Moved to England in April 1918, going to Larkhill where absorbed by 3rd (Reserve) Bn. - Royal Ulster Rifles Museum (d.7th Jun 1917) Beggs Thomas Alex Thompson. to help with the costs of keeping the site running. 14th (Young Citizens) Battalion, Royal Irish Rifles during the Great War 1914-1918. 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. 20th (Reserve) Battalion 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. Attacking on the left flank of the Ulster Division, as part of 29th Division, 1st Bn The Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers sustained heavy losses, their casualties numbering 568, much the same as the most heavily hit units of 36th Division 13th Bn The Royal Irish Rifles and 11th Bn The Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers (595 and 598 respectively). dailyinfo[18]='
6422 Private Charlie GILBERT 4th Coy. dailyinfo[17]=' PLY/3566 Private Samuel ROBINSON H.M.S. The painting, 'Attack of the Ulster Division, 1 July 1916' by J P Beadle' is reproduced by kind permission of the Belfast City Council. We also use third-party cookies that help us analyze and understand how you use this website. [6], Following the Armistice, the battalion was posted to the formerly German-occupied area of Mouscron in Belgium before returning to England in May 1919. (d.1st Jul 1916), Leinster David A.. Rfm 10th Btn. The summary includes a brief description of the collection(s) (usually including the covering dates of the collection),
He received four metals and have attached two pages of the medals that my uncle/his son sent to me: (1) Victory Medal; (2) medal from his tour in Middle East because it read Iraq under the ribbon and the medal; (3) a silver medal with the bust of George V on one side and on the other side is a man on a horse; and the last one is gold with crossed sword with a wreathon one side and on the other side is 9929 (line 1), - I cannot read -Harper (line 2), and Royal Irish Rifles (line 3). I see no reason why he received the 1914-15 Star except by an error. cojanis15 February , 2019 in Soldiers and their units. dailyinfo[23]=' 9656 Private Isaac COOPER "A" Coy. 11th (Service) Battalion (South Antrim) Adair J. On either flank of the Ulster Division, the German defences had prevailed. 14th Btn. if (dailyinfo[daym] != "") { document.write(fontstart+dailyinfo[daym]+fontend) }
Looks like 2nd Battalion. Ourheroesinmemoriam.co.uk. 6 November 1914 : landed at Le Havre. 14th Btn. Royal Irish Regiment Battalions of the Regular Army 1st Battalion August 1914 : in Nasirabad (where it had been stationed since 1912). By doing so, you will enable it to remain free to all. CLM, thank you so much. 14th Btn. the name of the archive where they are held, and reference information to help you find the collection. Rflmn. Rfl. This website uses cookies to improve your experience while you navigate through the website. 3 February 1918 : transferred to 107th Brigade in 36th (Ulster) Division. 14th Btn. 16th Battalion (d.22nd Aug 1916), Gorman Gilbert. If you use Twitter, you can always contact me at my account @1418research. A training unit of the Special Reserve, it moved on mobilisation to Dublin. Royal Navy who died 15/03/1917 CHATHAM NAVAL MEMORIAL United Kingdom '
Delayed by two days because of bad weather, the story of the attack on Saturday 1st July is well known, as is the part played by 36th (Ulster) Division. The amalgamation of two historic regiments - the 83 rd (County of Dublin) and the 86 th (Royal County Down) Regiments of Foot, formed one of many two battalion Regiments in the army - the 1 st and 2 nd Battalions Royal Irish Rifles . Battle Honour ST QUENTIN - German Spring Offensive 1918. Discharged 5.6.1921 (Fold 3) or 1922 (RUR Register). 1st Battalion Royal Irish Rifles in World War I, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=1st_Battalion_Royal_Irish_Rifles_in_World_War_I&oldid=1092217151, Battalions of the British Army in World War I, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License 3.0, This page was last edited on 8 June 2022, at 22:02. Royal Marine Light Infantry who died 17/03/1918 BELLAVISTA OLD BRITISH CEMETERY Peru '
