August 1914 : in Devonport (where it had been stationed since 1913), under command of 8th Brigade, 3rd Division. 1801: 1 April - 7th Battalion formed from the Royal Irish Artillery - 4 companies in West Indies and 2 companies in Ireland retained; other 4 . 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. 7th Battalion, King's Shropshire Light Infantry. - 7th (South Irish Horse) Battalion, Royal Irish Regiment during the Great War -. DAWSON J. 21st Battalion, King's Royal Rifle Corps. 11th Battalion, King's Own, (Royal Lancaster Regiment). 6th Battalion, The Buffs, (East Kent Regiment). It played an important role inthe capture of the French fortress of Namur (now in Belgium) in1695. After the withdrawal from Gallipoli, the Bn was sent to Egypt, where it landed on 5 February 1916 and then remained throughout the war. Bravery at which of the following sieges sawthe regimentgranted a badgedepictingKing William III's family emblem? 6th Battalion, Sherwood Foresters, (N&D Reg). [25] It served as the county regiment of Tipperary, Waterford, Wexford and Kilkenny. August 30th 1916 travelled by train from Chocques to Longueau and from there marched to Corbie. '[4] In recognition, of this, William III renamed the unit as The Royal Regiment of Foot of Ireland. It was in action from the start of the French Revolutionary Wars (1793-1802), serving at the siege of Toulon in 1793, garrisoning Corsica in 1794, andserving as marines in the Mediterranean in 1797. 10th Battalion, King's Royal Rifle Corps. The companies that joinedWilliamwere placed on the English establishment in 1689. During this month the troops were employed in military training and education, and 54,203 attendances were recorded at the divisional educational classes. July 31st 2nd August Battle of Pilckem Ridge (in reserve, XIX Corps, Fifth Army). It served there throughout the war, including major actions at Schellenberg, Blenheim, Ramillies, Oudenarde and Malplaquet. August 23rd the 7/RIR was transferred to the 49th brigade, 16th division. 1st Battalion, King's Shropshire Light Infantry. ), 8th Battalion, Duke of Wellington's (W.R.R.). Thanks to everyone who has supported us over this time. 7th Battalion, Northamptonshire Regiment. 7th Battalion, Sherwood Foresters, (N&D Reg). 1st Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment. 2nd.Lt. A training unit, it moved within a few days of declaration of war to Queenstown. De Ruyter Philippee. 4th Battalion, Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers. The Long, Long Trail has always been free to use but it does cost money to operate. The Government of Guernsey publicly thanked both units and awarded them a cash bounty of 100 guineas. South Irish Horse at Combined Irish Regiments. 10th Battalion, Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers. 21-23 March 1918 Battle of St Quentin (XVIII Corps, Fifth Army). 6th Battalion, Northamptonshire Regiment. August 18th 1917 announcement in the Walsall Observer that he was in hospital in Epsom, Surrey suffering from malarial fever. Under the Cardwell reforms of 1881, it was renamed The Royal Irish Regiment and became the county regiment of Kilkenny, Wexford, Waterford and Tipperary. 9th Battalion, Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry. 6th Battalion. 6th Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment. He died on the 16/08/1916 in France. Like this page to receive our updates, add a comment or ask a question. 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. 2nd Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment. 29 bns of three antecedent regiments fight at the Somme with every Irishman a volunteer. Trace your military heritage through our Research Database. 1st Battalion 3rd Battalion, King's On Scottish Borderers. 19th Battalion, The Kings, (Liverpool Regiment). October 15th 1917 the 7/RIR was transferred from the 16th division to the 36th division. 3rd Battalion, North Staffordshire Regiment. 11th Battalion, Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers. Under the Cardwell reforms of 1881, it was renamedThe Royal Irish Regiment and became the county regiment ofKilkenny, Wexford, Waterford and Tipperary. 7th (Service) Battalion Formed at Armagh in September 1914 as part of K2 and came under command of 49th Brigade in 16th (Irish) Division. 23 April 1918 : transferred to 188th Brigade, 63rd (Royal Naval) Division. 