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The Royal Irish Regiment (27th (Inniskilling), 83rd, 87th and The Ulster Defence Regiment) (R IRISH) is a light infantry regiment of the British Army.The regiment was founded in 1992 through the amalgamation of the Royal Irish Rangers and the Ulster Defence Regiment.
8th King's Royal Irish Hussars; 27th (Inniskilling) Regiment of Foot; 87th (Royal Irish Fusiliers) Regiment of Foot; 88th Regiment of Foot (Connaught Rangers) 89th (Princess Victoria's) Regiment of Foot; 100th Regiment of Foot (Prince Regent's County of Dublin Regiment) 101st Regiment of Foot (Duke of York's Irish) 152 (North Irish) Regiment RLC
Royal Irish Regiment: 1689–present: The present regiment was founded by a merger of the Royal Irish Rangers and the Ulster Defence Regiment. Also includes among its lineage, the Royal Irish Rifles, the Royal Irish Fusiliers and the Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers, as well as earlier Regiment of Foot. Irish Guards: 1900–present
The Legion was eventually expanded from a battalion to a regiment and there was greater demand for more soldiers. [1] These made a varied group; some were former United Irishmen who were taken prisoner in 1798-99 and then freed during the peace that followed the Treaty of Amiens (1802–03), some had been impressed into the Royal Navy and deserted, and some were German or Polish. [1]
The Royal Irish Regiment, until 1881 the 18th Regiment of Foot, was an infantry regiment of the line in the British Army, first raised in 1684.Also known as the 18th (Royal Irish) Regiment of Foot and the 18th (The Royal Irish) Regiment of Foot, it was one of eight Irish regiments raised largely in Ireland, its home depot in Clonmel. [1]
Irish regiments of the British Army (25 C, 42 P) Irish units and formations of Canada (1 C, 4 P) N. North Irish Horse (11 P) R. Royal Dublin Fusiliers (2 C, 3 P)
The Royal Irish Rangers (27th (Inniskilling), 83rd and 87th) was a regular light infantry regiment of the British Army with a relatively short existence, formed in 1968 and later merged with the Ulster Defence Regiment in 1992 to form the Royal Irish Regiment.
The Royal Irish Regiment - 1 + 1 battalion [14] The Royal Gurkha Rifles - 2 + 0 battalions [15] ... Royal Army Veterinary Corps - 2 + 0 regiments [41] Overseas regiments