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In 1948 both regular battalions were amalgamated as the 1st Battalion, the Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers. [32] In 1949, after a brief spell at home, the battalion went to the West Indies. It returned to the United Kingdom in April 1951. [33] In 1952 it was presented with the Freedom of Enniskillen, the town of its founding.
The 23 Parachute Field Ambulance, 1 Parachute Logistic Regiment and the band of the 1st Battalion, The Parachute Regiment subsequently provided protection for Government buildings and officials as well as assisting the Bermuda Police. The 1st Battalion Royal Regiment of Fusiliers was briefly despatched to Bermuda at the request of the local ...
The "Famous Irish Regiment" Dimbleby reports playing as they march past is not named, but would have been either the Royal Irish Fusiliers or the Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers. [ 10 ] Again in 1944, the BBC recorded the 1st Battalion, Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers Pipes & Drums playing Killaloe, by then adopted unofficially as the march of the ...
Raised 1756 by the Honorable East India Company as the Bengal European Regiment. Came under Crown control in 1858 as 1st Bengal Fusiliers. Made a "royal" regiment and integrated into the British Army as the 101st Foot in 1861. [18] [170] 1881:1st Battalion, The Royal Munster Fusiliers: Disbanded 1922 102
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.
2nd Battalion, Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) 2nd Battalion, Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers; 2nd Battalion, Wiltshire Regiment; 15th Infantry Brigade (Brigadier E. O. Martin until 22 January then Brigadier John Yeldham Whitfield [2]) 1st Battalion, Green Howards; 1st Battalion, King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry; 1st Battalion, York and Lancaster ...
The 1st Battalion entered the Peninsular War in November 1812 [19] and participated in the Battle of Castalla [20] and the Siege of Tarragona, both in 1813. [21] The 2nd Battalion landed in Spain in December 1812 [19] and fought brilliantly at Castalla on 13 April 1813. While formed in a two-deep line, the unit inflicted 369 killed and wounded ...
Royal Berkshire Regiment; Royal Dublin Fusiliers; Royal Fusiliers; Royal Guernsey Light Infantry; Royal Hampshire Regiment; Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers; Royal Irish Fusiliers; Royal Irish Regiment (1684–1922) Royal Leicestershire Regiment; Royal Lincolnshire Regiment; Royal Munster Fusiliers; Royal Norfolk Regiment; Royal Northumberland ...