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british bar or irish bar?!
Heritage replied to paddywhack's topic in Great Britain: Orders, Gallantry, Campaign Medals
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british bar or irish bar?!
Heritage replied to paddywhack's topic in Great Britain: Orders, Gallantry, Campaign Medals
Valid arguments on all sides but Ireland was part of the UK pre 1922 so medals etc even with a 'local' variation awarded by the British Government are British medals. The ref to police pensions being paid by the British is not quite accurate as as per the Anglo / Irish Treaty the new Irish Government were required to foot this bill, and as far as I can recollect there was a ref to footing the pension for the Connaught Rangers. If any one can advise on this I would appreciate it. Why the Connaught Rangers and not any othe disbanded Irish regiment I do not know! The DMP were an unarmed (subject again to correction) branch of the police. I would imagine that the numbers of pro revolutionary policemen here were were on par with the numbers of RIC men who also supported the revolution. Heritage