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Rfm. This website uses cookies to improve your experience while you navigate through the website. Rfm. Returned to UK and landed at Liverpool on 22 October 1914. We have a large archive of soldier records. August 1914 : at Newtownards. His British War & Victory medal roll record (as linked by Jon in post #2) indicates that his WW1 overseas service was entirely with the 2nd Battalion of the Royal Irish Rifles. 14th Btn. The medals in your PDF are in the reverse order. AU $50.00 + AU $7.00 postage. It was amazing to see him with both arms and looking amazingly like my son, his grandson at the same age 100 years apart. Part of 7th Brigade in 3rd Division. Want to know what life was like during the Great War? It was thought he might have to lose the leg but it was saved. Pte. dailyinfo[11]=' Captain Charles Edmund WOOD Mentioned in Despatches Adjt. 1st Garrison Battalion, Royal Irish Rifles, 8th (East Belfast) Battalion, Royal Irish Rifles, 9th (West Belfast) Battalion, Royal Irish Rifles, 10th (South Belfast) Battalion, Royal Irish Rifles, 11th (South Antrim) Battalion, Royal Irish Rifles, 12th (Central Antrim) Battalion, Royal Irish Rifles, 13th (1st County Down) Battalion, Royal Irish Rifles, 14th (Young Citizens) Battalion, Royal Irish Rifles, 15th (North Belfast) Battalion, Royal Irish Rifles, 16th (2nd County Down Pioneers) Battalion, Royal Irish Rifles, Adams Dickson. The battalion war diary for March 1918 ishere at the National Archives, orhere on Ancestry. Moved to Clandeboye and came under orders of 108th Brigade in 36th (Ulster) Division. Rflmn. The 36th (Ulster) Division on 1 July 1916. (d.7th Jun 1917), Boulger John. In the Third Battle of Ypres the battalion took part in the Battle of Pilkem. 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. 17117 Lance Corporal. Moved to England in April 1918, going to Larkhill where absorbed by 3rd (Reserve) Bn. The Royal Irish Rifles Graveyard, was carried on by fighting units until July 1916; and these original burials are now in Plots I and II. (d.2nd August 1917), Burnett Corry. 262 names. During this patrol Major Herbert Musgrave from Corps Intelligence was killed. 8th (Service) Battalion (East Belfast) 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. 15th (Service) Battalion (North Belfast) (d.1st Jul 1917), Bothwell Thomas Henry. 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. Irish Guards who died 18/03/1916 CALAIS SOUTHERN CEMETERY France ' Rflm. Their company-strength operation succeeded, resulting in the capture of enemy equipment and prisoners, and a Military Cross for the Company Commander. 2nd Battalion In 1917 they were in action at the Battle of Messines attacking between the Wulverghem-Messines and Wulverghem-Wytschaete roads. Formed in County Down in September 1914 from the Down Volunteers. Samuel McCrory 10th Btn. We are now on Facebook. Royal Irish Rifles (d.21st Nov 1917), Rflmn. . On 14 August it landed in Rouen with 1,100 men as part of the 7th Brigade, 3rd Division. (d.21st Jun 1917). Moved to Clandeboye in July 1915. 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. (d.22nd October 1918), Watson Joseph. Its area consisted of Antrim, Down, Belfast and Louth, with its depot located at the Belfast Infantry Barracks (later renamed Victoria Barracks). But opting out of some of these cookies may have an effect on your browsing experience. He was a prisoner-of-war but I don't know where. Royal Irish Rifles. Rfmn. Rfm. The 83rd who were fighting in the Transvaal War (First Anglo-Boer War) at the time, became the new regiments 1st Battalion. Rflmn. (d.21st March 1915), Morrow Arthur Galway. October 1915 : landed at Boulogne. (d.7th June 1917), McIlroy Samuel. Balmoral Industrial School Roll of Honour. Rest in peace in Mill Road Cemetery . Moved to Holywood in May 1915 and on to Ballykinlar in March 1918. (d.1st July 1915), Blackadder Thomas. I was able to visit the battle fields in Belgium, where he fought for so long, in 2007. 