(d.7th June 1917), McIlroy Samuel. (d.1st Jul 1916), Careswell Ernest Francis. In 25th Brigade of the 8th Division, 1st Bn The Royal Irish Rifles took part in the attack on Ovillers. Royal Marine Light Infantry who died 17/03/1918 BELLAVISTA OLD BRITISH CEMETERY Peru '
The Rifles were honoured for Bazentin Ridge, Pozires and Ancre Heights, while one of their affiliated Territorial Force battalions, 1st Bn The London Irish Rifles, also received the honour le Transloy. The regiment was one of eight infantry regiments raised and garrisoned in Ireland during this period. Moved to Carrickfergus in April 1915 and on to Newry in April 1917. William John Thompson 13th Battalion, B Company Royal Irish Rifles (d.30th May 1916). (d.1st July 1916), McAuley John. (d.7th Jun 1917) Beggs Thomas Alex Thompson. 15th (North Belfast) Btn. (d.1st Jul 1916), Henderson J.. 14th Btn. Formed in Belfast in September 1914 from the Belfast Volunteers. Moved to the Curragh in February 1915. (d.7th Jun 1917), Bryan Alfred. The bloody and prolonged Somme campaign included some of the hardest-earned battle honours handed down from our antecedent regiments. (d.25th Sep 1915), Bowler Harold. 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. Typically eighteen year old recruits received further training, e.g Machine Gun Corps, or were posted to a home service unit until they became of age, this posting would not usually appear on the Medal Rolls. dailyinfo[17]=' PLY/3566 Private Samuel ROBINSON H.M.S. Rflmn. Rflmn. Royal Irish Rifles (d.21st Nov 1917), Rflmn. 7th (Service) Battalion However, the attack was scheduled for Thursday 29th June 1916. I am sorry that I don't have much more information for you. dailyinfo[11]=' Captain Charles Edmund WOOD Mentioned in Despatches Adjt. (d.7th Jun 1917). John Armstrong 7th Btn. After an initial artillery bombardment, the battalion advanced to the previously captured German front lines and helped to secure the village of Neuve-Chapelle. 'I turned over one poor chap on a rocky, bloody crag on Tanngoucha. 2nd Battalion 2nd Lt. 10th Btn. October 1915 : landed at Le Havre. 1st Battalion joined it there from Aden in November 1914 and both remained there until the Armistice. L/Cpl. . In August 1914, Sergeant OCathain was with the 2nd Battalion garrisoned at Tidworth, Wiltshire in England. Rfm 15th Btn (d.1st Jul 1916). 6th (Service) Battalion Register with your email address now, we can then send you an alert as soon as we add a record close matching the one you were searching for. The 36th (Ulster) Division on 1 July 1916. Rfm. 14th Battalion. (d.7th Jun 1917), Mercer Samuel. The unit suffered badly at the Battle of Stormberg in December 1899, and on 3 April 1900 the regiment was forced to surrender to Orange Free State Commandant-General Christiaan de Wet after a siege at Reddersberg. World War One Photos, Obituaries & Service Records. Welcome. Protection of the Suez Canal was of great strategic importance and the 2nd Battalion and a detachment of the 1st Battalion were sent to the region. Rfm. A training unit of the Special Reserve, it moved on mobilisation to Dublin. 15th Batt (d.21st March 1918), Wadeley Ernest Benjamin. In 1937, the London Irish Rifles became a Territorial Army battalion of the Rifles, and the only TA battalion of an Irish regiment. In 1917 they were in action at the Battle of Messines attacking between the Wulverghem-Messines and Wulverghem-Wytschaete roads. Northumberland Fusiliers, 27th Bt . document.write;
His medal citation reports that: ..Early next morning, hearing a rumour that his platoon officer was lying out wounded, he went out seven times to look for him under heavy shell and machine-gun fire, each time bringing back a wounded man. dailyinfo[16]=' 22659 Serjeant George SNELL Military Medal "T" Bty. No personal details are collected. Rflmn. 20 December 1914 : landed at Le Havre. var fontend = ''
