Assassination of Sir Henry Wilson, London 1922

#OnThisDay 1922 Sir Henry Wilson, ex-head of British Army & Unionist politician, was assassinated by the IRA at his home in London. It is said that his death was ordered by Michael Collins (though never proven) & was in response to the Catholic deaths in Ulster.

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