Reginald Dunne

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Reginald Dunne, Second in Command of the London branch of the IRA, was also a decorated First World War veteran. On June 22, 1922, Dunne and Joseph O'Sullivan assassinated Field Marshal Sir Henry Wilson in London. Dunne managed to escape, but O'Sullivan was captured by an angry crowd {He had lost a leg in World War I}. When Dunne returned to try and help his friend, he was also captured after a shoot-out with police. Both men were hanged at Wandsworth Prison on August 10, 1922. The event provided the inspiration for the film Odd Man Out. {In 1967 Dunne and O'Sullivan were reburied in Deans Grange Cemetery, Ireland}. Dunne had attended St Ignatius College in Enfield, Greater London.