(d.1st Jul 1916), Mulholland David. Rfm. [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. 5th Bde. It travelled from Southampton to Le Havre at the start of November and took up positions east of Laventie in the Pas de Calais. Discharged 5.6.1921 (Fold 3) or 1922 (RUR Register). Uniquely, The Royal Irish Rifles were awarded two on the same day - 1 July 1916. 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. Pages. If anyone has any further information as to how he died, I would be very grateful to hear from you. Royal Irish Rifles. Rflmn. (d.15th July 1916), Ireland James. 10th Btn. July 1915 : moved to Seaford. 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. 2nd Btn. 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. Like this page to receive our updates, add a comment or ask a question. On 13 November 1917 the battalion transferred to 108th Brigade, 36th (Ulster) Division, absorbing the 7th Battalion. August 1914 : at Downpatrick. John Armstrong 7th Btn. Royal Irish Regiment Battalions of the Regular Army 1st Battalion August 1914 : in Nasirabad (where it had been stationed since 1912). We have discovered photographs that we didn't know existed and have just recently discovered what our father looked like as a young man. (Brigadier Nelson Russell, Commander 38 (Irish) Brigade, 1942-44), For individual museum opening times and information, please click on the relevant museum below: 15th Batt (d.21st March 1918), Wadeley Ernest Benjamin. dailyinfo[23]=' 9656 Private Isaac COOPER "A" Coy. William McCullough 9th Btn. Although the attack in the northern sector of Fourth Armys line had been repelled almost everywhere, there was significant success to the south where divisions of XV and XIII Corps took most of their first-day objectives; many of the others were taken in subsequent days. 5 March 1915 : absorbed a company of the Royal Jersey Militia. Royal Irish Rifles. Ironically, the sole Somme battle honour not awarded to an Irish regiment was Thiepval. Rflmn. You need to be a member in order to leave a comment. Hi Janis, He was born at Gilford, Co. Down, 15.11.1898, the son of George and Sarah Jane Harper nee Quinn. 12th (Service) Battalion (Central Antrim) in his home town of Bushmills, in time for the centenary of the first day of the Battle of the Somme. [1] att 109th Light Trench Mortar Bty (d.1st Jul 1916), Moore Robert. (Salonika) Territorial Force Nursing Service who died 01/03/1918 KNOWLE (SS. (d.1st July 1916) Bothwell R.. (d.1st Jul 1917) 8th Btn. Rfm. Moved in June 1915 to Ballyholley and to England in September, going to Aldershot. 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. . (d.7th Jun 1917), Burns John. Image courtesy of the excellent Ben Sutherland collection at flickr.com, with thanks. A training unit of the Special Reserve, it moved on mobilisation to Holywood Barracks, with detachments going on coast defences. A week later 16th (Irish) Division attacked Ginchy, a mile north-east of Guillemont. . 3 February 1918 : transferred to 107th Brigade in 36th (Ulster) Division. Royal Engineers who died 31/01/1919 COLOGNE SOUTHERN CEMETERY Germany ' .Quis Separabit. The London Irish Rifles (LIR) was a reserve infantry regiment and then company of the British Army. Their company-strength operation succeeded, resulting in the capture of enemy equipment and prisoners, and a Military Cross for the Company Commander. (d.20th August 1917), Gorman Gilbert. (d.4th October 1914), Craig Thomas. Rfm. William John Thompson 13th Battalion, B Company Royal Irish Rifles (d.30th May 1916). JOHN THE BAPTIST, LAWRENCE AND ANN) CHURCHYARD United Kingdom ' Researching soldiers of the British Army in the Great War of 1914-1919. Royal Welsh Fusiliers who died 11/03/1915 FAUQUISSART MILITARY CEMETERY, LAVENTIE France ' 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. 14th Btn. Today it has passed from memory, but its opening day is written indelibly into the Armys history as its bloodiest ever. 