Tipperary Archive

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Browse Items (11 total)

Roland Kent SIH 79.jpg
A black and white photograph of a troop of mounted South Irish Horse including Roland Kent at Cahir barracks. 1916-17

Roland Kent SIH 73.jpg
A black and white studio photograph Elizabeth (Bessie) and Vera Kent, Borrisokane sisters of Roland. In the 1911 census Elizabeth is 28 while Vera is 7 so the photograph probably dates to WW1.

Roland Kent SIH 71.jpg
A black and white studio photograph of Roland Kent in the uniform of the South Irish Horse. Probably 1915-1916

Roland Kent SIH 69.jpg
Black and white image of Roland V. Kent in uniform and mounted on a horse at Cahir barracks. 1915-16

Roland Kent SIH 68.jpg
Black and white photographic image of an army training group including Roland V. Kent at Aldershot Gymnasium in March 1918

Roland Kent SIH 67.jpg
A coloured membership card of comrades of the Great War enrolling Roland V. Kent of the South Irish Horse. 14 August 1919

Roland Kent SIH 63.jpg
A black and white photograph of Roland Kent in uniform and mounted on a horse with a newspaper clipping about the South Irish Horse attached.

Roland Kent SIH 61.jpg
A damaged black and white photograph of Roland Kent (with bandaged head) and other uniformed men with two nurses outside a hospital in France. 1918

Roland V Kent commission 1915.pdf
An envelope containing the commission of Roland Victor Kent as an officer of the South Irish Horse in 1915. Sent to his father Walter Kent of Borrisokane from the barracks in Cahir in July 1916 for safe keeping while Roland was fighting in France.

72A Edmond wearing khaki armlet (sitting) 16 May 1916.jpg
Black and white image of Edmond Murphy wearing the khaki cloth armband with a red crown introduced by the Derby scheme. The armband was worn with civilian clothes by men who had formally attested for Army service. The scheme was introduced in…
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