Bill Dienna

Can anyone reccomend any internet dealers of French medals, groups, documents, and so on? Many thanks!

Thank you for all of the help, gentlemen! I downloaded the medal card, and it is rather curious. There are actually cards for six "Michael Lavelle"'s on the page. TWO of them were in the Royal Dublin Fusiliers, and neither of them bear a "KIA" designation. I recall being told that my mother's uncle was killed, so the graves rolls provide the service number and allow me to differentiate the two, but it is curious to me that they did not note a "KIA" status on the card. Now all I have to do is find his medals out there somewhere! Many thanks again! Bill

Yes, Tony, that was him.

Just goes to show the value of having a good lawyer!

That's a great portrait photo. Interesting particularly in that he carries his Imperial era lio head sword rather than the police officer's pattern degen.

My mother's uncle, Michael Lavelle, was killed in World War I while serving with the Royal Dublin Fusiliers in Belgium. Can anyone tell me what type of information might be avaialble on him by contacting the British archives or Records Office? I apologize, but I have no experience at all in reseearching something like this (as opposed to American service personnel). Many thanks!