'The Long and the Short of It. Kilmainham Camp Dublin 1922'
Photograph, Ireland, 1922.
A drummer boy poses with a veteran warrant officer who wears the Military Medal, 1914-15 Star, British War Medal and Allied Victory Medal. Drummer boys and band boys (often soldiers' orphans) accompanied their regiments across the British Empire's many garrisons.
From an album of 82 photographs compiled by Brig B C S Clarke DSO (d 1969).
NAM Accession Number
NAM. 1997-12-74-68
Copyright/Ownership
National Army Museum, Out of Copyright
Location
National Army Museum, Study collection
Object URL
https://collection.nam.ac.uk/detail.php?acc=1997-12-74-68