Army records for the years between 1913 and up to 1921 are at the following address: Army Records Centre Bourne Avenue Hayes, Middlesex UB3 1RF ENGLAND. After almost 250 years of service with the British Army, it was disbanded in 1922 on the establishment of the Irish Free State. Service records of Guards regiments. William joined the Royal Irish Rifles, 36th Ulster Division and was sent to war in France on 4th of October 1915. (d.3rd May 1915), Fogarty Gerald Joseph. Paul McGee 6th Battalion (d.16th Jun 1916), Pte. 1944. Article in The Irish Ancestor, Vol.VIII.no.1.1976, pages 33-35. (FamilySearch Library book 942 A5p.) Ffolliott, Rosemary. Pte. They proceeded to France in December 1915, landing at le Havre and concentrating in the Bethune area. This infantry regiment traced its origins back to the British Civil Wars (1639-51), but was officially formed in 1684. The hospital admission and discharge records from this series are available to view online (see section above) but are not searchable by name in our own catalogue. British Military Records. 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. If you know: For the place he died after receiving an army pension, search the district pension returns for that area. The library's military records are listed in the Place Search of the catalog under combinations of the following localities and subject headings: This website requires a paid subscription for full access. Chaplain's returns and regimental registers are available only by correspondence with the General Register Office. Ships' logs survive from 1673, but usually only give information on ship location, weather, sightings of other ships, and shipboard events. [15] [21] Captain Hugh Shaw won the Victoria Cross when he rescued wounded soldiers during a skirmish at Nukumaru near Whanganui. 1st Battalion returned to India in 1857, where it stayed for mostof the following 27 years. The Service Records of Army and RFC officers are in the series. The Medal Index Cards are the main source of information where a service record is not available and there is useful guidancethat explains the information contained within the card. Under the Cardwell reforms of 1881, it was renamedThe Royal Irish Regiment and became the county regiment ofKilkenny, Wexford, Waterford and Tipperary. Alphabetical list of Irish born soldiers serving in India. These list monies owed to a soldier who died in service. 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. Formed in France, 1 September 1917, from the dismounted 1st and 2nd South Irish Horse. 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. In 1919, 1st Battalion undertookoccupation duties in Germany and 2nd Battalion garrisonedIndia. Extremely valuable in providing pedigree connections. This group of records are known as the Unburnt Documents and the, catalogue reference for this series of records commences with. Great Britain, Admiralty. Patrick McAllister 6th Btn. Uniquely, The Royal Irish Rifles were awarded two on the same day - 1 July 1916. Cooper, Bryan, The Tenth (Irish) Division in Gallipoli (Dublin, Irish Academic Press, 1993). Mossong, Verna. (FamilySearch Library book Ref 942 M24hn 1991.). In the early part of this campaign it suffered heavy casualties. [33] The battalion was re-formed in October 1914 and, as part of the 22nd Brigade in the 7th Division saw further action at the Battle of the Somme, when it was involved in capturing three miles of the German frontline trenches, in Autumn 1916. For the service records of soldiers serving in the armies of Commonwealth countries (such as Canada, New Zealand or South Africa) you will need to contact the respective archives of those countries. Beware, the Gazetting of an award and the corresponding citation may appear in different editions of the London Gazette. Once you know your ancestor's ship or regiment, several types of military records may help you learn about your ancestor's age, birthplace, and military career. London, England: various publishers. The Royal Irish Regiment, formerly the Royal Regiment of Ireland and the 18th Regiment of Foot, also known as the 'First and the Last'. If you cannot identify your ancestor's regiment through these records, the sources you should search to determine his regiment will depend on what you know about your ancestor. The Government of Guernsey publicly thanked both units and awarded them a cash bounty of 100 guineas. The list gives their admission dates rank and unit. Pte. They are not personal diaries (try the Imperial War Museum or local record offices for those). Members of the Royal Irish were also the first British Army troops to confront the Irish rebels during the Easter Rising of 1916. During the First Opium War in China, the regiment next saw action at the Capture of Chusan in July 1840, Battle of Canton in May 1841,[16] Battle of Amoy in August 1841,[17] Second Capture of Chusan in October 1841, Battle of Ningpo in March 1842,[18] Battle of Tzeki in March 1842, Battle of Chapu in May 1842, Battle of Woosung in June 1842, and Battle of Chinkiang in July 1842. In addition, War Diaries generally contained appendices for specific events, which could include sketches, maps and Operational Orders. In the 17th century, independent companies of musketeers and pikemen garrisoned Ireland underboth Oliver Cromwell and King Charles II. (South Irish Horse) Colton F W . de Breffny, Brian. For the army, the published version of these records is:'. 