Private 23724 9th Battalion The Royal Irish Fusiliers. In 1751, it was given a regimental numeral of 18, despite being the seventh oldest Britishinfantry regiment at that time. 6th Bttn, Royal Irish Rifles. 10th (Kent Yeomanry) Battalion, The Buffs, (East Kent Regiment). 7th (Service) Battalion, Royal Irish Rifles was raised at Belfast in September 1914 as part of Kitchener's Second New Army and joined 48th Brigade, 16th (Irish) Division. On recovery he would have been posted to the 7/RIR, 48th brigade, 16th, division in France. From 20 January 1912 the CO of the South Irish Horse was Lord Decies, a former officer in the 7th Hussars (who had been Lord Waterford's CO in the 37th Bn IY). 2nd Battalion, Northamptonshire Regiment. Returned to Ireland September 1915 and moved to Fermoy. Necessary cookies are absolutely essential for the website to function properly. The latter fought in the Boer War (1899-1902 . November 20 and 21st -The tank attack. The gilt shamrock badge was used on the cap and collar. Scottish Rifles (1st Battalion)-Lieutenant N H Tod, attached to 2nd Battalion KRRC (killed in action January 6); Private A M'Kay, nursing orderly. September 21st sent by train to the Ypres sector. When the Great War stared, the Royal Dublin Fusiliers formed new service battalions which continued with the same service number series that was in use before the war. 3rd (Reserve) Battalion 7th Battalion, British West Indies Regiment. Formed at the Royal Barracks in Dublin in August 1914 as part of K1 and came under orders of 29th Brigade, 10th (Irish) Division. 9th Battalion, King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry. 4th Battalion, Royal Marine Light Infantry. 5th Battalion North Staffordshire Regiment. 28th Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers. 12th Battalion North Staffordshire Regiment. Members of the Royal Irish were also the first British Army troops to confront the Irish rebels during the Easter Rising of 1916. 1st Battalion returned to India in 1857, where it stayed for mostof the following 27 years. [28], The 2nd Battalion saw action in Egypt during the Anglo-Egyptian War in 1882. November 9th the Division came under XV Corps. Anderson Alan James Ramsay. Formed in France during September 1917 from the dismounted 1st and 2nd South Irish Horse, they joined 49th Brigade, 16th (Irish) Division. Virtually destroyed as a battalion near Le Pilly during the Battle of La Basse. 6th Battalion, Sherwood Foresters, (N&D Reg). [28][29][30][31], At a critical point during the First Battle of Ypres, two Troops of B Sqn were among the corps troops scraped together by Sir Douglas Haig (I Corps) on 22 October to fill a gap in the line at Hollebeke. 29 bns of three antecedent regiments fight at the Somme with every Irishman a volunteer. A-K. 1st/4th Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment L-Z. 24-25 March 1918 Actions at the Somme Crossings (XVIII Corps, Fifth Army). 2nd Battalion, South Staffordshire Regiment. Many of the IY went home at the end of their year's engagement, to be replaced by fresh recruits from the Second Contingent. 12th Battalion, King's Royal Rifle Corps. All names on this list have been submitted by relatives, friends, neighbours and others who wish to remember them, if you have any names to add or any recollections or photos of those listed, 6th Battalion, The Queen's, (Royal West Surrey Regiment(. 14 October 1917 : came under orders of 49th Brigade, 16th (Irish) Division. It spent the early 1780s garrisoning the Channel Islands and Gibraltar against Americas French and Spanish allies. 1st Battalion, King's Shropshire Light Infantry. 09:00 to 17:00. 11th Battalion, Sherwood Foresters, (N&D Reg). When Belfast was attacked on the night of the 7th-8th January 1901 the Royal Irish provided part of the garrison. 28 November 1915 : sailed from Marseilles for Salonika. 2nd Btn. The Commonwealth War Graves Commission has 298 recorded WW1 deaths for the 7th (South Irish Horse) Battalion, Royal Irish Regiment. W-Z. (d.8th Jun 1917) Anderson Mervyn Kebble. 51st Highland, 7th Battalion, The Royal Regiment of Scotland will be Infantry (Reserve), located at Perth. 7th Battalion, Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment). The Division was now transferred to X Corps. 8th (Reserve) Battalion, Northamptonshire Regiment. This information will help us make improvements to the website. On the 7th of July 1915 they sailed from Liverpool to Mudros. 