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Cranston Fine Arts  Military Art and Artists 19th Century Military History 19th Century Regiments  Royal Munster Fusiliers |
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Royal Munster Fusiliers by Harry Payne. No text for this item |
Irish Regiments in the British Army by Richard Simkin. Royal Dublin Fusiliers, Leinster Regiment, Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers, 8th Kings Royal Irish Hussars, 4th Royal Irish Dragoon Guards, Connaught Rangers, 5th Royal Irish Lancers, Royal Irish Fusiliers, Royal Irish rifles, Royal Irish Regiment, 6th Inniskilling Dragoons, Royal Munster Fusiliers. |
Sergeant Gannon assisting an officers orderly to bring his wounded master under very heavy fire. As the 2nd Munsters fell back from the attack on the enemys trenches, near the Rue du Bois on Sunday May 9th 1915, many fell or wounded, or else wandered helplessly about under the enemys appalling fire. Seeing an officers orderly trying to carry his wounded master, Gannon got out of the trench to go to his assistance. The officer was too heavy to carry, and they were therefore obliged to drag him along the ground. But he was brought safely to the trench under a storm of shrapnel and machine gun and rifle bullets. Gannon had been out twice before, and he went out again to help the wounded. For his most gallant conduct he was rewarded with the D.C.M. and the Order of St George (third Class) was bestowed on him by the Czar of Russia. |
The Royal Munster Fusiliers by Richard Simkin No text for this item |
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