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134 1916 ‘’DEFENCE OF TRINITY COLLEGE’’ SILVER PRESENTATION CUPawarded to Cadet E.H. Frazer Issued byWest & Son, Dublin and bearing the engraved inscription ‘’DEFENCE OFT.C.D. / SINN FEIN REBELLION / EASTER
1916,’’ to one side and name of recipient on the other.
Shortly after the firing began in central Dublin on Monday 24 April 1916, the gates ofTrinity College were closed, and armed members of its OfficerTraining Corps
deployed themselves on the roof, with orders to shoot any armed men not wearing uniforms and so presumed to be rebels (see Caulfield‘’The Easter Rising,’’ p.
117 et seq.).They continued to‘defend’ the College through the week although there is no indication that the rebels had any plans to occupy it. It was however use-
ful as a mustering station in central Dublin for British Cavalry.After the Rising ended, the Board passed resolution of thanks to those who had assisted in its defence
and it was decided to issue Souvenir silver Cups to those who had participated.
The recipient of this cup was Dr Edward Haslett Frazer. Dr Frazer is thought to have commenced his studies inTrinity College in June 1915 and according to the
Catalogue of Graduates of the University of Dublin was awarded a BA in the in the summer of 1919, a BAO (Bachelor in Midwifery), a BCh (Bachelor in Surgery)
and M.B (Bachelor in Medicine) in the Summer of 1923. Having completed his education Dr Frazer left Ireland and served as a Ships Doctor on a number of voyages
around South America and the great Pacific, before becoming one of Sydney’s foremost General Practitioners. Dr Frazer settled in Australia and lived there until his
death in 1976.
€ 1,800 - 2,200