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Irish Regiments of the British Army
Pre 1918, Royal Irish Regiment, Connought Rangers, Dublin Fusiliers, Royal
Irish Rangers, Royal Munster Fusiliers, Royal Irish Rifles shown in
military uniform art prints and battle scenes. Military art prints
published by Cranston Fine Arts.
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The Leinster Regiment (extract
from the Army and Auxiliary Forces" Colonel
C. Cooper King, R.M.A. , 1894 )
The regiment, though bearing an Irish title, had
anything but an Irish origin. The
1st battalion was raised as the “100th of the
line, or Prince of Wales’ Royal Canadians,” though one of its
predecessors had been the City of Dublin Regiment.
The 2nd was the 109th, which had originated
in the East India Company’s army, and, raised in 1854, was first the 3rd
Bombay European Regiment, then the 3rd Bombay Regiment, and
then the 109th Bombay Infantry.
The first of the two was raised in Canada in 1858, and its badge of
the Prince of Wales’ plume and the maple-leaf dates from that time,
while the name “Niagara” on the colours was gained by a former 100th,
which fought at Fort Niagara in 1813.
But there had been regiments of the same number in 1760-63, in
1780-85, in 1794 (which became the 92nd on reduction), in
1805-1818 (when it had become the Prince Regent’s County of Dublin
Regiment, the 99th), and in 1798-1818 (having begun as the New
South Wales or 102nd Regiment).
The present 1st battalion has seen no war service since
its formation; the second battalion served in Central India during the
Mutiny, and was present at Rathghur, Baroda, Saugur, Garracota, the Pass
of Muddenpur, Betwa, Jhansi, Loharee, Koonch (where the temperature varied
from 115 to 130 degrees), Muttra, Garowtee, Calpee, and Gwailor.
In 1862 the regiment was reinforced by 500 men from the “Jager”
corps of the “Brittish German Legion” of Crimean days.
There had been two others of its number, which lived from 1761-63
and from 1794-95. The
scarlet uniform has blue facings, with the name and plume on the button,
the plume, crowned, on the collar, and the plume over maple-leaves on the
helmet-plate. The Militia
battalions are the king’s County, the Queen’s County, and the Royal
Meath, the last of which formerly wore the “Tara Brooch” on their
Glengarries. Its
usual titles have been the “Royal Canadians,” from the 100th;
and the “German Legion,” from the number of Germans that entered the
ranks of the 109th in 1862.
The depot was at Birr. |
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Royal Leinster Regiment by Richard Simkin
Open edition print. Image size 8 inches x 12 inches (20cm x 31cm). Price £14.00
Original chromolithograph published c.1888. Image size 10 inches x 13 inches (25cm x 33cm). Price £140.00
ITEM CODE UN0294
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Lieutenant J. V. Holland Leading His Bombers Through A Village Held By The Enemy, After Driving Them From Their Dug Outs.
Not content with bombing hostile dug outs during a heavy engagement, Lieutenant John Vincent Holland, of the Leinster Regiment, fearlessly led his bombers through the British artillery barrage and cleared a greater part of the village in front. He started out with twenty-six bombers and finished up with only five, after capturing some fifty prisoners. By this very gallant action he undoubtedly broke the spirit of the enemy and thus saved many casualties. For his most conspicuous bravery he was awarded the V.C.
First World War antique black and white book plate published c.1916-18 of glorious acts of heroism during the Great War. This plate may also have text on the reverse side which does not affect the framed side. Title and text describing the event beneath image as shown. Paper size 10.5 inches x 8.5 inches (27cm x 22cm). Price £13.00
ITEM CODE DTE0751
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Private Wilson Bayoneting a German, one of four prisoners who attempted to escape from him.
While four of the enemy were being marched off after being taken prisoners single-handed by Private R Wilson, of the 2nd Battalion. The Irish Rifles, one of them turned and threw a bomb at him. Three of them dashed off immediately. But having quickly bayoneted one of them, he shot, and took the fourth prisoner again. For his conspicuous gallantry and determination Wilson was awarded the D.C.M.
