Sir,—Joe Connell’s article on Katharine Parnell (HI 29.1, Jan./Feb. 2021) was a most interesting read. It may be of interest to readers to know that Katharine Parnell was the sister of Field Marshal Sir Evelyn Wood VC of the British Army. Katharine’s first husband, Captain William Henry O’Shea, was the Irish Parliamentary Party (IPP) MP ... Read more