7th Battalion, York & Lancaster Regiment. L-Z. Bravery at which of the following sieges sawthe regimentgranted a badgedepictingKing William III's family emblem? [14][25][26], Prior to World War I the South Irish Horse was attached to the Regular 3rd Cavalry Brigade at The Curragh. Records of 7th Battalion, Royal Irish Rifles from other sources. Was your Army Service Corps soldier renumbered with a T4 prefix? A Royal Irish Regiment officer reported that "they regarded, not unreasonably, everyone they saw as an enemy, and fired at anything that moved". Many maps and plans were included in the original diaries but some confidential material was removed before the files were made available. 26-27 March 1918 Battle of Rosieres (XVIII, Fifth Army). Amery, Vol IV, Appendix to Chapters I-XIV, pp. 3rd Battalion, Loyal North Lancashire Regiment. 5th Battalion, Sherwood Foresters, (N&D Reg). 6th Battalion, York & Lancaster Regiment. 20th Battalion, King's Royal Rifle Corps. [15] 1st Battalion, Black Watch, (royal Highlanders). He died on the 16/08/1916 in France. 15th Battalion, Royal Warwickshire Regiment. 18th Battalion, York & Lancaster Regiment. 13th Battalion, Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers. 3rd Battalion, Northamptonshire Regiment. 2nd Battalion, Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers. Simply enter your email address below to start receiving our monthly email newsletter. The 18th (Royal Irish) Regiment storming the Chinese fortress at Amoy,1841. April 13 1918 Battle of Bailleul (108th Bde, with 19th division) (IX Corps, Second Army). W-Z. 5th Battalion,King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry. National Park Service History Electronic Library & Archive 3rd/5th Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment. At the end of July the Battalions strength was 31 officers and 830 other ranks and ready for action. If you have a general question please post it on our Facebook page. 10th Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers. 20 June 1918 : transferred to 121st Brigade, 40th Division. John is remembered on the Tyne Cot Memorial and is commemorated on the Triptych in St. Paul's Church Jarrow. Library contains many many diary entries, personal letters and other documents, most transcribed into plain text. He died in France on the 13/12/1917. In 1918 they were in action on the Somme suffering very heavy casualties. 5th Bttn, Connaught Rangers. [26], The 1st Battalion was stationed in British India and Afghanistan from 1875 to 1884, when it were transferred to Egypt to take part in the Nile Expedition. To search the entire collection, digitised or not, use the search advice below in the advanced search of our catalogue restricting your search to reference WO 95. For example, to search for a battalion in the Northumberland Fusiliers, you need only search using the word 'Northumberland'. 6th Battalion,King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry. 8th Battalion, York & Lancaster Regiment. 7th (South Irish Horse) Battalion, Royal Irish Regiment. [33] The 2nd Battalion landed at Boulogne-sur-Mer as part of the 8th Brigade in the 3rd Division in August 1914 for service on the Western Front but was almost completely destroyed at the Battle of La Basse in October 1914 with many men being taken as prisoners of war. Thoroughly enjoyed it. National Army Museum, Royal Hospital Road, London, SW3 4HTRegistered Charity Number: 237902, The Prince of Waless Leinster Regiment (Royal Canadians), The Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment. 19th Battalion, Sherwood Foresters, (N&D Reg). Due to this, it is possible to confirm that John enlisted in May 1915 at the Hanley Recruiting depot or via a recruiting officer. [18] to the 37th (Highland Horse) Battalion, a new unit being sent out to South Africa as part of the Third Contingent of the IY. [5][35][38][39] 7th (SIH) Battalion was reconstituted on 26 June 1918 with 500 men drawn from the Royal Dublin Fusiliers, 250 from the Royal Munster Fusiliers and 85 from the Royal Irish Regiment. 10th Battalion, Gloucestershire Regiment. 1st Battalion, Sherwood Foresters, (N&D Reg). 16th Battalion, King's Royal Rifle Corps. While 7th Bn The Royal Irish Rifles was the only battalion of our antecedent regiments to serve in either 47th or 48th Brigades, 49th Brigade included two battalions of Inniskillings and two of Faughs (7th and 8th in both cases) and was known unofficially as the 'Ulster Brigade'. Both squadrons sailed from Dublin on the SS Architect on 17 August 1914. Some evidence that it was at nearby Durrington in October 1918. 7th Battalion, The Kings, (Liverpool Regiment). 