Reginald Dunne

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Reginald Dunne (died August 10, 1922) was the second in command of the London branch of the IRA who was hanged after killing Field Marshal Sir Henry Wilson.

Dunne was a former British Army private in the Irish Guards who fought in the First World War.

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 Deansgrange Cemetery, Ireland.} Dunne had attended St Ignatius College in Tottenham, North London.