Royal Irish Regiment (1992) | Military Wiki | Fandom 8th Battalion, Sherwood Foresters, (N&D Reg). 1st Battalion. 5th (Pioneers) Battalion, Royal Irish Regiment was raised at Clonmel in August 1914 as part of Kitchener's First New Army and joined 29th Brigade, 10th (Irish) Division. 4th Battalion, York & Lancaster Regiment. The Regiment raised 3 Battalions and gained 47 battle honors during the course of the war. Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service. Royal Irish Regiment at Long, Long Trail. [13] The 1st Battalion served in Jamaica and the 2nd Battalion served in Curaao during the Napoleonic Wars. Formed at Fermoy on 6 September 1914 as part of K2 and came under orders of 47th Brigade, 16th (Irish) Division. [33] Disbandment [ edit] 3rd Battalion, Sherwood Foresters, (N&D Reg). L-Z. List of Officers of the Royal Regiment of Artillery. So if you search for the 3rd battalion of a regiment your results may include diaries for units in the 3rd division as well. N-R. 2nd Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment. November 9th the Division came under XV Corps. 7th Battalion, King's Own Scottish Borderers. The Long, Long Trail website uses cookies only to make sure the site works and to improve your experience as a user. Scottish Rifles (1st Battalion)-Lieutenant N H Tod, attached to 2nd Battalion KRRC (killed in action January 6); Private A M'Kay, nursing orderly. In 1992 the Regiment was further amalgamated with the Ulster Defence Regiment to form The Royal Irish Regiment. He must have been only 16 years old at this time. From January 1915 they trained at Ballyvonare, absorbing a company of the Royal Jersey Militia on the 5th of March. [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. 9th Battalion, Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers. Thanks to everyone who has supported us over this time. 6th Battalion, Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry. Royal Irish Rifles - Regiment History, War & Military Records & Archives 2nd Btn. 1st King's. As Britain's control of Ireland eroded in 1920 during the Irish War of Independence, the 1st Battalion deployed to Bantry, County Cork. 7th (South Irish Horse) Battalion, Royal Irish Regiment. 23rd Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers. [25] It served as the county regiment of Tipperary, Waterford, Wexford and Kilkenny. 8th Battalion, The Buffs, (East Kent Regiment). This information will help us make improvements to the website. The Official History records that, 'two companies of 7th Battalion Royal Irish Regiment, posted in forward zones, suffered terribly; not a man succeeded in escaping. 1st and 2nd South Irish Horse were amalgamated in August 1917, dismounted, and sent for retraining as infantry. Royal Irish Regiment (1684-1922) - Wikipedia 2nd Battalion, Sherwood Foresters, (N&D Reg). 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). Most likely Private Kelly was one of these reinforcements. Thedigitised diaries cover activity in France and Belgium. 4th Battalion, South Staffordshire Regiment. 7th (Service) Battalion Formed at Armagh in September 1914 as part of K2 and came under command of 49th Brigade in 16th (Irish) Division. ), 8th Battalion, Duke of Wellington's (W.R.R.). In 1882, 2nd Battalion fought in Egypt, and was joined there by 1st Battalion in 1884. For three of those years it was joined there by a 2nd Battalion. 5th Battalion, Sherwood Foresters, (N&D Reg). In the conflict between Charles successor, James II, and his son-in-law, William of Orange (later William III), the regiment split. This included service in the Second Afghan War (1878-80). September 11th sent back to Corbie to rest. 18th Battalion, Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers. 1st Battalion Private 23724 9th Battalion The Royal Irish Fusiliers. 8th (Service) Battalion [32], The other squadrons, including three additional squadrons that were raised as the war continued, were assigned to New Army Divisions as divisional cavalry squadrons. 8th Battalion, North Staffordshire Regiment. This period was also interspersed with service as marines and garrison duty in Ireland and England. For example, to search for a battalion in the Northumberland Fusiliers, you need only search using the word Northumberland. (The only RIR battalion to serve in Salonika.) The companies that joinedWilliamwere placed on the English establishment in 1689. 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. [14][15], The Marquess of Waterford, a former lieutenant in the Royal Horse Guards, was appointed as commanding officer on 10 February 1902 with the rank of lieutenant-colonel. Those diaries that havent been digitised are available to view in their original form at The National Archives in Kew. 10th Battalion, Gloucestershire Regiment. 