- Francis Clere Hitchcock
Colonel Francis Clere Hitchcock
MC wrote "Stand To—A Diary of the Trenches 1915-1918" [Reprinted by The Naval & Military Press, ISBN 978-1-84342-160-3.] about the activities of the secondLeinster Regiment of theBritish Army inWorld War I .He was born in
Dublin and spent most of his young life inKinnitty ,Birr ,County Offaly where his father was parish rector.He enlisted as an officer in the Leinster Regiment at the start of
World War I , and fought in France where he was awarded theMilitary Cross . He remained in the British Army until retirement with the rank of Colonel.His brother was the Hollywood director Rex Ingram.
He was married to Catherine Elizabeth Brasier MBE.
Notes
Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.