First World War antique black and white book plate published c.1916-18 of glorious acts of heroism during the Great War. This plate may also have text on the reverse side which does not affect the framed side. Title and text describing the event beneath image as shown. Paper size 10.5 inches x 8.5 inches (27cm x 22cm). Price £13.00
ITEM CODE DTE0454
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Irish Regiments in the British Army by Richard Simkin.
Royal Dublin Fusiliers, Leinster Regiment, Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers, 8th Kings Royal Irish Hussars, 4th Royal Irish Dragoon Guards, Connaught Rangers, 5th Royal Irish Lancers, Royal Irish Fusiliers, Royal Irish rifles, Royal Irish Regiment, 6th Inniskilling Dragoons, Royal Munster Fusiliers.
Open edition print. Image size 24 inches x 10 inches (61cm x 25cm). Price £32.00
ITEM CODE DHM0108
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Lieutenant J. V. Holland Leading His Bombers
Through A Village Held By The Enemy, After Driving Them From Their Dug Outs.
Not content with bombing hostile dug outs during a heavy
engagement, Lieutenant John Vincent Holland, of the Leinster Regiment,
fearlessly led his bombers through the British artillery barrage and
cleared a greater part of the village in front.
He started out with twenty-six bombers and finished up with only
five, after capturing some fifty prisoners.
By this very gallant action he undoubtedly broke the spirit of
the enemy and thus saved many casualties.
For his most conspicuous bravery he was awarded the V.C. First World War antique black and white book plate published c.1916-18 of glorious acts
of heroism during the Great War. This plate may also have text on the
reverse side which does not affect the framed side.
prisoners who
attempted to escape from him.
While four of the enemy were being marched off after being
taken prisoners single-handed by Private R Wilson, of the 2nd
Battalion. The Irish
Rifles, one of them turned and threw a bomb at him.
Three of them dashed off immediately.
But having quickly bayoneted one of them, he shot, and took the
fourth prisoner again. For
his conspicuous gallantry and determination Wilson was awarded the D.C.M.
Irish Regiments in the British Army by Richard Simkin Irish regiments shown :
Royal Dublin Fusiliers, Leinster Regiment, Royal Inniskilling
Fusiliers, 8th Kings Royal Irish Hussars, 4th Royal Irish Dragoon Guards,
Connaught Rangers, 5th Royal Irish Lancers, Royal Irish Fusiliers, Royal
Irish rifles, Royal Irish Regiment, 6th Inniskilling Dragoons, Royal
Munster Fusiliers. |
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British
Infantry Foot Regiments, Listed by their Regimental number
 | 1st of Foot, The Royal
Scots |
| 2nd of Foot, The
Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment) |
| 3rd of Foot The Buffs,
(East Kent Regiment) |
| 4th of Foot, The King's
Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment) |
| 5th of Foot, The
Northumberland Fusiliers |
| 6th of Foot, The Royal
Warwickshire Regiment |
| 7th of Foot, The Royal
Fusiliers |
| 8th of Foot, The King's
(Liverpool Regiment) |
| 9th of Foot, The
Norfolk Regiment |
| 10th of Foot, The
Lincolnshire Regiment |
| 11th of Foot, The
Devonshire Regiment |
| 12th of Foot, The
Suffolk regiment |
| 13th of Foot, Prince Albert's
(Somerset Light Infantry) |
| 14th of Foot, The
Prince of Wales' Own (West Yorkshire Regiment) |
| 15th of Foot. The East
Yorkshire Regiment |
| 16th of Foot, The
Bedfordshire Regiment |
| 17th of Foot, The
Leicestershire Regiment |
| 18th of Foot. The Royal
Irish Regiment |
| 19th of Foot, Alexandra Princess of
Wales' Own Yorkshire Regiment |
| 20th of Foot, The
Lancashire Fusiliers |
| 21st of Foot, The Royal
Scots Fusiliers |
| 22nd of Foot The
Cheshire Regiment |
| 23rd of Foot, The Royal
Welch Fusiliers |
