LATE MAJOR REDMOND.
ff "■-■■■ "m- . ... : c "MY BEST FOR. IRELAND.". -j LONDON, June 12. 1 ' An official account of the death of t Major WillSyan Redmond,' M.P. , says he V bad ; urgently a ppfiod' for 'permission to a quit" staff AA-o^k in/order to lead his men. b He Avas. seriously Avounded by a shell- , ! burst Avhile leading his pien m an attack i on- theWytsbh^le WtfOdl Pie did 'not |' rogain consciousness, • Aiid f ' died in v a f eAV a | hours.' He s av#sT btfried* :ih the garden of r a convent m Loecre Village. Chapv j kins of the Irish and Ulster diA'isions f 'conducted the service, and there Avas a 1 mixed Irish aiid, Ulster 'firing party. i In tlie lastjqtter sent by Major Red- . mon dto his Avife,' lie said : ''Don't' fret 3 —justf-- pi-ay. If T don't come back, you r Avill knoAv thatM have, done my best for 3 Ireland ' and for everyone." •'.■V > ti ft.ijll^l mmm ,'.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLIV, Issue 14334, 26 June 1917, Page 5
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162LATE MAJOR REDMOND. Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLIV, Issue 14334, 26 June 1917, Page 5
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