6th Infantry Labour Company., Devonshire Regiment. Thanks to everyone who has supported us over this time. Other ranks glengarry badge, 18th (Royal Irish) Regiment, c1874. 2nd Battalion, British West Indies Regiment. On the 7th August they were moved into the front line moving from Oxelaere towards Boeschepe. April 10-11 Battle of Messines (108 bde, with 19th division)(IX Corps, Second Army). [22], The regiment was not fundamentally affected by the Cardwell Reforms of the 1870s, which gave it a depot at Victoria Barracks in Clonmel from 1873,[23] or by the Childers reforms of 1881 as it already possessed two battalions, there was no need for it to amalgamate with another regiment. The Queen's, (Royal West Surrey Regiment). Formed at Dublin, March 1916. If the information here has been helpful or you have enjoyed reaching the stories please conside making a donation, no matter how small, would be much appreciated, annually we need to raise enough funds to pay for our web hosting or this site will vanish from the web. 11th Battalion, King's Royal Rifle Corps. 2nd Btn. 5th Battalion, King's Own, (Royal Lancaster Regiment). Landed Suvla Bay 7 August 1915. [25] It served as the county regiment of Tipperary, Waterford, Wexford and Kilkenny. A-K. 6th Battalion,Bedfordshire Regiment, L-Z. February 1916 : landed in France. 9th Battalion, Loyal North Lancashire Regiment. 14 July 1918 : transferred to 50th (Northumbrian) Division as Pioneer Bn. This category only includes cookies that ensures basic functionalities and security features of the website. v3.0, except where otherwise stated, Friends of The National August 1914 : in Clonmel. In 1919, 1st Battalion undertookoccupation duties in Germany and 2nd Battalion garrisonedIndia. 3rd Battalion, Oxford & Buckinham Light Infantry. 10th Battalion, Queen's Own, (Royal West Kent Regiment). [24] Under the reforms the regiment became The Royal Irish Regiment on 1 July 1881. 10th Battalion, King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry. He was facing the right way, the last round of a clip in the breech and three dead Germans in front of him. 14 August 1914 : landed at Boulogne. 8th Battalion, King's Own, (Royal Lancaster Regiment). Militarily, the whole of Ireland was administered as a separate command within the United Kingdom with Command Headquarters at Parkgate (Phoenix Park) Dublin, directly under the War Office in London. 21-23 March 1918 Battle of St Quentin (XVIII Corps, Fifth Army). They will re-structure by February 2023. . H-L. 7th Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment. These were the 3rd Battalion (Special Reserve) and the 4th Battalion (Special Reserve). 1801: 1 April - 7th Battalion formed from the Royal Irish Artillery - 4 companies in West Indies and 2 companies in Ireland retained; other 4 . 1917 The Battle of Messines, The Battle of Langemark. 3rd Battalion, Sherwood Foresters, (N&D Reg). 8th Battalion, Black Watch, (Royal Highlanders). [35][38][39][40], When the German Spring Offensive was launched on 21 March 1918, 16th (Irish) Division was holding a slight salient, with its Forward Zone stretched across a series of spurs. 16th Battalion, Sherwood Foresters, (N&D Reg). Discovery is a catalogue of archival records across the UK and beyond, from which you can search 32 million records. 9th Battalion, British West Indies Regiment. September 9th Attack on Ginchy the men moved forward at 4.45 pm 1st Munster Fusiliers on the right and the 7th Royal Irish Fusiliers on the left. This British Army infantry unit existed between 1881 and 1922. Each diary is listed in our catalogue under the name of the unit, for example 9 Battalion Manchester Regiment, along with a short description summarising the theatre of operation and the section of the British Army command structure within which the unit existed (usually a division). Also known as the 18th (Royal Irish) Regiment of Foot and the 18th (The Royal Irish) Regiment of Foot, it was one of eight Irish regiments raised largely in Ireland, its home depot in Clonmel. 3rd Battalion, King's Own, (Royal Lancaster Regiment). as opposed to ordinal numbers (i.e. 5th Bttn, Royal Irish Regiment. They are not personal diaries (try the Imperial War Museum or local record offices for those). [5] They were reorganised as 7th (South Irish Horse) Battalion, Royal Irish Regiment, between 1 September and 10 November 1917 at the infantry base depot at taples and joined 49th Brigade of 16th (Irish) Division. 2nd Battalion 23.08.1917 Amalgamated with the 8th Battalion to form the 7/8th Battalion. This includes cookies that track any click through to affiliate links and advertisers that appear on this site. Records of 7th Battalion, Royal Irish Rifles from other sources. 