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Treatment of civilians during 1916 by RIC/Army

tdv123 · 2013-11-05 20:05:56

I never heard about this before until recently but an officer called Bowen Colthurst summarily executed 6 civilians including two pro=British. General Maxell was sent a telegram to arrest Colthurst but refused. Clear double standards there. Was there any other incidents like this during the rising? Is there any estimate of…

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#32 26-02-2014 8:14am
johnny_doyle

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Foy and Barton in their book Easter Rising carry a passage from the Easter Rising diary of Mr J Clarke, a shopkeeper from the Four Courts area, which mentions the shooting of a man near the Medical Mission/Four Courts later Wednesday/early Thursday. His body was left on the street until it could be recovered under a white flag by 4 civilians on the Friday afternoon.

His crime was being outside during curfew hours.

No name given unfortunately.

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