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Pte. Edward Friel

British Army 6th Btn. Royal Irish Regiment

from:Derry

(d.9th Sep 1916)

Edward Friel was a compositor with the Derry Journal and was married with three children, the youngest only five months old when Edward was killed at the battle of Ginchy in 1916. A few days after Edward's death his father received a letter from Edward, posted shortly before he died, where he described in great detail the battle of Guillemont and the mood of the men before and after the battle and his pride in his fellow men and in his Irishness.



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