2nd Btn. [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. miscellaneous unregistered papers created by the First World War Committee on the Treatment of British Prisoners of War: Interviews and Reports. Cunliffe, Marcus, The Royal Irish Fusiliers, 1793-1968 (Oxford, Oxford University Press, 1970). Copies of WO 118 are available at the FamilySearch Library. Naval officers who served from 1695 to 1742 are listed in the following work: Young, D. H. W., comp.Index to Commission and Warrant Books of the Admiralty of Great Britain and Ireland, 1695-1742. All records of RA personnel classified under class WO. Extracted from the Church of Ireland registers and Sir Henry MacAnally's work, The Irish Militia 1793-1816. [1], Research use: Shows relationships and to supplements information found in church records or missing information due to loss of church records. The British War and Victory medal entries may give you a battalion/unit number which will help you to find a unitwar diary. Republic of Ireland, Internet: http://www.military.ie/info-centre/military-archives. All these officer records are held at the Public Record Office, Kew. Copyright 2023. [12], The regiment also saw action at the Battle of Alexandria in March 1801. 1. Pte. These records are the unit war diaries of the British Army in the First World War and are held by The National Archives in record series WO 95. Royal Irish Regiment (d.5th April 1917), Pte. Ireland Location: The National Archives, Ruskin Avenue, Richmond, Surrey, TW9 4DU, England. Includes certificates of birth and marriage, and information about addresses and circumstances of the beneficiaries. Royal Irish Regiment (d.30th April 1915). United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, Royal Irish Fusiliers (Princess Victoria's), "Territorial and Reserve Forces Act 1907", "Irish Soldiers in the Battle of the Somme", 18th Royal Irish Regiment & South Irish Horse History and Genealogy Group, Department of the Taoiseach: Irish Soldiers in the First World War, Royal Irish Regiment in America, 17671776, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Royal_Irish_Regiment_(16841922)&oldid=1143889963, 18891895: Gen. George Frederick Stevenson Call CB, 18971918: Major-Gen. Charles Frederick Gregorie, CB, This page was last edited on 10 March 2023, at 14:40. The latter fought in the Boer War (1899-1902), before returning to India in 1904. Regimental registers (1790-1924) contain birth, marriage, and death records by regiment for families of officers and enlisted men. Royal Irish Regiment (d.24th Jan 1918), Pte. London, England: Public Record Office, 1958-59; FamilySearch Library film 824516-17.) Pte. Photos, obituaries and short service records all available to view and download. It spent the early 1780s garrisoning the Channel Islands and Gibraltar against Americas French and Spanish allies. This is a guide to the records of British Army soldiers who served in the First World War. Two battalions of the Royal Ulster Rifles land in Normandy by air and by sea. For more detailed advice see our guide to British Army operations in the First World War. Royal Irish Regiment (d.5th Jul 1916), Pte. Search by unit name and number for document references to unit war diaries in series WO 95 using the series search. Robert Reade A Coy. Gives Surname and christian name, Date of birth, Parents names and place of birth or baptism. Salt Lake City, Utah: Corporation of the President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1991. The Connaught Rangers was an Irish infantry regiment of the British Army, which mainly recruited in the west of Ireland. Population coverage: Varies--very high during wartime (40%) and lower during peace time (10%). Search the enlistment books of The Royal Irish Regiment and the other Irish regiments disbanded from the British Army in 1922. Birth and baptism records are indexed. Some of the Public Record Office's military records as well as military records of various other repositories throughout Ireland and England are listed in: Hayes, Richard J. Manuscript Sources for the History of Irish Civilization. Militia (part-time units for local defense), fencibles (full-time units for local defense), yeomanry (volunteer cavalry units), territorial armies (units raised outside the British Isles for foreign service), coast guard (units that patrol British shores), and royal marines (troop units on ships) were also armed forces. Only a 2% sample of these records survive. The Inniskillings Museum, in conjunction with History Hub Ulster, carries out research on individuals who served in the Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers prior to 1920.. Service records for soldiers who served after 1920 are held by the Ministry of Defence. We have a large archive of soldier records. - Royal Irish Regiment during the Great War -. 14 October 1917 : came under orders of 49th Brigade, 16th (Irish) Division. to help with the costs of keeping the site running. The Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers was an Irish infantry regiment of the British Army formed in 1881 by the amalgamation of the 27th (Inniskilling) Regiment of Foot and the 108th Regiment of Foot (Madras Infantry). There were nearly 9 million men in total that served with the British and Commonwealth Armies during the Great War and around 5 million of those were from the United Kingdom and Ireland. The Medal Index Cards are available to view on-line and once again they are in surname alphabetical order with six individual's cards to one microfilm/copy. Some records were destroyed by enemy bombing of the Guards chapel during the Second World War. Accessibility: Those not in the FamilySearch Library are only available through correspondence, an agent, or a professional genealogist.