Major William Robert Gregory
Royal Flying Corps , 66th Sqdn.
Secondary Regiment:4th Bn Connaught Rangers.
Awards: M C, Chevalier of the Legion of Honour.
Son of the late Rt. Hon. Sir William Gregory, K.C.M.G., of Coole Park, Co. Galway, and Augusta, daughter of the late Dudley Persse, of Roxburgh, Co. Galway.
His death inspired Yeats's poems "An Irish Airman Foresees His Death," "In Memory of Major Robert Gregory," and "Shepherd and Goatherd."
Legion of Honour.
Royal Flying Corps , 66th Sqdn.
Secondary Regiment:4th Bn Connaught Rangers.
Awards: M C, Chevalier of the Legion of Honour.
Son of the late Rt. Hon. Sir William Gregory, K.C.M.G., of Coole Park, Co. Galway, and Augusta, daughter of the late Dudley Persse, of Roxburgh, Co. Galway.
His death inspired Yeats's poems "An Irish Airman Foresees His Death," "In Memory of Major Robert Gregory," and "Shepherd and Goatherd."
Legion of Honour.
Major William Robert Gregory
Royal Flying Corps , 66th Sqdn.
Secondary Regiment:4th Bn Connaught Rangers.
Awards: M C, Chevalier of the Legion of Honour.
Son of the late Rt. Hon. Sir William Gregory, K.C.M.G., of Coole Park, Co. Galway, and Augusta, daughter of the late Dudley Persse, of Roxburgh, Co. Galway.
His death inspired Yeats's poems "An Irish Airman Foresees His Death," "In Memory of Major Robert Gregory," and "Shepherd and Goatherd."
Legion of Honour.
Royal Flying Corps , 66th Sqdn.
Secondary Regiment:4th Bn Connaught Rangers.
Awards: M C, Chevalier of the Legion of Honour.
Son of the late Rt. Hon. Sir William Gregory, K.C.M.G., of Coole Park, Co. Galway, and Augusta, daughter of the late Dudley Persse, of Roxburgh, Co. Galway.
His death inspired Yeats's poems "An Irish Airman Foresees His Death," "In Memory of Major Robert Gregory," and "Shepherd and Goatherd."
Legion of Honour.
Inscription
ONLY CHILD OF LATE RT. HON. SIR W.H. GREGORY K.C.M.G. OF COOLE PARK CO. GALWAY
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