Special Sergeant

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In memory of

Hugh French

1922

Their country
United Kingdom
Killed that day
February 15, 1922

Their life

In the late afternoon of 15th February 1922, Special Sergeant French was off duty, reading a newspaper at the counter of his shop, when shots were fired from the lower end of Old Lodge Road, Belfast.

Some bullets went through the window of Hugh’s shop and one struck him in the head.

He died soon after being admitted to the Royal Victoria Hospital.

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