Private William Curry served with the Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers. William was a reserve man and was called up when war was declared. He received seventeen wounds (some through the centre of his body) at the Battle of Festubert in 1915. He returned to the war and went on to serve in Gallipoli, France and in Palestine. On his certificate he received when leaving the army on 10th December 1918, William’s specialist military qualification was as a stretcher bearer.