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Our antecedent regiments earned eight: Albert (1st - 13th July); Bazentin Ridge(14th -17th July); Pozires (23rdJuly 7th August); Guillemont (3rd 6th September); Ginchy (9th September); le Transloy (1st October 11th November); Ancre Heights (1st October 11th November); Ancre (13th 18th November). May 1915 : moved to Hackwood Park (Basingstoke). When he enlisted, he served with the 12th Battalion, Royal Irish Rifles, a regiment of the 36th (Ulster) Division. L/Cpl. 108th Brigade / 36th (Ulster) Division . Rfm. It travelled from Southampton to Le Havre at the start of November and took up positions east of Laventie in the Pas de Calais. In the Third Battle of Ypres the battalion took part in the Battle of Pilkem. This happened on the 14th of July 1916 after his battalion had been in action at Ovilliers. 16th Btn. attchd 11th Btn Royal Irish Rifles, Grainger David. The Royal Irish Rifles was formed in 1881, under the Childers Reforms, with the amalgamation of the 83rd (County of Dublin) Regiment of Foot and the 86th Regiment of Foot. 28 November 1915 : sailed from Marseilles for Salonika. Sir Harry Macnaghten has no known grave and is commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial, France; he is among 26 men from Bushmills and district who were killed on the first day of the Somme. We respect the effort he made to give us the peace and freedom we enjoy today. dailyinfo[19]=' 9228 Corporal George F. PARRY 2nd Bn. var fontstart = ''
The other Regular battalions were in the 4th Division (1st Bn The Royal Irish Fusiliers) and the 8th Division (1st Bn The Royal Irish Rifles), which were, respectively, to the left of 29th Division and the right of 32nd Division. The medals in your PDF are in the reverse order. The Army did not send men on active service overseas until aged nineteen. (d.1st July 1916), Mills J.. Rfm. 2nd Btn. Sign up for a new account in our community. On 1 April 2022 soldiers in the company transferred to foot guards regiments and the company became No 15 (Loos) Company, Irish Guards. One war correspondent wrote that Their attack was one of the finest displays of human courage in the world but, on 1st and 2nd July, their losses exceeded 5,500 dead, wounded or missing. Collins William Robert. August 1914 : at Newtownards. Record same as 8th Bn. Ken, we were under the assumption that he lied about his age when he enlisted. - Royal Irish Regiment Museum. 7th Btn. . Royal Horse Artillery who died 21/02/1917 GUARDS CEMETERY, COMBLES France '
14th Btn. Since there were Leinster, Connaught and Munster regiments, the War Office decided that there should also be an Ulster regiment and the Royal Irish Rifles became the Royal Ulster Rifles on 1 January 1921. Rflmn. Free delivery for many products. Hi Janis, He was born at Gilford, Co. Down, 15.11.1898, the son of George and Sarah Jane Harper nee Quinn. The 1st Battalion Royal Irish Rifles was serving in Aden when the First World War broke out in August 1914. Looking at your PDF, the medals are (left to right): Curiously, his Medal Index Card (linked by Jon in post#3) isn't annotated to show an award of the 14/15 Star; and I didn't find him in the relevant medal roll. 3rd Bn. please. 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 (Extra Reserve) Battalion October 1915 : landed at Boulogne. Battle Honour ST QUENTIN - German Spring Offensive 1918. Formed in Belfast in September 1914 from the Belfast Volunteers. 9th (Service) Battalion (West Belfast) 11th Btn (d.1st Jul 1916), Moorhead James. Royal Irish Rifles (d.21st April 1917), Rfm. dailyinfo[30]=' B/469 Worker Charles BARLOW Australian Munition Worker who died 30/01/1918 NORTH SHEEN CEMETERY United Kingdom '
Rflm. Formed in Holywood in April 1915 as a Reserve Battalion, from depot companies of 11th and 12th Bns. Adair J. Northamptonshire Regiment who died 14/03/1915 LE TOURET MEMORIAL France '
On either flank of the Ulster Division, the German defences had prevailed. In July 1953, during the Coronation Tour of Northern Ireland, Robert Quigg V.C. George Smith 2nd Btn. Before the First World War, Robert Quigg worked on the Macnaghten estate close to the Giants Causeway, Co. Antrim. In October 1899, the Second Anglo-Boer War broke out between the British Empire and the independent Boer states of the South African Republic (Republic of Transvaal) and the Orange Free State. 