2nd/4th Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment. 6th Battalion, Royal Warwickshire Regiment. 6th (Service) Battalion They were equipped to operate as Mounted infantry, armed with a LeeMetford infantry rifle and bayonet instead of a cavalry carbine and sabre. A training unit, it remained in UK throughout the war. Objective was Y Ravine in Battle of the Somme, France. Remained there until April 1918 when it became the 2nd Garrison Guard Bn. : Royal Irish Regiment Depot, Murphy, p. 30 quote: "Following the treaty that established the independent Irish Free State in 1922, it was decided to disband the regiments that had their traditional recruiting grounds in southern Ireland: The Royal Irish Regiment; The Connaught Rangers; The Prince of Wales' Leinster Regiment; The Royal Munster Fusiliers; The Royal Dublin Fusiliers; The. Copyright 2023. Under the Cardwell reforms of 1881, it was renamed The Royal Irish Regiment and became the county regiment of Kilkenny, Wexford, Waterford and Tipperary. [5], As part of the Irish establishment, it escaped disbandment after the 1697 Treaty of Ryswick and when the War of the Spanish Succession began in 1701, returned to Flanders as part of Marlborough's field army. These records arethe unit war diariesof the British Army in the First World War and are held by The National Archives in record seriesWO 95. [14], On 19 November 1807, 120 members of the 18th Regiment of Foot were drowned when HM Packet Ship Prince of Wales sank in Dublin Bay. 2nd Battalion, Royal Marine Light Infantry. Moved to Fermoy. We can either copy our records onto paper or deliver them to you digitally, Visit us in Kew to see original documents or view online records for free, Consider paying for Out of these cookies, the cookies that are categorized as necessary are stored on your browser as they are essential for the working of basic functionalities of the website. The regiment was established during the British Army reforms of 1881 by merging two former regiments of the East India Company - the 102nd Regiment of Foot (Royal Madras Fusiliers) and the 103rd Regiment of Foot (Royal Bombay Fusiliers) . Researching soldiers of the British Army in the Great War of 1914-1919. 5th Battalion, Northamptonshire Regiment. Deal Battalion, Royal Marine Light Infantry. (Brigadier Nelson Russell, Commander 38 (Irish) Brigade, 1942-44), For individual museum opening times and information, please click on the relevant museum below: In April 1918 the bn moved to England and joined Irish Reserve Brigade at Larkhill. 6th Battalion, King's Shropshire Light Infantry. September 8 During the night, dug assembly trenches west of the sunken road between Guillemont and Ginchy, some 200 yards in front of the British line. 17th Battalion, King's Royal Rifle Corps. De Ruyter Philippee. 18th Battalion, The Kings, (Liverpool Regiment). After a slow railway journey, the yeomanry companies assembled at Umtali in late June, by which time sickness was rife and there had been a number of deaths. The transfer of the South Irish Horse to the SR was approved on 20 October 1908. [14][15][51], The Honorary Colonel of the regiment, appointed on 19 March 1904, was Field Marshal Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught and Strathearn. October 28th it was relieved in the front line and moved back towards the Lys valley between Courtrai and Menin, with headquarters at Belleghem. 1st Battalion, Queen's Own, (Royal West Kent Regiment). Having taken part in the fighting of World War I, it was disbanded after Irish Independence in 1922. 2nd Battalion, King's Own Scottish Borderers. 8th Battalion, King's Own Scottish Borderers. For three of those years it was joined there by a 2nd Battalion. Soldiers of the 18th Royal Irish Regiment in camp, Sebastopol, 1856, Lieutenant-General Sir Henry Marshman Havelock-Allan VC, Colonel of the Royal Irish Regiment, 1881. 8th Battalion, Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers. 11th Battalion, Queen's Own, (Royal West Kent Regiment). Not all the unit war diaries held by The National Archives have been digitised. 4th (Extra Reserve) Battalion 10th Battalion, Sherwood Foresters, (N&D Reg). (became the Divisional Pioneer battalion in March 1915) 10th Bttn, Hampshre Regiment (from March 1915). 2nd (Entrenching Battalion) Lincolnshire Regiment. 8th Battalion, King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry. The 1st Battalion served in Hong Kong and Singapore, prior to fighting in the Boer War. 2nd Battalion, York & Lancaster Regiment. 