Product Description
Crush bump to lower front cover corner ( visible in photos) , an A4 publicity sheet ( addressed to a county councillor) is loosely laid in . Published by Kildare County Council as part of theiur decade of centenaries ( 2012-2023) project. Illustrated in colour with b&w period photographs also. In some cases, photographs of the war graves are included.
Remembrance: The World War I Dead of Co. Kildare is an important publication from Kildare Decade of Commemorations. The book was compiled and edited by genealogist Karel Kiely and historians James Durney and Mario Corrigan of Kildare Library & Arts Service.
The book lists over seven hundred and fifty men and three women from County Kildare who died in World War I. Each entry includes (where available), service number and/or rank, regiment, date of birth, age at death, date and location of death, burial or memorial location, parents and/or spouse, nature of the connection to County Kildare, and also brief supplementary information including enlistment date and location. The work will serve as a valuable reference for many years to come for historians and genealogists, as well as the general public with an interested in how World War I impacted upon the people of County Kildare.
