Ourheroesinmemoriam.co.uk. Formed in Holywood in April 1915 as a Reserve Battalion, from depot companies of 11th and 12th Bns. [5], The battalion left the Somme for Loos after the first phase of the battle but returned in October 1916 to fight on the ridges of Le Transloy in appallingly muddy conditions. dailyinfo[7]=' Lieutenant Thomas Sydney Ough DEALY Australian Flying Corps who died 07/03/1918 STONYHURST COLLEGE BURIAL GROUND United Kingdom ' Robert Quigg was presented with his Victoria Cross by King George V at Sandringham in January 1917. 1st Battalion (d.24th April 1917), Gibson Walter David. Royal Irish Rifles (d.21st June 1917), Sgt. The regiment was one of eight infantry regiments raised and garrisoned in Ireland during this period. L/Cpl. In October 1899, the Second Anglo-Boer War broke out between the British Empire and the independent Boer states of the South African Republic (Republic of Transvaal) and the Orange Free State. (d.1st Jul 1916), Mulholland David. 13th Btn. All three regiments were awarded Albert, the official designation of the opening phase from 1st to 13th July 1916. (d.7th July 1917 ), Anderson Stanley Orme. [6] Yet again, its colonel was killed on the opening day of the battle and the rest of the battalion suffered massive casualties. My granddad made a life after the war but suffered PTSD which he dealt with by prayer, solitude, and by swearing off alcohol. 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. SEVER CEMETERY EXTENSION, ROUEN France ' WW1 British Army, Royal Irish Rifles . 3rd July : Forceville. He served with the regiment in Gibraltar in 1864, Mauritius in 1867, and the Cape of Good Hope in 1870. 1st Battalion joined it there from Aden in November 1914 and both remained there until the Armistice. 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'. Pages. More Royal Irish Rifles records. Rflmn. Rest in peace in Mill Road Cemetery . Absorbed into 2nd Bn on 14 November 1917. 12th (Service) Battalion, (Central Antrim), Royal Irish Rifles. What happened next earned Rifleman Robert Quigg the Victoria Cross, the highest military honour awarded for valour in the British Commonwealth. The Royal Irish. att 109th Light Trench Mortar Bty (d.1st Jul 1916), McNally F.. Rfm. It is mandatory to procure user consent prior to running these cookies on your website. Commemoration Society. My other grandfather, who served on the German side, was also aPoW. [4], In June 1917, the battalion was transferred to positions immediately east of Ypres, where it supported the British offensive that opened the Battle of Passchendaele on 31 July. Sgt. A training unit of the Special Reserve, it moved on mobilisation to Holywood Barracks, with detachments going on coast defences. On 1 April 2022 soldiers in the company transferred to foot guards regiments and the company became No 15 (Loos) Company, Irish Guards. My grandad was an instructor but on the 25th of December 1914 he was sent to the front with the 2nd battalion of the RIR because of the high losses suffered they needed more experienced men. 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. 20 December 1915 : landed at le Havre. Royal Irish Rifles during WW1 Since 1815 the balance of power in Europe had been maintained by a series of treaties. (d.7th Jun 1917), Beggs Thomas Alex Thompson. 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. 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. Harris Lee Moore. 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. That battle had occurred fifty-two years earlier, then within living memory for many. William John Thompson 13th Battalion, B Company Royal Irish Rifles (d.30th May 1916). Rfm. Ironically, the sole Somme battle honour not awarded to an Irish regiment was Thiepval. The Wartime Memories Project is a non profit organisation run by volunteers. 7 February 1918 : disbanded in France. John had been born in September of 1914 and his other sons were two and four years old. 11th Btn. 11th Btn. 11th (South Antrim) Btn. (d.7th Jun 1917), Brough Walter. 12th Btn. This production was made possible with support from The Minstrel Boys Living History Group, the Dep. 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. 14th Btn. Battle Honour ST QUENTIN - German Spring Offensive 1918. Rifleman 12th Battalion (d.1st July 1916), Black John. They moved to the Curragh in February 1915 then in May 1915 they moved to Hackwood Park, Basingstoke, England for final training. [2], The battalion's first major action was the Battle of Neuve Chapelle between 10 and 13 March 1915. 10th Btn. 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. 12th (Mid Ulster) Btn. 9th Btn. 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, 9th Battalion (d.1st July 1916), Hawthorne G. A.. 10th Btn. The events of the day were made even more spectacular by the presence of some 150 members of the Irish Guards the regimental band, the pipes and drums, the regimental mascot, wolfhound Domhnall, and a guard of honour. Terms of Service apply. Update News. var daym=mydate.getDate() Moved to Hursley Park and came under command of 25th Brigade in 8th Division. 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. Bennett Robert William . 9th (Service) Battalion (West Belfast) 10th Btn. Royal Irish Rifles, Rflmn. 5th Bde. 1st Btn. Moved at first to Newcastle and disbanded on 20 February 1918 but otherwise record same as 8th Bn. (d.4th October 1914), Craig Thomas. The Somme offensive was part of an Entente strategic plan for 1916 with a Franco-British attack on the Western Front, Russian on the Eastern Front and Italian on the Southern. Frederick Bryans 15th Btn. 