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The 15th (Service) Battalion (North Belfast) landed at Boulogne-sur-Mer as part of the 107th Brigade in the 36th (Ulster) Division in October 1915 for service on the Western Front. [12] The 16th (Service) Battalion (2nd County Down) (Pioneers) landed at Boulogne-sur-Mer as pioneer battalion for the 36th (Ulster) Division in October 1915 for ...
15th (Service) North Belfast Belfast, September 1914 Belfast Volunteers of the Ulster Volunteer Force 107th Brigade, 36th (Ulster) Division [18] [67] 16th (Service) 2nd County Down, Pioneers County Down, September 1914 County Down Volunteers of the Ulster Volunteer Force Pioneers, 36th (Ulster) Division [18] [67] 17th (Reserve)
The 15th Infantry Brigade, later 15 (North East) Brigade, was an infantry brigade of the British Army.It was part of the regular 5th Infantry Division during the First World War and Second World War, and was subsequently part of the 2nd Infantry Division in the north of the United Kingdom, with specific responsibility for the areas of North East England and Yorkshire and the Humber.
After Ulsterisation began in 1976 many battalion headquarters eventually had full-sized permanent cadre companies attached and these would maintain a 24-hour presence in the battalion's Tactical Area of Responsibility. In each battalion area, sub headquarters units would maintain direct contact with their own men and Battalion HQ by radio.
15th Battalion, West Yorkshire Regiment: 11th Battalion, East Lancaster Regiment ... 15th Bn, (North Belfast), Royal Irish Rifles: 13th Bn, (1st Co. Down), Royal ...
William Reid (1 January 1939 – 15 May 1971 [1]) was a member of the Belfast Brigade of the Provisional Irish Republican Army. [2] Reid killed the first soldier of the British Army in the Troubles and was later himself killed as he attempted another ambush of British Army personnel.
15th (Service) Battalion (North Belfast), Royal Irish Rifles (joined September 1914) 107th Brigade Machine Gun Company (joined 18 December 1915, moved into 36th Battalion, Machine Gun Corps on 1 March 1918) 107th Trench Mortar Battery (joined from 1 April 1916) 1st Battalion, Royal Irish Fusiliers (joined August 1917, left February 1918)
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.