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Hail to the Chief

from National Library of Ireland on The Commons

• 6 older comments, and then…
• Suck Diesel said:

  The Next Commander-in-Chief. Illustration for The Graphic, 31 August 1895.
  
  www.bridgemanimages.com/en/english-school/the-next-comman...

• Suck Diesel said:

  “Wolseley led the belated expedition to relieve General Gordon at Khartoum, 1884-5. Later Commander in Chief of the British Army, he was responsible for important reforms. Wolseley was the model for Major-General Stanley in Gilbert and Sullivan's operetta The Pirates of Penzance.”
  
  npgshop.org.uk/products/garnet-joseph-wolseley-1st-viscou...

• beachcomber australia said:

  At The Peerage - thepeerage.com/p47494.htm#i474933
  
  "... ... Wolseley eventually retired in 1901. But his reputation for efficiency led to the phrase 'everything's all Sir Garnet’, meaning all is in order.
  More - www.nam.ac.uk/explore/garnet-wolseley

• beachcomber australia said:

  In 1892 via The History of Photography Archive

• beachcomber australia said:

  Here is a (lo-res) cabinet card from the original Werner & Son, Dublin, photo -
  
  Via - www.abebooks.com/Field-Marshall-Sir-Garnet-Joseph-WOLSELE...

Tragedy - written in the sands

from National Library of Ireland on The Commons

• 5 older comments, and then…
• Foxglove said:

  .....and writing one of the first modern spy thrillers...

• beachcomber australia said:

  Wondering if this might his reburial in 1923 ?? It looks a bit 'fancy' for a prison.
  See - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erskine_Childers_(author)#Execution

• beachcomber australia said:

  Or ... 1924?
  
  "This photo is Hardwicke Hall, Dublin in Oct 1924. He was given an IRA Guard of Honour, 4 men at attention in shifts for 24hrs straight. My granduncle, Robert Childers, 2nd son of @erskineandmolly
  was present. Molly couldn’t bare it, had collapsed with grief in the morning. " ...
  From- x.com/erskinechilders/status/1596269726246006784

• Suck Diesel said:

  He is said to have shaken hands with the members of his firing squad, saying, "Take a step or two forward, lads, it will be easier that way."
  
  Hardwicke Hall

• beachcomber australia said:

  Via Trove, some more details ...
  
  November 1922 - trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/210509012?searchTerm=e... - "He was buried in a grave already prepared nearby" in Beggars' Bush Barracks.
  
  October 1924 - trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/84311173?searchTerm=er... - "Irish Rebels' Remains handed over to Relatives". "Public funerals will be held on Thursday [ed. 30/10/1924].
  The bodies in the meanwhile will lie in state at different centres."
  
  October 1924 - trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/54291385?searchTerm=er... - "Wild scenes at re-interment of the executed men".

23_0053479 Convair Negative Image

from SDASM Archives

• bluegothic13 said:

  The pose is the same as used with my toy plastic army figures I played with as a child.