ATG letter: Army, navy, air force – Childers served in all
MADAM – the report of the RN Reserve officer’s sword coming up for sale, and the report on the original owner, Erskine Childers, is somewhat incomplete (Previews, ATG No 2449). He in fact served in all three branches of the Service.
In brief, born 1870, from 1895-1910 he held the post of Clerk to the House of Commons.
In 1900 he…