Robert Erskine Childers

1870 - 1922  (52 years)  Submit Photo / Document

• Name	Robert Erskine Childers
  Born	25 Jun 1870	Mayfair, London, England
  Gender	Male
  Also Known As	Commonly known as Erskine Childers.
  Military Service	1900	British Army
  	He served in the Boer War. He was in South Africa from January 1900 to October 1900.
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  Military Service	Jun 1914	Irish Volunteers
  	He believed in independence for Ireland. In June of 1914 he used his yacht to smuggle a 900 Mauser Model 1871 rifles and 29,000 black powder cartridges to the Irish Volunteers movement. These would eventually be used against the British in their war for independence.
  Military Service	Aug 1914	Royal Navy
  	In August 1914, he volunteered and received a commission as lieutenant in the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve.
  Military Service	Apr 1918	England, Royal Air Force, WWI
  	In April 1918 he transferred to the newly created Royal Air Force. He served there until March 10, 1919.
  Died	24 Nov 1922	Beggars Bush, Dublin, Ireland
  	On September 28, 1922, the Dáil (revolutionary parliament of the self-proclaimed Irish Republic) established martial law powers and declared carrying firearms without a license a capital offence. On November 10, 1922, Free State forces burst into the Barton mansion at Glendalough, while Childers was staying there on his way to meet de Valera, and arrested him. He was charged with possession of a small Spanish-made "Destroyer" .32 caliber semi-automatic pistol. He was convicted by the military court and sentenced to death on November 20, 1922. He was executed on November 24, 1922, by firing squad at the Beggars Bush Barracks in Dublin.
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  Person ID	I56624	Nagel
  Last Modified	8 Jan 2021

  
  

  Family	Mary Alden Osgood,   b. 14 Dec 1875, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts ,   d. 1 Jan 1964, Sandymount, Dublin, Ireland  (Age 88 years)
  Married	5 Jan 1904	Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts
  Children	+ 1. Erskine Hamilton Childers,   b. 11 Dec 1905, London, Middlesex, England ,   d. 17 Nov 1974, Dublin, Dublin, Ireland  (Age 68 years)  [Birth]   2. Henry Childers,   b. Feb 1907,   d. 1907  [Birth]   3. Robert Alden Childers,   b. Dec 1910  [Birth]
  Last Modified	8 Jan 2021
  Family ID	F16600	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map		Born - 25 Jun 1870 - Mayfair, London, England Married - 5 Jan 1904 - Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts Died - 24 Nov 1922 - Beggars Bush, Dublin, Ireland  = Link to Google Earth
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