8th Btn. Belfast City Hospital History . Moved to Holywood in May 1915 and on to Ballykinlar in March 1918. Formed in Belfast in September 1914 from the Belfast Volunteers. But opting out of some of these cookies may have an effect on your browsing experience. His battalion (the 2nd Royal Irish Rifles) was wiped out almost to the last man on the 24th of March 1918 as it fought desperate rear guard actions to allow the remnants of the 36th Ulster division to escape the German avalanche. Formed in Holywood around November 1915 as a Reserve Battalion, from depot companies of 13th and 16th Bns. (d.7th Jun 1917), Arbuthnot William Henry. 9th Battalion (d.1st July 1916), Hawthorne G. A.. 10th Btn. The Regulars remained on the Somme front as the campaign continued and additional service battalions arrived at the end of August with the transfer of 16th (Irish) Division to the sector. Salter J. W.. 2nd Lt. B Coy 11th (South Antrim) Btn. 9th (West Belfast) Btn. Moved to England in April 1918, going to Larkhill where absorbed by 3rd (Reserve) Bn. 7 February 1918 : disbanded in France. It played a prominent role in opposing the German attack during Operation Michael (known to the British as the Battle of St Quentin) in March 1918. Please note Sergeant Rory OCathain is a fictitious character. [4] The Battalion's chaplain, Donal O'Sullivan was killed in the Somme. dailyinfo[20]=' 10259 Private Charles BUCHANAN 1st Bn. (d.7th Jun 1917), Currie David. Rifleman 12th Battalion (d.1st July 1916), Black John. 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. (d.22nd Aug 1916), Graham N. C.. Capt. Rifleman 9th Btn. Want to find out more about your relative's service? We have discovered photographs that we didn't know existed and have just recently discovered what our father looked like as a young man. 2nd Btn. The remaining nine never appeared and were assumed to have died. 1st Btn. Upon the outbreak of war in 1914 he was called up to regular service and the battalion went to Belfast to act as a training unit. Rfmn. dailyinfo[7]=' Lieutenant Thomas Sydney Ough DEALY Australian Flying Corps who died 07/03/1918 STONYHURST COLLEGE BURIAL GROUND United Kingdom '
It then had to weather heavy German counter-attacks which failed to dislodge the members of the battalion but caused very heavy casualties, amounting to 18 officers and 440 other ranks, including its Colonel. Irish men of all denominations fought side by side in the 10th (Irish), 16th (Irish) and 36th (Ulster) Division, and were decorated for their gallantry and bravery throughout the war. 23 August 1917 : transferred to 49th Brigade in same Division. Allsopp Matthew. Pte. (Brigadier Nelson Russell, Commander 38 (Irish) Brigade, 1942-44), For individual museum opening times and information, please click on the relevant museum below: (d.1st Nov 1916) Anderson Stanley Orme. Rflm. Rfm. He was a prisoner-of-war but I don't know where. A Coy. 18 February 1918 : disbanded in France. At Guillemont and Ginchy the already understrength 16th Division had suffered over 4,300 casualties. 8 February 1918 : transferred to 107th Brigade in same Division. Royal Irish Rifles Battalions of the Regular Army 1st Battalion August 1914 : in Aden. 2nd Battalion We place some essential cookies on your device to make this website work. World War 1 One ww1 wwII greatwar great 1914 1918 first battalion regiment 8th (East Belfast) Battalion, Royal Irish Rifles 8th (East Belfast) Battalion was raised in Belfast September 1914 from the Belfast Volunteers. Rflm. This statue will be admired by future generations and is regarded as a worthy tribute to a local man who has become a legend. The cap badge of The Royal Irish Regiment traces a direct lineage back through The Ulster Defence Regiment to The Royal Ulster Rifles, although the harp and crown in various different shapes is emblematic of a significant number of Irish regiments. A week later 16th (Irish) Division attacked Ginchy, a mile north-east of Guillemont. It was thought he might have to lose the leg but it was saved. Rflmn. A training unit of the Special Reserve, it moved on mobilisation to Belfast. var year=mydate.getYear()
