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. Moved to Clandeboye and came under orders of 108th Brigade in 36th (Ulster) Division. dailyinfo[23]=' 9656 Private Isaac COOPER "A" Coy. July 1915 : moved to Seaford. 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. Royal Irish Rifles. The Red Cross have a couple of records which can be linked to (using the 'PA' and 'R' numbers shown) from thisindex card. 1st September 1914 Recruitment of 16th (Service) Battalion Royal Irish Rifles 16th (Service) Battalion Royal Irish Rifles (Pioneers). At Armistice on 11 November the battalion were at Mouscron, north east of Tourcoing, where it remained and was demobilised by June 1919. Rflm. Royal Irish Rifles (d.21st Nov 1917), Rflmn. Not so well known are the stories of other Irish regiments and other battalions of our antecedent regiments in that attack. [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. Discharged 5.6.1921 (Fold 3) or 1922 (RUR Register). Would George or any soldierhave just done training until he was 19 years old when they were shipped overseas? 16th Bn (d.2nd Dec 1917), Slacke Charles Owen. Moved to England in April 1918, going to Larkhill where absorbed by 3rd (Reserve) Bn. 8th Btn. Search this site. 14th Btn. 2nd Battalion (d.6th Aug 1917 ), McClements William James. The Royal Irish. L/Cpl. Royal Irish Rifles (d.21st March 1918), Pte. Battle Honour ST QUENTIN - German Spring Offensive 1918. var mydate=new Date() (d.1st Jul 1916). 14th Btn. var daym=mydate.getDate() 14 October 1917 : transferred to 108th Brigade in 36th (Ulster) Division. [6], The remainder of the battalion spent a gruelling winter on the ridges above Paschendaele before being transferred in February 1918 to the 36th (Ulster) Division near Saint-Quentin. (d.1st Jul 1917), Bothwell Thomas Henry. Rfmn. Came under orders of 108th Brigade in 36th (Ulster) Division. (d.22nd Nov 1917 ), Shorter Alfred. 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. Northamptonshire Regiment who died 14/03/1915 LE TOURET MEMORIAL France ' 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. (d.21st March 1918), McComb Francis. The bloody and prolonged Somme campaign included some of the hardest-earned battle honours handed down from our antecedent regiments. dailyinfo[8]=' 13277 Labourer Klaas NERO South African Native Labour Corps who died 08/03/1917 PUGU ROAD 1914-1918 MEMORIAL Tanzania ' The army and the regiment have been good to him. My other grandfather, who served on the German side, was also aPoW. After a rest, it was posted to Bouchavesnes-Bergen at the end of December and advanced to take a swathe of German-held territory during the German retreat to the Hindenburg Line in March 1917. 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. Repatriated 27.11.1918. Ironically, the sole Somme battle honour not awarded to an Irish regiment was Thiepval. He was then aged 20 years 4 months. They proceeded to France with the BEF, landing at Rouen on the 14th of August. 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. CLM, thank you so much. Record same as 8th Bn. Returned to UK and landed at Liverpool on 22 October 1914. Moved to England in April 1918, going to Larkhill. We'd like to use additional cookies to remember your settings and understand how you use our services. John had been born in September of 1914 and his other sons were two and four years old. 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. Royal Horse Artillery who died 21/02/1917 GUARDS CEMETERY, COMBLES France ' 9th Btn. He was a prisoner-of-war but I don't know where. The regiment returned home in 1875 and then Rory found himself in Bermuda in 1880 before the unit was amalgamated. Commemoration Society (Images courtesy of the Society). (d.9th May 1915), Rankin Samuel. 3rd Bn. The Regiment went on to serve during the Burmese War of 1824-26 and returned to India in 1849 during the Indian Mutiny (1857-1859 . (d.7th July 1917 ), Anderson Stanley Orme. The London Irish Rifles (LIR) was a reserve infantry regiment and then company of the British Army. Both regular battalions of the Inniskillings were involved, as were 1st Bn The Royal Irish Rifles and 1st Bn The Royal Irish Fusiliers. 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. (d.6th Jun 1918), Scott Walter. HERE is the medal roll on Ancestry. Lincolnshire Regiment who died 05/03/1916 CITE BONJEAN MILITARY CEMETERY, ARMENTIERES France ' Royal Irish Rifles This page summarises records created by this Organisation The summary includes a brief description of the collection (s) (usually including the covering dates of the. dailyinfo[13]=' 37643 Sapper Thomas John ECCLESTON Tunnelling Coy. Formed in Belfast in September 1914 from the Belfast Volunteers. L/Cpl. Pte. 2nd Lt. Edmund DeWind VC 15th Btn. Moved to England in April 1918, going to Larkhill where absorbed by 3rd (Reserve) Bn. (d.25th Sep 1915), Bowler Harold. 6th Btn. Killed in action on the 1st July 1916 - Age 20. 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. 14th Battalion. 9th (Service) Battalion (West Belfast) .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. dailyinfo[2]=' 8020 Serjeant Charles POOLE "C" Coy. Discharged at Rugeley Camp 5.3.1919. Rflmn. The remaining nine never appeared and were assumed to have died. dailyinfo[20]=' 10259 Private Charles BUCHANAN 1st Bn. Moved to Ballykinlar and came under orders of 107th Brigade in 36th (Ulster) Division. Rflmn. 1st Battalion. Rfm. 3rd July : Forceville.