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.
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