4th Reserve Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment. 4th Battalion, Royal Marine Light Infantry. Having taken part in the fighting of World War I, it was disbanded after Irish Independence in 1922. A-K. 4th Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment. The Wartime Memories Project is a non profit organisation run by volunteers. These were the 3rd Battalion (Special Reserve) and the 4th Battalion (Special Reserve). They are in record series WO 95. 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. H-L. 7th Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment. Looks like then luck turned bad for John. Moved in January 1915 to Ballyvonare. Moved in June 1915 to Ballyholley and to England in September, going to Aldershot. 5th (Service) Battalion (Pioneers) 4th (Labour) Battalion, Northamptonshire Regiment. The dark green peaked cap had a red band and in service dress was won with a khaki cover; a full-dress head-dress was considered but never adopted. 8th Battalion, The Queen's, (Royal West Surrey Regiment). September 6th Three stong patrols sent into Ginchy. 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). The Leinster Regiment was an infantry regiment of the British Army, which recruited predominantly in central and eastern Ireland. 7th (Pioneer) Battalion, Durham Light Infantry. 6th Battalion, King's Shropshire Light Infantry. This was organised as service companies of approximately 115 men enlisted for one year. [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. 8th (Service) Battalion A-K. 1st Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment, L-Z. 1st, 2nd, 3rd etc.). 7 July 1915: embarked at Liverpool and sailed to Gallipoli via Mudros. [14], When the Haldane Reforms were introduced under the Territorial and Reserve Forces Act 1907, most of the Imperial Yeomanry were transferred to the new Territorial Force (TF), but this did not extend to Ireland. 16th Battalion, Royal Warwickshire Regiment. [21] Captain Hugh Shaw won the Victoria Cross when he rescued wounded soldiers during a skirmish at Nukumaru near Whanganui. 1st Battalion, North Staffordshire Regiment. (became the Divisional Pioneer battalion in March 1915) 10th Bttn, Hampshre Regiment (from March 1915). F-K. 8th Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment. 1st, 2nd, 3rd etc. Objective was Y Ravine in Battle of the Somme, France. In September 1916 moved to Templemore (Co. Tipperary) but by the end of 1917 was back at Dublin. 14 March 1915 : transferred to 12th Brigade, 4th Division. The 1st Battalion served in Hong Kong and Singapore, prior to fighting in the Boer War. (d.11th November 1918) This infantry unit has origins dating back to 1688. The South Irish Horse was a Special Reserve cavalry regiment of the British Army. You also have the option to opt-out of these cookies. 13th Battalion, King's Royal Rifle Corps. In April 1918, the battalion was reduced to cadre strength before being reformed in June and them immediately transferred to 21st Brigade, 30th Division. L-Z. The Royal Irish Rifles, an amalgamation of the 83rd (County of Dublin) and 86th (Royal County Down) Regiments, absorbed the Royal North Down Rifles, Queen's . 5th Battalion, Royal Warwickshire Regiment. If you can provide any additional information, please add it here. Copyright 2023. This information will help us make improvements to the website. 6th Westmeath Battalion 7th Antrim Regiment 8th Armagh Regiment 9th Down Regiment 10th Leitrim Battalion 11th Galway Regiment 12th Dublin City Regiment 13th Limerick City Battalion . The few survivors had to be drafted to other regiments while the officers returned to Britain to re-recruit. A-G. 10h Battalion, Lincolnshire Regient. September 7th Took over the front line west of Ginchy. 11th Battalion, The Queen's, (Royal West Surrey regiment). 13 July 1918 : became the 8th (Service) Bn. 6th (Service) Battalion (108th Bde, with 61st Division.) 7th Battalion, York & Lancaster Regiment. In 1751, it was given a regimental numeral of 18, despite being the seventh oldest Britishinfantry regiment at that time. 18 April 1918 : came under orders of 178th Brigade, 59th (2nd North Midland) Division. 8th Battalion, York & Lancaster Regiment. These cookies do not store any personal information. 12th Battalion, The Kings, (Liverpool Regiment). The Regiment raised 3 Battalions and gained 47 battle honors during the course of the war. The regiment remained in Britain and Ireland until 1767, when it was deployed to North America. 