14th Btn. By nightfall, the 12th Battalion had suffered horrific casualties and Quigg learned that Sir Harry Macnaghten was among the missing. It was increased after the Armistice by the concentration of graves (chiefly of 1914-15 and 1918) from the battlefields East of Estaires and Bethune and from certain smaller cemeteries, including:- . July 1915 : moved to Seaford. Royal Irish Rifles (d.1st Jul 1916), Rfmn. Fourth (UK) Army deployment, 1 July 1916. Moved to Hursley Park and came under command of 25th Brigade in 8th Division. July 1915 : moved to Seaford. [1] in his home town of Bushmills, in time for the centenary of the first day of the Battle of the Somme. Moved to Bundoran in December 1914, going on to Randalstown in January 1915. 15th Btn. The ceremony was the result of four years of work by the Robert Quigg V.C. Royal Irish Rifles (d.14th Jul 1917), 2nd Lt. Sydney James Livingston Downey 14th Battalion Royal Irish Rifles (d.7th Jun 1917), Rflmn. 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. Its also engraved in the history of most regiments and in the nations psyche. His name was Duff. (d.7th Jun 1917), Burns John. (d.1st Jul 1916). Researching soldiers of the British Army in the Great War of 1914-1919. In August 1914, Sergeant OCathain was with the 2nd Battalion garrisoned at Tidworth, Wiltshire in England. On 1 April 2022 soldiers in the company transferred to foot guards regiments and the company became No 15 (Loos) Company, Irish Guards. I see no reason why he received the 1914-15 Star except by an error. Robert Birnie 12th Battalion Royal Irish Rifles (d.1st July 1916), Rflmn. The Great War Forum Limited If you are enjoying the site, please consider making a donation, however small . The Robert Quigg V.C. Royal Irish Rifles, Rfm. 9th Btn. He was facing the right way, the last round of a clip in the breech and three dead Germans in front of him. Search this site. The Victoria Cross was awarded to three men from the Royal Irish Rifles: Edward De Wind, 15th Bttn - 21st March 1918 at Grugies, France. We place some essential cookies on your device to make this website work. (d.1st Jul 1916), Topping Samuel. dailyinfo[9]=' Boy SALEH HAJI S.S. TANGISTAN (Swansea).Indian Merchant Service who died 09/03/1915 BOMBAY 1914-1918 MEMORIAL, MUMBAI India ' 16th Bn (d.2nd Dec 1917), Slacke Charles Owen. Rfm. [1] The Ottoman Empire had not yet entered the war so the battalion was sent to England in September, where it prepared for a deployment to France, attached to the 25th Infantry Brigade, 8th Division. 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. The summary includes a brief description of the collection(s) (usually including the covering dates of the collection), Albert Edward Cox 14th Btn. The last casualty that Quigg saved was Robert Matthews, from the village of Mosside, less than six miles from Bushmills. (The exception was after April 1918, but not relevant here as he was captured during the German Spring Offensive). On 1 July 1916, Quigg advanced with his platoon towards the German trenches through a torrent of gunfire and artillery. (d.25th Sep 1915), Bowler Harold. 10th Btn. dailyinfo[14]=' 16511 Private Albert COLEMAN "D" Coy. The Royal Irish. The Long, Long Trail has always been free to use but it does cost money to operate. 14th (Service) Battalion (Young Citizens) Scott Kennedy. Ken, we were under the assumption that he lied about his age when he enlisted. dailyinfo[22]=' 25368 Quartermaster Serjeant Leonard Henry CADE Meritorious Service Medal 12th Coy. Rflm. 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. You need to be a member in order to leave a comment. The regiment was then posted to Nova Scotia. (d.6th Jun 1918), Scott Walter. 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. This sample comprises some 15,000 records of soldiers who served with the Royal Irish Rifles and Royal Irish Fusiliers up to 1922. . The 2nd Battalion were in action again on the Somme in the Battles of the Lys and the final advance in Flanders. He returned to his unit 30th of November 1916 and took part in the battle of Messines Ridge, the 1917 campaigns in Flanders, the tank battle at Cambrai, and the German Spring offensives of March 1918. 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. You also have the option to opt-out of these cookies. It participated in the final Allied offensive against Germany in 1918 before returning home in May 1919. Royal Irish Regiment Battalions of the Regular Army 1st Battalion August 1914 : in Nasirabad (where it had been stationed since 1912). Welcome. I was personally greatly privileged to have the honour of welcoming the Queen to Bushmills, informing the audience about the statue, and inviting Her Majesty to perform the unveiling. 