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Lance Corporal David Connolly MM

 

 

David Connolly enlisted in the North Irish Horse in November 1915 (Service No.1866). Sent to France as a reinforcement in 1916 or 1917, he was posted to the 1st Regiment North Irish Horse, and served with that regiment until the end of the war. Notice of his Military Medal appeared in the Supplement to the London Gazette of 11 February 1919, with seven other members of the regiment.

 

Image from the Belfast Evening Telegraph, from the last quarter of 1918, kindly provided by Nigel Henderson (see Fitzroy Presbyterian Church: Wartime Service and Sacrifice).