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. Remembered Today: [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. He was wounded by shell fragments in 1916 during the Somme offensive. The village had resisted all previous attempts to capture it and resistance remained stubborn, resulting in heavy losses for 47th Brigade. dailyinfo[12]=' 457 Lance Corporal Arthur Price ROWE 2nd/7th Bn. Moved to England in April 1918, going to Larkhill where absorbed by 3rd (Reserve) Bn. Formed in Dublin in November 1915 and moved to India in February 1916. 8th (East Belfast) Btn. dailyinfo[28]=' 19673 Leading Aircraftman Samuel Ambrose TICKNER Meritorious Service Medal No. World War 1 One ww1 wwII greatwar great 1914 1918 first battalion regiment 8th (East Belfast) Battalion, Royal Irish Rifles 8th (East Belfast) Battalion was raised in Belfast September 1914 from the Belfast Volunteers. Rflmn. Not so well known are the stories of other Irish regiments and other battalions of our antecedent regiments in that attack. (d.1st July 1915), Blackadder Thomas. 9th Btn. Its also engraved in the history of most regiments and in the nations psyche. Pte. Collins William Robert. (d.16th Aug 1917), McClelland James. 2nd Battalion Moved to England in April 1918, going to Larkhill where absorbed by 3rd (Reserve) Bn. On either flank of the Ulster Division, the German defences had prevailed. . 14th Btn. World War 1 One ww1 wwII greatwar great 1914 1918 first battalion regiment 2nd Battalion, Royal Irish Rifles 2nd Battalion, Royal Irish Rifles were based at Tidworth with 7th Brigade, 3rd Division when war broke out in August 1914. 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. The Commonwealth War Graves Commission has 715 recorded WW1 deaths for the 12th (Service) Battalion, (Central Antrim), Royal Irish Rifles. Beggs Thomas Alexander Thompson. (d.20th Sep 1914), Brians Thomas Hutchinson. I was able to visit the battle fields in Belgium, where he fought for so long, in 2007. Kings Royal Rifle Corps who died 02/03/1915 YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL Belgium ' 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. The service of the 1st Battalion Royal Irish Rifles in World War I saw the battalion serving on the Western Front throughout the war. We are now on Facebook. Necessary cookies are absolutely essential for the website to function properly. This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google On that date, Saturday 1st July 1916, soldiers from seventeen battalions of our antecedent regiments took part in the opening attack of an offensive that lasted until late-November. (d.7th Jun 1917), Currie David. Pte. 4th Bn. 28 November 1915 : sailed from Marseilles for Salonika. Robert Quigg, 12th Bttn - 1st July 1916 at Hamel, France. (d.7th Jun 1917), Birnie Robert. Rfm. 36th CCS. (d.28th Jul 1917), Boyd Samuel. - Royal Irish Rifles during the Great War -. (d.1st July 1916), Mills J.. Rfm. 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. "Orbita." Sir Harry Macnaghten has no known grave and is commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial, France; he is among 26 men from Bushmills and district who were killed on the first day of the Somme. Rflmn. 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. Free delivery for many products. Returned to UK and landed at Liverpool on 22 October 1914. Our antecedent regiments earned eight: Albert (1st - 13th July); Bazentin Ridge(14th -17th July); Pozires (23rdJuly 7th August); Guillemont (3rd 6th September); Ginchy (9th September); le Transloy (1st October 11th November); Ancre Heights (1st October 11th November); Ancre (13th 18th November). Pte. 6 November 1914 : landed at Le Havre. I see no reason why he received the 1914-15 Star except by an error. Patrick Toman 2nd Btn. For the rest of the war, he toured Ireland with recruiting parties encouraging men to enlist and serve their King and country in defence of the poor people of Belgium. 16th Bn (d.2nd Dec 1917), Slacke Charles Owen. (d.15th July 1916), Ireland James. Looking at your PDF, the medals are (left to right): Curiously, his Medal Index Card (linked by Jon in post#3) isn't annotated to show an award of the 14/15 Star; and I didn't find him in the relevant medal roll. In August the 1st Battalion was stationed in Aden (now Yemen). 14th Btn. (d.24th Dec 1917), Magee Robert. 14th Btn. Search for WW1 Service Personal with Irish connections. Moore John Trid. Moved to England in April 1918, going to Larkhill. 9th Btn. One war correspondent wrote that Their attack was one of the finest displays of human courage in the world but, on 1st and 2nd July, their losses exceeded 5,500 dead, wounded or missing. Now Sergeant OCathain and The Royal Irish Regiment were mobilised on 9 October and some 695 reported out of a total number recalled of 704. The Victoria Cross was awarded to three men from the Royal Irish Rifles: Edward De Wind, 15th Bttn - 21st March 1918 at Grugies, France. 28 June was a wonderful day for the people of Bushmills and a great honour for our Society that the Queen graciously agreed to perform the official unveiling. Formed at Dublin in August 1914 as part of K1 and came under command of 29th Brigade in 10th (Irish) Division. Rfm. There is a guide at TNAhttp://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/help-with-your-research/research-guides/prisoners-of-war-british-hands/. The Long, Long Trail has always been free to use but it does cost money to operate. (d.31st Jan 1917), Brady Edward.