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| Keywords: Passport of Joseph Heapes, Royal Irish Rifles, in later life.jpg Joseph Heapes was my father in law He joined the Royal Irish Rifles in 1906 and stayed until 1913 In that period he was posted in India and Burma After that he worked in the Slieve Russell but he rejoined the Royal Irish Rifles in 1914 and went to France Joseph was a prisoner of war in Limburg He wrote to his sister Teresa who worked as a housemaid in Dublin She encouraged her co-workers to write to the prisoners and one of them Mary Fearon a cook from Dundalk wrote to Joeseph He became pen pals with Mary and sent her letters and a photo of himself He came home in 1919 and they married around1920/21 having met at first only by letter Joseph was also a prisoner of war in Linburg when Roger Casement tried to enlist Irishmen to fight against the British Army Over the course of the war Joseph has been gassed shot and captured exhibition history object history object type Europeana 1914-1918 Copyright information Europeana 1914-1918 PD-own upload Europeana claims no rights in its digitisation in accordance with its http //pro europeana eu/publications/the-europeana-public-domain-charter Public Domain charter Europeana 1914-1918 project place of creation place of discovery http //www europeana1914-1918 eu/en/contributions/3497 Passport of Joseph Heapes Royal Irish Rifles in later life Uploaded with GWToolset Passport of Joseph Heapes Royal Irish Rifles in later life http //www europeana1914-1918 eu/attachments/43418/3497 43418 full jpg Passports of Ireland Prisoners of war in World War I Europeana 1914-1918 batch upload needs checking | ||||
