Archives, Open Government Licence He was held as a POW at Hamel and later Limberg. These records run from 1901 to 1960, covering the latter stages of the Boer War and, of course, both World Wars. Under the Cardwell reforms of 1881, it was renamedThe Royal Irish Regiment and became the county regiment ofKilkenny, Wexford, Waterford and Tipperary. Gallipoli. [13] The 1st Battalion served in Jamaica and the 2nd Battalion served in Curaao during the Napoleonic Wars. This sample comprises some 15,000 records of soldiers who served with the Royal Irish Rifles and Royal Irish Fusiliers up to 1922. Alphabetical list of Irish born soldiers serving in India. 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. List of Officers of the Royal Regiment of Artillery 1862-1914 1865, 1938 India Lists 1865, 1938 . Accessibility: Through a researcher or a professional genealogist. Ireland's Memorial Records, 1914-1918. This information will help us make improvements to the website. The service records in WO 363 and WO 364 include regiments such as: They do not include the service records for soldiers serving in the armies of Commonwealth countries (such as Canada, New Zealand or South Africa). We place some essential cookies on your device to make this website work. Harry William Edmonds 6th Battalion Royal Irish Regiment (d.9th Sep 1916), Pte. Our Pte. The Royal Irish Regiment was disbanded in 1922 on the establishment of the Irish Free State. London, England: Public Record Office, 1958-59; FamilySearch Library film 824516-17.) This project currently contains records for over one million men and women who died whilst serving in the First World War, with over 600,000 locations worldwide, tens of thousands of images, cemeteries, war memorials and much more. Pre-1847 British army service was generally for life. See our guide to records of British prisoners of the First World War for details of the prisoner of war records available online. Formed in France, 1 September 1917, from the dismounted 1st and 2nd South Irish Horse. Article is Father Benard's Register of the Irish Militia in Essex, also register of baptisms 1812-1817 kept at Church of St. James-the-less, Priory St. Colchester. (d.4th June 1916), Clynch Joseph. The movement of different Irish Militia, from 1793-1816. These records cover sailors from England, Scotland, Wales, and foreign countries, as well as Ireland. Research use: Shows relationships and to supplements information found in church records or missing information due to the loss of church records. Christopher McManigan 2nd Btn. Michael was listed as missing in action between the 19th and 21st of October 1914. To uncover details of a soldiers service in the First World War you should begin by searching for the following three types of records: Whether other records survive or ever existed for a soldier depend upon a number of variable factors. All these officer records are held at the Public Record Office, Kew. The few survivors had to be drafted to other regiments while the officers returned to Britain to re-recruit. [1] It saw service for two and a half centuries before being disbanded with the Partition of Ireland following establishment of the independent Irish Free State in 1922 when the five regiments that had their traditional recruiting grounds in the counties of the new state were disbanded. Trace your military heritage through our Research Database. Sgt. Republic of Ireland, Internet: http://www.military.ie/info-centre/military-archives. The enlistment books contain records of soldiers serving in these regiments . Royal Irish Regiment: 04/05/1917 (aged 39) Captain George Chaigneau Colvill : Royal Irish Regiment: 30/11/1917 (aged 23) Private Daniel Lucas 5948: Royal Irish Regiment: 12/04/1918: Private James William Quinn 3320: Royal Irish Regiment: 15/04/1916 (aged 24) Serjeant Oscar Brown 8354: Royal Irish Regiment: 09/09/1916: Private Brown 11232: Royal . Generally, there are separate records for staff officers, medical officers (surgeons), Commissariat officers, chaplains, Board of Ordnance officers (artillerymen, engineers, sappers, miners, artificers, and others), and other officers. Before you can use navy records or pre-1872 army records, you must determine the specific ship or regiment in which your ancestor served. He was repatriated on the 18th of November 1918. The records that survived were charred and/or water damaged rendering most of them unfit for consultation, and so they became known as the 'Burnt Documents'; each case, the condition and the amount of service record that has survived varies greatly. The officers of each parish decided who would serve in the militia. (FamilySearch Library book Ref 941.5 A5h.) Army List. Research use: Helps to trace Naval officers, to locate birth information, and to do pedigree linkage. WW1 Medal Index Cards. They are not personal diaries (try the Imperial War Museum or local record offices for those). 2nd Btn. A few of these record types are described below. 