DECLARATION OF WAR, August 4th 1914. As a reservist – serving on a part time basis with the 3rd Battalion, Royal Irish Regiment – John was immediately recalled into full-time service and ordered to report to his battalion at Clonmel.
Originlly from a small community in Tipperary Ireland, John Maher ended up fighting in the battlefields of the Somme. This story tells us how he got there and what became of him and his comrades.