7 July 1915: embarked at Liverpool and sailed to Gallipoli via Mudros. [29], In 1908, the Volunteers and Militia were reorganised nationally, with the former becoming the Territorial Force and the latter the Special Reserve;[30] the regiment now had two Reserve but no Territorial battalions. "Blessed is the man that endureth temptation for when he is tried he shall receive the crown of life which the lord hath promised to them that love him.". 6th Bttn, Leinster Regiment. - 7th Battalion, Royal Irish Rifles during the Great War -. August 1914 : in Clonmel. 12th (Yeomanry) Battalion, Norfolk Regiment. Returned to Ireland September 1915 and moved to Fermoy. Third Regiment of Infantry - The Army of the US Historical Sketches of You do not need to include the word 'regiment', 'battalion' or 'brigade'. 8th Battalion, The Kings, (Liverpool Regiment). 2nd Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment. 19th (Queen Alexandra's Own Royal) Hussars. It played an important role inthe capture of the French fortress of Namur (now in Belgium) in1695. Records of 7th (South Irish Horse) Battalion, Royal Irish Regiment from other sources. 6th Battalion, The Queen's, (Royal West Surrey Regiment(. Pte. 7th Battalion. 8th (Reserve) Battalion, Northamptonshire 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. [20] The regiment also took part in the Second Anglo-Afghan War. 9th Battalion, Duke of Wellington's, (W.R.R.). 3rd Battalion, South Lancashire Regiment. See map below for Battalion deployments and objectives, 'I turned over one poor chap on a rocky, bloody crag on Tanngoucha. [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. [35][45][46], After its casualties, the battalion was reduced to a training cadre on 18 April, and on 17 June it transferred to 102nd Bde of 34th Division. But opting out of some of these cookies may have an effect on your browsing experience. It was still there on the outbreak of the American War of Independence (1775-83). 1st Battalion, Northamptonshire Regiment. [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. 7th Battalion, Cameronians (Scottish Rifles). 1st of September 2022 marks 23 years since the launch of the Wartime Memories Project. 5th Battalion, Northamptonshire Regiment. Moved to Fermoy and by early 1915 was at Longford. [6][14][19] The battalion left in late May 1902,[20] arriving in Cape Town the following month. August 1914 : in Kilkenny. Please note, the search results will include the number(s) and term(s) you searched with wherever they appear in the title and short description of the diary. 3rd Battalion, The Queen's, (Royal West surrey Regiment). 19th Battalion, Royal Warwickshire Regiment. Regiments and Corps. 5th Battalion, York & Lancaster Regiment. [14][25][26], Prior to World War I the South Irish Horse was attached to the Regular 3rd Cavalry Brigade at The Curragh. 17th Battalion, The Kings, (Liverpool Regiment). The Royal Dublin Fusiliers was an infantry regiment of the British Army, which recruited in the east of Ireland. 26 July 1915 : transferred to 11th Brigade in same Division. 8th Battalion, Black Watch, (Royal Highlanders). Some evidence that it was at nearby Durrington in October 1918. [11] The war now developed into a drawn-out phase of Guerrilla warfare, with the British mounted troops engaged in 'drives' across the veldt, forcing the Boers against lines of blockhouses. Extra men from Royal Dublin Fusiliers and Royal Munster Fusiliers arrived on the 1st May and 26th June and they were taken into the Battalion in Widdebroucq area, near Aire during July. 10th Battalion, King's Royal Rifle Corps. As well as the lion of Nassau emblem, the king granted it the title Royal Regiment of Ireland, the Irish crowned harp and a motto mentioning Namur, 'Virtutis Namurcensis Praemium' ('Reward for Valour at Namur'). 10th Battalion, York & Lancaster Regiment. 23.08.1917 Amalgamated with the 8th Battalion to form the 7/8th Battalion. [24] Under the reforms the regiment became The Royal Irish Regiment on 1 July 1881. [21] From 1884 it was stationed at Malta, then in India where it had various postings, including the last in Kamptee until it returned home in late 1902. 14 October 1917 : came under orders of 49th Brigade, 16th (Irish) Division. 8th Battalion, South Staffordshire Regiment. 1801: 1 April - 7th Battalion formed from the Royal Irish Artillery - 4 companies in West Indies and 2 companies in Ireland retained; other 4 . 10th Battalion, The Queen's, (Royal West Surrey Regiment). 