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 Irish Military Heritage Foundation CLG, Educated for War The Story of Fingals Hely-Hutchinson Brothers, Braving No-Mans Land Sergeant Robert Quigg V.C, Irish Volunteer, Dublin Fusilier, Patriot Lieutenant Tom Kettle, County Donegal 1914 1918 Part 1 The Homefront and Rebellion, County Donegal in 1914 1918 Part 2: World War I, LAST OUT The Royal Munster Fusiliers on the Italian Front, Annual Somme Commemoration National War Memorial Gardens. He was had a tour in the Middle East and was a prisoner-of-war but I don't know where. Richard Whitworth 2nd Btn Royal Irish Rifles (d.8th Aug 1917), Sgt. Part of 7th Brigade in 3rd Division. Moved to Clandeboye and came under orders of 108th Brigade in 36th (Ulster) Division. Moved to Bundoran in December 1914, going on to Randalstown in January 1915. 13 November 1917 : amalgamated with 13th Bn to form 11/13th Bn. Formed in County Antrim in September 1914 from the Antrim Volunteers. The Faughs too received le Transloy as a battle honour. 14th Btn. The medals in your PDF are in the reverse order. Pte. 9th Btn. Royal Irish Rifles (d.21st Nov 1917), Rflmn. (d.20th Sep 1914), Brians Thomas Hutchinson. Royal Irish Rifles (d.1st Jul 1916), Sgt. The Faughs, whose involvement did not begin until late in the day, became embroiled in an effort to relieve troops besieged in the German redoubt known as The Quadrilateral. (d.1916), Cozens Charles Edward. This includes cookies that track any click through to affiliate links and advertisers that appear on this site. (d.6th Jun 1918), Scott Walter. At home in Ireland men volunteered in their thousands and all three regiments soon formed new battalions. (d.7th Jun 1917), Currie Harold. It's easy! Rfmn. 2nd Bn. Royal Irish Rifles: KIA: Returned to UK and landed at Liverpool on 22 October 1914. What happened next earned Rifleman Robert Quigg the Victoria Cross, the highest military honour awarded for valour in the British Commonwealth. - Royal Irish Rifles during the Great War -. October 1915 : landed at Boulogne. Sign up for a new account in our community. Bennett Robert William . Pte. Returned to UK and landed at Devonport on 18 November 1914, then came under command of 82nd Brigade, 27th Division. 15th Btn. In later life, Quigg returned to the Bushmills area and became a boatman and guide at the Giants Causeway, like his father before him. He died in 1955, at the age of seventy, and was buried with full military honours at Billy Parish Church, near Bushmills. dailyinfo[1]=' Staff Nurse Edith Mary CAMMACK Associate of the Royal Red Cross, 2nd Class 4th Southern Gen. Hos. He died in 1952 (15 years before I was born) but I grew up on legends and tales about him all my life and we all love him several generations on. //-->, By - Royal Ulster Rifles Museum cojanis15 February , 2019 in Soldiers and their units. dailyinfo[26]=' Chaplain 4th Class The Rev. In the Third Battle of Ypres the battalion took part in the Battle of Pilkem. October 1915 : landed at Boulogne. 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 (d.16th Aug 1917), Bailie David. Fourth (UK) Army deployment, 1 July 1916. 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)". A training unit of the Special Reserve, it moved on mobilisation to Belfast. 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. Find many great new & used options and get the best deals for WW1 British Army 1914 -15 Star, British War & Victory Medal, Royal Irish Rifles at the best online prices at eBay! ROYAL IRISH RIFLES. // Stop Define Variables for days of the month Loker Churchyard, The 36 Division HQ (General Staff) diary ishere, orhere. Rflmn. 12th Btn. 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. 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. (d.7th Jun 1917), Brough Walter. The 36th (Ulster) Division on 1 July 1916. By nightfall, the 12th Battalion had suffered horrific casualties and Quigg learned that Sir Harry Macnaghten was among the missing. This website is paid for out of our own pockets, library subscriptions and from donations made by visitors. Would George or any soldierhave just done training until he was 19 years old when they were shipped overseas? (d.22nd Nov 1917 ), Shorter Alfred. 