This website is paid for out of our own pockets, library subscriptions and from donations made by visitors. Private, 25205. 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. Want to know what life was like during the Great War? 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. 8th Battalion, The Queen's, (Royal West Surrey 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. 4th Battalion, Loyal North Lancashire Regiment. August 1914 : in Kilkenny. Royal Irish Rifles - The Long, Long Trail E-G. 7th Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment. Moved within a few days of declaration of war to Richmond Barracks in Dublin. 8th Battalion, North Staffordshire Regiment. 7th Battalion, North Staffordshire Regiment. April 17 18 1918 First Battle of Kemmel Ridge. 10th Battalion, Queen's Own, (Royal West Kent Regiment). 19th Battalion, Sherwood Foresters, (N&D Reg). The Irish Militia | Royal Irish - Virtual Military Gallery Moved to Tipperary. [13] The 1st Battalion served in Jamaica and the 2nd Battalion served in Curaao during the Napoleonic Wars. 1st Battalion, Loyal North Lancashire Regiment. 2nd Battalion, Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers. 10th Battalion, Sherwood Foresters, (N&D Reg). Formed at Fermoy on 6 September 1914 as part of K2 and came under orders of 47th Brigade, 16th (Irish) Division. [33] The 7th (South Irish Horse) Battalion was formed in France as part of the 49th Brigade in the 16th (Irish) Division from the dismounted 1st and 2nd South Irish Horse in September 1917. 28th Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers. 7th (South Irish Horse) Battalion, The Division settled down for the winter in Mouscron (divisional headquarters, 107th and 108th Brigades, two field companies, two field ambulances, and the Train). History of the Royal Regiment of Artillery. 6th Battalion, South Staffordshire Regiment. Landed Suvla Bay 7 August 1915. 2nd Battalion Like this page to receive our updates, add a comment or ask a question. Formed in Dublin, 2 August 1915. 19th (Queen Alexandra's Own Royal) Hussars. In 1919, 1st Battalion undertookoccupation duties in Germany and 2nd Battalion garrisonedIndia. S-V. 2nd Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment. He is buried Arneke British Cemetery in France, Grave Reference III.E.11 next to other 568 identified casualties. 1st Battalion, Queen's Own, (Royal West Kent Regiment). (108th Bde, with 61st Division.) [5][49], Khaki service dress with (until 1906) a slouch hat was worn by all Imperial Yeomanry regiments. For example, to search for the 9th Battalion of the Manchester Regiment search with 9 Manchester. For three of those years it was joined there by a 2nd Battalion. [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. 7th Battalion, The Kings, (Liverpool Regiment). On 16 December Boer forces crossed the Orange River into Cape Colony in an effort to raise rebellion. 9th Battalion, Loyal North Lancashire Regiment. 2nd Lt. 3rd Btn. This wasmostly stationed in England and Ireland from the 1850s to the 1880s, though it served in New Zealand between 1863 and 1870. They were buried at Merrion Cemetery, Bellevue. You signify acceptance of our use of cookies when you click the Accept button or by your continued use of the site. 5th Battalion North Staffordshire Regiment. 8th Battalion, South Staffordshire Regiment. Sherwood Foresters (Notts & Derby Regiment). Copyright 2023. The Wartime Memories Project is a non profit organisation run by volunteers. 6th Battalion, Oxford & Buckingham Light Infantry. 8th Battalion, King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry. Image courtesy of the excellent PaulHP collection at flickr.com, with thanks. 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. In 1751, it was given a regimental numeral of 18, despite being the seventh oldest Britishinfantry regiment at that time. 13th Battalion, King's Royal Rifle Corps. The diariessometimes contain information about particular people butthey are unit diaries, not personal diaries. 10th Battalion, The Queen's, (Royal West Surrey Regiment). [5] 6th Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment. 14 July 1918 : transferred to 50th (Northumbrian) Division as Pioneer Bn. 29th Infantry Brigade. 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. 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. 1st Battalion, Sherwood Foresters, (N&D Reg). We have a large archive of soldier records. A-C. 1st Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment, D-H. 1st Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment. 2nd Battalion, The Buffs, (East Kent Regiment). No personal details are collected. Thedigitised diaries cover activity in France and Belgium. Our [6], The war ended with the 1713 Peace of Utrecht and in 1718, the regiment joined the garrison of the British-held island of Menorca, where it remained here until 1742, with the exception of a detachment sent to Gibraltar in 1727. 4th Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment. 1st Battalion, Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry. Private 23724 9th Battalion The Royal Irish Fusiliers. 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. [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, Honourable Artillery Company. 3rd Battalion, Sherwood Foresters, (N&D Reg). In addition, 18 new regiments (two in Ireland) were raised with returning IY veterans providing the nuclei. We also use third-party cookies that help us analyze and understand how you use this website. 2nd (Entrenching Battalion) Lincolnshire Regiment. 9th Battalion, Cameronians (Scottish Rifles. [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. 17th Battalion, The Kings, (Liverpool Regiment). 7th Battalion, Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers. Royal Canada Tank Regt, sterling silver (K/C), R.Scots Greys, cast silver plate (repaired), 1st Motor Machine Gun Canada Brigade 1914, die-stamped silver plate, brooch (broken), Household Battalion (GVR) gilt and enamels (damaged), 17th/21st Lancers, small unmarked silver side hat/collar, 17th Lancers, a heavy silver or silver plated NCO's arm badge (original fasteners removed now brooched). August 16-18th Battle of Langemarck (XIX Corps, Fifth Army. September 7th Took over the front line west of Ginchy. The regiment foughtin the First Opium War (1839-42) and the Second Burma War (1852). 