3rd (Reserve) Battalion 12th Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers. 18 April 1918 : reduced to cadre strength; reformed 26 June 1918. 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. The Royal Irish Regiment was disbanded in 1922 on the establishment of the Irish Free State. October 25th 1918 Ooteghem (II Corps, Second Army). Ireland 1st Battalion, The Royal Irish Regiment will be Light Recce Strike Infantry, located at Tern Hill. In response the 17th and 18th Bns were sent down under Colonel Parke of the Sharpshooters and formed one of the columns hunting down the invaders. 10th Battalion, Duke of Wellington's (W.R.R.). [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. 8th Battalion, Royal Warwickshire Regiment. Machine Gun Battalion, Royal Naval Division. Contents 1 1992 creation 2 Current organisation 3 Restructuring 3.1 Current structure 3.1.1 1st Battalion 3.1.2 Northern Ireland Resident Battalions (Home Service) 1st and 2nd South Irish Horse were amalgamated in August 1917, dismounted, and sent for retraining as infantry. He must have been only 16 years old at this time. It served with the British Army until 1958, when it was merged into the 3rd East Anglian Regiment. In 1684, the final year of Charles's reign, several of these companies were gathered together by the Earl of Granard to form a new regiment on the Irish establishment. 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'. 5th Battalion, Northamptonshire Regiment. September 28th to October 2nd 1918 - Battle of Ypres (II Corps, Second Army). Amery, Vol IV, Appendix to Chapters I-XIV, pp. 9th Battalion, Sherwood Foresters, (N&D Reg). [5][28][29], The Trench warfare of the Western Front meant that there was little need for mounted troops. 13 July 1918 : became the 8th (Service) Bn. In May 1915, moved to England, based at Gosport. 7th Battalion, The Kings, (Liverpool Regiment). Some diaries are available on other websites: Some diaries record little more than daily losses and map references whilst othersare much more descriptive, with daily reports on operations, intelligence summaries and other material. 12th Battalion North Staffordshire Regiment. The regiment foughtin the First Opium War (1839-42) and the Second Burma War (1852). Moved to Tipperary. The Royal Irish. S-V. 2nd Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment. 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. 2nd Battalion, Duke of Wellington's (W.R.R. [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. 21st Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers. November 4th divisional headquarters and 107th and 108th Brigades moved into Mouscron (north-east of Tourcoing). 26 July 1915 : transferred to 11th Brigade in same Division. 13th Battalion, Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers. 16th Battalion, Sherwood Foresters, (N&D Reg). [14][17] The following month he was seconded with the temporary rank of captain in the Army. (Brigadier Nelson Russell, Commander 38 (Irish) Brigade, 1942-44), For individual museum opening times and information, please click on the relevant museum below: Moved to Fermoy. Records of 7th (South Irish Horse) Battalion, Royal Irish Regiment from other sources. 21st (Labour) Battalion, Cheshire Regiment. August 16-18th Battle of Langemarck (XIX Corps, Fifth Army. 10th Battalion, Loyal North Lancashire Regiment. 3rd Battalion, Loyal North Lancashire Regiment. 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). 4th Battalion, Loyal North Lancashire Regiment. If you use Twitter, you can always contact me at my account @1418research. ). 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. 4th Battalion, North Staffordhire Regiment. 6 February 1918 : disbanded in France. Remained there until April 1918 when it became the 2nd Garrison Guard Bn. In 1992 the Regiment was further amalgamated with the Ulster Defence Regiment to form The Royal Irish Regiment. 6th Battalion, Royal Warwickshire Regiment. On the 7th August they were moved into the front line moving from Oxelaere towards Boeschepe. 5th Battalion, South Staffordshire Regiment. 2nd Battalion, Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers. 7th Battalion, North Staffordshire Regiment. 