square. Also contains the only known image of the interior of the barracks, 'The Coffee Bar, Leinster Depot.'

Prince of Wales's Leinster Regiment (Royal Canadians)

Funeral photographs.

Negatives and a photograph of flowers on a grave. The photograph depicts the funeral of Georgina Sarah Lloyd Edwards née Trench, an inscription on the back of the photograph reads 'My sister Georgie Ll: E in Grave. She died 12 November 1912'.
The file also photographs and negatives for the grave of 'Billy' 1911.

French postcards and postcards from Torquay.

Album of postcards collected and put together by Theodora Trench.
The album includes postcards from Hyères , The French Riviera, Grenoble, Aix-les-Bain and Torquay.

Tahiti, Samoa and Tonga.

File of photographs and negatives taken in Tahiti, Samoa and Tonga. Photographs contained within the file include a photograph take outside the Palace Gates in Tonga, a photograph of native children in Vavaʻu in Tonga and a native house near Apia the capital of Samoa.

New Zealand

File of photographs and negatives of New Zealand taken by Thora Trench during her time there. Included in this file is a photograph of the crowd awaiting a camp inspection from H.R.H The Prince of Wales during his visit to the Rotorua Jockey Club on the 28 April 1920. The file also contains a photograph of The Prince of Wales carrying out the inspection.
Also included in the file are photographs of the The New Zealand Expeditionary Force's ambulances and their female crews. The majority of the file is made up of negatives and photographs of the New Zealand countryside and of areas of natural beauty and interest such as Kaikoura, Lake Taupo and Ohinemutu a Māori village. There is also a photo of Rarotonga, the most populous island of the Cook Islands contained within the file. During this time Rarotonga was considered to be within the boundaries of New Zealand.

Photograph album of Col. Fitz-Simon

  • IE OCL P136
  • Fonds
  • 1921-1924

Photograph album created by Lt. Col. M. O'Carroll Fitz-Simon, M.C. , who began his military career in Prince of Wales' Leinster Regiment, which was headquartered at Birr. The photographs document a peace-keeping mission the Leinsters undertook in Silesia (now part of Poland) from their departure at Dover on 31 May 1921, through Germany and to their destination of Oppeln (Opole in Poland today). Following the disbandment of the regiment in June 1922, Fitz-Simon joined the King's Own Regiment, Lancaster and the remaining photographs in the album depict scenes from missions in India and Burma. There is also a small number of photographs of people and houses in the Birr area including Whigsborough House, and the burnt out remains of Birr Barracks (following its destruction in the Civil War in July 1922).

Fitz-Simon, Christopher Richard Manners Daniel O'Connell, Lt Col

Gallipoli and Salonika pilgrimage

File of photographs taken during the St Barnabas pilgrimage to the battlefields and war graves of Salonika and Gallipoli. The file contains a mixture of personal photographs and professional photographs taken by Graphic Photo Union, Tallis Street, London, England and Central Press Photograph, 119 Fleet Street, London, England. The file also includes Rev. Mullineux at the unveiling of the New Zealand memorial at Gallipoli in April 1925.

Palestine and Jerusalem.

File of photos of the mosque of Omar, Jerusalem Western Wall Wailing Wall, North Wall Golden Gate, Jaffa Israel, Church of the Nativity Bethlehem, and Fishermen by the sea of Galilee.

The East 1928.

File of photographs and negatives taken by Theodora Trench during her time in 'the east'. The file contains photographs of places such as Baghdad and Fallujah in Iraq, Famagusta in Cyrpus, Baalbek in Lebanon and Ahvaz in Iran.

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