Ireland and the Easter Rising 1916

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The 2/7th Battalion attacked 25 Northumberland Street on Wednesday 26th April suffering heavy casualties (picture still from the 1966 film)Dublin2

Men of the 2/7th Battalion resting on their march into Dublin (bellied to be after the fighting at Northumberland Housestreet

Possibly a staged photographs showing men of the Sherwood Foresters manning barricades

1916, Dublin, Ireland, UK --- British Troops Seal-Off Dublin Streets during"Troubles" --- Image by © Bettmann/CORBIS

1916, Dublin, Ireland, UK — British Troops Seal-Off Dublin Streets during”Troubles” — Image by © Bettmann/CORBIS

ambushContemporary paper cutting showing men of the 2/7th Battalion

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Captain Reginald Basil Brace was a Schoolmaster originally from New Whittington in Chesterfield. He served in Dublin during the Easter Rising, manning a barricade with 80 men opposite the General Post Office. Breaking up a strong enemy attack and setting fire to an IRA barricade, he also rescued Lieutenant Chalmers and a small party taken hostage, running the gauntlet of two fires.

armoured lorry

Armoured lorry similar to that used by the 2/6th Battalion during the Easter Rising

Devalera and Sherwoods

Eamon De Valera held under arrest by men of the Sherwood Foresters Brigade

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3415 Company Sergeant Major Samuel Harry Lomas won the Distinguished Conduct Medal for his conspicuous gallantry during the fighting in Dublin

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