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The 155th Pioneers was a pioneer regiment of the British Indian Army. It was formed in Mesopotamia and Palestine in May and June 1918, saw service in the Sinai and Palestine Campaign in the First World War , and was disbanded in 1920.
John Brosnan was born in Ireland on July 1, 1846. He enlisted as a private in the 164th New York Infantry on August 2, 1862. The 164th New York Infantry, along with the 155th New York Infantry, 170th New York Infantry, 175th New York Infantry, and 182nd New York Infantry, formed a brigade of Irish soldiers known as Corcoran's Legion.
As part of the larger Congo Crisis (1960–1964), the siege of Jadotville began on 13 September 1961, lasting for five days. [13] While serving under the United Nations Operation in the Congo (Opération des Nations Unies au Congo, ONUC), a small contingent of the Irish Army's 35th Battalion, designated "A" Company, were besieged at the UN base near the mining town of Jadotville (modern-day ...
The 45th was sent to [Salerno] under Major General Troy H. Middleton. MG Wm. Eagles assumed command of the 45th in November '43, and led the 45th in the fighting into the mountains north of Cassino, until January 9th, 1944 until being sent to a rest area. They would then be sent to land at Anzio on January 22nd, 1944.
The Irish War of Independence (Irish: Cogadh na Saoirse) [4] or Anglo-Irish War was a guerrilla war fought in Ireland from 1919 to 1921 between the Irish Republican Army (IRA, the army of the Irish Republic) and British forces: the British Army, along with the quasi-military Royal Irish Constabulary (RIC) and its paramilitary forces the Auxiliaries and Ulster Special Constabulary (USC).
Dudley Bagenal (Jacobite) Mark Baggot. Henry Baker (soldier) Ralph Bingley. Redmond Burke, Baron Leitrim. James Butler (military adventurer) Piers Butler of Duiske.
The military history of Ireland comprises thousands of years of armed actions in the territory encompassing the island of Ireland. The Battle of Clontarf in 1014 saw a large force of Vikings and their Irish allies defeated by the forces of the High King of Ireland. Ireland was never invaded by the Roman Empire, and the island remained a warring ...
Crossbarry ambush. Irish Civil War. Thomas Bernardine[1][2][3] Barry (1 July 1897 – 2 July 1980), better known as Tom Barry, was a prominent guerrilla leader in the Irish Republican Army (IRA) during the Irish War of Independence and the Irish Civil War. He is best remembered for orchestrating the Kilmichael ambush, in which he and his column ...