Jan 11, 2012 | A Rosie Moment
At 18 years old, James Sullivan volunteered for the Great War and was assigned to the 10th Battalion Royal Dublin Fusilers. After one week of target practice he was on his way to the Front Line. Four years later, James Sullivan began his Memoirs of his three years and three months of service, in the First World War. For nearly 100 years, his First World War Memoir has sat, unseen, in the back of an old wardrobe. The words he recorded give a unique and vivid picture of life in the trenches, the everyday duties of a WW1 soldier, rest time, hospital stays, his brief encounter with royalty and the awfulness of war. These are the memoirs of my grandfather which I self published. The book is available through lulu.com (print) and smashwords.com for E readers.
http://www.lulu.com/product/paperback/world-war-1-diary-of-james-sullivan/14918730
Apr 25, 2011 | A Rosie Moment
I was just checking out the census forms of 1901 for family history research and found the different ‘forms’ that were distributed at the time. I wonder how they assessed those who should be on ‘Form D’? I
- Form E: Workhouse return.
- Form F: Hospital return.
- Form G: College and Boarding-School return.
- Form H: Barrack return.
- Form I: Return of Idiots and Lunatics in institutions.
- Form K: Prison return.
- Form C: Return of the sick at their own homes.
- Form D: Return of lunatics and idiots not in institutions.
I have just returned the recent 2011 census form, and the collecting agent looked quite grumpy and didn’t appreciate any of my light banter – I wonder will she grade me as ‘a lunatic or an idiot not in an institution’ ?
I found the form with my grandfather, James Sullivan’s ( World War 1 memoirs) household on it – He was 3 at the time. Thankfully he wasn’t on Form I or D!