5th Bde. 16th Btn. Beggs Thomas Alexander Thompson. (d.20th August 1917), Gorman Gilbert. 14th Btn. A date of birth may help to indicate when he was posted to the BEF. dailyinfo[4]=' Matrose Paul KURZKE Torpedoboot "G85" German Navy who died 04/03/1919 CANNOCK CHASE GERMAN MILITARY CEMETERY United Kingdom ' More recently my brothers, sister and I have started to piece together his war-time story. 15 May 1918 : disbanded at Deir-el-Nidham. 16th Battalion (d.22nd Aug 1916), Gorman Gilbert. In July 1968 the three constituent Regiments merged to form the three component battalions of the newly created "Royal Irish Rangers (27th (Inniskilling), 83rd & 87th)". Rflmn. William joined the Royal Irish Rifles, 36th Ulster Division and was sent to war in France on 4th of October 1915. Rflmn. (d.22nd Mar 1917), Mailey John Henry. Copyright 2023. Moved to Ballykinlar in October 1915 and went on to Dundalk in August 1917. With 49th Brigade called in to support the attack, more success was gained on the left where 7th Bn The Royal Irish Rifles of 48th Brigade and 7th Bn The Royal Irish Fusiliers of 49th Brigade broke through the German line, allowing two battalions from The Royal Dublin Fusiliers to pass through to seize the objective. 14th Btn. If you use Twitter, you can always contact me at my account @1418research. 11th Battalion (d.16th Aug 1917), Tweedie Charles. (d.7th June 1917), Brown John. 11th (Service) Battalion (South Antrim) (d.7th July 1917 ), Anderson Stanley Orme. Formed at Belfast in September 1914 from the Belfast Volunteers. Necessary cookies are absolutely essential for the website to function properly. A Coy. However, the attack was scheduled for Thursday 29th June 1916. It suffered very heavy casualties, repeatedly losing its commanding officers during offensives; by the end of one attack in 1916, it was down to only one surviving officer and sixty men. . 1st Btn. dailyinfo[13]=' 37643 Sapper Thomas John ECCLESTON Tunnelling Coy. (d.16th Aug 1917), Bailie David. 3 February 1918 : transferred to 107th Brigade in 36th (Ulster) Division. Cunliffe, Marcus, The Royal Irish Fusiliers, 1793-1968 (Oxford, Oxford University Press, 1970). 11th Btn (d.1st Jul 1916), Whelan William Clement. (d.1st Jul 1916), Careswell Ernest Francis. att 109th Light Trench Mortar Bty (d.1st Jul 1916), McNally F.. Rfm. Adair J. Formed at Dublin in August 1914 as part of K1 and came under command of 29th Brigade in 10th (Irish) Division. 14th Btn. Battalion Unknown Abigail S H Rfn 9/43518 : Short Record Of Service Apperson G J Captain MC : Photo Ash R W Rfn (POW) : Short Record Of Service Baskwell W Rfn : Short Record Of Service Best F V Rfn 43399 : Short Record Of Service Bowkett W G T Rfn : Short Record Of Service The original hangs in the City Hall, Belfast. 14th Bde. (d.7th Jun 1917), Mercer Samuel. 11th Btn. Worcestershire Regiment who died 23/02/1915 LOKER CHURCHYARD Belgium ' 2nd Lt. Edmund DeWind VC 15th Btn. In all, twenty Irish battalions, plus The Tyneside Irish, took part in the attack. 4th Btn. CLM, thank you so much. The sculpture was created by David Annand (www.davidannand.com). Rfmn. 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. A week later 16th (Irish) Division attacked Ginchy, a mile north-east of Guillemont. 1st Battalion, Royal Irish Rifles were in Aden at the out break of the Great Was in August 1914. Served in Mesopotamia 18.9.1919 to 23.5.1921. Royal Irish Rifles, Rflmn. Moved to Ballykinlare and came under orders of 107th Brigade in 36th (Ulster) Division. Rflm. . dailyinfo[26]=' Chaplain 4th Class The Rev. Moore John Trid. (d.1st Jul 1916), De Carteret Henry James. (d.1st Jul 1916), Henderson J.. 14th Btn. att 109th Light Trench Mortar Bty (d.1st Jul 1916), Moore Robert. 1st July : Attack between St Pierre-Divion and Schwaben Redoubt. 