2nd Btn., B Coy (d.13th Feb 1916), Smitheram William. Typescript. Punch, Terrence M. Irish Deserters at Halifax, Nova Scotia, During the Napoleonic Wars 1803-1807. [11] After this, the unit returned to Gibraltar later in the year, where it remained until the Siege of Toulon in 1793 during the French Revolutionary Wars. Also known as the 18th (Royal Irish) Regiment of Foot and the 18th (The Royal Irish) Regiment of Foot, it was one of eight Irish regiments raised largely in Ireland, its home depot in Clonmel. Article in The Irish Ancestor, vol. We'd like to use additional cookies to remember your settings and understand how you use our services. The 4th Royal Irish Dragoon Guards was a cavalry regiment in the British Army, first raised in 1685 as the Earl of Arran's Regiment of Cuirassiers.It was renamed as the 4th (Royal Irish) Dragoon Guards in 1788 and service for two centuries, including the First World War, before being amalgamated with 7th Dragoon Guards (Princess Royal's), to form the 4th/7th Dragoon Guards in 1922. Greetings. Great Britain, Admiralty. As well as the lion of Nassau emblem, the king granted it the title Royal Regiment of Ireland, the Irish crowned harp and a motto mentioning Namur, 'Virtutis Namurcensis Praemium' ('Reward for Valour at Namur'). 6th Battalion Royal Irish Regiment, Pte. Members of the Royal Irish were also the first British Army troops to confront the Irish rebels during the Easter Rising of 1916. V.no. Please be note that there is an hourly charge made. 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. Most of the maps that were originally included in war diaries as appendices have been removed and compiled in a separate series with a catalogues reference of WO153/. Civil registration, census, or church records, if available, are easier records to use. Library contains many many diary entries, personal letters and other documents, most transcribed into plain text. Beware, the Gazetting of an award and the corresponding citation may appear in different editions of the London Gazette. Navy records seldom mention individual seamen before 1853. Campaign medals were awarded to all soldiers who served in a theatre of conflict overseas. If you wish to find out more about a soldier who served after 1920 please click on . A Royal Irish Regiment officer reported that "they regarded, not unreasonably, everyone they saw as an enemy, and fired at anything that moved". Record type: Annual lists of Naval officers, D. Steel, Navy List (1782-1817), List of Sea Officers (1800-1824), The Naval List (1814-present). On 12 June, five regimental colours were laid up in a ceremony at St George's Hall, Windsor Castle in the presence of HM King George V.[40] The six regiments were then all disbanded on 31 July 1922. William Lewis 10th Battalion Royal Irish Rifles (d.1st July 1916) William James Lewis was the son of William James Lewis and Ellen Lewis of 58 Rutland Street, South Belfast. After almost 250 years of service with the British Army, it was disbanded in 1922 on the establishment of the Irish Free State. Pte. British Military Records. Records from 1872 through 1882 are arranged alphabetically by type of troop (cavalry, infantry, etc.). 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. Recruting map of Ireland in the First World War. (d.16th August 1915), Kavanagh William. 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. (Brigadier Nelson Russell, Commander 38 (Irish) Brigade, 1942-44), For individual museum opening times and information, please click on the relevant museum below: Also a list of references of the Irish Militia from the Suffolk Chronicle and Ipswich Journal 1812-1814. Population coverage: Varies--very high during wartime (40%) and much lower (about 10%) during peacetime. Royal Irish Regiment (d.5th April 1917) Thomas Flood served with the 6th Battalion, Royal Irish Regiment, attached 47th Trench Mortar Battery, in WW1. It served there throughout the war, including major actions at Schellenberg, Blenheim, Ramillies, Oudenarde and Malplaquet. 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. Additional military documents may be found in private collections. The companies that joinedWilliamwere placed on the English establishment in 1689. Until 1853, naval enlistment was informal and lasted for the ship's commission, usually three years. 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. Army records before 1872 are organized by regiment. The Wartime Memories Project is a non profit organisation run by volunteers. At Present I am compiling lists of admissions to various Hospitals both in Ireland and the UK and France.1914-1918. Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press, 1987. Published annually, lists of officers provide an officer's name, rank, regiment or ship, and date of commission. This book provides other records or strategies you may use. In 1882,2nd Battalion fought in Egypt, and was joined there by 1st Battalion in 1884. Copies of WO 118 are available at the FamilySearch Library. In addition, War Diaries generally contained appendices for specific events, which could include sketches, maps and Operational Orders. Lt. 2nd Btn. Want to find out more about your relative's service? This is a guide to the records of British Army soldiers who served in the First World War. Navy Records. From 1872 to 1892, merchant seamen were also listed in these records. (d.26th Oct 1916), Dowling Patrick. Royal Irish Regiment (d.5th April 1917), Pte. 