There is (was?) a linen hall in Dublin at the end of Bolton Street. I quote "In Lurgan Street, near the western end of Bolton Street, is the Linen Hall, founded when Dublin was the centre of that trade and Belfast had not yet arisen on the commercial horizon. It is now the barracks and recruiting depot of the Dublin Fusiliers, whose ultra-modern khaki jackets seem oddly incongruous amid their ancient surroundings. The arched piazzas, where the merchants made their bargains, and the wide openings in the outer walls on the first and second floors, which were evidently intended for the swinging of heavy bales in and out of storage lofts, still remain as marks of its original purpose. The Linen Hall was built in 1726." Check out www.indigo.ie/~kfinlay/ for anything to do with Dublin history.

Looking further at the De Wet version there appears to have been a commemorated incident involving a 14 year old bugler with the Dublin Fusiliers who was injured heroically in the Boer war. He was later presented with a silver bugle by Queen Victoria. Unfortunately no reference to De Wet in the incident although it could explain the childer reference.

The plot thickens.