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. (d.7th Jun 1917), Birnie Robert. HERE is the medal roll on Ancestry. The 16th (Irish) Division arrived in France in April 1916 and fought in France and Flanders, in the Battles of Loos, Somme, Messines, Passchendaele, Cambrai and Kaiserschlacht when the entire division was reduced to cadre strength. My grandfather Wilfred Lewis was 6 years younger than William so survived the great war, but we will never forget him or the sacrifice he made for our freedom. It was recalled and landed at Liverpool on 22 October 1914, it was then dispatched to Le Havre as part of the 25th Brigade, 8th Division in November 1914 for service on the Western Front. Repatriated 27.11.1918. The London Irish Rifles (LIR) was a reserve infantry regiment and then company of the British Army. Was 19 years old that a man could enlisted? [3], During the Battle of Fromelles on 1920 July 1915 - The battle of Fromelles took place on 19 and 20 July 1916. [6] Very few of its original members from 1914 survived the war.[7]. Royal Irish Rifles. 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. Royal Irish Rifles. 2nd Bn. to help with the costs of keeping the site running. + AU $7.00 postage. Battle Honour ST QUENTIN - German Spring Offensive 1918. September 1917 : moved to Egypt for service in Palestine. Leinster Regiment who died 27/02/1918 JERUSALEM MEMORIAL Israel and Palestine (including Gaza) ' dailyinfo[16]=' 22659 Serjeant George SNELL Military Medal "T" Bty. I know around this time the Battalion were either stationed in Rainneville or St Gratien, so how he died exactly and what wounds were inflicted remains a mystery. Rflmn. 2nd Bn. 5/9929 Rfm. (d.1st Jul 1916), Gallagher Thomas. It travelled from Southampton to Le Havre at the start of November and took up positions east of Laventie in the Pas de Calais. August 1914 : at Downpatrick. 12th Btn. Rfm. Formed in Belfast in September 1914 from the Belfast Volunteers. 19th (Reserve) Battalion dailyinfo[27]=' 5778 Private William CUMMINGS 6th Bn. 3rd (Reserve) Battalion 13 November 1917 : transferred to 108th Brigade in 36th (Ulster) Division, absorbing 7th Battalion. He left behind his wife Catherine (Nee McCormick) and his three sons Richard, Patrick and John. The battle mentioned here should be the Battle of Aubers ridge (910 May 1915) - the battalion successfully took its objectives at Rouge Bancs near Fromelles, but it again suffered very heavy casualties. Free delivery for many products. Was your Army Service Corps soldier renumbered with a T4 prefix? August 1914 : at Tidworth. All three brigades fought in the Battle for Ginchy, although 49th Brigade was in reserve initially. Royal Irish Rifles. All three regiments were awarded Albert, the official designation of the opening phase from 1st to 13th July 1916. 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. A training unit of the Special Reserve, it moved on mobilisation to Dublin. 9th Btn. Rfm. S.. 2Lt. Their attack was one of the finest displays of human courage in the world. 28 November 1915 : sailed from Marseilles for Salonika. When he enlisted, he served with the 12th Battalion, Royal Irish Rifles, a regiment of the 36th (Ulster) Division. In his history of the Ulster Division, Cyril Falls, an officer of the Division, dismisses the attack by 108th Brigade on the left flank as separate from the other and of less importance, a strange comment since this attack was integral to the overall 36th Division, and Fourth Army, plan. He may have added a few months to his age, or even a year. Rfm 15th Btn (d.1st Jul 1916). //-->, By Royal Engineers who died 31/01/1919 COLOGNE SOUTHERN CEMETERY Germany ' Royal Irish Rifles (d.1st Jul 1916), Sgt. Record same as 8th Bn. Colvin Robert. Would George or any soldierhave just done training until he was 19 years old when they were shipped overseas? He is buried in Forceville Communal Cemetery and Extension, France. In the absence of a service record its impossible to be certain. 6th Btn. No personal details are collected. dailyinfo[12]=' 457 Lance Corporal Arthur Price ROWE 2nd/7th Bn. (d.7th Jun 1917), Currie David. Rflmn. dailyinfo[25]=' 262952 Private Archibald Stanley BURGNEAY 8th Bn. 