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. (d.5th August 1917), Doherty Patrick. The much larger collection of originals are in the care of The Western Front Association(WFA) but had previously been held locally, around the country, and then by the Ministry of Defence. (PRO classes Adm 6/222, 270, 446; Adm 18/119; Adm 22/47-49, 254-443; Adm 23/23-24, 32, 76-77, 89-94; Adm 82/1-2,122-123; Adm 165; PMG 16/1, 6, 15-31; PMG 70; PMG 71). View this object. - Irish Great War Society is a living history society based on the Great War 1914 to 1918. [12], The regiment also saw action at the Battle of Alexandria in March 1801. For details of other online First World War records, see the Records in other archives and organisations listed below. The National Army Museum holds the soldiers' effects ledgers that were created by the War Office to record the monies owing to those who died while serving in the British Army. Seamen often alternated between the navy and the merchant marines. 1801 - Royal Irish Artillery merged into the Royal Artillery 1855 - Board of Ordnance abolished, all personnel transferred to the War Office. Population coverage: Naval records--about 10% to 15% of the population during peacetime and much more during wartime. The Royal Irish. (d.21st March 1918), Fausset Charles Reginald. Are you looking for a relative who served in the regiment? 8th (Service) Battalion. [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. v3.0, soldiers discharged between 1914 and 1920, soldiers killed in action between 1914 and 1920, soldiers who served in the war and died of wounds or disease without being discharged to pension, soldiers who were demobilised at the end of the war, regular soldiers who continued in the army after 1920, soldiers who transferred to another service, taking their service record with them, the West African Field Force (such as Nigerian, Gold Coast, Sierra Leonean and Gambian Regiments but the records are of British Army non-commissioned officers of European descent only). Irish men of all denominations fought side by side in the 10th (Irish), 16th (Irish) and 36th (Ulster) Division, and were decorated for their gallantry and bravery throughout the war. Accessibility: Through correspondence, by searching in person or by using a local agent.[1]. The Family History Department of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Family History Record Profile: Ireland, Word document, private files of the FamilySearch Content Strategy Team, 1986-2003. If your ancestor was in the army in 1806, you may wish to search the return of all men (except commissioned officers) in army service as of 24 June 1806. 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.Also known as the 18th (Royal Irish) Regiment of Foot and the 18th (The Royal Irish) Regiment of Foot, it was one of eight Irish regiments raised largely in Ireland, its home depot in Clonmel. Army musters exist for the years 1760-1878, navy musters for 1667-1878. Search military records of non-commissioned officers and other ranks on Ancestry.co.uk () and Findmypast.co.uk () including service records (WO 363), pension records (WO 364) and campaign medal cards. You may be able to purchase a transcript from the ledgers which usually show: Ledgers from 1901 to 1914 also show the soldiers trade and date of enlistment. (Wiki article). Royal Irish Regiment (d.30th April 1915). You can also search on Ancestry.co.uk () but for images of the records you will need to go to Fold3.com. It is difficult to locate information about your ancestor in military records without knowing the unit (ship or regiment) in which your ancestor served. FamilySearch Library Ref. Ffolliott, Rosemary. You may find evidence that your ancestor served in the military in family records, biographies, censuses, probates, civil registrations, or church records. Assuming that you have been able to discover all the individual information you possibly can about your Great War ancestor you will probably want to find out where his unit served and what action they were involved in. Alternatively you can search by regiment. 6th Battalion (d.9th September 1916), Lafferty James. 941.5 B2i. [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. 1814-. Uniquely, The Royal Irish Rifles were awarded two on the same day - 1 July 1916. This infantry regiment traced its origins back to the British Civil Wars (1639-51), but was officially formed in 1684. To access these records you will either need to visit usto see the documents for free at our building in Kew or, where you can identify a specificdocument reference, order a copy() to be sent to you. Some records were destroyed by enemy bombing of the Guards chapel during the Second World War. Posted 9 October , 2013. The Royal Irish Regiment, formerly the Royal Regiment of Ireland and the 18th Regiment of Foot, also known as the 'First and the Last'. Details of servicemen may include year of birth, service number, rank and hospital admission date. The regiment was formed during the reign of Charles II on the 1 April 1684 by . 