Person    | Male  Born 1864  Died 22/6/1922

Field Marshal Sir Henry Wilson

Categories: Armed Forces, Tragedy

Field Marshal Sir Henry Wilson

Prominent General in WW1 who visited Northern Ireland in March 1922 and spoke his mind on the Irish situation. On 22 June he unveiled the Liverpool Street Station war memorial and then went home to 36 Eaton Place, where he was gunned down on the doorstep, shot in the back nine times. Irish terrorists were suspected and on 18 July that same year IRA gunmen Reginald Dunne and Joseph O’Sullivan were sentenced to death at the Old Bailey. (Wilson's home address is taken from the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, other sources vary.)

2022: The Guardian reported: "On Wednesday {22 June 2022}, precisely a century later, Wilson will get his own plaque at a ceremony in the House of Commons, adding him to memorials for other MPs who died violent deaths, including Jo Cox."

This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
Field Marshal Sir Henry Wilson

Commemorated ati

Sir Henry Wilson at Liverpool Street Station

The memorial that Wilson had just unveiled before his death is the main war m...

Read More

Other Subjects

F. H.  Adams

F. H. Adams

Q.W.R. Fought but did not die in WW1. Our colleague Andrew Behan has researched this man: Rifleman Frederick Harold Adams was born on 31 December 1898, the third son of Walter Frank Adams and Loui...

Person, Armed Forces

War served, WW1
1 memorial
Lance Serjeant John Edward Lavery

Lance Serjeant John Edward Lavery

John Edward Lavery was born in County Down, Northern Ireland and resided in Armagh, Northern Ireland. On 28 July 1938 he was appointed as a postman in the London Postal Region. He was serving as a...

Person, Armed Forces, Ireland, Scotland

War dead, WW2
1 memorial
Rupert Price Hallowes, VC

Rupert Price Hallowes, VC

Awarded the VC for his heroism on 25-30 September 1915, aged 34, while serving in the Duke of Cambridge’s Own, (Middlesex Regiment). "Displayed the greatest bravery and untiring energy, setting a m...

Person, Armed Forces

War dead, WW1
1 memorial
F. F. E. Yeo-Thomas

F. F. E. Yeo-Thomas

Wing Commander, GC, secret agent in WW2, codename "The White Rabbit". Born 45 Balcombe Street. Brought up in France. Served in WW1. Served in WW2 initially in the RAF but then in February 1942 he j...

Person, Armed Forces, France

War served, WW2
1 memorial
22nd Battalion (The Queens)

22nd Battalion (The Queens)

London unit which served in WW1.

Group, Armed Forces

1 memorial