9th Btn. 1st Battalion, Royal Irish Rifles were in Aden at the out break of the Great Was in August 1914. .Faugh-a-Ballagh!, [Above:Troops of the Royal Irish Rifles resting in a communication trench during the opening hours of the Battle of the Somme, 1 July 1916. 13th Btn. Today it has passed from memory, but its opening day is written indelibly into the Armys history as its bloodiest ever. L/Cpl. Pte. Colvin Robert. 2nd Btn. Rflmn. Rflmn. 1st Bn. (d.14th Nov 1916), Brooks Patrick. Recruting map of Ireland in the First World War. Las mejores ofertas para 10 x Army buttons London Irish Rifles group horn WW1 WW2 era KC 24 mm and 17 mm estn en eBay Compara precios y caractersticas de productos nuevos y usados Muchos artculos con envo gratis! Rest in peace in Mill Road Cemetery . var dailyinfo= new Array(31)
My Grandad was shot in the thigh by a machine gun bullet but made it back to friendly lines alive. dailyinfo[1]=' Staff Nurse Edith Mary CAMMACK Associate of the Royal Red Cross, 2nd Class 4th Southern Gen. Hos. 5 March 1915 : absorbed a company of the Royal Jersey Militia. and 34th Coy. 5th Bde. 1st September 1914 Recruitment of 16th (Service) Battalion Royal Irish Rifles 16th (Service) Battalion Royal Irish Rifles (Pioneers). - Royal Ulster Rifles Museum Moved to Ballykinlare and came under orders of 107th Brigade in 36th (Ulster) Division. 14 August 1914 : landed at Rouen. (d.1st July 1916) Bothwell R.. (d.1st Jul 1917) The last casualty that Quigg saved was Robert Matthews, from the village of Mosside, less than six miles from Bushmills. On 13 December, 10 officers and 450 other ranks were moved with only one hours notice to garrison Cairo. 10th Btn. (d.7th June 1917), Brown John. Pat Toman was part of the re-built battalion until the 2nd of June 1918 when he was wounded while on a night patrol in the Ypres area. Robert Quigg was presented with his Victoria Cross by King George V at Sandringham in January 1917. When he eventually died, aged 93, he left us with many happy memories of a great father and medals and papers from his time in the war. In the early 1880s Muhammad Ahmad, the self-proclaimed Mahdi (the Guided One) proclaimed a Jihad and led an uprising in the Sudan, known as the Mahdi Revolt, against the Khedivate of Egypt. Lance Sjt. Moved to Clandeboye in July 1915. July 1915 : moved to Seaford. [4], After a further tour of the trenches at Rouge Bancs, the battalion was posted to Albert in the Somme. 8th Btn. Moved to Bundoran in December 1914, going on to Randalstown in January 1915. The 107 Infantry Brigade HQ diary ishere, orhere. Their front line skirted the northern edge of Thiepval wood, facing a gentle upward slope toward Schwaben Redoubt, a defensive complex in the second main German trench system north of Thiepval. if (dailyinfo[daym] != "") { document.write(fontstart+dailyinfo[daym]+fontend) }
The 36 Division HQ (General Staff) diary ishere, orhere. Pages. For Falls, the main attack was that by 109th Brigade, with 107th Brigade following up. Find many great new & used options and get the best deals for WW1 British Army 1914 -15 Star, British War & Victory Medal, Royal Irish Rifles at the best online prices at eBay! Frank Harrison EDINGER Army Chaplains Department who died 26/02/1918 HOLLYBROOK MEMORIAL, SOUTHAMPTON United Kingdom '
dailyinfo[21]=' L/32287 Driver John Frampton GAZE "O" Bty. (d.7th Jun 1917), Blunden Robert. (d.20th August 1917), Gorman Gilbert. Landed Anzac Cove 5 August 1915. 15 May 1918 : disbanded at Deir-el-Nidham. I was able to walk along the very road where he was wounded for the last time in 1918 and to visit the grave of his patrol mate Herbert Musgrave. Formed at Belfast in September 1914 as part of K2 and came under command of 48th Brigade in 16th (Irish) Division. 18th (Reserve) Battalion Ken, George's birthdate is 15 November 1898 (he was born in Gilford). The Wartime Memories Project is a non profit organisation run by volunteers. - Royal Irish Regiment Museum. in Runcorn, Cheshire. "Foyle." Richard Whitworth 2nd Btn Royal Irish Rifles (d.8th Aug 1917), Sgt. We have a large archive of soldier records. All Rights Reserved. Part of 7th Brigade in 3rd Division. They should be Star, War Medal, Victory Medal and General Service Medal. Royal Irish Rifles (d.21st June 1917), Sgt. David Watson 12th Btn. 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. Bleakley . August 1914 : at Belfast. Killed in action on the 1st July 1916 - Age 20. New Zealand Engineers who died 13/03/1918 ST. POL COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION France '
