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5th Battalion, Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers
5th Battalion, Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers was raised at Omagh in August 1914, part of Kitchener's First New Army. They joined 31st Brigade, 10th (Irish) Division and moved to Dublin for training then on to Kildare by early 1915. In April 1915, they moved to Basingstoke, England for final training. They departed from Liverpool on the 9th of July for Lemnos and landed at Sulva Bay on the 7th of August 1915 and made an attack on Chocolate Hill on the 7th and 8th. They were withdrawn from Gallipoli on the 29th of September 1915 to Mudros, moving to Salonika, landing between the 5th and 10th of October. On the 7th and 8th of December they were in action at Kosturino, in the retreat from Serbia. Some units of the Division were in action at the Karajakois and Yenikoi in late September and early October. They sailed from Salonika to Egypt in early September 1917, concentrating near Rafa to prepare for the Palestine Campaign. Between April and June 1918, many British units of the Division were replaced by Indian units, and the 5th Inniskillings were sent to France, joining 198th Brigade, 66th (2nd East Lancashire) Division on the 19th of July 1918. They were in action in The Battle of Cambrai, The Pursuit to the Selle and The Battle of the Selle. On the 31st of October the Division was withdrawn for rest and moved to Serain area. They returned to action on the 2nd of November and advanced through Le Cateau engaging the enemy in some sharp fights until the Armistice.
8th Aug 1915 Holding the Line
13th Aug 1915 Sick and Wounded
13th May 1917 Bombardment
15th May 1917 Attack Made
16th May 1917 Counter Attack
18th August 1917 Orders
1st Sep 1917 On the Move
5th Sep 1917 On the Move
22nd Sep 1917 On the Move
19th Jul 1918 Football
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Pte. Thomas Richard Bond 5th Btn. Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers Thomas Bond served with the 5th and 6th Battalions, Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers.
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Pte. Michael Donnelly 5ht Btn. Inniskilling Fusiliers (d.15th August 1915) Michael Donnelly had never been further from home than Glasgow. He was sent to Gallipoli in Turkey where he died aged 19
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Pte. Patrick Barrett 5th Btn. Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers (d.13th August 1917) Private Barrett was the son of Mrs M. Barrett of Bridget St., Loughrea.
He was 24 when he died and is buried in the North-East part of the Loughrea (Garrybreda) Cemetery, Loughrea, Co. Galway, Ireland.
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Francis Ledwidge 5th Btn. Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers (d.31st July 1917) Francis Ledwidge was killed in action at the Battle of Passchendaele during World War I on 31st of July 1917 aged 29.
The Irish In Gallipoli.
Where Aegean cliffs with bristling menace front
The treacherous splendour of that isley sea,
Lighted by Troy’s last shadow; where the first
Hero kept watch and the last Mystery
Shook with dark thunder. Hark! The battle brunt!
A nation speaks, old Silences are burst.
‘Tis not for lust of glory, no new throne
This thunder and this lightning of our power
Wakens up frantic echoes, not for these
Our Cross with England’s mingle, to be blown
At Mammon’s threshold. We but war when war
Serves Liberty and Keeps a world at peace.
Who said that such an emprise could be vain?
Were they not one with Christ, who fought and died?
Let Ireland weep: but not for sorrow, weep
That by her sons a land is sanctified,
For Christ arisen, and angels once again
Come back, like exile birds, and watch their sleep.
Francis Ledwidge,
France, 24th February, 1917
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Capt. Charles Edward Granville Vernon 5th Btn. B Coy. Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers (d.15th Aug 1915) Charles Edward Granville Vernon was killed in action at Suvla Bay, Gallipoli on the 15th of August 1915,aged 31 years
The dearly loved elder and only surviving son of Colonel Granville Vernon, Bedfordshire Regiment, and of Rosalie his wife.
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Cpl. John Lea MM. 5th Btn. Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers John Lea (or Jack as he was known), was awarded the Military Medal for bravery in the face of enemy fire, after he was asked to venture out into no-mans land to repair a vital communication wire that had been broken during heavy bombardment. During this task he was hit in the leg by a bullet. However, he successfully restored communications and made it back to his line.
All this took place when his unit was serving in Gallipoli. He never talked much about the war, and still having painful memories he eventually sold all his medals to a calling salesman back in the late 70s for the measly sum of £50. He kept active and was still riding his bicycle when he was in his 70s. He died at the ripe old age of 94. Sadly I have no photo of him.
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Pte. Thomas Wright 10th Battalion Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers Thomas Wright and his brother George joined the Derrys on the formation of the Ulster Division, Thomas had previously served with the 5th Iniskillings
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