12th Battalion, Northamptonshire Regiment. After South Africa the 1st Battalion spent a period of time in Ireland before travelling to Crete, Malta . 15 October 1916 : amalgamated with 8th Battalion to form 7/8th Battalion. ), December 3rd The German counterattack. West Riding Regiment (2nd Battalion)-Sergeant C Sims. 19th (Queen Alexandra's Own Royal) Hussars. From1718 to 1745, the regiment was stationed on Minorca, andbriefly in Flanders, before returning to Britain in the aftermath of the Second Jacobite Rebellion (1745-46). October 14th--19th 1918 Battle of Courtrai (II Corps, Second Army). 18th Battalion, King's Royal Rifle Corps. Sidney was by now a corporal. By doing so, you will enable it to remain free to all. 10th Battalion, Duke of Wellington's (W.R.R.). Overalls (tight fitting cavalry breeches)[50] were green with double scarlet stripes. 4th Battalion, Oxford & Buckingham Light Infantry. 1st, 2nd, 3rd etc. Formed in Dublin, 2 August 1915. [11] After this, the unit returned to Gibraltar later in the year, where it remained until the Siege of Toulon in 1793 during the French Revolutionary Wars. 2nd/5th Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment. 11th Battalion, Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers. 5th Battalion, South Staffordshire Regiment. No personal details are collected. 21st (Labour) Battalion, Cheshire Regiment. However, the Treaty of Vereeniging had been signed while they were at sea, and Lord Waterford soon came home, resigning his captain's commission on 25 August 1902,[21] and returning to command the new South Irish regiment. 6th Battalion. On 13 December, the War Office decided to allow volunteer forces to serve in the field, and a Royal Warrant was issued on 24 December that officially created the Imperial Yeomanry (IY). '[4] In recognition, of this, William III renamed the unit as The Royal Regiment of Foot of Ireland. Want to find out more about your relative's service? Want to know what life was like during the Great War? N-R. 1st Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment. 3rd Battalion, British West Indies Regiment. They will move to Edinburgh by 2027. 5th Battalion, Oxford & Buckingham Light Infantry. [12], The regiment also saw action at the Battle of Alexandria in March 1801. 20th Battalion, Sherwood Foresters, (N&D Reg). (d.24th Feb 1915) Andrews Alexander. 6th Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment. 6th Battalion, Northamptonshire Regiment. [5][49], Khaki service dress with (until 1906) a slouch hat was worn by all Imperial Yeomanry regiments. S-V. 1st Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment. 19th Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers. 12th Battalion, Loyal North Lancashire Regiment. 1st Battalion, Loyal North Lancashire Regiment. 6th Battalion, South Staffordshire Regiment. In May 1915, moved to England, based at Gosport. You do not need to include the word 'regiment', 'battalion' or 'brigade'. 8th (Service) Battalion On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. 10th Battalion, York & Lancaster Regiment. September 1915: relocated to England and moved to Blackdown Camp. Private 25211 7th Battalion The Royal Irish Regiment. 5th Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment. The South Staffordshire Regiment was an infantry regiment of the British Army, active between 1881 and 1959. 04.08.1914 Stationed at Nasirabad, India. The South Irish Horse was a Special Reserve cavalry regiment of the British Army. 18 April 1918 : reduced to cadre strength; reformed 26 June 1918. Most likely Private Kelly was one of these reinforcements. 1 April 1918 : transferred to 52nd (Lowland) Division. 20 December 1914 : landed at Le Havre. They joined 49th Brigade, 16th (Irish) Division on the 14 October 1917 during the Third Battles of Ypres. It is impossible to say which battles John served in and when his next transfer took place but as his Medal Index Card and Victory medal/British War Medal roll states, he was posted to the 7th (South Irish Horse) Battalion, Royal Irish Regiment and his new regimental number was 26476. H-P. 10th Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment, Q-Z. 25 May 1918 : became the 8th Garrison Bn. 13.11.1917 Transferred to the 108th Brigade of the 36th Division absorbing the 7th Battalion at Ypres. It was back in home barracks from 1885 to 1891, then in Ireland until it was sent to South Africa as part of reinforcements for the Second Boer War in late 1899. We are now on Facebook. 