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The Rifles are There: 1st and 2nd Battalions, The Royal Ulster Rifles in the Second World War. Pen & Sword. ISBN 1-84415-349-5. Taylor, James W. (2002). The 1st Royal Irish Rifles in the Great War. Four Courts Press. ISBN 1-85182-702-1. Taylor, James W. (2005). The 2nd Royal Irish Rifles in the Great War. Four Courts Press. ISBN 1-85182-952-0.
In early 1918, on re-organisation, 107 Brigade consisted of the 1st and 2nd (Regular) and the 15th (Service) Battalions of the Royal Irish Rifles. In March 1918 the 36th Division, in the St Quentin Sector, was part of the Fifth Army and it was upon this Army that the main weight of the German spring offensive fell.
Princess Victoria's (Royal Irish Fusiliers) 9th (Service) County Armagh September 1914 Armagh, Monaghan and Cavan Volunteers of the Ulster Volunteer Force: 108th Brigade, 36th (Ulster) Division [67] [100] 10th (Reserve) Lurgan, September 1915 Depot companies of 9th Battalion 15th (Ulster) Reserve Brigade [100] Connaught Rangers
The 36th (Ulster) Division was an infantry division of the British Army, part of Lord Kitchener's New Army, formed in September 1914.Originally called the Ulster Division, it was made up of mainly members of the Ulster Volunteers, who formed thirteen additional battalions for three existing regiments: the Royal Irish Fusiliers, the Royal Irish Rifles and the Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers.
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The King's County Royal Rifle Militia was an Irish Militia regiment in King's County (now County Offaly) [1] dating back to 1776. It later became a battalion of the Prince of Wales's Leinster Regiment (Royal Canadians). It saw action during the Irish Rebellion of 1798 and the Second Boer War, and trained thousands of reinforcements during World ...
Buttons from the tunics of the Royal Irish Artillery have been found in Somerville, Massachusetts and upon the site of Fort George at Castin, Maine. The design of the button can still be seen on the shield at the centre of the 206 (Ulster) Battery , which is part of 105 Regiment Royal Artillery (Volunteers), a Territorial Army (reserve ...
15th Battalion, London Regiment (Civil Service Rifles), 47th Division, marching past the Lord Mayor of London, Colonel Sir Charles Wakefield, 11 June 1916 (IWM Q633). At the start of the First World War the battalion established its headquarters at Somerset House; [3] the commanding officer, Lt Col RG Hayes, refused to serve overseas, an example followed by most of the men of his battalion.