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The Irish Veterans Historical Research Centre Ltd is a non-profit organisation, which exists for the purposes of establishing an Historical Research and Exhibition Centre, complete with a physical Memorial, located in the center of the island of Ireland and dedicated to all those Irish men and women who served in military and auxilliary forces outside of, though not excluding, the Permanent Defence Forces of the Republic of Ireland, since 1900.
The Veteran’s Memorial Project is a group, mostly of Veterans, who came together to look at ways of identifying and commemorating Irish men and women who served in foreign military and ancillary forces throughout the 20th century and to date. Those Irish men and women who served with other forces in World War I, World War II, Korea, and a host of other theaters have little or no recognition or identity. Amongst this vast number of men and women, the only two groups to have been officially commemorated by the State have been the 50,000 Irish killed in World War I serving in British Army regiments, and the Irish killed in Vietnam serving with the US and Australian forces.
Any Veteran, or family of a Veteran, who wishes to contribute memorabilia for historical research and possible display, should consult the instructions below. Please help us to honour those Irish men and women from the four provinces of Ireland who have served all over the world since 1900. These are some of the kinds of things that we are looking for:
Photographs, with clear identifying information on the reverse.
Important: Please record a number on the reverse of the photograph with a soft felt tip pen. Record the number on a separate piece of paper and include an explanation of the photograph with names and dates etc. Do not write on photographs with a ball point pen!
Please let us have as much information as possible on who or what each photograph depicts, for example; who took them, the circumstances in which they were taken, the dates or approximate dates on which they were taken, the fate of those pictured if known, and any other relevant information putting each picture in true context.
- Cine film, or clear copies, taken on active service, with clear identifying information
- Medals, Citations and Awards, or clean copies, including Veteran’s DD214 or equivalent
- Letters, or clean copies, from Servicemen and women, especially those serving in war zones
- Diaries, or clean copies, of Servicemen and women, especially from war zones
- Unit patches and other identifying insignia (but not uniforms please)
- Unit Newsletters, leaflets, newspaper clippings or clean copies
- Military History books, videos – particularly those with any Irish reference – which will become part of the Research Archive & Library
- Details of other Irish men or women you may have known, or come across
Technical Advice for Preserving and Submitting Historical Data
For technical assistance regarding photographs, negatives, digital movies, 8mm, sound recordings, scanning and general preservation issues please contact our technical advisor- Séamas Brennan. (insert email address link here)
Mailing Instructions
- Secure items adequately; place delicate materials in ziploc bags
- Mark contents to satisfy Customs
- Clearly write your return address
- You must obtain a shipping confirmation or tracking number
- Please mark carefully items you wish to donate to the Centre, or those you would like returned. All items received will be tagged with relevant information on the sender/s, acknowledged and stored for eventual archive or exhibition use.
- The Irish Veterans Memorial Project can not be responsible for any items that become lost or mislaid in the mail. Alternatively, if you have a friend or relative travelling to Ireland at any time, ask them to bring the items to us.
Send to:
IRISH VETERANS MEMORIAL PROJECT,
Capel Chambers, 119 Capel Street
Dublin 1
Republic of Ireland.
If e-mailing, please put IRISH VETERANS in the subject line.
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