9th Battalion, The Kings, (Liverpool Regiment). Search the enlistment books of The Royal Irish Regiment and the other Irish regiments disbanded from the British Army in 1922. 5th Battalion, Oxford & Buckingham Light Infantry. 1916. F-K. 8th Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment. Moved to Fermoy. Under the Cardwell reforms of 1881, it was renamedThe Royal Irish Regiment and became the county regiment ofKilkenny, Wexford, Waterford and Tipperary. 4th Battalion, British West Indies Regiment. (d.11th May 1915) Anderson Philip Maurice Ramsey. On recovery he would have been posted to the 7/RIR, 48th brigade, 16th, division in France. ), November 2327 The capture of Bourlon Wood (IV Corps, Third Army. He was the son of Joshua Burrows of Gillis Road, Armagh. A-K. 1st Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment, L-Z. 30 September 1915 : moved via Mudros to Salonika. Moved within a few days of declaration of war to Richmond Barracks in Dublin. DAWSON J. October 15th 1917 the 7/RIR was transferred from the 16th division to the 36th division. 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. 10th Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers. King's Regiment (Liverpool) - Wikipedia The regiment remained in Britain and Ireland until 1767, when it was deployed to North America. 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. A-K. 4th Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment. Returned to UK and landed at Devonport on 18 November 1914, then came under command of 82nd Brigade, 27th Division. 7th Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment. 1st Battalion, Royal Warwickshire Regiment. 7th Battalion, British West Indies Regiment. This wasmostly stationed in England and Ireland from the 1850s to the 1880s, though it served in New Zealand between 1863 and 1870. Like this page to receive our updates, add a comment or ask a question. Tracing Soldiers' Service Records | Royal Irish - Virtual Military Gallery Library contains many many diary entries, personal letters and other documents, most transcribed into plain text. 10th Battalion, The Kings, (Liverpool Regiment). 2nd Battalion,King's Own, (Royal Lancaster Regiment). This website uses cookies to improve your experience while you navigate through the website. [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. please Add a Name to this List 11th Battalion, Queen's Own, (Royal West Kent Regiment). 12th Battalion, King's Royal Rifle Corps. September 4th moved forward to Bernafey Wood near Guillemont. 3rd/4th Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment. 5th Battalion, Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment). [5][13][15][22][23] Squadrons were formed as follows:[24], The Marquess of Waterford died on 1 December 1911. 8th Battalion, Loyal North Lancashire Regiment. Sidney was by now a corporal. These were the 3rd Battalion (Special Reserve) and the 4th Battalion (Special Reserve). 12th Battalion, Sherwood Foresters, (N&D Reg). 8th Battalion, King's Own, (Royal Lancaster Regiment). 4 July 1918 : transferred to 21st Brigade, 30th Division. 18th Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers. (d.11th November 1918) March 25th 1917 M.M. On the 7th August they were moved into the front line moving from Oxelaere towards Boeschepe. 16th Battalion, York & Lancaster Regiment. 1st Battalion, The Royal Irish Regiment will be Light Recce Strike Infantry, located at Tern Hill. 28th Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers. If you search only by name of regiment (without a battalion number), your search results will include all the battalions in that regiment. The Royal Irish Regiment was disbanded in 1922 on the establishment of the Irish Free State. May 1916 moved back to Queenstown. A-C. 2nd Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment.D-H. 2nd Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment. 20th Battalion, King's Royal Rifle Corps. April 17 18 1918 First Battle of Kemmel Ridge. British Army war diaries 1914-1922 - The National Archives 9th Battalion, Cameronians (Scottish Rifles. [14][15], The regiment was awarded the following Battle honours:[13]. 1944. 15th Battalion, Royal Warwickshire Regiment. 2nd Battalion, Honourable Artillery Company. 5th Battalion, South Lancashire Regiment. 23rd Battalion, The Kings, (Liverpool Regiment). 61st (South Irish Horse) Company was perpetuated in the South of Ireland Imperial Yeomanry, approved by King Edward VII in 1901, and gazetted on 7 January 1902. 