About
Paul Busteed is a retired Petty Officer (Communications) of twenty eight years’ of service, Irish Naval Service, which included completion of training for a Maritime Communications Instructor at the Maritime Warfare College, H.M.S Collingwood, United Kingdom. During this period Paul has completed a tour of duty with the Irish Army in Lebanon in 1987-88. After retiring from the Naval Service, Paul studied genealogy and local and regional studies for three years at University College Cork, where he obtained 1st class honours in both subjects. The main subject pursued during this study period was his ancestral parish of Aghada during the period of 1914 – 1918 and he completed his thesis, ‘A Final Salute, Aghada to the Dardanelles 1914 -1918’, supervised by Dr. Paul MacCotter. Apart from genealogy and local history Paul has distinctions in I.T. and digital media. He recently assisted in research to complete a memorial to those who attended Midleton College that died in the Great War.
Paul is a member of the following associations, Cork Branch, Western Front Association, The Royal Munster Fusiliers Association, Cloyne Literary & Historical Society, Aghada/Whitegate Historical Society, Midleton Ballinacurra Area Heritage Society and the Cork Genealogy Society. Paul has recently worked with Trevor Penfold and the Battle of Jutland Crew Lists Volunteers in the United Kingdom and his role is the Irish connection. He has a collection of over 1600 sea records, organised into counties, in which 160 men are from East Cork. This work is on-going.
After the completion of his thesis, A Final Salute, Aghada to the Dardanelles 1914 -1918, and the discovery of the plans of Aghada Camp during the 1914 – 1918 period, Paul is very keen to research the Crimean War and its links with East Cork. Paul Busteed comes from a military background which can be traced back to the Battle of Waterloo, World War 1, Congo and the War of Independence and Civil War in Ireland. His first awareness of World War 1 occurred when, as a child, he witnessed the veteran’s (ANZACS) marching down George Street, Sydney, Australia, during the early 1970’s.
Paul is a member of the following associations, Cork Branch, Western Front Association, The Royal Munster Fusiliers Association, Cloyne Literary & Historical Society, Aghada/Whitegate Historical Society, Midleton Ballinacurra Area Heritage Society and the Cork Genealogy Society. Paul has recently worked with Trevor Penfold and the Battle of Jutland Crew Lists Volunteers in the United Kingdom and his role is the Irish connection. He has a collection of over 1600 sea records, organised into counties, in which 160 men are from East Cork. This work is on-going.
After the completion of his thesis, A Final Salute, Aghada to the Dardanelles 1914 -1918, and the discovery of the plans of Aghada Camp during the 1914 – 1918 period, Paul is very keen to research the Crimean War and its links with East Cork. Paul Busteed comes from a military background which can be traced back to the Battle of Waterloo, World War 1, Congo and the War of Independence and Civil War in Ireland. His first awareness of World War 1 occurred when, as a child, he witnessed the veteran’s (ANZACS) marching down George Street, Sydney, Australia, during the early 1970’s.