John T. Prout | |
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Birth name | John Thomas Prout[1] |
Born | Dundrum, County Tipperary, Ireland | October 25, 1880
Died | 27 April 1969 Chesterfield, New Hampshire, U.S. | (aged 88)
Buried | Brattleboro, Vermont, U.S. |
Service | United States Army Irish Republican Army National Army (Ireland) |
Rank | Commandant-general |
Battles / wars | First World War Irish War of Independence Irish Civil War |
Awards | Croix de Guerre |
Spouse(s) | Catherine Prout (m. 1907-her death); 1 child Mary Conba (m. 1922-19??); 4 (+1 deceased in infancy)[1] |
John T. Prout (October 25, 1880 – April 27, 1969) was an Irish soldier. He served in the United States Army in the First World War, as a training officer in the guerrilla Irish Republican Army during the Irish War of Independence (1919–1921) and held one of the senior commands in the National Army during the Irish Civil War (1922–23).