6th Battalion,King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry. Unit History: Royal Irish Regiment - Forces War Records 2nd Battalion, South Staffordshire Regiment. If you have a general question please post it on our Facebook page. [1] It saw service for two and a half centuries before being disbanded with the Partition of Ireland following establishment of the independent Irish Free State in 1922 when the five regiments that had their traditional recruiting grounds in the counties of the new state were disbanded. L-S. 8th Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment.T-Z. The 7th joined the Royal Tank Regiment and became the 40th (The King's) Royal Tank Regiment, and the 10th became a battalion of the Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders. Thismay be divided into several PDF files, which you can save to your computer. Each formed one of the new unit's two regular battalions. [27] The battalion took part in several battles, and played an important role at the Battle of Slabbert's Nek in July 1900 during the war. 5th (Pioneer) Battalion, Royal Irish Regiment in the Great War - The 11th Battalion, Royal Warwickshire Regiment. Bonhams : Fine Quality Officer's and Other Ranks Cap Badges Like this page to receive our updates, add a comment or ask a question. 5th Battalion, Royal Warwickshire Regiment. 14 October 1917 : came under orders of 49th Brigade, 16th (Irish) Division. The Royal Irish Regiment | National Army Museum In 1882,2nd Battalion fought in Egypt, and was joined there by 1st Battalion in 1884. In June 1915, they converted to Pioneer Battalion. 216217: Table listing the eight Irish Regiments of the British Army July 1914, their Depots, Reserve Bns., and local Militia. 25 May 1918 : became the 8th Garrison Bn. Thought the presentation & interpretation made the subject accessible". A training unit, it remained in UK throughout the war. 13 July 1918 : became the 8th (Service) Bn. 2nd Battalion, King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry. A "Sweetheart pin" with the emblem of the South Irish Horse (SIH), sent by a soldier to his girlfriend as a memento, British cavalry regiments of the First World War, 7th (South Irish Horse) Battalion, Royal Irish Regiment, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, 60th (North Irish Horse (Belfast)) Company, Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught and Strathearn. Want to know what life was like during the Great War? Otherwise my contact details can be found at www.fourteeneighteen.co.uk. Subscribe now for regular news, updates and priority booking for events.Sign up, All content is available under the Open Government Licence I-M. 1st Battalion Lincolnshire Regiment. July 7th 1915 sailed from Liverpool for Mudros Island (via Alexandria, Egypt), the staging post for Gallipoli, arriving 26th July 1915. 5th Bttn, Royal Irish Regiment. Moved to Tipperary. 6th Battalion, The Buffs, (East Kent Regiment). Royal Irish Regiment - The Long, Long Trail Want to find out more about your relative's service? 6th Battalion, Royal Warwickshire Regiment. If you use Twitter, you can always contact me at my account @1418research. As late as February 1902, 17th Battalion formed part of a column in a coordinated series of drives across North East Orange Free State. 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. 10th Battalion, British West Indies Regiment. Landed Suvla Bay 7 August 1915. 9th Battalion, Loyal North Lancashire Regiment. 2nd/1st Battalion, Lincolnshire Yeomanry. History of the Royal Regiment of Artillery. 8th Battalion, York & Lancaster Regiment. 6 February 1918 : disbanded in France. 4th Battalion King's Shropshire Light Infantry. 12th Battalion, Gloucestershire Regiment. You signify acceptance of our use of cookies when you click the Accept button or by your continued use of the site. During this month the troops were employed in military training and education, and 54,203 attendances were recorded at the divisional educational classes. 2nd Btn. 13 July 1918 : became the 8th (Service) Bn. 7th Battalion, Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry. : 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. 2nd Lt. 3rd Btn. After the withdrawal from Gallipoli, the Bn was sent to Egypt, where it landed on 5 February 1916 and then remained throughout the war. A-C. 1st Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment, D-H. 1st Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment. Image courtesy of the excellent PaulHP collection at flickr.com, with thanks. 11th Battalion, King's Own, (Royal Lancaster Regiment). In the early part of this campaign it suffered heavy casualties. On the 19th and 20th August the Battalion War Diary indicates 2 wounded, and on the 23rd August in the Boeschepe area 4 men killed and 3 wounded. 