1st and 2nd South Irish Horse were amalgamated in August 1917, dismounted, and sent for retraining as infantry. They had nothing to do, apart from a small expedition against a native chief, which did not involve the 61st Company. The Queen's, (Royal West Surrey Regiment). 26th Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers. November 20 and 21st -The tank attack. 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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. Third Regiment of Infantry - The Army of the US Historical Sketches of 4th Battalion, The Kings, (Liverpool Regiment). 5th Battalion, Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment). The regiment also fought in Egypt in 1801 before returning to Ireland. Under the Cardwell reforms of 1881, it was renamedThe Royal Irish Regiment and became the county regiment ofKilkenny, Wexford, Waterford and Tipperary. To find out more about how we collect, store and use your personal information, read our Privacy Policy. August 23rd the 7/RIR was transferred to the 49th brigade, 16th division. He was the son of Joshua Burrows of Gillis Road, Armagh. 22nd Battalion, King's Royal Rifle Corps. October 14th--19th 1918 Battle of Courtrai (II Corps, Second Army). These were the 3rd Battalion (Special Reserve) and the 4th Battalion (Special Reserve). [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. 7th (South Irish Horse) Battalion, Royal Irish Regiment. [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. 17.06.1918 Transferred to the 102nd Brigade of the 34th . [1][2][3][4], Among the units raised was the 61st (South Irish Horse (Dublin)) Company (also known as the 2nd Dublin) formed on 7 March 1900 at Dublin, which served in the 17th Battalion, IY, alongside the 60th (North Irish Horse (Belfast)) Company and two English companies. 12th (Yeomanry) Battalion, Norfolk Regiment. 10th Battalion, Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers. - Royal Irish Regiment Museum. 4th (Labour) Battalion, Northamptonshire Regiment. The Long, Long Trail has always been free to use but it does cost money to operate. v3.0, France and Flanders: WO 95/1-3154, WO 95/3911-4193 and WO 95/5500, Mesopotamia, Iraq and North Persia: WO 95/4965-5288, East Africa, Cameroon and West Africa: WO 95/5289-5388, Gallipoli and the Dardanelles: WO 95/4263-4359, Australian and New Zealand Expeditionary Force: WO 95/3155-3657, Canadian Expedition Force: WO 95/3715-3910. It played an important role inthe capture of the French fortress of Namur (now in Belgium) in1695. 10th Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers. British infantry regiments of the First World War, Harris, Appendix II, pp. 7th (South Irish Horse) Battalion, Royal Irish Regiment. March 1915 : joined by one Company from the Guernsey Militia. 8th Battalion, King's Own, (Royal Lancaster Regiment). He was only 18 years old. 12th Battalion, Northamptonshire Regiment. The Royal Irish Regiment | National Army Museum Where were our three Irish Regiments fighting on 1 July 1916? Combined Irish Regiments - Royal Irish Regiment. 7th Battalion, King's Shropshire Light Infantry. (d.11th November 1918) [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. In 1882, 2nd Battalion fought in Egypt, and was joined there by 1st Battalion in 1884. You do not need to include the word 'regiment', 'battalion' or 'brigade'. All Rights Reserved. Royal Regiment of Scotland | The British Army 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). [33] The 6th (Service) Battalion landed at Le Havre as part of the 47th Brigade in the 16th (Irish) Division in December 1915 for service on the Western Front. King's Regiment (Liverpool) - Wikipedia H-L. 7th Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment. 17th Battalion, King's Royal Rifle Corps. If you find it a valuable resource, please consider becoming a supporter. The Regiment is one of only two Irish Regiments remaining in the British Army along with the Irish Guards. Otherwise my contact details can be found at www.fourteeneighteen.co.uk. 1st Battalion, North Staffordshire 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. 1st, 2nd, 3rd etc.). 21st Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers. 8th Battalion, Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers. 19th Battalion, Royal Warwickshire Regiment. Returned to Ireland September 1915 and moved to Fermoy. "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.". In May 1915, moved to England, based at Gosport. Following a string of defeats during Black Week in early December 1899, the British government realised that it would need more troops than just the Regular Army to fight the Second Boer War, particularly mounted units. Royal Irish Regiment - The Long, Long Trail They joined 49th Brigade, 16th (Irish) Division on the 14 October 1917 during the Third Battles of Ypres. 2nd Battalion, Northamptonshire Regiment. Not all the unit war diaries held by The National Archives have been digitised. [2], The regiment was formed in 1684 by the Earl of Granard from independent companies in Ireland. 4 July 1918 : transferred to 21st Brigade, 30th Division. 21st (Labour) Battalion, Cheshire Regiment. 7th Battalion, King's Own Scottish Borderers. Looks like then luck turned bad for John. 6th/7th Battalion, Royal Scots Fusiliers. 5th Battalion, King's Shropshire Light Infantry. Royal Irish Regiment (2nd Battalion)-Private M Healey, nursing orderly. 2nd Btn. At the end of July the Battalions strength was 31 officers and 830 other ranks and ready for action. [texts-excerpt] penalty for cutting mangroves in floridaFREE EstimateFREE Estimate Battle of The Somme, 1916. | Royal Irish - Virtual Military Gallery 11th Battalion, King's Own, (Royal Lancaster Regiment). The Third United States Infantry first came into being under the Act of March 5, 1792, an act for making farther and more effectual provisions for the protection of the frontiers of the United States, and which, among other things, provided for the raising of three additional regiments of infantry, also for the completion of the battalion of artillery and two regiments of infantry already in . 16th Battalion, King's Royal Rifle Corps. The Regiment raised 3 Battalions and gained 47 battle honors during the course of the war. 1st Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment. 13th Battalion, Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers. 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