| 24th of Foot, The South
Wales Borderers |
| 25th of Foot, The
King's Own Borderers |
| 26th of Foot The
Cameronians (disbanded in 1968) |
| 27th of Foot
Inniskilling Regiment |
| 28th of Foot, North
Gloucestershire Regiment (amalgamated into the Gloucester Regiment) |
| 29th of Foot The
Worcestershire Regiment |
| 30th of Foot The
Cambridgeshire Regiment (amalgamated into the East Lancashire
regiment) |
| 31st of Foot The
Huntingdonshire Regiment (amalgamated into the East Surrey Regiment) |
| 32nd of Foot The
Cornwall Light Infantry Regiment (amalgamated into the Duke of Cornwall's
Light Infantry) |
| 33rd The
Duke of Wellington's regiment (amalgamated into The Duke of Wellington's
West Riding Regiment) |
| 34th The
Cumberland Regiment (amalgamated into the Border Regiment) |
| 35th The Sussex
Regiment |
| 36th The
Herefordshire Regiment (amalgamated into the Worcestershire
regiment) |
| 37th The
North Hampshire Regiment (amalgamated into the Hampshire Regiment) |
| 38th 1st
Staffordshire Regiment Amalgamated into the South Staffordshire
Regiment and then into the Staffordshire Regiment) |
| 39th The
Dorsetshire Regiment |
| 40th
The 2nd
Somersetshire Regiment (amalgamated into the Prince of Wales'
Volunteers South Lancashire regiment) |
| 41st
The Welsh Regiment |
| 42nd The
Royal Highland Regiment (Black Watch) |
| 43rd
The Monmouthshire Regiment (Amalgamated into the Oxfordshire Light
Infantry) |
| 44th
The East
Sussex Regiment (amalgamated into the Essex Regiment) |
| 45th 1st
Nottinghampshire Regiment (amalgamated into the Sherwood Forresters) |
| 46th South
Devonshire Regiment (amalgamated into the The Duke of Cornwall's
Light Infantry) |
| 47th The
Lancashire Regiment (amalgamated into the Loyal North Lancashire
Regiment) |
| 48th The
Northampton Regiment (amalgamated into the Northamptonshire
Regiment) |
| 49th The
Hertfordshire Regiment (amalgamated into the Princess of Wales'
Berkshire Regiment) |
| 50th The Queen's
Own Regiment (amalgamated into The Queen's Own Royal West Kent Regiment) |
| 51st 2nd Yorkshire West Riding Regiment (amalgamated into The
King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry) |
| 52nd The
Oxfordshire Regiment (amalgamated into the Oxfordshire Light Infantry) |
| 53rd The
Shropshire Regiment (amalgamated into the The King's Own Shropshire
Light Infantry) |
| 54th The West
Norfolk Regiment (amalgamated into the The Dorsetshire Regiment) |
| 55th
The Westmorland
Regiment (amalgamated into the Border Regiment) |
| 56th The West
Essex Regiment (amalgamated into the Essex Regiment) |
| 57th
The West Regiment (amalgamated into the Duke of Cambridge's Middlesex
Regiment) |
| 58th
Rutlandshire
Regiment (amalgamated into the Northamptonshire Regiment) |
| 59th 2nd
Nottinghampshire Regiment (amalgamated into the East Lancashire
Regiment) |
| 60th The King's
Royal Rifle Corps (now part of Royal Green Jackets) |
| 61st South
Gloucestershire Regiment (amalgamated into the Gloucester Regiment) |
| 62nd The
Wiltshire Regiment (amalgamated into the Duke of Edinburgh's Royal
Regiment) |
| 63rd The West
Suffolk Regiment (amalgamated into the Manchester Regiment) |
| 64th 2nd
Staffordshire Regiment (amalgamated into the Staffordshire Regiment) |
| 65th 2nd
Yorkshire North Riding Regiment (amalgamated into the The York and
Lancaster regiment) and disbanded in 1968 |
| 66th The
Berkshire Regiment (amalgamated into the Duke of Edinburgh's
Royal Regiment) |
| 67th The South
Hampshire Regiment (amalgamated into the Hampshire Regiment part
of the Princess of Wales' Royal Regiment) |
| 68th The
Durham Light Infantry Regiment |
| 69th The South
Lincolnshire Regiment (amalgamated into the Welsh Regiment) |
| 70th The Surrey
Regiment (amalgamated into the East Surrey Regiment) |
| 71st Highland
Light Infantry Regiment (now The Highland Light Infantry) |
