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Post by navangirl1 on Jan 20, 2015 17:48:47 GMT
My grandad hugh gaynor was based in the curragh motorcycle division I think he was killed in the Congo in nov 1960, does anyone have any info on him please
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Post by livenowpraylater on Jan 20, 2015 23:57:01 GMT
My grandad hugh gaynor was based in the curragh motorcycle division I think he was killed in the Congo in nov 1960, does anyone have any info on him please Navangirl. Go to Google and type in Sgt Hugh Gaynor, also there is photo's . this is also how I found out ( after 50 years) how my brother was killed in the Congo. Ned. |
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Post by cilldaraboy on Dec 12, 2015 13:00:54 GMT
Hi Navangirl1. My father in law Vincent Mulvey was your grand dads best friend. The 2nd Cav. retired members had a mass in Knockmitten, Clondalkin last night at which Vincent placed a candle on the altar in Hugh's memory. He never forgot Hugh, and I know he loves him as a brother. Soldiers never die. They live on in the memory of their colleagues forever.
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Post by Navan girl on Dec 12, 2015 13:44:16 GMT
Hi cilldaraboy, what a really lovely thing to do, it actually gave me a lump in my throat... I never knew him as I was born in 72 (showing my age now lol). I often wonder what he was like as a person, I've heard a few stories of when he was a boy he seemed to be a funny child lol. Can you tell your father in law thanks so much it means a lot that he is remembered. X
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Post by derrygirl on Mar 25, 2016 14:41:57 GMT
Hi my grandfather was sgt Hugh Gaynor. My mother was his second daughter. Yeah he was killed in the Congo on 7th Nov 1960, he I buried in glasnevin cemetery not far from Michael Collins grave. So that makes us cousins?  |
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Post by Valo123 on Jun 14, 2016 18:54:02 GMT
Hi Navangirl1. My father in law Vincent Mulvey was your grand dads best friend. The 2nd Cav. retired members had a mass in Knockmitten, Clondalkin last night at which Vincent placed a candle on the altar in Hugh's memory. He never forgot Hugh, and I know he loves him as a brother. Soldiers never die. They live on in the memory of their colleagues forever. |
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Post by navangirl1 on Nov 2, 2016 0:34:04 GMT
Hi cilldaraboy, what a really lovely thing to do, it actually gave me a lump in my throat... I never knew him as I was born in 72 (showing my age now lol). I often wonder what he was like as a person, I've heard a few stories of when he was a boy he seemed to be a funny child lol. Can you tell your father in law thanks so much it means a lot that he is remembered. X |
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Post by navangirl1 on Nov 2, 2016 0:34:42 GMT
Hi my grandfather was sgt Hugh Gaynor. My mother was his second daughter. Yeah he was killed in the Congo on 7th Nov 1960, he I buried in glasnevin cemetery not far from Michael Collins grave. So that makes us cousins? Aisling? ? |
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