Article 60K5K MP whose murder sparked Irish civil war to get Commons plaque

MP whose murder sparked Irish civil war to get Commons plaque

by
Rory Carroll Ireland correspondent
from World news | The Guardian on (#60K5K)

Field Marshal Sir Henry Wilson was assassinated by IRA gunmen 100 years ago and then all but forgotten

On 22 June 1922 Sir Henry Wilson, an army field marshal turned MP, unveiled a plaque to railway employees who had died in the first world war before returning to his stately home in Belgravia, central London.

He was a distinctive figure - tall, in uniform, with a facial scar that had earned him a nickname as the ugliest man in the British army".

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