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Egypt (1) Tel-El-Kebir (2135 Drmr. G. Dowie. 2/R. Ir; R.);
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George Dowie was born in Liverpool and attested for the Royal Irish Regiment, serving with them in Egypt. Discharged after 12 years’ service, he re-enlisted in the Royal Irish Regiment at Kilkenny on 2 May 1891, and saw further service with the 1st Battalion in South Africa during the Boer War. He was killed in action at Monument Hill, Belfast, on 8 January 1901, on which date the garrison, manned by 83 men of the 1st Royal Irish Regiment under Captain F. L. Fosberry, was overwhelmed after a desperate fight, in which 40 men were killed or wounded. For his great gallantry that day in rendering the post’s maxim gun useless, Private John Barry, of the same battalion, was awarded the Victoria Cross.