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Offline Gary Deering

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Re: Men from Irish Free State and WW11
« Reply #9 on: Tuesday 29 September 09 21:56 BST (UK) »
Thanks Deccam, I have met Johns Sons in my line of work ! I am always interested in anyone with the same surname as me.
Deering Dublin,Hickey Dublin,Wilson Dublin,Murphy Dublin/Carlow.

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« Reply #10 on: Saturday 26 November 16 20:36 GMT (UK) »
Hi Gary, Just over and see Christopher Deering was on some list or other. He always felt he was treated badly by the Irish State and served at sea until 1954. In one instance his Ship was blown up in Narvic Sound in 1940. Seven of them managed to swim ashore (Irish Press Dec 1940) including Tom Dixon from Towensend Street. They had to make their way over snowy mountains to Sweden without help from anyone....MancDeer

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« Reply #11 on: Sunday 27 November 16 07:18 GMT (UK) »
Hi Gary, Just over and see Christopher Deering was on some list or other. He always felt he was treated badly by the Irish State and served at sea until 1954. In one instance his Ship was blown up in Narvic Sound in 1940. Seven of them managed to swim ashore (Irish Press Dec 1940) including Tom Dixon from Towensend Street. They had to make their way over snowy mountains to Sweden without help from anyone....MancDeer

I don`t think your Christopher Deering is my great uncle as my great uncle died in 1942 in El Alamein.
Deering Dublin,Hickey Dublin,Wilson Dublin,Murphy Dublin/Carlow.

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Re: Men from Irish Free State and WW11
« Reply #14 on: Sunday 27 November 16 11:27 GMT (UK) »
Thanks a lot Dathi. You guys do great work and keep it up. It takes a while to sort things out but this info will end up on quite a few computers.

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Re: Men from Irish Free State and WW11
« Reply #15 on: Tuesday 29 November 16 12:50 GMT (UK) »
Is there any particular site that provides a database for Irish men (or in general) that served in the British Army in WW2, I believe there is a Rourke from Carlow that's related that fought in this war.

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Rourke's, Bowe's and Lawlor's of Carlow  Adamson's, Walker's, Nugent's and Murphy's of Dublin  O'Dea's and Keating's of Limerick  Murtagh's and Reilly's of Westmeath