3 February 1918 : transferred to 107th Brigade in 36th (Ulster) Division. The painting, 'Attack of the Ulster Division, 1 July 1916' by J P Beadle' is reproduced by kind permission of the Belfast City Council. In 1827 the Regiment added the titles of Fusilier and Royal to its name when its namesake the Prince of Wales acceded to the throne as King George IV and became the 87th (or Royal Irish Fusiliers) Regiment of Foot. became Pioneer Battalion to 36th (Ulster) Division in January 1915. All three regiments were awarded Albert, the official designation of the opening phase from 1st to 13th July 1916. Royal Irish Rifles (d.1st Jul 1916), Sgt. The Red Cross have a couple of records which can be linked to (using the 'PA' and 'R' numbers shown) from thisindex card. The Victoria Cross was awarded to three men from the Royal Irish Rifles: Edward De Wind, 15th Bttn - 21st March 1918 at Grugies, France. That battle had occurred fifty-two years earlier, then within living memory for many. The service of the 1st Battalion Royal Irish Rifles in World War I saw the battalion serving on the Western Front throughout the war. Samuel McCrory 10th Btn. (d.24th Jun 1915), Bruce James. The following month, the battalion returned to the Somme, where it remained until the Hundred Days Offensive saw the Allies going on the offensive and decisively defeating the Germans, bringing about the Armistice of 11 November 1918. - Royal Irish Fusiliers Museum The Faughs too received le Transloy as a battle honour. This was a XIV Corps operation to secure suitable ground from which to launch the first operation involving tanks, which occurred a few days later at Flers-Courcelette. Any cookies that may not be particularly necessary for the website to function and is used specifically to collect user personal data via analytics, ads, other embedded contents are termed as non-necessary cookies. Find many great new & used options and get the best deals for WW1 14th Battalion (Young Citizens Volunteers) Royal Irish Rifles Cap Badge Bras at the best online prices at eBay! Its area consisted of Antrim, Down, Belfast and Louth, with its depot located at the Belfast Infantry Barracks (later renamed Victoria Barracks). (d.24th Dec 1917), Magee Robert. dailyinfo[15]=' SS/342 Able Seaman Henry George SMITH (RFR/CH/B/5534).
14th Bde. ABSOLOM. By the end of the day two companies had been lost, the Commanding Officer wounded (he died later), the Adjutant killed and the Assistant Adjutant found it impossible to produce an accurate report of the days fighting. var month=mydate.getMonth()+1
Rfm. Royal Irish Rifles: KIA: [4], In June 1917, the battalion was transferred to positions immediately east of Ypres, where it supported the British offensive that opened the Battle of Passchendaele on 31 July. 262 names. (d.21st Jun 1917). In 1958 the Royal Ulster Rifles became part of the North Irish Brigade, and were expected to wear the Brigade badge. A date of birth may help to indicate when he was posted to the BEF. Pte. if (month<10) month="0"+month
Pte. Royal Irish Rifles (d.21st March 1918), Pte. My mission is to make the Long, Long Trail the best and most helpful reference site about the British Army in the Great War. We have a large archive of soldier records. Trace your military heritage through our Research Database. Seaforth Highlanders who died 20/03/1919 BEIRUT WAR CEMETERY Lebanese Republic '
For the rest of the war, he toured Ireland with recruiting parties encouraging men to enlist and serve their King and country in defence of the poor people of Belgium. 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. Rflmn. 3 February 1918 : transferred to 107th Brigade in 36th (Ulster) Division. Formed at Dublin in August 1914 as part of K1 and came under command of 29th Brigade in 10th (Irish) Division. Royal Irish Rifles Battalions of the Regular Army 1st Battalion August 1914 : in Aden. Rfm. Rflm. Commemoration Society (Images courtesy of the Society). August 1914 : in Aden. Probably because his enlistment in the R.I.R. He was had a tour in the Middle East and was a prisoner-of-war but I don't know where. Rfmn. dailyinfo[12]=' 457 Lance Corporal Arthur Price ROWE 2nd/7th Bn.