鈥楨ngland's tribute to Ireland's hero: Memorial service to Major Redmond; M.P.' William Hoey Kearney Redmond (15 April 1861 - 7 June 1917) (commonly known as Willie Redmond) was an Irish nationalist politician. He was a Member of Parliament (MP) in the Irish Parliamentary Party for 34 years; a land reform agitator imprisoned three times; a determined advocate of Irish Home Rule; a barrister and a First World War fatality. He believed that by serving together in the trenches the Unionist and Nationalist traditions could be reconciled and was convinced that Irish Protestants would thereby come to accept Home Rule.London; 1917.From: Daily Sketch.Daily Sketch 13/06/1917 page 1London; British Library.