Crookes, 4691 Staff Sergeant F, Notes: There is a catalogue error on the National Archives website for this war diary. WebTHE CONNAUGHT RANGERS MUTINY INDIA 1920 When news of the Irish War of Independence, and the reprisals taken in Ireland by the Black and Tans and the Auxiliary Division reached the 1st Battalion of the Connaught Rangers at Jullandur, Punjab, India, the mutiny began. 1793-1881: 88th (Connaught Rangers) Regiment of Foot. No service record survives for James as it was destroyed in the Blitz. The 6th (Service) Battalion was formed at Kilworth in September 1914 and joined the 47th Brigade which was part of the 16th Division. The 5th Battalion was raised at Dublin in August 1914 and became part of the 29th Brigade in the 10th (Irish) Division. [3] The regiment recruited mainly in the province of Connacht. The second 88 th Foot, known as Keating's Regiment, was in existence from 1779 to 1783. Sgt. The 94th, formally known as the Scotch Brigade had fought in India (earning the Army of India Medal with three clasps) prior to joining the 88th in General Picton's, 3rd Light Division in the Peninsular Wars against France. He joined the 3rd Battalion Irish Guards on the 20th of Jan 1916 and was transferred to the Connaught Rangers 22nd of June 1916 then posted to the 3rd Battalion at Kinsale on the 4th of July 1916. Due to heavy casualties both sustained by both the 1st and 2nd Battalions in the opening months of the war, they were amalgamated on 5 December 1914 at Le Touret. This item is available on microfilm at this FamilySearch center. WebConnaught Rangers - 2nd Battalion. The regiment was disbanded in 1922 upon the formation of the Irish Free State and the regimental colours were laid up at Windsor Castle. WebEx-mother-in-law of Frank Sinatra, Andr Previn and Ava Roosevelt. When the 88th Regiment of Foot (Connaught Rangers), and 94th Regiment of Foot amalgamated to form The Connaught Rangers in 1881 under the Cardwell-Childers reforms of the British Armed Forces, four pre-existent The newspaper has been digitized and can be viewed on FindmyPast. Pte. WebThis is a list of battalions of the Connaught Rangers, which existed as an infantry regiment of the British Army from 1881 to 1922. I have also enhanced the data with information extracted from the Commonwealth War Graves Commission Most of the war diaries listed below have been digitized by the National Archives and can be downloaded for a small fee by clicking on the blue links below. battalion Galway, St. Nicholas' Church: Connaught Rangers Memorial: Barrett, Anthony: WW I: Connaught Rangers Castlebar, Mayo Peace Park: Mayo Great War Memorial: Barrett, Michael: WW I: The Connaught Rangers, 2nd Battalion formerly 94th Foot, 1572-1922. The Connaught Rangers, 1st Battalion, formerly 88th Foot, 1793-1922 v. 2. Reagan, Geoffrey. When the 88th Regiment of Foot (Connaught Rangers), and 94th Regiment of Foot amalgamated to form The Connaught Rangers in 1881 under the Cardwell-Childers reforms of the British Armed Forces, four pre-existent militia regiments of Connaught were integrated into the structure of the regiment. The Connaught Rangers badge was the Harp of Erin surmounted by a crown.. dailyinfo[12]=' Brigadier General Henry Buchanan KIRK Four times Mentioned in Despatches Cdg. We are mighty hard to bate, I may say without concate, Faith the enemy are welcome when they come. The 21-year-old Daly was shot by a firing squad in Dagshai Prison on 2 November 1920. This list may not reflect recent changes. Their graves lie in Grangegorman Military Cemetery, France, Belgium, Germany, Greece, Turkey, Bulgaria, Egypt, Palestine, India, Iran, Iraq, Israel, and England. 7th (Ferozepore) Brigade, 3rd (Lahore) Division,Egypt, Palestine and Syria. Indian Corps which contained the 3rd (Lahore) and 7th (Meerut) Divisions was being sent to Mesopotamia, now Iraq. In March 1915, the unit moved to Bere Island, then to Fermoy in February 1916 before moving to Crosshaven in May 1916. The 5th (Service) Battalion was a battalion of Kitchener's Army. The first volume covered the 1st Battalion, the second the 2nd Battalion and the last, the 5th and 6th (Service) Battalions. Add a Name to this List More Connaught Rangers records. On 26 August, the Battalion suffered heavy casualties while acting as the 5th Brigades rearguard in what became known as the Affair of Le Grand Fayt. It is the war diary of the Battalions Medical Officer for January 1916 and the units normal war diary for the period between January 1916 and March 1918. His medal index card shows that James landed in France on 26 September and his movements can be followed in the units war diary. The Connaught Rangers were the most Irish of all Irish regiments, and the boys that took the world aisy, as Grattan calls them, were as strange a set to manage as ever tried an officers temper. Alternative name (s): Connaught Rangers Regiment of Foot, 1793-1881 (Also known as) Date: 1793-1881. Devers John Joseph. In 1919, the 2nd Battalion was reformed, by redesignation of the 5th (Service) Battalion. Youll find a lot of military jargon in the records and I have a page on abbreviations and acronyms. 