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Dublin / Re: Help sought with navigating Militaryarchives.ie records
« on: Friday 08 August 25 19:51 BST (UK) »
It’s a very difficult site to navigate.
Assuming SP stands for service pension.
Presumably as he was in prison Edward wouldn’t have been able to apply for a pension at the time of the first round of applications.
I believe the upload of files started with those who served in 1916, then War of Independence who were pro-treaty (not sure if they have uploaded all of these yet) then those who could apply in the second round (1934 Act) ie. Those who were anti-treaty but had served in the War of Independence. There may be none of these online yet.
My grandfather was anti-treaty and his file isn’t online yet, he applied in Dec 1935.
I applied for his file in 2012 and received in just over a year later in May 2013.
Even if Edward did apply as soon as he was released in 1925 he would have been one of the later applicants so his file may not have been uploaded yet. ( have to admit I don’t know what year the first applications were made)
There is a page somewhere on the site that gives a list of each years uploads.
Assuming SP stands for service pension.
Presumably as he was in prison Edward wouldn’t have been able to apply for a pension at the time of the first round of applications.
I believe the upload of files started with those who served in 1916, then War of Independence who were pro-treaty (not sure if they have uploaded all of these yet) then those who could apply in the second round (1934 Act) ie. Those who were anti-treaty but had served in the War of Independence. There may be none of these online yet.
My grandfather was anti-treaty and his file isn’t online yet, he applied in Dec 1935.
I applied for his file in 2012 and received in just over a year later in May 2013.
Even if Edward did apply as soon as he was released in 1925 he would have been one of the later applicants so his file may not have been uploaded yet. ( have to admit I don’t know what year the first applications were made)
There is a page somewhere on the site that gives a list of each years uploads.