| 72nd The
Seaforth Highlanders (Duke of Albany's Own Highlanders) now part of the
Queen's Own Highlanders |
| 73rd The
Perthshire Regiment (now part of The Black Watch) |
| 74th Highlanders (now part of the Highland Light Infantry) |
| 75th The
Stirlingshire Regiment (Then Part of the Gordon Highlanders,
Now part of the Queens Own Highlanders) |
| 76th of
Foot (Amalgamated to become Duke of Wellington's (West Riding
Regiment) |
| 77th The East
Middlesex Regiment (Amalgamated to become The Duke of Cambridge's
Own Middlesex Regiment |
| 78th Ross-shire
Buffs (amalgamated to become Seaforth Highlanders, (now Queens
own Highlanders) |
| 79th The Queen's
Own Cameron Highlanders (Now The Queens Own Highlanders) |
| 80th
The
Staffordshire Volunteer Regiment (Now the Staffordshire regiment) |
| 81st
Loyal Lincoln Volunteer Regiment (amalgamated to
become The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment) |
| 82nd Prince
of Wales Volunteer regiment (Then amalgamated to become The Prince
of Wales Volunteers (South Lancashire Regiment)) |
| 83rd County of
Dublin Regiment (Became part of the The Royal Irish ) |
| 84th York and Lancaster Regiment (disbanded in 1968) |
| 85th Buck's
Volunteers the King's Light Infantry (became part of the Shropshire
Light Infantry) |
| 86th Royal County
Down Regiment (Became part of the Royal Irish Rifles) |
| 87th Royal
Irish Fusiliers |
| 88th
The
Connought Rangers (disbanded in 1922) |
| 89th
The Princess Victoria's Regiment (then became part of the Princess Victoria's (The
Royal Irish) Fusiliers) |
| 90th The
Perthshire Volunteers Light Infantry (Became part of the Cameronians) |
| 91st The Princess
Louise's Argyllshire Highlanders (now part of the Argyll and Sutherland
Highlanders) |
| 92nd The Gordon Highlanders (now part of the Queen's own
Highlanders) |
| 93rd Sutherland
Highlanders (now part of the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders) |
| 94th of
Foot (amalgamated with the Connought Rangers) |
| 95th Derbyshire
Regiment, (Now, The Sherwood Forresters) |
| 96th of
Foot (Amalgamated with the Manchester regiment, Now the King's
Regiment) |
| 97th
The Earl
of Ulster's Regiment (amalgamated into the Queen's Own Royal West Kent
Regiment) |
| 98th The
Prince
of Wales' Regiment (Amalgamated into the prince of wale's North
Staffordshire Regiment) Now part of the Staffordshire Regiment) |
| 99th The Duke of
Edinburgh's Regiment (Amalgamated into the The Duke of Edinburgh's
Wiltshire Regiment) |
| 100th Prince of Wales Royal Canadian
Regiment (becoming the Prince of Wales' Leinster
Regiment (Royal Canadians disbanded in 1922) |
| 101st Royal
Bengal Fusiliers, (then became the Royal Munster Fusiliers, disbanded in
1922. |
| 102nd
Royal Madras
Fusiliers (then became the Royal Dublin Fusiliers disbanded in 1922) |
| 103rd Royal
Bombay Fusiliers (then became part of the Royal Dublin Fusiliers, disbanded
in 1922) |
| 104th
Bengal Fusiliers
(then became part of the Royal Munster Fusiliers disbanded in 1922. |
| 105th Madras Light
Infantry (becoming part of the King's own Yorkshire Light Infantry) |
| 106th Bombay
Light Infantry (becoming part of the Durham Light Infantry) |
| 107th Bengal
Infantry (becoming part of the Royal Sussex Regiment |
| 108th The Madras
Infantry Regiment (becoming part of The Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers) |
| 109th Bombay Infantry
(becoming part of the Prince of Wales' Leinster Regiment (Royal
Canadians,) disbanded in 1922) |
| Rifle
Brigade (part of the Royal Green Jackets) |
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The Tenth (Irish)
Division in Gallipoli. by Maj Bryan Cooper. (1918)
The story of the division from the formation in Ireland
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Formed mainly from the Ulster Volunteer
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