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Pte. Patrick "Paddy" Grace
British Army 2nd Battalion Royal Irish Fusiliers
from:Dublin, Ireland
Patrick Grace was my paternal grandfather. Born in Dublin in 1893, he joined up in 1912 and served until 1921 after re-enlisting in 1919. I have a lovely photograph of him at the age of 19 in Royal Irish Fusiliers uniform at Dublin Castle. Handwritten on the back is 'Paddy age 19 at Dublin castle, gunshot wounds and broken collar bone'.
He re-enlisted in 1939 at the age of 47 and served for the whole of World War 2 as cookhouse staff. He married in 1924 and had 8 children. He died in 1954 in an accident at the silo works where he worked at Ringsend in Dublin at the age of 61. Very sad end for a brave man who survived both world wars with nothing more than shrapnel wounds and a broken collar bone. Although he died 10 years before I was born, I am very proud to call him my Grandad.
