Eleven British Soldiers Shot in Revenge For Executions, Cork 1921

#OnThisDay 1921 Eleven British soldiers are shot in Cork City in retaliation for the six IRA volunteers executed that morning. Six died, the others lived. The dead were:
L/Cpl Beattie

Sgl G Bowden

Pte W Gill

L/Cpl D Hodnett

Pte A Whitear

Pte T Wise

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