93rd Infantry Bde. Functions, occupations and activities: Government (central) References: Enlistment book, Connaught Rangers, 1920-1922: Army numbers 7143001-7143990. Details. The 3rd (Reserve) Battalion was a training unit stationed at Galway on 4 August 1914. Div Royal Marine Light Infantry who died 05/05/1915 HELLES MEMORIAL Turkey (including Gallipoli) ' History: 1793: formation. Six officers and 280 other ranks were reported missing from the days fighting. Australian Field Artillery who died 14/04/1917 GREVILLERS BRITISH CEMETERY France ' PJC. High Density: {{copy.hd_shelf}}, {{copy.hd_shelfmark}}. After the Battle of Toulouse, the 88th departed to Canada while the 94th moved to Ireland and became over the next 50 years effectively an Irish Regiment. ; 16 mm. I am away from home at the moment, so do not have full access to all my records, I will check up on 'Zuurvlakte, when I get back next Tuesday, weather permitting. 1 st Regiment of Life Guards 2 nd Regiment of Life Guards Royal Horse Guards CAVALRY OF THE LINE HEAVY CAVALRY 1 st (King's) Dragoon Guards 2 nd Dragoon Guards (Queen's Bays) 3 rd (Prince of Wales') Dragoon Guards 4 th (Royal Irish) Dragoon Guards 5 th (Princess Charlotte of Wales') Dragoon Guards 6 th Dragoon Salt Lake City, Utah : Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1984. on 1 microfilm reel : ill., maps, ports. dailyinfo[22]=' Major Thomas Archibald BATCHELOR Distinguished Flying Cross, Air Force Cross No. It first saw service in 1794 in Flanders in the disastrous Walcheren campaign against Napoleon's troops and, despite their inexperience, the troops fought well, but hundreds WebIn 1857, he married Emilia Jane, daughter of Thomas Mills Goodlake of Wadley, and had six issue with her as follows: Algernon Frederick, Roderick Beauclerk, Augusta Zelia, Geraldine Katharine, Ethel Mary, and Mabel Ceclia. That same year, the French Village of Guillemont was captured by German soldiers. He killed all of them. The men of the 88th earned up to 12 battle clasps to the Military General Service Medal for services in Egypt and the Peninsula and the 94th, 10 clasps. This family was seated at Newstead Abbey, Notts, and Cowtown, Northallerton, North Riding, county York, England. Private Martin Moffat from Sligo, later a winner of the Victoria Cross, was one of the men transferred. The Battalion remained at Kinsale until November 1917 when it moved to Newcastle-upon-Tyne. It arrived in Marseilles, France on 26 September 1914. The Film/Digital Notes contain a description of the microfilm or microfiche numbers. In May 1918, the 3rd (Reserve) Battalion absorbed the 4th (Extra Reserve) Battalion at Dover. dailyinfo[15]=' 6963 Private Albert CHRISTIE 1st Bn. NAM. Major Hans Garret Moore won the VC with the 88th during the Zulu War. The 94th Foot fought at the Battle of Ulundi, the final battle of the war. It was part of the K2 Group and was formed at County Cork in September 1914 and joined the 49th Infantry Brigade, 16th (Irish) Division. High reduction (42x) microfilm. [citation needed]. The reasons why their names were excluded is not known. Vol. To get the best possible experience using our website we recommend that you upgrade to a newer version or install another browser. He was the last member of the British Armed Forces to be executed for mutiny. There are awo lot of appendices. dailyinfo[6]=' 1894 Lance Daffadar MUR MUHAMMAD KHAN Mentioned in Despatches 1st Duke of Yorks Lancers (Skinners Horse) who died 06/05/1919 DELHI MEMORIAL (INDIA GATE) India ' dailyinfo[20]=' 3/1423 Private John QUINN 2nd Bn. WebName. Absorbed by 3rd (Reserve) Battalion, in May 1918, This page was last edited on 21 March 2022, at 17:55. The third 88 th Regiment of Foot, named the Connaught Rangers, was raised in 1793 by John Thomas de Burgh, the 13 th Earl of Clanricarde because of the threat that Napoleonic France posed to England. This is a list of battalions of the Connaught Rangers, which existed as an infantry regiment of the British Army from 1881 to 1922. The 1st Battalion deployed to South Africa as part of 5th (Irish) Brigade which was commanded by Major-General Fitzroy Hart. Ive written articles on using British Army Lists, Harts Army List and the London Gazette which will help you research an officer. They formed part of the expeditions to Egypt in 1801, South America in 1806 and the short campaign in the Netherlands against France. 