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https://hdl.handle.net/10599/11063
Teideal: | British War Medal, Albert Medal for Bravery in silver with parchment and pocket watch. Items belonging to Stoker William Maher, R.M.S. Leinster |
Údair: | Donovan, Helena |
Eochairfhocail: | WWI First World War World War One Marine Rescue R.M.S. Leinster William Maher Louisa Toppin Dorothy Toppin Great War |
Dáta Eisithe: | 10-Dei-1918 |
Cur Síos: | British War Medal, Albert Medal for Bravery in silver with parchment, pocket watch and newspaper article. Items belonging to then 33 year old father of eight Stoker William Maher, R.M.S. Leinster who, despite severe exhaustion, saved three people after the ship was torpedoed. One, Dorothy Toppin (then 13 years old)presented him later in life with a pocket watch inscribed with her gratitude for his actions. |
URI: | https://hdl.handle.net/10599/11063 |
Copyright: | Permission to photograph granted by kind permission of the Donovan family. South Dublin Libraries do not own the reproduction rights to this image. If you wish to reproduce this image please contact South Dublin Libraries Local Studies, County Library, Tallaght, or e-mail localstudies@sdublincoco.ie. |
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Tá sé i mBailiúcháin: | Published Items World War I |
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Fifteen times into the sea dives Leinster hero.pdf | Transcript of newspaper article describing the Leinster sinking mentioning William Maher's act of bravery. | 22.41 kB | Adobe PDF | ![]() Féach/Oscail |
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