Willie Redmond
| William Hoey Kearney Redmond | |
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Major William Redmond bronze bust
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| Born |
13 April 1861 Ballytrent, County Wexford |
| Died | 7 June 1917 (aged 56) Flanders, Belgium |
| Buried at | Loker, Belgium |
| Allegiance |
 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
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| Service/branch |
 British Army
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| Years of service | 1879-1881, 1915-1917 |
| Rank | Major |
| Commands held | Royal Irish Regiment |
| Battles/wars |
World War I |
| Relations | William Redmond (father), John Redmond (brother) |
World War I
William Hoey Kearney Redmond (13 April 1861 – 7 June 1917) was an Irish nationalist politician, lawyer and soldier, who fell in action in World War 1.
He came from a Catholic gentry family of Norman descent long associated with County Wexford for seven centuries. His father, William Redmond, was a Home Rule Party MP for Wexford Borough from 1872 to 1880 and was the nephew of the elder John Edward Redmond who is commemorated in Redmond Square near Wexford railway station. Willie Redmond's five-years elder brother was John Redmond who became leader of the Irish Parliamentary Party, and he had two sisters. His mother was a daughter of General R.H. Hoey of the Wicklow Rifles and the 61st Regiment.
Redmond grew up at Ballytrent, County Wexford, the second son of William Archer Redmond and his wife Mary, née Hoey of Protestant stock from County Wicklow. William like his father was educated at Clongowes Wood College from 1873–1876, previously attending the preparatory school at Knockbeg College and St. Patrick's, Carlow College (1871–72). After school he first apprenticed himself on a merchant sailing ship, then took a commission in the Wexford militia the Royal Irish Regiment on 24 December 1879 (Stephen Gwynn commenting "he was an instinctive soldier") . At first contemplating a regular army career, he became a second lieutenant in October 1880, then resigned in 1881.
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