On 12 June, five regimental colours were laid up in a ceremony at St George's Hall, Windsor Castle in the presence of HM King George V.[40] The six regiments were then all disbanded on 31 July 1922. M-P. 7th Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment. 2nd Battalion in 32nd Division: Objective was Thiepval in Battle of the Somme, France: 5th Battalion in 10th (Irish) Division: Objective was Holding the Line in Battle of the Struma, Salonika: 6th Battalion in 10th (Irish) Division: Objective was Holding the Line in Battle of the Struma, Salonika: 7th Battalion in 16th (Irish) Division "First time @NAM_London today. 7th (Service) Battalion Formed at Belfast in September 1914 as part of K2 and came under command of 48th Brigade in 16th (Irish) Division. 7 July 1915: embarked at Liverpool and sailed to Gallipoli via Mudros. Library contains many many diary entries, personal letters and other documents, most transcribed into plain text. Landed Suvla Bay 7 August 1915. 1st Battalion, Black Watch, (royal Highlanders). T-V. 7th Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment. 26 July 1915 : transferred to 11th Brigade in same Division. Necessary cookies are absolutely essential for the website to function properly. research. [3], Based in Ireland for most of the Seven Years' War, in July 1767 it arrived in North America and spent the next eight years on garrison duty in Philadelphia and different parts of Illinois. 1st Battalion, The Royal Irish Regiment will be Light Recce Strike Infantry, located at Tern Hill. The Royal Irish. April 10-11 Battle of Messines (108 bde, with 19th division)(IX Corps, Second Army). W-Z. 17.06.1918 Transferred to the 102nd Brigade of the 34th . 18 April 1918 : reduced to cadre strength; reformed 26 June 1918. In the conflict between Charles successor, James II, and his son-in-law, William of Orange (later William III), the regiment split. 4th Battalion, Loyal North Lancashire Regiment. ), 5th Battalion, Duke of Wellington's (W.R.R. [24] Under the reforms the regiment became The Royal Irish Regiment on 1 July 1881. [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. Machine Gun Battalion, Royal Naval Division. 18th Battalion, King's Royal Rifle Corps. List of Officers of the Royal Regiment of Artillery. 1st/5th Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment. 3rd Battalion, King's On Scottish Borderers. 6th Battalion, Sherwood Foresters, (N&D Reg). [7] The regiment spent most of the next 25 years on garrison duty in Britain and Ireland; in 1751, reforms ended the tradition of naming units after their current colonel and the regiment was officially ranked as the 18th Regiment of Foot. 11th Battalion, East Lancashire Regiment. 5th Battalion, Northamptonshire Regiment. 5th Battalion, The Kings, (Livrpool Regiment). He was facing the right way, the last round of a clip in the breech and three dead Germans in front of him. The Long, Long Trail has always been free to use but it does cost money to operate. A training unit, it moved within a few days of declaration of war to Queenstown. [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. 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. 18 April 1918 : reduced to cadre strength; reformed 26 June 1918. The 18th (Royal Irish) Regiment storming the Chinese fortress at Amoy,1841. 14 October 1916 : transferred to 49th Brigade, 16th (Irish) Division. April 13 1918 Battle of Bailleul (108th Bde, with 19th division) (IX Corps, Second Army). We also use third-party cookies that help us analyze and understand how you use this website. This wasmostly stationed in England and Ireland from the 1850s to the 1880s, though it served in New Zealand between 1863 and 1870. The Royal Dublin Fusiliers was an infantry regiment of the British Army, which recruited in the east of Ireland. The Germans coming out of the morning mist were through the forward zone that some battalions were overrun before they realised that the attack had begun. 6th Infantry Labour Company., Devonshire Regiment. 5th Battalion,King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry. A training unit, it remained in UK throughout the war. 2nd/5th Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment. 15 October 1916 : amalgamated with 8th Battalion to form 7/8th Battalion. 1st Battalion, South Staffordshire Regiment. Records of 7th (South Irish Horse) Battalion, Royal Irish Regiment from other sources. 8th battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment. 4th Battalion, King's Own, (Royal Lancaster Regiment). 6th Battalion, York & Lancaster Regiment. 3rd Battalion, The Queen's, (Royal West surrey Regiment). 2nd Garrison Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment. This website is paid for out of our own pockets, library subscriptions and from donations made by visitors. August 16-18th Battle of Langemarck (XIX Corps, Fifth Army. Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service. 