06.02.2015
Dublin Student Seeks Relatives of Soldier Who Died at the Somme
A Dublin student is looking for relatives of a soldier who died at the Somme in the First World War. Katharine Woods, who is a fourth year student at Wesley College, Dublin and parishioner of Taney, has been chosen to take part in the Adopt a Soldier 2015 project. As part of the project one student has been selected from each of the 32 counties in Ireland to travel to the Somme in the summer. Each student will research a soldier from their own county who died at the Somme.
The group will travel to the Somme battlefield region in northern France in late June. During the trip they will either visit the grave or monument to honour the memory of his or her ‘adopted’ soldier. The trip will also include a visit to the European Parliament.
Katharine has passed the first stage of the process by writing a short essay stating why she should be chosen to represent her county in the project. She is now trying to find a soldier to research. She is looking for someone who has information about a family member who died at the Somme. The soldier must be from Dublin and must be buried in the Somme region.
Anyone with information can contact Katharine by email at katharinewoods46@gmail.com.
Katharine Woods is pictured with Canon Bob Reed, Precentor of St Patrick’s Cathedral, following the ‘Hidden Pages from World War One’ seminar which took place in the cathedral earlier this week.