14th Btn. Moved to Hursley Park and came under command of 25th Brigade in 8th Division. 14th (Young Citizens) Battalion, Royal Irish Rifles during the Great War 1914-1918. Samuel McCrory 10th Btn. David Watson 12th Btn. Patrick Toman 2nd Btn. McComb James. Royal Horse Artillery who died 16/03/1917 VARENNES MILITARY CEMETERY France ' Formed in Holywood around November 1915 as a Reserve Battalion, from depot companies of 13th and 16th Bns. Rflmn 1st Battalion (d.16th August 1917), Craig James. Moved to England in April 1918, going to Larkhill. . During this patrol Major Herbert Musgrave from Corps Intelligence was killed. He was wounded by shell fragments in 1916 during the Somme offensive. WW1 British Army, Royal Irish Rifles . There is help on how to research a soldierhere. Otherwise my contact details can be found at www.fourteeneighteen.co.uk. (d.24th Dec 1917), Magee Robert. These cookies do not store any personal information. 1/18th (London Irish Rifles) Btn. Moved to the Curragh in February 1915. There is help on reading map referenceshere. For Falls, the main attack was that by 109th Brigade, with 107th Brigade following up. 14th Battalion. The service of the 1st Battalion Royal Irish Rifles in World War I saw the battalion serving on the Western Front throughout the war. 14th Btn. 14th Btn. (d.7th Jun 1917), Bird Alfred Thomas. 2nd Lt. 11th (South Antrim) Btn. Rflmn. Address Stromore Road, Gilford. For King And Country. Rflmn. Commemoration Society was formed in October 2012 with the main objective of raising sufficient funds to erect a statue of Robert Quigg V.C. dailyinfo[10]=' 14780 Member Ida Styles HUGHES (Oxford) Womens Royal Air Force who died 10/03/1919 OXFORD (ROSE HILL) CEMETERY United Kingdom ' 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'. 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. Adair J. When The Royal Irish Rangers was formed by the amalgamation of the three antecedent regiments of the North Irish Brigade on 1st July 1968, the date chosen marked not only the birth of the new regiment, but a major battle honour shared by its antecedents: The Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers, The Royal Ulster Rifles and The Royal Irish Fusiliers (Princess Victorias). Rfm. September 1917 : moved to Egypt for service in Palestine. Moffett Alexander. A training unit of the Special Reserve, it moved on mobilisation to Dublin. He seems to have been taken PoW on 24.3.1918, been at/administered by Stendal Camp ( prisoncmapofmain00poperich.pdf ), and repatriated 0n 24.11.1918. The regiment was one of eight infantry regiments raised and garrisoned in Ireland during this period. (d.7th Jun 1917), Mercer Samuel. If you use Twitter, you can always contact me at my account @1418research. The following month, the battalion was sent to the rear for rest and training after a full year in the trenches. CLM, thank you so much. 18th (Reserve) Battalion 9th (West Belfast) Btn. In 1888 Wilhelm II was crowned 'German Emperor and King of Prussia' and moved from a policy of maintaining the status quo to a more aggressive position. Blair T.. (d.1st Jul 1916) Booth Hudson. L/Cpl. 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. [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. 18 February 1918 : disbanded in France. (d.1st Jul 1917), Bothwell Thomas Henry. 8th Btn. That battle had occurred fifty-two years earlier, then within living memory for many. At Armistice on 11 November the battalion were at Mouscron, north east of Tourcoing, where it remained and was demobilised by June 1919. (d.21st Nov 1917), Bothwell R.. 14th Btn. There are:7597 items tagged Royal Irish Rifles available in our Library These include information on officers, regimental histories, letters, diary entries, personal accounts and information about actions during the Great War. 7 February 1918 : disbanded in France. It is mandatory to procure user consent prior to running these cookies on your website. 12th (Service) Battalion, (Central Antrim), Royal Irish Rifles. 