Peter Ashmun Ames

Lieutenant Peter Ashmun Ames was one of the British Army Intelligence officers based in Dublin Castle [members of "The Cairo Gang"] operating against the IRA in Ireland, who were assassinated by members of Michael Collins's "Squad", on the morning of "Bloody Sunday", 21 November 1920. Son of Elias Hurlbut Ames and Eleanor Grey Bushnell Ames. Born at Titusville, Pennsylvania, USA. Died at 38, Upper Mount Street, Dublin. He joined the Grenadier Guards as a cadet in 1917, and was commissioned as a 2nd Lieutenant on 29th August 1917. He relinquished his commission on 1 April 1920. On 25 April 1920, he was given a special appointment as a Class 2 Lieutenant in the Intelligence Section of the Auxiliary Forces in Ireland ["The Black and Tans"]. Although officially recorded by CWGC as a World War 1 death, he actually died during the Irish War of Independence. Also buried in the same cemetery is, Lt. George Francis Bennett for further details, see The Cairo Gang Peter Ames was killed at 38 Upper Mount Street, Dublin, by Vinny Byrne. Death Certificate. Ashmun Ames, age unknown a bachelor, a Military Officer, died on 21 November 1920, at 28 Upper Mount Street, Dublin. The cause of death was Shock and Haemorrhage, caused by Gunshot Wounds, Verdict of Murder against person or persons unknown. His death was registered on 4 December 1920, on foot of a Certificate received from a Military Court of Inquiry, held on 22 November 1920. Patrick Moran was convicted and executed for the murder of Ames, although there is evidence that he was innocent of this murder, but was present at the assassinations of Capt. Patrick MacCormack and Wilde in the Gresham Hotel On 21 Nov. 1920, The New York Times published an Engagement Notice EWING - AMES The engagement is announced of Peter Ashmun Ames, Grenadier Guards, Special Reserve, the youngest son of the late E.H. Ames and of Mrs. Ames of Speedwell, Morristown, N.J. to Miss Millicent Orr Ewing, the only child of the late Major James Alexander Orr Ewing, Sixteenth Lancers, and Lady Margaret Orr Ewing, 9 Hill Street, Berkeley Square, London. Margaret Orr Ewing married Sir John Francis Roskill Reynolds on 22 November 1921. She died on 23 November 1931, aged 32