204536 " " from: I have lived in Warrenpoint County Down, Northern Ireland for the great majority of my life, I am now 60, and I have always been fascinated by ww1. Because of the political situation here in the North of Ireland,people like my self with a nationalist background, were urged not to look to closely at Irish soldiers participation in ww1. We were told only people from the unionist/loyalist persuasion fought for Britain, which was a damn lie.
To cut to the chase I am trying to compile a list of all the men,and women, regardless of class,creed or political affiliation, from the town of Warrenpoint who participated in this terrible conflict.
There are lists of the fallen, and survivors in all the local Non-Conforming Churches, and these I have in my possession. There are no official records of the Catholic/Nationalist men who were killed or survived. It is as if that piece of our history does not, or never existed.
Ultimately I would like to attempt to correct that piece of amnesia, I would dearly love to see a list of all the men's names on a plaque in the local Town Hall.
For the last few years I have been visiting the local libraries and newspaper archives, trying to get as much information as I possibly can.
I would appreciate any pointers you can give me, or any web sites, books, that may help me in my quest.
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