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. var daym=mydate.getDate() Ken, we were under the assumption that he lied about his age when he enlisted. Scott Kennedy. Remembered Today: Those known to have served with Royal Irish Rifles during the Great War 1914-1918. Rfl. 14th Btn. Rflmn. 14th Btn. The Ulster Division withdrew to count its losses. (d.1st Jul 1916), Gallagher Thomas. 2nd Btn. Rflmn. 6 Reserve Lorry Park Royal Air Force who died 28/02/1919 BELGRADE CEMETERY Belgium ' Formed at Belfast in September 1914 as part of K2 and came under command of 48th Brigade in 16th (Irish) Division. Moved to England in April 1918, going to Larkhill. It was amazing to see him with both arms and looking amazingly like my son, his grandson at the same age 100 years apart. Rfm. All but one of those were awarded to Irish regiments. August 1914 : in Aden. was introduced to the new Queen and her husband at their brief stop at Coleraine railway station. 'I turned over one poor chap on a rocky, bloody crag on Tanngoucha. (d.16th Aug 1917), McClelland James. 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 14th Btn. Ken, George's birthdate is 15 November 1898 (he was born in Gilford). Want to know what life was like during the Great War? L/Cpl. (d.7th Sep 1916), Aggas George Robert. dailyinfo[9]=' Boy SALEH HAJI S.S. TANGISTAN (Swansea).Indian Merchant Service who died 09/03/1915 BOMBAY 1914-1918 MEMORIAL, MUMBAI India ' Our Survivors continued to fight with various units until the end of March when the battalion was moved to reserve and the task of rebuilding it began. Royal Irish Rifles (d.16th Aug 1917), Pte. Cunliffe, Marcus, The Royal Irish Fusiliers, 1793-1968 (Oxford, Oxford University Press, 1970). Frederick Bryans 15th Btn. Privacy Policy and Looking at the surviving records there is evidence that men enlisted significantly under age around this time and were weeded out. 26 October 1915 : transferred to 74th Brigade in same Division. var day=mydate.getDay() dailyinfo[18]=' 6422 Private Charlie GILBERT 4th Coy. Rfm. John Campbell 14th Btn. Came under orders of 108th Brigade in 36th (Ulster) Division. 2nd Battalion 2nd Lt. Edmund DeWind VC 15th Btn. var mydate=new Date() All Rights Reserved. No personal details are collected. My granddad made a life after the war but suffered PTSD which he dealt with by prayer, solitude, and by swearing off alcohol. When the Great War started in August 1914 The Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers, The Royal Irish Rifles and The Royal Irish Fusiliers were in the British Expeditionary Force that went to France and fought in the first battles that developed into the stalemate of trench warfare. Rflm. Rfm. The Victoria Cross was awarded to three men from the Royal Irish Rifles: Edward De Wind, 15th Bttn - 21st March 1918 at Grugies, France. On 1 April 2022 soldiers in the company transferred to foot guards regiments and the company became No 15 (Loos) Company, Irish Guards. A Coy. It was therefore most appropriate that on 28 June 2016 Her Majesty and His Royal Highness returned to the area to put the Royal seal of approval on this tribute to Bushmills very own Great War hero. Since there were Leinster, Connaught and Munster regiments, the War Office decided that there should also be an Ulster regiment and the Royal Irish Rifles became the Royal Ulster Rifles on 1 January 1921. We have a large archive of soldier records. (d.4th Jun 1916), Boulding Frank Thomas. 11th Btn. Northumberland Fusiliers, 27th Bt . - Royal Irish Regiment Museum. else { document.write(fontstart+"No major events today"+fontend); } [3], During the Battle of Fromelles on 1920 July 1915 - The battle of Fromelles took place on 19 and 20 July 1916. By Richard Doherty, military historian, writer and broadcaster. (d.7th July 1917 ), Anderson Stanley Orme. George Smith 2nd Btn. 262 names. dailyinfo[21]=' L/32287 Driver John Frampton GAZE "O" Bty. We place some essential cookies on your device to make this website work. 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. Royal Irish Rifles, Rfm. var fontstart = ''