A bulletproof vest worn by some officers in G Division, the British Secret Service & Auxiliaries during the War of Independence. They could actually stop a bullet. This could be why the Squad finished off their targets with a shot to the head.
#OnThisDay 1972 Colonel Eamon ‘Ned’ Broy died in Dublin & was buried in Clonbulloge, Offaly. A Commissioner of the Garda Síochána & a Colonel in the army, Broy is probably best known for being one of Michael Collins’ inside men in the DMP’s G Division.
#OnThisDay 1923 Three IRA Vols were executed in Dundalk when found guilty of having arms & ammunition in their possession without proper authority. They had been arrested on January 7th.
They were:
James Melia 20 (Pic)
Thomas Lennon 19
Joseph Ferguson 27
#OnThisDay 1879 At the Battle of Rorke’s Drift, 150 British Army soldiers fought off 4000 Zulu warriors. Of the 150, roughly 30 were from Ireland.
Surgeon James Henry Reynolds VC
Henry Gallagher, the ‘Quiet Sergeant’
James Langley Dalton VC
#OnThisDay 1879 Around 1,300 British soldiers were killed by Zulu warriors at the Battle of Isandlwana. Outnumbered 20:1 Leitrim man Col. Anthony Durnford was blamed for this loss, though in reality Lord Chelmsford used him as a scapegoat to save his own name.
The Irish at War 