Left: Dun Laoghaire 1919. Joseph Francis Byrne (at back), then from left to right, Denis (Din), Liz & Christopher (Click).
Below: Joseph in the uniform of the 1st Batt. Leinster Regt.
Picture cir. 1907
Left: Joseph Francis Byrne after being invalided out of the army in 1919, still wearing the sling from a shrapnel wound, he never regained the use of his left arm. With him is his wife, Elsie Dorothy Jacques, they met at the VAD hospital, Uppingham.
Left & below: Christopher Dennis Byrne, my Dad, aged about 10 & 20 doing National Service.