Temporary Cadet

Henry Oliver Pearson

Felonious
End of Watch November 28, 1920
Age 21
Gender Male

Incident

Killed alongside a District Inspector, a Temporary Constable and thirteen other Temporary Cadets, when their auxiliary division mobile patrol was ambushed by a large terrorist unit at Dus a’ Bharraigh, in the townland of Shanacashel, Kilmichael Parish, near Macroom, County Cork. Temporary Cadet Cecil James Guthrie who escaped the incident, was caught and shot two days later.

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I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Temporary Cadet Pearson served with the Royal Irish Constabulary.
Thank you for your service. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Temporary Cadet Pearson.

— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993

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Service Record

End of Watch November 28, 1920
Age 21
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Felonious
Cause Detail Homicide - Shot

The Sacrifice · Felonious

Henry is one of 605 officers killed feloniously in Ireland, 79.1% of the 765 remembered there.

34,103 officers are remembered on this memorial. Each number below is one of them.

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Time

In 1920, 185 officers in Ireland were killed feloniously, the 2nd heaviest of 56 years on record. The heaviest was 1921, with 250.

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Who

Henry was 21. Of the 543 killed feloniously in Ireland whose age is recorded, half were between 24 and 41; the middle age was 31.

Age at death
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When

November holds 9.1% of these deaths in Ireland; May holds the most, 14.9%. Sundays: 17.4%.

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How

Felonious deaths account for 79.1% of all 765 deaths in Ireland, the most common cause.

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His people

Royal Irish Constabulary has at least 120 officers remembered here, Henry among them.

Across the years

Temporary Cadet Henry Oliver Pearson

Royal Irish Constabulary · End of Watch November 28, 1920

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