2nd Battalion, Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry. This was areward for supporting the Stuarts in Scotland during the British Civil Wars (1639-51) and working for Charles's restoration. Formed in Dublin, 2 August 1915. 2nd Battalion, Cameronians (Scottish Rifles). Moved to England in September 1915, going to Pirbright. 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. In 1857, the regiment raised a 2nd Battalion again, this time out of volunteers from Irelands militia regiments. When he started his service with the Royal Dublin Fusiliers as a Private his service number was 20815. 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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. : 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 Battalion, Royal Warwickshire Regiment. 4 July 1918 : transferred to 21st Brigade, 30th Division. I-M. 2nd Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment. The parade dress of the South Irish Horse worn until 1914 was green 'Frock' (tunic) with patch pockets, and a red and green collar and girdle. 5th Battalion, Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment). 5th Bttn, Connaught Rangers. ), 6th Battalion, Duke of Wellington's (W.R.R. 2nd (Entrenching Battalion) Lincolnshire Regiment. 2nd/4th Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment. 1st Battalion. On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. 20th Battalion, King's Royal Rifle Corps. The Commonwealth War Graves Commission has 298 recorded WW1 deaths for the 7th (South Irish Horse) Battalion, Royal Irish Regiment. 1st Battalion, Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry. August 1914 : in Kilkenny. [5][13][15][22][23] Squadrons were formed as follows:[24], The Marquess of Waterford died on 1 December 1911. Objective was Thiepval in Battle of the Somme, France, Objective was Holding the Line in Battle of the Struma, Salonika, Objective was Holding the Line in Battle of Loos, France, Objective was Schwaben Redoubt in Battle of the Somme, France, Objective was Ovillers in Battle of the Somme, France, In Reserve in Battle of the Somme, France, Objective was Grandcourt in Battle of the Somme, France, Objective was St Pierre Divion in Battle of the Somme, France, Objective was Beaucourt Station in Battle of the Somme, France, 16th (Pioneer) Battalion in 36th (Ulster) Division, Objective was to dig Saps towards German trenches and Schwaben Redoubt in Battle of the Somme, France, Objective was Quadrilateral in Battle of the Somme, France. 2nd Battalion, Loyal North Lancashire Regiment. 22.04.1918 Reduced to training cadre with surplus personnel transferred to the 2nd Royal Irish Regiment. April 1915 enlisted as a volunteer in the 6th Service Battalion of the Royal Irish Rifles. 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. Like this page to receive our updates, add a comment or ask a question. 19th Battalion, Royal Warwickshire Regiment. He died in France on the 13/12/1917. [10], In 1782, it moved to Guernsey where in 1783 it helped the local militia put down a mutiny by soldiers of the 104th Regiment based at Fort George. History of the Royal Regiment of Artillery. For quick pointersTuesday to Saturday September 21st sent by train to the Ypres sector. Both squadrons sailed from Dublin on the SS Architect on 17 August 1914. In 1918 they were in action on the Somme suffering very heavy casualties. The South Staffordshire Regiment was an infantry regiment of the British Army, active between 1881 and 1959. Royal Irish Regiment at Long, Long Trail. [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. Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service. 1st Battalion returned to India in 1857, where it stayed for mostof the following 27 years. 12th Battalion, Sherwood Foresters, (N&D Reg). [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. Our 3rd Dragoon Guards, (Prince of Wales's Own). Each formed one of the new unit's two regular battalions. Landed Suvla Bay 7 August 1915. We also use third-party cookies that help us analyze and understand how you use this website. After severe fighting, the attack, which had been favoured by a dense mist, was driven off. W-Z. 7th Battalion, Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers. 9th Battalion, King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry. 2nd Btn. London Scottish at Messines, Halloween 1914. 9th Battalion, North Staffordshire Regiment.