2773: An "Old Contemptible."

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posted on 2024-01-17, 10:53 authored by Lest We Forget Project Team

Pte Patrick Toohey 7529, 15th Bn. East Lancashire Regiment was a professional soldier who saw action in the Boer War. Of Irish extraction, he lived in Rochdale and was the cousin of my great grandfather. He was also greatly admired by my grandfather, John (Jack) Ford. See separate entry. He told my grandfather, "they haven't made the bullet that will kill me Jack!" Patrick was reported missing on the 14th May 1915, aged 45. He is commemorated on the Menin Gate in Ypres.

History

Name of contributor(s)

John Ford

Subject of the story/individual the object(s) relate to

Patrick Toohey, a professional soldier and Boer War veteran killed in or around Ypres, May 1915.

Date(s) the event(s) in the story took place

May 1915

Location(s) where the event(s) in the story took place

Ypres

Object(s)

328 mess spoon (SWB 33541); 329 two photographs - one of Patrick Toohey mounted; one with regimental colleagues (and policeman!) Patrick Toohey is bottom right, seated. 330 Boer War, Patrick Toohey is cutting the hair of a colleague.