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Peter Mc RIC	C Company		Lead	[-]
Posts: 471 25-Jul-2010 6:16 PM Inspector-General	Remove this ad Based at Macroom Castle in 1920, it was a section of C Coy that was ambushed at Kilmichael on the 28th November 1920 by Tom Barry and his Volunteers. The Company was moved out of Cork following the massacre at relocated in Portobello Barracks, Dublin. Peter Mc Last Edited By: Peter Mc RIC 17-Aug-2010 9:23 PM. Edited 1 time.
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Peter Mc RIC	The Macroom Ambush Memorial Service	#1	[url]	[-]
Posts: 486 4-Aug-2010 8:41 PM Inspector-General	A memorial service for the men killed in the Macroom ambush was held on the anniversary of their deaths, on 28th November 1921 at Portobello Barracks, Dublin. Courtesy Ballyroughan, these are extracts from an original order of service. Portobello Barracks is today known as Cathal Brugha Barracks, and is located in Rathmines. Peter Mc
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Frank7372	Memorial Service	#2	[url]	[-]
Head Constable Posts: 4 16-Aug-2010 12:51 AM	Would love to know more about the contents of this pamphlet. Was there anything of interest in the nature of the wording on the remaining pages of the service? Presumably the extent of the casualties in this company ensured that it would be the only one to have a memorial service specifically dedicated to its fallen members.
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Frank7372	Kilmichael survivor account	#3	[url]	[-]
Head Constable Posts: 7 17-Aug-2010 6:13 PM	The following attached file is a digital copy of an account given by the only Auxiliary to survive the Kilmichael Ambush and appeared in the Irish Independent on Jan 17th 1921. http://www.irishnewsarchive.com/Repository/ml.asp?Ref=SU5ELzE5MjEvMDEvMTcjQXIwMDYxNg==&Mode=Gif&Locale=english-skin-custom
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Peter Mc RIC		#4	[url]	[-]
Posts: 501 17-Aug-2010 9:29 PM Inspector-General	Many thanks for that reference Frank. I had seen the photo in the past but never the account; Forde has been variously described as remaining in a coma, quadreplegic and/or brain damaged for the remainder of his life. Personally I have always had my doubts and believe he recovered, at least partially, but for obvious reasons disappeared from public view. His account is very well written for a brain damaged survivor but accurate in many aspects of detail; we can only surmise if he actually authored it or whether it was piut together by another party. Peter Mc
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ballyroughan	The Memorial Service Nov 28 1921--(contents of.)	#5	[url]	[-]
Posts: 41 20-Aug-2010 8:08 PM	Ref :- Private Collection. Last Edited By: ballyroughan 16-Jan-2012 10:29 PM. Edited 1 time.
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ballyroughan	Aftermath Scene of Kilmichael Ambush ( Daily Sketch Dec 3 1920 )	#6	[url]	[-]
Posts: 42 20-Aug-2010 9:03 PM	Remove this ad
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Peter Mc RIC	Temporary Cadet Frederick Henry Forde - survivor of Kilmichael	#7	[url]	[-]
Posts: 548 29-Sep-2010 10:51 PM Inspector-General	The following information has never before been published online and provides an exciting avenue for further research. It has long been known that there was one survivor of the Kilmichael ambush and his name has been given (and accepted) as Henry Frederick Forde. It was believed he was left in a coma or brain damaged but no further trace of him could be found. I received information from Klifton Snow that shows he was in fact Captain Frederick Henry Forde M.C (late R.F.A.), son of Colonel Lionel Forde C.M.G. Colonel Forde died in late October 1926. Captain F.H. Forde emigrated to Southern Rhodesia where he died on May 18th 1941. More work is needed to understand when he emigrated and what he did in Rhodesia, but plainly this shows that he made enough of a recovery to be able to travel to Africa and start a new life there. It also tends to reinforce the account added by Frank above, as being the recollections of someone actually present; and gives further credence to the take by the late Peter Hart as to what actually happened at that ambush. I also found: The Times May 21 1941 On May 18, 1941, in Southern Rhodesia, Captain Frederick Henry Forde M.C., beloved elder and only surviving son of Mrs G.W.S. Morris and the late Colonel Lionel Forde C.M.G., R.A. His mother, Gertrude Meredith Morris (nee Pollen) died on June 24 1952 in Epsom, Surrey. His brother 2/Lt Lionel Winnington Forde (6/Dorsetshire Regt) was KIA in the Great War on 8th June 1918. He has no known grave and is commemorated on the Poziers Memorial. Peter Mc Last Edited By: Peter Mc RIC 29-Sep-2010 11:22 PM. Edited 3 times.
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Peter Mc RIC	Memorials to the the fallen	#8	[url]	[-]
Posts: 629 6-Nov-2010 5:05 PM Inspector-General	For memorials to those men killed in The Kilmichael ambush, follow this link: http://irishconstabulary.com/topic/576 Peter Mc
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caplestreetman	SPECIAL OPERATIONS	#9	[url]	[-]
County Inspector Posts: 26 27-Jun-2011 8:51 PM	Peter Mc RIC, REF Record of Rebellion in Ireland, 1920 - 1921 Vol.1V, Part 111. Ticknock Mountains ( Wicklow Hills ) Information was received that the rebels had constructed dug outs in the Wicklow Hills. Aeroplane photographs were taken of certain definite areas which showed signs of such work on the Ticknock Mountains. On 19 June " C " Coy. Auxiliary RIC piqueted the hill at dawn, and searched the area, One dug - out in process of construction was discovered. During the period under reveiw several operations of rounding up villages, camps, drilling and suspected gun - running were carried out, the most important being at Swords, Blanchardstown, Dunboyne, Five Mile Point ( Co. Wicklow ), Wicklow Hills. None of these operations call for remark. The greatest problem was to effect surprise. Once that was achieved there was little or no resistance. Peter, there is quite a lot of information on the use of Aeroplanes in support of Dublin District operations and out in the countryside, if you are interested let me know which site to post it. CSM
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Peter Mc RIC	Petrol in Macroom	#10	[url]	[-]
Posts: 1127 19-Oct-2011 1:13 PM Inspector-General	These petrol pumps, just outside Macroom Castle, have been there as long as I can remember. I know its fanciful, but I wonder if the Crossleys ever 'tanked up' here! It certainly has that period air about it! Peter Mc
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ballyroughan	Cadet, Frederick Henry Forde, M.C. (Compenstion and Pension Claim). 1921.	#11	[url]	[-]
Posts: 257 8-Dec-2011 9:19 PM	Remove this ad Note's extracted from above. R.I.C. Surgeon's Report. Cadet Forde, Sustained a compound fracture of the skull, with damage to the brain substance,caused by gunshot wound and external violence, he has been non effetive ever sence, and is now certified to be unfit for further service. His ability to contribute in future, to his own support, is classified as totally destroyed. Pension Office Report. The maximum Pension under section 5 of the act of 1883 is £127.8s.0..(under four years service) That Pension of £127.8s.0. be sanctioned,and that an additional provisional allowance on account of pension, on the Desborough rates of £67.12.0. be paid making a total of £195. being 45/60 of his pensionable pay under, Aurthorty of Treasury letter 4th January, 1921. NO,T.I..1086/20. Also Forde was awarded £10.000. compensation under the criminal payments (Ireland ) act 1919. Ref :- Kew- H.O.- 184 / 216-218.. Last Edited By: ballyroughan 9-Dec-2011 8:01 PM. Edited 5 times.
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