Irish general who stood by his men to the bitter end

I WISH to congratulate you on your anniversary review of the Battle of the Somme (Irish Examiner, June 27-29).

For a balanced understanding of our Irish history, your main message must be that the Somme involved ‘tens of thousands’ (to use the President’s phrase) of almost anonymous Southern Irish and their families — particularly in Munster.

However, I am mildly puzzled that you make only the barest references to WB Hickie (aka Major-General Sir William Bernard Hickie, KCB) and print no image.