to Cork Barracks. As the fight went on, the officer in command of the British troops, Captain Dixon, was shot in the head and killed as well as one of his men. The remaining British soldiers surrendered soon after, and the IRA men ceased firing. The British soldiers were relieved of their weapons and ammunition, but otherwise unharmed. Fourteen rifles, bayonets, equipment, several Mills bombs, around 1,400 rounds of ammunition and a couple of revolvers were taken from them. Aftermath Two British soldiers, Lt Dixon MC of the Suffolk Regiment and Pte Charles William Reid of the Essex Regiment, were killed in the ambush. Five were wounded, including Sergeant Thomas Bennett RASC who died in Cork on the following day. Six were unhurt except for shock. None of the IRA volunteers were killed or wounded during the ambush and aid was given to the wounded soldiers, while the dead were pulled away from the lorry and it was then set on fire by the volunteers. The two soldiers who were not hurt during the ambush were released along with their wounded and they returned to their barracks. Later that night, members of the Essex Regiment went on a violent rampage through Bandon, destroying property and seeking out anyone they believed to be connected to the ambush. It is believed that at least some of the rampaging soldiers were those released unharmed by the IRA earlier in the day. The reprisal attacks were indiscriminate, and included attacks on homes and properties of business owners with "establishment" connections – including the Brennan family of Kilbrogan House. A Military Court of Inquiry into the soldiers killed, was conducted on 28 October 1920. There are mixed references to these proceedings in the Irish Times, and the Irish Independent, both of which contained errors. Lt. Dixon was buried with full military honours in St. Paul's Catholic Church Dover. Sergeant Bennett was buried in St. Peter & St. Paul Church in his home village of Shorne, near Gravesend in Kent. See also Kilmichael ambush Crossbarry ambush Chronology of the Irish War of Independence References Conflicts in 1920 1920 in Ireland Military actions and engagements during the Irish War of Independence History of County Cork British Army in the Irish War of Independence October 1920 events Ambushes in Europe