“We were neutral for one purpose and that is that we were Britain’s home defence”
Mick has already pointed to the Irish Times article at the weekend by Joseph Quinn on the post-World War II treatment in Ireland of around 5,000 Irish soldiers who deserted their own neutral army to join the British army and fought in Europe and elsewhere. The “confidential” list of those affected is still available from Ireland’s National Army Museum. But, via the Irish Soldiers Pardon (WW2) Campaign website, there are a couple of items to highlight. Firstly, the instrument at issue – the Emergency Powers (no. 362) Order, …