23rd Battalion, The Kings, (Liverpool Regiment). 23rd Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers. The popularity of the site means that it is far exceeding available resources. 21st Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers. [5][35][38][39][47][b], The reconstituted 7th (SIH) Bn joined 21st Bde in 30th Division on 4 July, serving with it until the end of the war, including the Capture of Wulverghem on 2 September, the Fifth Battle of Ypres, and the Battle of Courtrai. Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service. 6 February 1918 : disbanded in France. 14th Battalion, Royal Warwickshire Regiment. [21] Captain Hugh Shaw won the Victoria Cross when he rescued wounded soldiers during a skirmish at Nukumaru near Whanganui. [33] Disbandment [ edit] 2nd Battalion, Honourable Artillery Company. 50314. This accounts for the absence of some appendices referred to on the covers of many diaries. 7th (South Irish Horse) Battalion Formed in France, 1 September 1917, from the dismounted 1st and 2nd South Irish Horse. 2nd Battalion remained in India from 1884 until 1902 when it returned to Ireland. This wasmostly stationed in England and Ireland from the 1850s to the 1880s, though it served in New Zealand between 1863 and 1870. The Wartime Memories Project is a non profit organisation run by volunteers. 3ed (Reserve) Battalion, Royal Warwickshire Regiment. 12th (Yeomanry) Battalion, Norfolk Regiment. In June 1915, they converted to Pioneer Battalion. [3] As Hamilton's Foot, it served in Flanders during the Nine Years War and at Namur on 31 August 1695, took part in the capture of the Terra Nova earthwork, later commemorated in the song 'The British Grenadiers. 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George Frederick Stevenson Call CB, 18971918: Major-Gen. Charles Frederick Gregorie, CB, This page was last edited on 16 February 2023, at 01:19. We are now on Facebook. 31 May 1918 : transferred to Lines of Communication. 13 July 1918 : became the 8th (Service) Bn. 4th Battalions, King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry. The regiment fought for William and his successors in Flanders throughout the 1690s and 1700s. 15th Battalion, Sherwood Foresters, (N&D Reg). 8th battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment. On 7th December H.M. the King with H.R.H. 18th Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers. Please note we currently have a massive backlog of submitted material, our volunteers are working through this as quickly as possible and all names, stories and photos will be added to the site. 22 May 1916 : transferred to 22nd Brigade, 7th Division. 7th (South Irish Horse) Battalion, Royal Irish Regiment [ edit] The Trench warfare of the Western Front meant that there was little need for mounted troops. 12th Battalion, The Kings, (Liverpool Regiment). On 18 May F Sqn arrived from Ireland, replacing B Sqn 1/1st Hertfordshire Yeomanry in XVIII Corps Cavalry Regiment, which thereafter consisted of A, B and F Sqns, known as the 2nd South Irish Horse. Different parts of the collection cover units serving in different theatres: Additional operational records for the Royal Naval Division can be found in ADM 137. [37], The 5th (Service) Battalion (Pioneers) landed in Suvla Bay as pioneer battalion for the 10th (Irish) Division in August 1915 but moved to Salonika in September 1915. 4 July 1918 : transferred to 21st Brigade, 30th Division. 1st Battalion, The Queen's, (Royal West Surrey Regiment). May 1916 moved back to Queenstown. 1st Garrison Battalion W-Z. 5th Battalion, South Lancashire Regiment. The 36th (Ulster) Division on 1 July 1916, Our Irish Regiments in the First World War. Working parties were sent into Suvla Bay, Gallipoli, during October 1915. Library contains many many diary entries, personal letters and other documents, most transcribed into plain text. If you can provide any additional information, please add it here. L-Z. These cookies will be stored in your browser only with your consent. 18 December 1915 : landed at le Havre. Search the enlistment books of The Royal Irish Regiment and the other Irish regiments disbanded from the British Army in 1922. While the leading brigades of the RFF pushed south into Transvaal, the two Yeomanry battalions did not reach Bulawayo until the beginning of September. 4th Battalion, York & Lancaster Regiment. If you find it a valuable resource, please consider becoming a supporter. A-K. 6th Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment.

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