Terry Denham Posted 18 December , 2007 Share Posted 18 December , 2007 CWGC added the following 'new' WW1 casualty to its Debt of Honour database today – Tuesday 18th December. Major Charles Milne Cholmeley DOWLING Grenadier Guards Died 21.11.20 Buried: Kensal Green (All Souls’) Cemetery, London, UK NOT FORGOTTEN Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Will O'Brien Posted 18 December , 2007 Share Posted 18 December , 2007 Raising a glass to the memory of Charles tonight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisharley9 Posted 19 December , 2007 Share Posted 19 December , 2007 Is this one of the Cairo Gang murdered by the IRA in Dublin? MAY HE REST IN PEACE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stephen Nulty Posted 19 December , 2007 Share Posted 19 December , 2007 Chris Yes, I seem to recall that Dowling was the first of those killed by the IRA that day (I once knew somebody of that name who throught he might be related) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Will O'Brien Posted 19 December , 2007 Share Posted 19 December , 2007 Is this one of the Cairo Gang murdered by the IRA in Dublin? Chris - What was the Cairo gang? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisharley9 Posted 20 December , 2007 Share Posted 20 December , 2007 Will Click Here will give some background Chris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Will O'Brien Posted 21 December , 2007 Share Posted 21 December , 2007 Will Click Here will give some background Chris Thanks Chris, most interesting. I found it a little biased in how it was written (language wise) however that doesn't surprise me when the main source of data appears to be Tim Pat Coogan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisharley9 Posted 21 December , 2007 Share Posted 21 December , 2007 Will yes I found it very biased; however its was the only decent source I could find at the time Chris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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