5th (Extra Reserve) Battalion dailyinfo[8]=' 13277 Labourer Klaas NERO South African Native Labour Corps who died 08/03/1917 PUGU ROAD 1914-1918 MEMORIAL Tanzania '
2nd July : Martinsart. By 16 August, when it had advanced well forward of the rest of the attacking force, it only had one surviving officer and 60 other ranks. 13th (Service) Battalion (1st County Down) The events of the day were made even more spectacular by the presence of some 150 members of the Irish Guards the regimental band, the pipes and drums, the regimental mascot, wolfhound Domhnall, and a guard of honour. (d.7th Jun 1917), Burns John. .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. At Armistice on 11 November the battalion were at Mouscron, north east of Tourcoing, where it remained and was demobilised by June 1919. 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. Copyright 2023. Welcome to Irelands Great War a program dedicated to exploring Irelands role in the Great War 1914 1918, its aftermath and legacy. else { document.write(fontstart+"No major events today"+fontend); }
108th Brigade / 36th (Ulster) Division . 3rd July : Forceville. 15th (North Belfast) Battalion, Davies Henry John Herbert. 4th Bn. The Commonwealth War Graves Commission has 715 recorded WW1 deaths for the 12th (Service) Battalion, (Central Antrim), Royal Irish Rifles. Split by the Ancre River, the brigade suffered severely with the 9th Bn The Royal Irish Fusiliers being all but wiped out. 17th (Reserve) Battalion British Army WW1 period 23rd Hussars hat badge. (d.1st Jul 1916), Henderson J.. 14th Btn. By Richard Doherty, military historian, writer and broadcaster. Allsopp Matthew. 1st Bn. 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. On 13 December, 10 officers and 450 other ranks were moved with only one hours notice to garrison Cairo. 18th (Reserve) Battalion att 109th Light Trench Mortar Bty (d.1st Jul 1916), McNally F.. Rfm. Rflmn. All three regiments were awarded Albert, the official designation of the opening phase from 1st to 13th July 1916. dailyinfo[27]=' 5778 Private William CUMMINGS 6th Bn. Haig wanted a delay so that the British Expeditionary Force could amass more artillery and better train their citizen soldiers. 2nd Btn. Rflmn 15th Battalion (d.1st July 1916), McCleery A.. 14th Btn. 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! 20 December 1915 : landed at le Havre. The Society organised a wide range of fund-raising events and, thanks to the generosity of the people of Bushmills and much further afield. Rflmn. We have a large archive of soldier records. 1st July : Attack between St Pierre-Divion and Schwaben Redoubt. Michael Jordan 6th Battalion Royal Irish Rifles (d.10th Aug 1915), Ireland's Unknown Soldiers: The 16th (Irish) Division in the Great War, Belfast Boys: How Unionists and Nationalists Fought and Died Together in the First World War. dailyinfo[22]=' 25368 Quartermaster Serjeant Leonard Henry CADE Meritorious Service Medal 12th Coy. (d.1st Jul 1916), McClelland James Arthur. On 15/02/2019 at 15:12, jonbem said: On 17/02/2019 at 14:33, kenf48 said: WARD, Frederick, Private (50236). (d.7th Sep 1916), Aggas George Robert. The 36th (Ulster) Division arrived in France in October 1915 and fought in France and Flanders, in the Battles of Somme, Messines, Passchendaele, Cambrai, Kaiserschlacht and the final 100 days of war that led to victory. Rflmn. He died in 1955, at the age of seventy, and was buried with full military honours at Billy Parish Church, near Bushmills. "Orbita."
