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AMBROSE & DOROTHY
The Story of War and Love
of a Royal Munster Fusilier
Letters he wrote home during World War I tell the story of Ambrose Keevil and the love of his life, Dorothy Andrews. The two met in 1910 and she became engaged to a good friend of his, a French cavalry offi cer named Georges, who died in 1914. Ambrose was there in spirit-via letters-to comfort the grieving Dorothy. Their correspondence shares the romance that blossomed, leading to their marriage in 1918.
Enlisting in the Royal Fusiliers-and commissioned into the 6th Royal Munster Fusiliers as a second lieutenant to the 10th Irish Division-Ambrose served in Serbia, Greece, Palestine, Macedonia, Egypt and France before the war was over. He and the division battled in Gallipoli and the Salonika Campaign, and he wasn't unscathed, surviving wounds, being gassed and suffering from malaria. His gallant service led to recognition with two Military Crosses, an MBE, and a Chevalier de la Legion d'Honneur, as well as being knighted by the queen.
Ambrose and Dorothy: The Story of War and Love of a Royal Munster Fusilier, written and researched by Ambrose's grandson, serves as both a family memoir and a history lesson on one of the most sobering times in world history and one of the most illustrious military organizations, the Royal Munster Fusiliers.
