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The "Black and Tans"

My grandfather was in the Black watch and invalided out after being wounded at Paschendhale 1917, he arrived back in Glasgow after, and was recruited by the local army recruiting office to go to Ireland as an, RIC auxillary, Black & Tan, he then joined the RIC as a Police officer, married my Nanny who was Irish, and was wounded at Rathgannon in his arm,1919, later at 10.35am on the 21/7/1921 he was ambushed and shot 5 times in Main treet, Edenderry County Kildare, after much research here and Ireland it is most likely he was the last British casualty of the Irish war for indipendence, passing away a year later and was buried in Glasgow on his 27th birthday he is mentioned on the RIC Roll of honour. It is still a very emotive subject and hard views held on both sides, but like all history there are some mythes which have over time become truth's.
 
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