[1]. Searchthe Silver War Badge rolls(WO 329)on Ancestry () by recipients name, regimental number or by badge number. Chapel registers of birth, death, and marriages. If you are enjoying the site, please consider making a donation, however small Still, military records sometimes provide information that is not found in any other source. (d.18th Dec 1916), Phillips Edward George Dunscombe Masters. It served there throughout the war, including major actions at Schellenberg, Blenheim, Ramillies, Oudenarde and Malplaquet. See our guide to records of British prisoners of the First World War for details of the prisoner of war records available online. All Rights Reserved. Patrick McAllister 6th Btn. 6th Btn. The Homefront. (d.16th August 1915), Kavanagh William. You can compare the information you know about your ancestor with the history of the regiment to determine whether your ancestor could have served in that regiment. [3] As Hamilton's Foot, it served in Flanders during the Nine Years War and at Namur on 31 August 1695, took part in the capture of the Terra Nova earthwork, later commemorated in the song 'The British Grenadiers. [13] The 1st Battalion served in Jamaica and the 2nd Battalion served in Curaao during the Napoleonic Wars. The Royal Irish Regiment at Mons was involved in a notable rearguard action, as were the 2nd Royal Munster Fusiliers at Etreux, in northern France, where the battalion was almost wiped out by a . The detailed catalogue descriptions may mean that consultation of the original records is unnecessary. It was then posted to the West Indies from 1805 until the end of the war in 1814. This sample comprises some 15,000 records of soldiers who served with the Royal Irish Rifles and Royal Irish Fusiliers up to 1922. [20] The regiment also took part in the Second Anglo-Afghan War. Royal Irish Regiment (d.5th April 1917) Thomas Flood served with the 6th Battalion, Royal Irish Regiment, attached 47th Trench Mortar Battery, in WW1. The Royal Dublin Fusiliers was an infantry regiment of the British Army, which recruited in the east of Ireland. 6th Btn. The following members of the Regiment were awarded the Victoria Cross: The following are memorials of the Great War (World War I): Harris, Appendix II, pp. In 1751, it was given a regimental numeral of 18, despite being the seventh oldest Britishinfantry regiment at that time. (d.9th Sep 1916), Lynch Stephen. The regiment remained in Britain and Ireland until 1767, when it was deployed to North America. By further selecta name in the first column and clicking on it you will be presented with 'Casualty Details Page', which will providemore information. You may want to hire a researcher to search military records that are not available at the FamilySearch Library. A Royal Irish Regiment officer reported that "they regarded, not unreasonably, everyone they saw as an enemy, and fired at anything that moved". Sgt. They can be contacted in writing (only)at; International Council of the Red Cross, Archives Division, 19 Avenue de la Paix, CH1202, Geneva, Switzerland. The officers of each parish decided who would serve in the militia. book 942 M25gba; film 918928-41 and 990323-26, https://www.familysearch.org/en/wiki/index.php?title=Ireland_Military_Records&oldid=5183829. Article is in The Irish Ancestor vol. Some other lists give their injuries and address's. Extremely valuable in proving pedigree connections. Read the WFAsarticle on the records for more information. These cover regular soldiers who may have enlisted as early as 1892 for 22 years service as well as a small number of stray service records of pre-war soldiers who did not serve from 19141920. Musters are held at the Public Record Office, Kew at National Archives. 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.The regiment saw service in the Second Boer War, the First World War, the Second World War, and the Korean War. [29], In 1908, the Volunteers and Militia were reorganised nationally, with the former becoming the Territorial Force and the latter the Special Reserve;[30] the regiment now had two Reserve but no Territorial battalions. Photo Archive: France & Flanders. Cpl. Support by . During the First World War officers and men of The Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers were awarded eight Victoria Crosses, The . Before starting your research try to obtain as much information as possible about your Great War family member, such as his full name, place and date of birth. Originally named The Princess Victoria's (Royal Irish Fusiliers), its title changed to The Royal Irish Fusiliers (Princess Victoria's) in 1920. 7th Battalion (d.12th Dec 1917), Collier David. Army Officers. WorldCat. Stanley Harry Earthy 6th Battalion Royal Irish Regiment (d.3rd September 1916), Pte. Search the campaign medal rolls (WO 329) on Ancestry () by name, regimental (service) number and regiment. The London Gazette can be accessed for free on-line at www.gazettes-online.co.uk. Soldier's WW1 Service Records. [33] The 2nd Battalion landed at Boulogne-sur-Mer as part of the 8th Brigade in the 3rd Division in August 1914 for service on the Western Front but was almost completely destroyed at the Battle of La Basse in October 1914 with many men being taken as prisoners of war. These cards, along with the medal rolls to which they form an index (see below), were created primarily to record the awarding of campaign medals. The Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers was an Irish infantry regiment of the British Army formed in 1881 by the amalgamation of . Contents: Detail of Naval service, birth information and date of birth. Record type: Annual lists of Naval officers, D. Steel, Navy List (1782-1817), List of Sea Officers (1800-1824), The Naval List (1814-present). In 1857, the regiment raised a 2nd Battalion again, this time out of volunteers from Irelands militia regiments. Army Records. Contents: Registers and papers concerning claims for bounty to next of kin of sailors killed in battle. This British Army infantry unit existed between 1881 and 1922. (d.14th Nov 1916), Scott Robert. Although it had been formed in 1684,it had only entered the English establishment in 1689. You may findabbreviations on a roll entry some of these abbreviations are explained in our guide to army medal index cards. 6th Btn. Alternatively, many divisional, brigade and regimental histories can be accessed on-line by using a reputable search engine. 2nd Btn., B Coy (d.13th Feb 1916), Smitheram William. To enlist, underage boys may have lied about their name, age, and sometimes birthplace. Navy Records. [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. We have a large archive of soldier records. Search by name or regimental (service) number forFirst World War army medal index cards (WO 372) onour website().
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