Charles Edward Wilson (rugby Player And Soldier)
Charles Edward Wilson (2 June 1871 – 17 September 1914) was an England rugby union, rugby international and British Army officer who was killed during the World War I, First World War. Early life Born at Fermoy, County Cork, Wilson was the son of Major General F. E. G. Wilson. He was educated at Dover College and joined the Royal Military College, Sandhurst, in July 1892. He graduated in July 1896 and was commissioned as a Lieutenant (British Army and Royal Marines), lieutenant in the Queen's Royal Regiment (West Surrey), Queen's (Royal West Surrey) Regiment on 22 July 1896. Military career Wilson served with his regiment in the Second Boer War, where he took part in the Siege of Ladysmith, relief of Ladysmith, including the battles of Battle of Spion Kop, Spion Kop (January 1900) and the Battle of the Tugela Heights, Tugela Heights (February 1900). On 24 August 1901 he was promoted to the rank of Captain (BARM), captain, and in April 1902 he was appointed a staff officer as ...
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Fermoy
Fermoy () is a town on the River Blackwater in east County Cork, Ireland. As of the 2016 census, the town and environs had a population of approximately 6,500 people. It is located in the barony of Condons and Clangibbon, and is in the Dáil constituency of Cork East. The town's name comes from the Irish and refers to a Cistercian abbey founded in the 13th century. History Ancient The ringfort at Carntierna up on Corrin hill, 2.4 km (1.5 mi) south of Fermoy, was an important Iron Age site. Medieval times A Cistercian abbey was founded in Fermoy in the 13th century. At the dissolution of the monasteries during the Tudor period, the abbey and its lands passed through the following dynasties: Sir Richard Grenville, Robert Boyle and William Forward. However, the site could hardly have been regarded as a town and, by the late 18th century, was little more than a few cabins and an inn. 18th and 19th centuries In 1791, the lands around Fermoy were bought by a Scot ...
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