1. The Connaught Rangers name and traditions irrevocably came to an end in 1922 when the colours were laid up. The Connaught Rangers suffered a heavy loss in this fire when compared to other regiments. Connaught Rangers, k.i.a. [10] On 12 June the Rangers Colours, along with those of five other Irish regiments, were laid up in a disbandment ceremony at St. George's Hall, Windsor Castle in Berkshire in the presence of King George V and the five other disbanding regiments. In just over a weeks fighting in the Battle of the Somme (September 1916), the 6th Battalion lost 23 officers and 407 other ranks. [11] The Rangers detachment included the commanding officers of the 1st and 2nd Rangers, Lieutenant-Colonels W. N. S. Alexander and H. F. N. Jourdain. In August 1914 the 1st Battalion, commanded by Lieutenant-Colonel Hurdis Ravenshaw, was stationed in Ferozepore, India. Other Ranks: A service record is the most important document to find but many were destroyed when the warehouse in which they were stored caught fire in the Blitz. 3. WebSix days later, units of the 29th Division, including its three Irish battalions, the Dublin Fusiliers, the Munster Fusiliers and the Inniskilling Fusiliers, which had been brought up from Helles to reinforce the New Army troops at Suvla, suffered badly at Scimitar Hill, which had been taken but abandoned on the first day. The Commonwealth War Graves Commission recorded 483 dead for the 6th (Service) Battalion between 27 January 1916 and 3 August 1918. There are a few other rank casualties recorded. The Connaught Rangers badge was the Harp of Erin surmounted by a crown.. On 18 December 1915, the Battalion landed in France and remained on the Western Front until it was disbanded. 6th (Service) Battalion Connaught Rangers. dailyinfo[21]=' Lieutenant Colonel John Michell CLARKE Royal Army Medical Corps who died 21/04/1918 BRISTOL (CANFORD) CEMETERY United Kingdom ' [citation needed] The cost of the window was covered by subscriptions collected by The Connaught Rangers Regimental Association via The Regimental Journal "The Ranger" which was still being published twice yearly. Rifle Brigade who died 09/05/1915 RATION FARM MILITARY CEMETERY, LA CHAPELLE-DARMENTIERES France' Search results for: connaught rangers Refine this search or start a New search Displaying 1 to 100 of 682 results 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 next last 2 3 4 5 6 7 next last Join the community of family history enthusiasts and FamilySearch employees to ask questions and discuss potential product enhancements. 2006-11-14-1. (d.12th August 1915) Casey John. 28th October; Pte. who died 04/05/1917 AUCKLAND PROVINCIAL MEMORIAL New Zealand ' The microfilm may be scheduled for future scanning. The loyal British guard successfully defended it, and two of Daly's party, Privates Patrick Smythe and Peter Sears, were killed in the firefight. In November 1917, the Battalion was moved to Nigg in Scotland where it remained until early 1918 when it moved to Fort George near Inverness. On 10 January 1916, the Huntsendarrived off Basra and the Battalion soon found itself taking part in the unsuccessful attempts to relieve the besieged 6th (Poona) Division at Kut-al-Amara. This portrait of Lieutenant Claude Joseph OConor Mallinswaspublished in The Sphere after he was killed in action serving with the 2nd Battalion Connaught Rangers on 2 November 1914. var month=mydate.getMonth()+1 The amalgamated battalion kept the 1st Battalions designation. Below is a list of some well-known historical archers. dailyinfo[8]=' 1473 Private Arthur EDDINGTON 1st/13th Kensington Bn. Other enquires do not even include the name of the solider. PJC. Many of the Battalions early casualties are recorded by name and regimental number. The Battalion served in Mesopotamia until April 1918 when the 3rd (Lahore) Division was sent to Egypt to take part in the Palestine Campaign. Attention: This site does not support the current version of your web browser. Notes: A very interesting war diary concerning the Battalions activities when they were policing the Upper Silesia after the plebiscite of March 1921. R.N. On 28 June 1920, five men from C Company of the 1st Battalion at Wellington Barracks, Jalandhar, Punjab decided to protest against the effects of martial law in Ireland by refusing to soldier. 2 Regular Battalions August 1936. 88th (Connaught Rangers) Regiment This page summarises records created by this Organisation The summary includes a brief description of the collection(s) (usually including the covering dates of the collection), the name of the archive where they are held, and reference information to help you find the collection. Egypt 1801; India; South America; The Peninsula; The Crimea; Indian Mutiny; South Africa 18771882; Egypt 188486; South Africa 18991902; Pyrenees, South Africa 1877-78-79, Relief of Ladysmith, South Africa 1899-1902. In 1970, the remains of Sears, Smyth and Daly were repatriated to Ireland by The National Graves Association and given a military funeral with full honours. 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