941.5 B2i V5-6. Daniel Deevy 2nd Btn. Earlier armies were raised as needed, usually as county militia units directed by the county's lord lieutenant. Stanley Harry Earthy 6th Battalion Royal Irish Regiment (d.3rd September 1916), Pte. [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. Patrick McAllister 6th Btn. Early Twentieth Century Records - 1913 to 1921. Search by unit name and number for document references to unit war diaries in series WO 95 using the series search. The regiment remained in Britain and Ireland until 1767, when it was deployed to North America. Use our library catalogue to find a recommended book list. In 1751, it was given a regimental numeral of 18, despite being the seventh oldest Britishinfantry regiment at that time. If you do not know the ship or regiment already, you may find that information in other records, such as census, church, or family records. Record type: Pay list of Naval officers and men aboard each commissioned warship and hired "armed ship". The South Staffordshire Regiment was an infantry regiment of the British Army, active between 1881 and 1959. Search MH 106 in our catalogue by name, service number or unit for a sample of British servicemens medical sheets and medical cards. v3.0, except where otherwise stated, British Army soldiers of the First World War, British Army soldiers in service after 1918, Records in other archives and organisations, war diaries of British Army units that served on the Western Front and in Mesopotamia, units that served in the Gallipoli Campaign at the Dardanelles, guide to records of British prisoners of the First World War, British Army operations in the First World War, Friends of The National FamilySearch Library Ref. (FamilySearch Library film 1279333 items 5-12.). Battle Honour ST QUENTIN - German Spring Offensive 1918. (d.11th November 1918), Barago Henry. Soldier's WW1 Service Records. William joined the Royal Irish Rifles, 36th Ulster Division and was sent to war in France on 4th of October 1915. If you know: Naval Officers. (FamilySearch Library book Ref 942 M24hn 1991.). Military records identify individuals who served or were eligible to serve in the armed forces. [35] Eight of the Royal Irish Regiment were killed and sixteen more wounded. (FamilySearch Library book 942 M23was.). ), Holding, Norman H. More Sources of World War I Ancestry. 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 the 17th century, independent companies of musketeers and pikemen garrisoned Ireland underboth Oliver Cromwell and King Charles II. If you have already submitted a story to the site and your UID reference number is higher than 261373 your submission is still in the queue, please do not resubmit. de Breffny, Brian. (FamilySearch Librarybook 942 M25gba; film 918928-41 and 990323-26.) 6th Btn. The Government of Guernsey publicly thanked both units and awarded them a cash bounty of 100 guineas. Alternatively, the International Red Cross holds an incomplete list of known prisoners of war in its archive. The cards record details of the pension entitlements of soldiers and other servicemen killed or injured in the war, both of officers and other ranks, and of the widows and dependants of deceased soldiers. In March 1915 one Company from the Guernsey Militia joined the battalion. This included service in the Second Afghan War (1878-80). They were buried at Merrion Cemetery, Bellevue. please. [20] The regiment also took part in the Second Anglo-Afghan War. 1979. pages 4-9. But they are difficult to use because few are indexed and many are only available at the Public Record Office, Kew at the National Archives. [3] With the simultaneous outbreak of the Irish Civil War conflict some thousands of their ex-servicemen and officers contributed to expanding the Free State government's newly formed National Army. Each of these services kept its own records. It served with the British Army until 1958, when it was merged into the 3rd East Anglian Regiment. 1st of September 2022 marks 23 years since the launch of the Wartime Memories Project. 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. Enlistment registers of the Scots Guards covering 1799-1939, and 1642-1939 for officers, can be searched on Findmypast.co.uk. Reduplication by Great Britain, Admiralty, 1954. Only a 2% sample of these records survive. Search the easier records first; they will often provide information that will then help you search military records. It then formedpart of Indias garrison until 1854, when it moved to the Crimean War (1854-56). Royal Irish Regiment (d.24th Jan 1918), Pte. Regiments and Corps. We have a large archive of soldier records. (d.19th Dec 1917), Nolan Michael. This group of records are known as the Unburnt Documents and the, catalogue reference for this series of records commences with. A Bibliography of Regimental Histories of the British Army. Photo Archive: France & Flanders. London, England: various publishers. We can either copy our records onto paper or deliver them to you digitally, Visit us in Kew to see original documents or view online records for free, Consider paying for Salt Lake City, Utah: Corporation of the President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1991. Navy List. Post-1882 records are arranged in a single alphabetical series. Dallington, East Sussex, England: Naval and Military Press Ltd., 1992. 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. For more information on military records at the Public Record Office, see the Bevan and Duncan or Kew Lists handbooks listed at the end of this section. - Royal Irish Fusiliers Museum Held at the FamilySearch Library, SLC, also World Catalogue lists the Libraries it is available around the world. 6th Btn. 