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. Patrick Toman 2nd Btn. (d.1st Jul 1916), Leinster David A.. Rfm 10th Btn. Seaforth Highlanders who died 20/03/1919 BEIRUT WAR CEMETERY Lebanese Republic ' Royal Horse Artillery who died 21/02/1917 GUARDS CEMETERY, COMBLES France ' Formed in Belfast in September 1914 from the Belfast Volunteers. Rflm. May 1915 : moved to Hackwood Park (Basingstoke). David has worked on several other high-profile public sculptures of famous people, including Robert Dunlop in Ballymoney, Co. Antrim and Todger Jones V.C. dailyinfo[5]=' 12147 Private Harry COOK 8th Bn. 8 October 1915 : transferred with Brigade to 25th Division. . Rflmn. Collins William Robert. Both regular battalions of the Inniskillings were involved, as were 1st Bn The Royal Irish Rifles and 1st Bn The Royal Irish Fusiliers. The 107 Infantry Brigade HQ diary ishere, orhere. Looks like 2nd Battalion. Moved to the Curragh in February 1915. dailyinfo[7]=' Lieutenant Thomas Sydney Ough DEALY Australian Flying Corps who died 07/03/1918 STONYHURST COLLEGE BURIAL GROUND United Kingdom ' William Lewis 10th Battalion Royal Irish Rifles (d.1st July 1916). For Sergeant OCathain the war ended in the Winter of 1914. Lance Sjt. Rfl. Northamptonshire Regiment who died 14/03/1915 LE TOURET MEMORIAL France ' Returned to Belfast in April 1916. Royal Irish Rifles maxim gun detachment, Tibet, 1904 First World War Still in Britain on the outbreak of war in 1914, 2nd Battalion deployed straight to the Western Front. In 29th Division, on the left, 1st Bn The Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers, veterans of Gallipoli (as was the Division), suffered losses second only to those of 1st Bn The Hampshire Regiment; 29th Divisions overall losses were higher than those of 36th. Royal Irish Rifles - Soldiers and their units - The Great War (1914-1918) Forum Home Serving in the Great War Soldiers and their units Royal Irish Rifles Remembered Today: 25368 Quartermaster Serjeant Leonard Henry CADE Meritorious Service Medal 12th Coy. But the Schwaben Redoubt was retaken by German troops after intensive fighting. 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. 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. (d.7th Jun 1917), Barnett Robert Henry. Allsopp Matthew. Rflmn. dailyinfo[24]=' Captain Denzil Robert THURSTON Air Force Cross Airship Training Wing (Cranwell). 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. Want to find out more about your relative's service? 1st Btn. Absorbed the 17th, 18th, 19th and 20th (Reserve) Battalions in May. Rflmn. Subscribe now for regular news, updates and priority booking for events, All content is available under the Open Government Licence v3.0, except where otherwise stated, 1912-1917: records of the Young Citizen Volunteers of Ireland, later the 14th Battalion Royal Irish Rifles, Public Record Office of Northern Ireland (PRONI), 1917: company roll book for 7th Battalion, About our Returned to UK and landed at Liverpool on 22 October 1914. We have a large archive of soldier records. 2nd Btn. Moved to Dublin but was at Newtownards by February 1916. Pte. Later in the war, he served in Mesopotamia and Egypt and he continued his army career until 1934, finishing with the rank of Sergeant. At Armistice on 11 November the battalion were at Mouscron, north east of Tourcoing, where it remained and was demobilised by June 1919. (d.14th Nov 1916), Brooks Patrick. They should be Star, War Medal, Victory Medal and General Service Medal. [4] The Battalion's chaplain, Donal O'Sullivan was killed in the Somme. The popularity of the site means that it is far exceeding available resources. 3 February 1918 : transferred to 107th Brigade in 36th (Ulster) Division. The Commonwealth War Graves Commission has 361 recorded WW1 deaths for the 8th (Service) Battalion, Royal . This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google WW1 British Army, Royal Irish Rifles . The Royal Irish Rifles, especially the 1st and 2nd Battalions. 18 February 1918 : disbanded in France, troops going to 22nd Entrenching Battalion. Sgt. If you find it a valuable resource, please consider becoming a supporter. The Wartime Memories Project is a non profit organisation run by volunteers. Came under orders of 108th Brigade in 36th (Ulster) Division. 13th Btn. Rflm. The Royal Irish Rifles (became the Royal Ulster Rifles from 1 January 1921) was an infantry rifle regiment of the British Army, first created in 1881 by the amalgamation of the 83rd (County of Dublin) Regiment of Foot and the 86th (Royal County Down) Regiment of Foot. Formed in Belfast in September 1914 from the Belfast Volunteers. 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.