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Waterford / Re: Waterford WW1 lookups available
« on: Wednesday 29 December 10 11:47 GMT (UK) »http://locdat.waterfordcountylibrary.ie/ipac20/ipac.jsp?session=12F3620G4545R.32506&profile=war&uri=link=3100020~!726~!3100001~!3100002&aspect=basic&menu=search&ri=1&source=~!lhist&term=Drummy%2C+James&index=WNAMBR#focus
James (Jimmy) Drummey
1889 - 1917
I will forward copy of official war record to pm if required
Jimmy Drummey was born in Shear St, Abbeyside on 15th October 1889. One of nine children his father was James Drummey and his mother was Bridget Whelan both also of Abbeyside. His father who was a seaman and captain of the Schooner “Tregunnel” was lost at sea in 1905 when the ship sank with the loss of all hands.
James inevitably became a sailor and his career took him to the furthest reaches of the world. In 1915 he is recorded as being an able seaman aboard the Ketch “Waro” when she was in collision with another vessel in the North Island, New Zealand.
In November 1916 Jimmy enlisted in the New Zealand Army and on 14th March 1917 he embarked aboard the Troopship “Ruapehu” and arrived in Devonport, England on 21st May 1917. After brief training in England, Jimmy’s regiment, 1st Auckland Infantry, were sent to Belgium.
On the day that Jimmy Drummey was killed in action, 4th October 1917, there was a total loss of 1,700 on the New Zealand side and a further 6,500 Australian were also killed in the Battle of Broodseinde in the Passchendaele Campaign in Ypres.
Jimmy Drummey’s name is commemorated on the Tynecot Memorial in Ypres, Belgium and in Auckland, New Zealand. His next of kin on the Auckland Museum Cenotaph record is his sister Ms Alice Drummey (O’Brien) Shear St. Abbeyside.
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Waterford / Re: Waterford WW1 lookups available
« on: Tuesday 28 December 10 21:21 GMT (UK) »
James Drummey born in Abbeyside
Number: 42308 Private
Regiment: Auckland Regiment Battalion: 1st ,France and Flanders
Place of Birth: Abbeyside, Dungarvan
Date of Death: 04 Oct 1917
Not included in book. Is there any additional information available?
Number: 42308 Private
Regiment: Auckland Regiment Battalion: 1st ,France and Flanders
Place of Birth: Abbeyside, Dungarvan
Date of Death: 04 Oct 1917
Not included in book. Is there any additional information available?
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Waterford / Re: Margaret Condon
« on: Tuesday 12 October 10 20:04 BST (UK) »
Family (David Kiely) still run this business TEL. 003535842200
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Waterford / Re: Marriage look up please
« on: Thursday 30 September 10 10:12 BST (UK) »
Patrick and Anastatia were married in Abbeyside on 8th Oct 1846. They had four children, Patrick, Mary, Katherine and Bridget (my great grandmother) more info if required. rgds.
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