Joseph Manning was the third child of Thady and Molly and obviously from the photo above was a soldier for some time. He served with the British Army during World War One with the Royal Munster Fusiliers, 2nd Battalion, Royal Garrison Artillery Corps .
Here is what happened to the 2nd Battalion of the Royal Munster Fusiliers at the start of WWI:
2nd Battalion
August 1914 : at Aldershot. Part of 1st (Guards) Brigade in 1st Division.
14 August 1914 : landed at Le Havre.
14 September 1914 : after suffering heavy casualties at Etreux, left Division and became Army Troops.
9 November 1914 : transferred to 3rd Brigade in 1st Division.
30 May 1916 : absorbed troops from disbanded 9th Bn.
3 February 1918 : transferred to 48th Brigade in 16th (Irish) Division.
13-14 April: aborbed the 19th Entrenching Battalion.
19 April 1918 : reduced to cadre, surplus troops going to 1st Bn.
31 May 1918 : cadre transferred to 94th Brigade in 31st Division.
6 June 1918 : rebuilt by receiving troops from disbanded 6th Bn. Ten days later left Division and moved to Lines of Communication.
15 July 1918 : transferred to 150th Brigade in 50th (Northumbrian) Division
http://www.1914-1918.net/rmf.htm
He spent four years as a prisoner of war in Germany and is listed in this Clare Library link with two other Mannings - Pat and PJ also from Pound Street, Hector Street in Kilrush - one of them held in Turkish hands. Kilrush Men engaged in World War I.
He is also listed with a Patrick Brann who was wounded in France. Could that Patrick Brann be a relative of Molly's? Her brother maybe? And who were the other two Mannings - Pat and PJ?
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