First World War Diary of Noël Drury, 6th Royal Dublin Fusiliers

The diary of an officer in the 6th Royal Dublin Fusiliers covering 1914-19 and four theatres of war. Noël Drury (1884-1975) was from a middle-class Dublin Protestant family and served most of the First World War as an officer in the 6th Royal Dublin Fusiliers in the 10th (Irish) Division. The division was the first of Ireland's wartime volunteer formations to be posted overseas, arriving at Gallipoli in August 1915 in the Suvla Bay landings. Drury and his battalion experienced several key phases