Search for WW1 Service Personal with Irish connections. Rfm. Rflmn. The 83rd who were fighting in the Transvaal War (First Anglo-Boer War) at the time, became the new regiments 1st Battalion. In October 1899, the Second Anglo-Boer War broke out between the British Empire and the independent Boer states of the South African Republic (Republic of Transvaal) and the Orange Free State. [1] The attack was unsuccessful and cost the battalion many lives, including that of its colonel, who was mortally wounded early in the offensive. Moved to Carrickfergus in April 1915 and on to Newry in April 1917. Royal Irish Rifles, Rflmn. var day=mydate.getDay() 11th (South Antrim) Btn. 12th Batallion, Davison J. H.. 11th Btn. L/Cpl. Royal Horse Artillery who died 21/02/1917 GUARDS CEMETERY, COMBLES France ' 7,340 men from the Royal Irish Rifles are listed in the CWGC database of First World . This was a XIV Corps operation to secure suitable ground from which to launch the first operation involving tanks, which occurred a few days later at Flers-Courcelette. JOHN THE BAPTIST, LAWRENCE AND ANN) CHURCHYARD United Kingdom ' They joined the 107th Brigade 36th (Ulster) Division at Ballykinler. 12th (Service) Battalion (Central Antrim) ROYAL IRISH RIFLES. The summary includes a brief description of the collection(s) (usually including the covering dates of the collection), (d.1st Jul 1916), Careswell Ernest Francis. (d.2nd August 1917), Burnett Corry.
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