Patrick's son, Paul wrote:

Hi Ivor,
My father Patrick Joseph Cullinan is a former member of the Irish Guards. I am currently doing a lot of tracing of family roots and information about my nearest and dearest. I would love to  know more about his history in the Guards and although suffering from Alzheimers presently, his long term memory seems reasonable at times. He came from Belfast and joined on 9/2/1945. His service number was 2725772. He served for over 20 years and by all accounts was an excellent boxer in his Guards time. His first service was seen in Palestine where he was injured by a land mine.
I am really interested in any recollections out there and would appreciate any advice as to how I can obtain old photo's etc.  Patrick Joseph Cullinan joined the Irish Guards on 9th February 1945. He trained at Pirbright until 14th Oct 1945, he tells me he was in a Charlie Gallagher's squad. From there his records show service in :--
     NW Europe 1945-1947 Palestine 1948   Tripoli 1948  Germany / UK 48-1963  Aden 1964 to 1966
Any advice your visitors can give me would be greatly appreciated.
Many thanks
Paul Cullinan