(d.4th October 1914), Craig Thomas. 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. (d.20th Sep 1914), Brians Thomas Hutchinson. Returned to UK and landed at Devonport on 18 November 1914, then came under command of 82nd Brigade, 27th Division. 9th Btn. Accepting he may have added a few months to his age on enlistment if he told the truth it means he enlisted aged eighteen. Samuel McCrory 10th Btn. The leading battalions of 109th Brigade (9th Bn and 10th Bn The Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers) broke into the Schwaben Redoubt with some elements even pushing on to reach the D Line, part of the German second defensive zone. dailyinfo[11]=' Captain Charles Edmund WOOD Mentioned in Despatches Adjt. Bloomfield Arthur Henry. 14th (Service) Battalion (Young Citizens) 1st Battalion (d.21st March 1918), Parker Robert John. 10th (Service) Battalion (South Belfast) Scott Kennedy. This happened on the 14th of July 1916 after his battalion had been in action at Ovilliers. However, the attack was scheduled for Thursday 29th June 1916. Some evidence that it was at Dundalk shortly before departure. The Royal Irish Regiment, until 1881 the 18th Regiment of Foot, was an infantry regiment of the line in the British Army, first raised in 1684. Formed in Holywood around November 1915 as a Reserve Battalion, from depot companies of 13th and 16th Bns. Fortunately for Quigg, his platoon commander was twenty-year-old Second Lieutenant Sir Harry Macnaghten, the heir to the Macnaghten estate and a man he would have known well. Val Whitty 1st Btn. Appears to have been at Cawnpore, Allahabad and possibly Shahjahanpur. Although the part played by the 36th (Ulster) Division in the Somme battles was over, there was still much to do for Inniskilling, Rifles and Faugh battalions. (d.8 January 1916), Ayre Samuel. Formed in Dublin in November 1915 and moved to India in February 1916. You also have the option to opt-out of these cookies. 1st Battalion. Rflmn. A date of birth may help to indicate when he was posted to the BEF. On the outbreak of the Great War the regiments two regular battalions and three Special Reserve battalions were mobilised. By October its strength was further reduced to two officers and 46 men and by the end of 1914, some 97% of the battalion had been killed, wounded or taken prisoner. July 1915 : moved to Seaford. Those known to have served with Royal Irish Rifles during the Great War 1914-1918. We are incredibly proud of him and how he survived the unimaginable conflict that he endured from 1914 until his discharge in 1917. 4th Btn. (d.1st July 1916) Bothwell R.. (d.1st Jul 1917) The Division was relieved on 2 July, having suffered 5104 casualties of who approximately 2069 died. Moved to Newtownards and came under orders of 108th Brigade in 36th (Ulster) Division. They proceeded to France with the BEF, landing at Rouen on the 14th of August. 6th Btn. var mydate=new Date()
My Grandad was shot in the thigh by a machine gun bullet but made it back to friendly lines alive. The sole Irish unit involved was 2nd Bn The Royal Irish Regiment (18th of Foot) in 22nd Brigade of the 7th Division, at Mametz. William joined the Royal Irish Rifles, 36th Ulster Division and was sent to war in France on 4th of October 1915. (d.21st March 1918), McComb Francis. Moved to Hursley Park and came under command of 25th Brigade in 8th Division. I have a question: once a PoW is released, how long before he returns to his unit (I know it would depend on the soldier's condition.)? You need to be a member in order to leave a comment. 2nd Battalion 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'. Moved to Hursley Park and came under command of 25th Brigade in 8th Division. Richard Whitworth 2nd Btn Royal Irish Rifles (d.8th Aug 1917), Sgt. Rfm. The popularity of the site means that it is far exceeding available resources. Sergeant OCathain is a long service career soldier joining up with the 86th (Royal County Down) Regiment of Foot when he was only a young teenager: he had lied about his age. Battle Honour ST QUENTIN - German Spring Offensive 1918. He enlisted as 5/9929 in 5th RIR 8.11.1916 and served with 2nd RIR in the BEF from 12.3.1918. (d.7th Jun 1917), Currie Harold. He left behind his wife Catherine (Nee McCormick) and his three sons Richard, Patrick and John. 2nd Bn. Re-enlisted the following day, number 7006511. Royal Irish Rifles. (d.21st March 1915), Morrow Arthur Galway. [4], After a further tour of the trenches at Rouge Bancs, the battalion was posted to Albert in the Somme. (d.7th Jun 1917), Blunden Robert. Uniquely, The Royal Irish Rifles were awarded two on the same day - 1 July 1916. (d.14th Nov 1916), Brooks Patrick. Trace your military heritage through our Research Database. . There is help on how to research a soldierhere. 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. (d.24th Jun 1915), Bruce James. During the First World War officers and men of The Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers were awarded eight Victoria Crosses, The Royal Irish Rifles three and The Royal Irish Fusiliers two. Rfm. Their company-strength operation succeeded, resulting in the capture of enemy equipment and prisoners, and a Military Cross for the Company Commander.