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Thomas (Tom) Barry (1 July 1897 – 2 July 1980) was one of the most prominent guerrilla leaders in the Irish Republican Army during the Irish War of Independence. ==Early life== Christened "Thomas Bernardine",〔Peter Hart, ‘Barry, Thomas Bernardine (1897–1980)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004〕 Barry was born in Killorglin, County Kerry. He was the son of a Royal Irish Constabulary policeman. Four years later, Thomas Barry Senior resigned and opened a business in his hometown of Rosscarbery, County Cork. Barry was educated for a period at Mungret College, County Limerick from 25 August 1911 to 12 September 1912. The reason for his short stay is indicated by a reference from the school register of the Apostolic School, Mungret College; 'Went - Home (ran away) without knowledge of superiors - no vocation'.〔Irish Jesuit Archives, School Register of Apostolic School, Mungret College, p. 66〕 In 1915, during Ireland's involvement in World War I, he enlisted in the Royal Field Artillery at Cork and became a soldier in the British Army. Barry enlisted in the Royal Field Artillery on June 30, 1915 and was sent to the military depot at Athlone for basic training. After six months he was posted to the Mesopotamian front (modern Iraq) on January 21, 1916.〔(History Ireland, Guerilla Days in Iraq, September/October 2008, by Mark McLoughlin )〕 He fought from January 1916 in Mesopotamia (then part of the Ottoman Empire). On 1 March he was raised to the rank of corporal.〔(COUGHLAN VC Day Speech )〕 In April while his brigade was attempting to break the Turkish Siege of Kut where the British after heavy losses were forced to surrender, Barry first heard of the Easter Rising. Presumably in reaction to the British response to the Rising, Barry dropped his rank in protest on 26 May and reverted to his original rank of gunner, which rank he held until the end of the war.〔Bunbury, Turtle: ''The Glorious Madness, Tales of The Irish and The Great War'', Gunner Tom Barry and the Siege of Kut; p. 272, Gill & Macmillan, Dublin 12 (2014) ISBN 978 0717 16234 5〕 From January 1917 until March 1918 he saw further action south of Kut, where his unit suffered heavy casualties, and also at Fallujah, Samarra and Baquba.〔(History Ireland, Guerilla Days in Iraq, September/October 2008, by Mark McLoughlin )〕 In May 1918 his division was moved to the Egyptian front for the campaign in Palestine. Barry however remained in Egypt from June 1918 until February 1919, when he was shipped back to Ireland.〔(History Ireland, Guerilla Days in Iraq, September/October 2008, by Mark McLoughlin )〕 Barry had some minor disciplinary issues in the Army, being punished on a number of occasions for being late for parade and disrespectful to NCO's.〔(History Ireland, Guerilla Days in Iraq, September/October 2008, by Mark McLoughlin )〕 Nevertheless, when officially discharged from the army on 7 April 1919 Barry was described as a sober, good, hardworking man.〔Bunbury, Turtle: p. 273〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Tom Barry (soldier)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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