The Waterford War Dead: A History of the Casualties of the Great War

‘The only axe being ground in the pages which follow is that of the steel of truth, tempered as it has been by decades of falsehood and neglect about the Irish involvement in the Great War. The 874 names for Wexford’s dead alone considerably exceed the total death-toll for all sides, and for none, in the Easter Rising in 1916. Yet for decades the people of Wexford were denied the simple truth about the fate that had consumed so many of the men from the county, from Allen to Zander: about what had happened to the fourteen Wexford Byrnes who were killed in the Great War, say,or the thirty-six Wexford Doyles.’

Kevin Myers

Following on from the success of the War Dead series in counties Tipperary, Wexford, Wicklow ,and Offaly, Tom Burnell now turns his attention to County Waterford and the unfortunate soldiers from this area who lost their lived during the First World War.

After tireless research Tom Burnell has put together a comprehensive record of the soldiers, officers, sailors, airmen and nursing sisters, who listed their next of kin as being from Waterford. The men and women honoured in The Waterford War Dead died in the service of the British Army, the Australian Army, the New Zealand Army, the American Army, the Indian Army, the Canadian Army, the South African Army, the Royal Navy or the British Mercantile Marine. Such a list, combined with intricate data and never-before-seen correspondence and photographs, is an essential addition to any local historian or military enthusiast’s bookshelf.