3ed (Reserve) Battalion, Royal Warwickshire Regiment. 3rd Battalion, British West Indies Regiment. Many of the war diarieswere scribbled hastily in pencil and use obscure abbreviations, whilst some are the second carbon copy of the original, so they may be difficult to read. [14][17] The following month he was seconded with the temporary rank of captain in the Army. Royal Irish Regiment in the Great War - Wartime Memories Project M-P. 7th Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment. 1st Battalion, The Queen's, (Royal West Surrey Regiment). [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. After all is over - and the remainder of the Empire is understandably irritated with Ireland - I hope these countless Duffs, from both the North and the South, and in all three services, will be remembered. Our They brought considerable combat experience with them and by May 1923 comprised 50 per cent of its 53,000 soldiers and 20 per cent of its officers. This accounts for the absence of some appendices referred to on the covers of many diaries. November/December 1916 awarded the Military Medal but we don't know under what circumstances. 26th Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers. 1st Battalion, Oxford & buckingham Light Infantry. [35][39][47][48], The regiment was one of the six southern Irish regiments of the British Army disbanded on 31 July 1922 following the creation of the new Irish Free State. If you have already submitted a story to the site and your UID reference number is higher than 261046 your submission is still in the queue, please do not resubmit. Deal Battalion, Royal Marine Light Infantry. 3rd Battalion, King's Own, (Royal Lancaster Regiment). [21], The 2nd Battalion, which was re-formed on 18 September 1857, began to arrive in New Zealand from 4 July 1863 and served in the Waikato and Taranaki campaigns of the New Zealand Wars. After his initial training in 1916, Private John Kelly was posted to the 2nd Battalion which was part of the 48th Brigade, 16th (Irish) Division from 15th November 1916. No personal details are collected. Records of 7th Battalion, Royal Irish Rifles from other sources. 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'. Private 25211 7th Battalion The Royal Irish Regiment. 1st Battalion, King's Own, (Royal Lancaster Regiment). 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 Royal Regiment of Scotland | The British Army 21st Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers. The Irish Regiments at Gallipoli | Gallipoli | Century Ireland - RTE.ie '[24][41][42][43][a] The survivors of 16th (Irish) Division, fighting as a group of composite battalions, retreated to the River Somme before the 'Great Retreat' ended on 29 March and the division was relieved on 3 April. 22nd Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers. 7th battalion royal irish regiment - Diamondamotel.com Formed at Dublin, March 1916. 5th Battalion, The Kings, (Livrpool Regiment). Our databases allow us to investigate almost the entire Army records and we can conduct research into any officer or soldier of any British Army regiment. Private, 25205. Necessary cookies are absolutely essential for the website to function properly. Trace your military heritage through our Research Database. W-Z. 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. 8th Battalion, British West Indies Regiment. Unlike the TF, which was intended for home defence in the first instance, the SR was constituted as a reserve for the Regular Army. 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. August 1914 : in Devonport (where it had been stationed since 1913), under command of 8th Brigade, 3rd Division. 7th (South Irish Horse) Battalion, Royal Irish Regiment. 1st of September 2022 marks 23 years since the launch of the Wartime Memories Project. Many of the IY went home at the end of their year's engagement, to be replaced by fresh recruits from the Second Contingent. 10th Battalion, Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry. If you can provide any additional information, please add it here. The battalion lost 9 men killed and over 20 wounded. West Riding Regiment (2nd Battalion)-Sergeant C Sims. [35] Eight of the Royal Irish Regiment were killed and sixteen more wounded. 11th Battalion, King's Royal Rifle Corps. - Inniskillings Museum 2nd Battalion remained in India from 1884 until 1902 when it returned to Ireland. (became the Divisional Pioneer battalion in March 1915) 10th Bttn, Hampshre Regiment (from March 1915).

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