[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. Great Britain, Admiralty. (FamilySearch Library book Ref 942 M2hoL 1991. IRISH GREAT WAR SOCIETY - WW1 Research. 2nd Btn. British Army soldiers of the First World War - The National Archives In 1919, 1st Battalion undertookoccupation duties in Germany and 2nd Battalion garrisonedIndia. Battle Honour ST QUENTIN - German Spring Offensive 1918. Salt Lake City, Utah: Corporation of the President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1991. Held at the FamilySearch Library, SLC, also World Catalogue lists the Libraries it is available around the world. Capt. Two battalions of the Royal Ulster Rifles land in Normandy by air and by sea. (FamilySearch Library book 942 M23cs; film 908026-27.). This website is paid for out of our own pockets, library subscriptions and from donations made by visitors. (d.5th August 1917), Doherty Patrick. Michael was listed as missing in action between the 19th and 21st of October 1914. 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, 1801 - Royal Irish Artillery merged into the Royal Artillery 1855 - Board of Ordnance abolished, all personnel transferred to the War Office. ebsite under maintenance please bear with us. Some Useful Sources of Information for Tracing Irish Ww1 Soldiers The 18th (Royal Irish) Regiment storming the Chinese fortress at Amoy, 1841. (d.16th August 1915), Kavanagh William. Post-1913 navy records are at the following address: Ministry of DefenseMain Building, Whitehall SW1A 2HB ENGLANDInternet: http://www.mod.uk/defenceinternet/home. If you do not know your ancestor's ship, the source you should search to determine the ship will depend on what you know about your ancestor. Record type: Muster and pay lists for soldiers stationed in Irish Recruitment Depots. 2d ed. It has no connection toThe Royal Irish Regiment (27th (Inniskilling) 83rd and 87th and Ulster Defence Regiment) formed in 1992. Before you can use navy records or pre-1872 army records, you must determine the specific ship or regiment in which your ancestor served. WW1 & WW2 Nurses Records: 1914-1919 Royal Navy Medals 1914-1919: 1914-1919 Soldiers Died in the Great War 1914-1919: . Population coverage: Naval records cover about 10% to 15% of the population during peacetime and much more during wartime. 1840-1866. Also a list of references of the Irish Militia from the Suffolk Chronicle and Ipswich Journal 1812-1814. As you search these records, be cautious in accepting the accuracy of the information you find. 1st of September 2022 marks 23 years since the launch of the Wartime Memories Project. We'd like to use additional cookies to remember your settings and understand how you use our services. Royal Irish Regiment (d.5th Jul 1916), Pte. Pte. Punch, Terrence M. Irish Deserters at Halifax, Nova Scotia, During the Napoleonic Wars 1803-1807. In England at the time of the merger, the 87th Foot became 1st Battalion and saw action in the Egyptian campaign the following year. Chaplain's returns and regimental registers are available only by correspondence with the General Register Office. Want to find out more about your relative's service? This period was also interspersed with service as marines and garrison duty in Ireland and England. Service records from the Brigade of Guards (The Grenadier, Coldstream, Irish and Welsh Guards) have now transferred to the Army Personnel Centre, including First World War records (see above). (FamilySearch Library book Ref 942 M24hn 1991.). The War Diary series have the catalogue reference of WO95/.. Research use: Lists place of origin for soldiers. Article in The Irish Ancestor, vol. 6th Battalion (d.9th September 1916), Lafferty James. Formed in France, 1 September 1917, from the dismounted 1st and 2nd South Irish Horse. Regimental histories available at the FamilySearch Library are listed in the Place Search of the catalog under: A port where your ancestor landed on a specific date, search the list books (Rodger, N. A. M.. A battle or campaign in which your ancestor was involved, search medal rolls, also held at the Public Record Office, Kew. Dublin, Ireland: Maunsel and Roberts, 1923. British Military Records. 3 vols. Pte. 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. Contents: Age, birthplace, trade or occupation on enlistment, record of service and reason for discharge. Population coverage: Varies, very high during wartime (40%) and lower (about 10%) during peacetime. The badge was awarded to all of those military personnel who were discharged as a result of sickness or wounds contracted or received during the war, either at home or overseas. - Inniskillings Museum [8] When the American War of Independence began in April 1775, most of the unit was in Boston; for the first time in over 50 years, it saw action at Lexington, Concord and Bunker Hill. See below for advice on searching for the war diaries of units that served elsewhere in the world during the war. The FamilySearch Library has many military records, but these are only a small part of the military records available. He was held as a POW at Hamel and later Limberg. miscellaneous unregistered papers created by the First World War Committee on the Treatment of British Prisoners of War: Interviews and Reports. The regiment remained in Britain and Ireland until 1767, when it was deployed to North America. The Wartime Memories Project is a non profit organisation run by volunteers. This group of records are known as the Unburnt Documents and the, catalogue reference for this series of records commences with. In 1857, the regiment raised a 2nd Battalion again, this time out of volunteers from Irelands militia regiments.