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. If your ancestor does not appear in the Army List for the right time period, consult the card index to officers which is available only at the Public Record Office, Kew. (d.27th June 1916), Terry Timothy. Mid-19th Century Irish Deserters in New Zealand. The Connaught Rangers, the Leinster Regiment, the Royal Dublin Fusiliers, the Royal Irish Regiment and the Royal Munster Fusiliers were units of the British Army, which were disbanded following the establishment of the independent Irish Free State in 1922. Search the London Gazette on The Gazette website for the official announcements of British Army soldiers gallantry awards. The regiment foughtin the First Opium War (1839-42) and the Second Burma War (1852). The WW1 Medal Rolls are not available to view on line and can only be researched at the National Archives in Kew, England. The Royal Irish Regiment is awarded the Conspicuous Gallantry Cross by the . 1973. pages 12-17, Family History Ref. Gives name, ship on which he arrived in India, branch of service, Country of origin, the Corps each soldier was serving in, and date of enlistment. It has no connection toThe Royal Irish Regiment (27th (Inniskilling) 83rd and 87th and Ulster Defence Regiment) formed in 1992. IRISH GREAT WAR SOCIETY - WW1 Research. Patrick McAllister 6th Btn. Pte. If you know: For the place he died after receiving an army pension, search the district pension returns for that area. Record type: Survey of commissioned and warrant officers giving birth information and details of service. Location: National Archives, Bishops Street, Dublin, Ireland and Public Record Office, Ruskin Avenue, Richmond, Surrey, TW9 4DU England. [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. Nevertheless, soldiers' names are occasionally recorded in the account of an operation such as a patrol, a raid on an enemy trench, or an award of a medal. Records of military service are at the Public Record Office, Kew. If the information here has been helpful or you have enjoyed reaching the stories please conside making a donation, no matter how small, would be much appreciated, annually we need to raise enough funds to pay for our web hosting or this site will vanish from the web. By further selecta name in the first column and clicking on it you will be presented with 'Casualty Details Page', which will providemore information. Search the enlistment books of The Royal Irish Regiment and the other Irish regiments disbanded from the British Army in 1922. 'I turned over one poor chap on a rocky, bloody crag on Tanngoucha. The British Army contained regiments from parts of the former colonies. The daily information contained in a War Diary can vary from just a few words to a detailed description of life at the Front. Pre-1914 military records are kept in the Public Record Office, Kew and are divided into army and navy records. Other military records include description books; returns of service; and records of pensions, payrolls, promotions, medals, casualties, courts martial, service, and desertions. 6th Btn. The records include admissions and discharge records from military hospitals, field ambulances, and casualty clearing stations. Militarily, the whole of Ireland was administered as a separate command within the United Kingdom with Command Headquarters at Parkgate (Phoenix Park) Dublin, directly under the War Office in London. Lawder Benjamin Sandys Smith MC MiD. Research use: A tool to find and locate the Irish soldier, and a guide to birthplaces. Discovery is a catalogue of archival records across the UK and beyond, from which you can search 32 million records. All names on this list have been submitted by relatives, friends, neighbours and others who wish to remember them, if you have any names to add or any recollections or photos of those listed,
Mossong, Verna. Quinlivan, Patrick. William Flynn 5th (Pioneer) Battalion Royal Irish Regiment (d.24th January 1918), Capt. It was then posted to the West Indies from 1805 until the end of the war in 1814. Population coverage: Varies, very high during wartime (40%) and lower (about 10%) during peacetime. 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. Appointments to view documents can be made by contacting the regiment as appropriate. - Royal Irish Regiment during the Great War -. The modern day Royal Irish Regiment formed in the 1990's has no true historical links to the original regiment other than its name. 4 July 1918 : transferred to 21st Brigade, 30th Division. At home in Ireland men volunteered in their thousands and all three regiments soon formed new battalions. [9] Boston was abandoned in early 1776 and the regiment evacuated to Nova Scotia, where many of its men were drafted into other units, then to Dover Castle in England. This record series can be viewed by using catalogue reference WO372/. find out more > The Victoria Cross. . Note that military records collections searched on both Ancestry and Findmypast also contain other types of military record from before and after the First World War. You can also search our bookshop for a wide range of history titles. Compulsory draft was seldom used, except by the militia. This page was last edited on 28 December 2022, at 18:47.
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