12th Battalion, Northamptonshire Regiment. April 17 18 1918 First Battle of Kemmel Ridge. In 1857, the regiment raised a 2nd Battalion again, this time out of volunteers from Irelands militia regiments. This website uses cookies to improve your experience while you navigate through the website. [5][6][13][14][15][16] The regiment was initially based at Limerick. Want to know what life was like during the Great War? If you are enjoying the site, please consider making a donation, however small The German front line on the outskirts of Ginchy were soon taken and consolidated. April 1915 enlisted as a volunteer in the 6th Service Battalion of the Royal Irish Rifles. Ten battalions of the regimentsaw service during the First World War (1914-18). North Staffordshire Regiment. We are now on Facebook. [14][15], The regiment was awarded the following Battle honours:[13]. April 1918 : landed in France. This infantry unit has origins dating back to 1688. 2nd Battalion, South Lancashire Regiment. A-C. 1st Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment, D-H. 1st Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment. 8th (Reserve) Battalion, Northamptonshire Regiment. 3 November 1916 : transferred to 30th Brigade, 10th (Irish) Division. We have a large archive of soldier records. 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. [14][25][26], Prior to World War I the South Irish Horse was attached to the Regular 3rd Cavalry Brigade at The Curragh. 1st/5th Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment. 4th Battalion, Cameronians, (Scottish Rifles). For example, to search for a battalion in the Northumberland Fusiliers, you need only search using the word Northumberland. 13th Battalion, King's Royal Rifle Corps. These cookies do not store any personal information. [15] 10th Battalion, Sherwood Foresters, (N&D Reg). In 1751, it was given a regimental numeral of 18, despite being the seventh oldest Britishinfantry regiment at that time. F-K. 8th Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment. If you have a general question please post it on our Facebook page. H-P. 10th Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment, Q-Z. 25 May 1918 : became the 8th Garrison Bn. John is remembered on the Tyne Cot Memorial and is commemorated on the Triptych in St. Paul's Church Jarrow. 1st Battalion, The Kings, (Liverpool Regiment). 9th Battalion, Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry. 21st (Labour) Battalion, Cheshire Regiment. It recruited in Munster, a province in the south-west of Ireland. [33] Disbandment [ edit] 10th Battalion, The Queen's, (Royal West Surrey Regiment). 7th Battalion, South Staffordshire Regiment. The Long, Long Trail website uses cookies only to make sure the site works and to improve your experience as a user. 12th Battalion, Loyal North Lancashire Regiment. Royal Irish Regiment at Long, Long Trail. When searching for unit numbers, use cardinal numbers (i.e. As the Territorial and Reserve Forces Act of 1907 did not call for the creation of TF units in Ireland, the regiment had no TF battalions. 20th Battalion, The Kings, (Liverpool Regiment). History of the Royal Regiment of Artillery. I-M. 1st Battalion Lincolnshire Regiment. Sydney was probably invalided home in the spring or early summer of 1916 with malaria. announced in the London Gazette. [5] 9th Battalion, British West Indies Regiment. Formed in France on 1st September 1917 from the dismounted 1st & 2nd South Irish Horse. Please note: We are unable to provide individual research. The 6th service battalion had been formed in Dublin in 1914 and by February 1915 was at The Curragh racecourse. No personal details are collected. October 25th 1918 Ooteghem (II Corps, Second Army). Some evidence that it was at nearby Durrington in October 1918. 19th Battalion, The Kings, (Liverpool Regiment). Due to this, it is possible to confirm that John enlisted in May 1915 at the Hanley Recruiting depot or via a recruiting officer. It then formedpart of Indias garrison until 1854, when it moved to the Crimean War (1854-56). 17th Battalion, Sherwood Foresters, (N&D Reg). 27th Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers. Thought the presentation & interpretation made the subject accessible". 10th Battalion, Duke of Wellington's (W.R.R.). 2nd Battalion, Sherwood Foresters, (N&D Reg). 5th Battalion, Oxford & Buckingham Light Infantry. Copyright 2023. Want to know what life was like during the Great War? August 1914 : in Kilkenny. S-V. 1st Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment. 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. 7th Battalion, Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers. 4th Battalion, Sherwood Foresters,(N&D Reg). 20th Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers. 1st Battalion, Royal Warwickshire Regiment. [5][6][7][8], The 17th Battalion together with the 18th (Sharpshooters) Battalion embarked on the SS Galecka in April and landed at Beira in Portuguese East Africa on 4 May 1900 to join the Rhodesian Field Force (RFF) under Lt-Gen Sir Frederick Carrington. 13 July 1918 : became the 8th (Service) Bn. "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.". 