Military historian Allan Mallinson picks an image of ‘faith, generosity and ultimate sacrifice’.
Allan Mallinson on ‘The Last General Absolution of the Munsters at Rue du Bois’ by Fortunino Matania
‘The men in this painting were regulars of the 2nd Battalion, Royal Munster Fusiliers, many of them from Clare, Cork, Kerry and Limerick, four of the counties in the Irish province of Munster. When, in 1909, they were posted to Tidworth Garrison on Salisbury Plain,…
