1stWW Royal Munster Fusiliers Officer, unknown
 

Not unknown but:

Major Day was KIA during an engagement at Festubert. The Major was
> leading 'B' company 2nd battalion Munsters, he was killed outright
> according to the history of the Munsters by S. McCance.
>
> (Information source CWGC)
> DAY, FRANCIS INNES
> Rank: Major
> Regiment/Service: Royal Munster Fusiliers
> Unit Text: 2nd Bn.
> Age: 43
> Date of Death: 22/12/1914
> Additional information: Son of the late Col. H. Day, Wiltshire
> Regt.; husband of Florence Day, of 15, Nightingale Rd., Southsea.
> Grave/Memorial Reference: Panel 43 and 44. Memorial: LE
> TOURET MEMORIAL
>
> Major Day's death was also reported in The London Times, Monday
> 28th December 1914, quoting '..under date 24th December', I assume
> this was the date of the official WO causalty list.
>
> A very sad Christmas for the next of kin.

Thank you very much Toby, for the information.
Cheers
Jo

From "Our Heroes" -supplement to Irish Life May 14th 1915

Major Francis Innes Day, Royal Munster Fusiliers, received his commission in Feb. 1895, became Lieutenant in Nov. 1900, and got his Captaincy in the Middlesex Rgt in Sept. 1902. He took part in the operations on the Niger in 1897 and in the edpedition to Beda and Horin where he took part in the action of Beda, obtaining the medal with clasp. He served again in West Africa in 1898 during the Niger operations and was engaged with the Imperial Yeomanry in the South African war. He also took part in the operations in the Cape Colony up to May 1902 obtaining the Queen's medal with two clasps.

Doing a correction to this thread for the record (brought to my attention by the secretary of the RMF association).

the young officer in the link is not Major Day, but rather 2nd Lt Percy Flynn, D Coy, 2 RMF who was KIA 10th Nov 1917 at Passchendale.

The scan atatched from page 148 of Mc Cance's histroy records his death

This is Major Day;

https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/i...ject/205293327

Merry Christmas & A Happy New Year to All.

John

Thank you John for the update.
Jo