Tasked with holding their ground under all circumstances, the 2nd Royal Munster Fusiliers, in their very first action in France, achieved a military feat seldom paralleled in modern warfare.
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A Dublin-born major in the Royal Munster Fusiliers, Sir Francis Fletcher Vane, was in overall charge of defence at Portobello Barracks but was not present when these executions took place.
He transferred from the 2nd battalion the Royal Munster Fusiliers to the British Indian Army 17 February 1901, joining the 9th Bombay Infantry.