John TRACEY, prisoner of war in WW!

[corisande]

I am struggling to place this man

John Tracey (or Treacy) who was a POW in Limburg and later Zossen Camp in Germany in WW1 and joined Casements Irish Brigade there.

Casement just records him as a labourer before joining

Keogh (the NCO in charge of the Irish Brigade, and not altogether to be relied on for detail) has him as:-

John Tracey, a big six footer from Tipperary. Tracey supervised the Irishmen's mascot, a red-haired terrier called Rebel, who enjoyed catching the many rats in Zossen camp. Casement just has him down as previously a labourer.

I cannot find a service record nor a pension record. Nor a MIC. One would expect him to be in Royal Irish Regiment if he came from Tipperary, but could be Irish Guards with height. From other evidence I know that he was not in the Munster Fusiliers.

So I have done a lot of searching, and am trying here in case anyone recognises a member of their family

[Alicat84]

Hiya,

just wondering do you have an approximate date of birth for this man?

I haven't got a lot of information so far for my Treacy family in Tipp but I'm always on the look out! There was a JAMES Treacy in the family who went to England and joined the police force but I'm not sure how accurate it is.

[corisande]

Nothing other than what I have on that linked page

Most of the Irish Brigade were born between 1888 and 1898. That is they signed up around 1912 as regulars and were around 18 at that time. Not many were born before 1880

[Alicat84]

I'm going to keep this post in mind because I have a lot of gaps right around that time.

Thanks for posting!

[enfield]

Here are the Tracy/Treacy's from Tipp who died in ww1, they mat be related;

TREACY, THOMAS. Rank: Private. Regiment or Service: Royal Irish Regiment. Unit; 3rd Bn. Date of Death: 24-4-1916. Service No: 11162. Born in Mordike Co Tipperary. Enlisted in Clonmel while living in Mordike Co Tipperary. Died of wounds at home. Grave or Memorial Reference: Collective Grave. Cemetery: Eastern Health Board Offices Grounds of Kilmainham in Dublin.

TREACY, WILLIAM. Rank: Private. Regiment or Service: Royal Irish Regiment. Unit; 6th Bn. Date of Death: 3-9-1917. Service No: 9113. Formerly he was with the Royal Field Artillery where his number was 134399. Born in Moneygall, Kings Co. Enlisted in Roscrea while living in Moneygall. Died of wounds. Age at Death, 42. Supplementary information; Son of Michael Treacy, of Moneygall; husband of Norah Treacy, of Moneygall, King's Co. Grave or Memorial Reference: I. L. 3. Cemetery: Bucquoy Road Cemetery, Ficheux in France

Regards.
 Tom.

[corisande]

Thanks Tom

Never thought of it by trying the sibling route.

With your info,  I'll try now by going back round the 1911 and the MIC circle to see if I can track him down

[Oaks and Acorns]

Nothing other than what I have on that linked page

I only found this again when the post about James Tracey was split off.

What link?

Dara,

[corisande]

Dara

Thanks, must be something to do with the Rootschat software when they split threads and it looses inbuilt links

Link here for my information on John Tracey in the Irish Brigade

[doverplains1950]

My family are Treacy's- from Killenaule / Ballingarry area of Tipperary--treacy's maried into the Fogarrty family-- I do have quite a bit of Treacy info. -- let's hear from you , Tom