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Miscellaneous documents

Reference: D/X 1675 Catalogue Title: Miscellaneous documents Area: Catalogue Category: Other Records Description: 3705179 Private James Patrick Connolly of Sunderland

Covering Dates: 1919-1945

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    • 3705179 Private James Patrick Connolly (Ref: D/X 1675/1-12)

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8 November 2008 Acc: 7253

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3705179 Private James Patrick Connolly (Ref: D/X 1675/1-12)

7th Battalion The Border Regiment, later 7th Battalion The Durham Light Infantry, later Royal Artillery
Born Sunderland, 1897; enlisted 1914, 7th Battalion The Border Regiment (no. 260560); discharged, 1919, 7th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, April 1921 - July 1921; enlisted, 1939 Royal Artillery (no. 3705179); discharged, 1945; died 1952

Ref: D/X 1675/1

Certificate of demobilisation of Private J. Connolly, 15 March 1919
(1 paper)

Ref: D/X 1675/2

Certificate of employment during the war of Private J.P. Connolly, n.d. [c. 1919]
(1 paper)

Ref: D/X 1675/3

Certificate of discharge on disbandment of the Defence Force, of Private J. Connolly, 3 July 1921
(1 paper)

Ref: D/X 1675/4

Certificate of discharge from Section D Army Reserve of Private J. Connolly, 21 May 1926
(1 paper)

Ref: D/X 1675/5

Soldier's service and pay book of Private J.P. Connolly, with slip giving the size Private Connolly required for different items of uniform, 1939 - 1945
(1 booklet and 2 papers)

Ref: D/X 1675/6

Soldier's release book of Private J.P. Connolly, 3 July 1945 - 16 August 1945
(1 booklet)

Ref: D/X 1675/7

Record of service card of Gunner J.P. Connolly, 5 July 1945
(1 paper)

Ref: D/X 1675/8

Certificate of transfer to the Army Reserve of Gunner J.P. Connolly, 29 August 1945
(1 paper)

Ref: D/X 1675/9

Typescript copy of diary of Private J. Connolly, October 1914 - March 1919
(1 file)

Ref: D/X 1675/10

'The Lord's Prayer, Paraphrased', [probably by Private J. Connolly], n.d. [early 20th century]
(1 paper)

Ref: D/X 1675/11

'Comrade Jim' poem [probably written by Private J. Connolly' about the experience of war, n.d. [early 20th century]
(1 booklet)

Ref: D/X 1675/12

Photograph of Private J. Connolly resting with two unidentified soldiers, [Private Connolly is in the middle], n.d. [ c.1921]
(1 photograph, 8 cm. x 5.5 cm., black and white)



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