Deserters or Spies? - soldiers executed at Lough Attorick

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Padraig Og O Ruairc
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Deserters or Spies? - soldiers executed at Lough Attorick

Post by Padraig Og O Ruairc » Tue May 11, 2010 1:16 pm

On the 22 of February 1921 the bodies of three British Soldiers, Privates Harry Morgan,
William Sydney Walker and David John Williams of ‘B’ Company, 1st Battalion the Oxford and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry were found near the shores of Lough Attorick on the Clare Galway Border. The three men had been executed by the I.R.A.'s East Clare Brigade, one of them had a label attached to his body which read: “Spies. Tried by courtmartial and found guilty. All others beware.”

The three men claimed to have been deserters from the British Army - but their executioners were convinced the men were spies. What were these three British soldiers really doing in the hills of north east Clare? Read the full article for free here:

http://www.warofindependence.net/?page_id=411

Padraig Og O Ruairc

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