| Surname: | Busby |
| Initials: | T |
| Rank: | Lance Corporal |
| Army Number: | P/547 |
| Notes: | MFP. Served Home. Enlisted 3/11/14,MFP, born St Paul's, Liverpool, age 43.2 years, occupation gardener, formerly served in the Northumbelrand Fusiliers for 12 years, discharged time expired. 9/8/15 Discharged unfit for duties of the Corps KR 292 (ix). Served Home 13/11/14 to 9/8/15. 16/10/898 married Bridgett Ann Hannen, spinster, at St Charles, Gosforth, Newcastle upon Tyne. Thomas Busby. A letter in his army record from the Dublin Metropolitan Police Telegraph dated 19/7/15 reads: at 3.50 pm 18th inst. Constables Fennell 307 and Burke 118 B accompanied to this station Pte Thomas Obrien. B Coy 18 Royal Irish Regiment, Richmond Barracks and Pte Timothy Buckley same Coy & Regiment and Barracks, both in uniform and L/Cpl Thomas Busby, Military Police, North Wall Extension in plain clothes. The Constables stated that while on duty at O'Connell Bridge they saw a crowd at Wesmoreland Street and on going there Pte's O'Brien and Buckley complained that Busby was following them and asked what should they do. They stated that while standing at the corner of Westmoreland Street and College Street a short time previously, Busby who is unknown to them came to them and asked would they would like to buy a razor, they said they would not, that they had razors of their own, he then asked them to come to Ship Street, Barracks, they refused, and he then followed them and a crowd commenced to collect. Busby told the constables that the two soldiers (O'Brien & Buckley) asked him outside the urinal at College Street to buy a broken razor. When at this station the two soldiers who were perfectly sober made similar statements as that made by them to the constables and Busby who was under the influence of drink stated he may have made a mistake as to the identity of the two soldiers and that it might be two other soldiers who asked him to buy the razor. As there was no charge made by either party they left here soon after coming in. The reason the constables accompanied them here, was that they could not get full particulars in the street owing to the growing crowd. which collected. Thomas Busby. |