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. [2], The regiment was formed in 1684 by the Earl of Granard from independent companies in Ireland. [25] It served as the county regiment of Tipperary, Waterford, Wexford and Kilkenny. 20th Battalion, King's Royal Rifle Corps. If you use Twitter, you can always contact me at my account @1418research. You do not need to include the word 'regiment', 'battalion' or 'brigade'. ), December 3rd The German counterattack. 1916. 1996-2023 The Long, Long Trail. This included service in the Second Afghan War (1878-80). On 7th December H.M. the King with H.R.H. 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 Battalion, Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers. 7th Battalion, Royal Warwickshire Regiment. (At the same time the 74th (Dublin) Company was raised in 16th Battalion and the 99th (Irish) Company in 8th Battalion. For three of those years it was joined there by a 2nd Battalion. 3rd Battalion, Sherwood Foresters, (N&D Reg). 1st Battalion, The Buffs, (East Kent Regiment). 16th Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers. They were equipped to operate as Mounted infantry, armed with a LeeMetford infantry rifle and bayonet instead of a cavalry carbine and sabre. 6th Battalion, Oxford & Buckingham Light Infantry. 19th Battalion, Sherwood Foresters, (N&D Reg). A-B.. 7th Battalion, Linconshire Regiment. 13th Battalion, Gloucestershire Regiment. 11th Battalion, King's Royal Rifle Corps. It was then posted to the West Indies from 1805 until the end of the war in 1814. February 1916 : landed in France. West Riding Regiment (2nd Battalion)-Sergeant C Sims. Under the Cardwell reforms of 1881, it was renamedThe Royal Irish Regiment and became the county regiment ofKilkenny, Wexford, Waterford and Tipperary. 8th (Service) Battalion 10th Battalion, King's Royal Rifle Corps. 11th Battalion, Queen's Own, (Royal West Kent Regiment). 28th Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers. 24 October 1914 : transferred as Army Troops to Lines of Communication. 1801: 1 April - 7th Battalion formed from the Royal Irish Artillery - 4 companies in West Indies and 2 companies in Ireland retained; other 4 . 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W-Z. ), 6th Battalion, Duke of Wellington's (W.R.R. 2nd Battalion, Oxford & Buckingham Light Infantry. - Inniskillings Museum 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. They are in record series WO 95. (108th Bde, with 19th division) (IX Corps, Second Army). He was only 18 years old. At this time they were part of the 49th Brigade, 16th (Irish) Division. 4th Battalion, Royal Marine Light Infantry. Records of 7th (South Irish Horse) Battalion, Royal Irish Regiment from other sources. 13th Battalion, The Kings, (Liverpool Regiment). 2nd (Entrenching Battalion) Lincolnshire Regiment. 21st Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers. In April 1918, the battalion was reduced to cadre strength before being reformed in June and them immediately transferred to 21st Brigade, 30th Division. - 7th Battalion, Royal Irish Rifles during the Great War -. After severe fighting, the attack, which had been favoured by a dense mist, was driven off. Having taken part in the fighting of World War I, it was disbanded after Irish Independence in 1922. 14 July 1918 : transferred to 50th (Northumbrian) Division as Pioneer Bn. Simply enter your email address below to start receiving our monthly email newsletter. S-V. 2nd Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment. 8th Battalion, Loyal North Lancashire Regiment. If you can provide any additional information, please add it here. 11th Battalion, The Queen's, (Royal West Surrey regiment). 14 March 1915 : transferred to 12th Brigade, 4th Division. The Division settled down for the winter in Mouscron (divisional headquarters, 107th and 108th Brigades, two field companies, two field ambulances, and the Train). 1st, 2nd, 3rd etc.). 7th Battalion, King's Own, (Royal Lancaster Regiment). L-Z. A-K. 12th (Yeomanry) Battalion, Norfolk Regiment. This accounts for the absence of some appendices referred to on the covers of many diaries. 3rd Battalion, The Kings, (Liverpool Regiment). to help with the costs of keeping the site running. 8th Battalion, The Buffs, (East Kent Regiment). Two battalions of the Royal Ulster Rifles land in Normandy by air and by sea. 5th Battalion, Royal Warwickshire Regiment. [33], Due to substantial defence cuts and the establishment of the Irish Free State in 1922, it was agreed that the six former Southern Ireland regiments would be disbanded,[38][39] including the Royal Irish Regiment. L-Z. 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. [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. This website is paid for out of our own pockets, library subscriptions and from donations made by visitors. The South Irish Horse was a Special Reserve cavalry regiment of the British Army. Unlike the TF, which was intended for home defence in the first instance, the SR was constituted as a reserve for the Regular Army. 6th Bttn, Leinster Regiment. 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