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6th Battalion, Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers
6th 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 They were withdrawn from Gallipoli on the 29th of September 1915 to Mudros, moving to Salonika, landing between the 6th and 10th of October.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 6th Inniskillings were sent to France on the 2nd of May.
On the 7th of June they joined 43rd Brigade, 14th (Light) Division, then on the 18th transferred to 103rd Brigade, 34th Division. On the
29th they transferred to Lines of Communication and on the 16th of July joined 151st Brigade, 50th (Northumbrian) Division. went back into action in October in the Battles of the Hindenburg Line, The pursuit to the Selle and the Final Advance in Picardy. At the Armistice the 50th Division was resting at Solre le Chateau and demobilisation began December.
13th May 1917 Bombardment
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Those known to have served with6th Battalion, Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers during the Great War 1914-1918. - Baillie George Richard Lancelot. Lt. (d.3rd Oct 1918)
- Bond Thomas Richard. Pte.
- Collen William Stewart. 2nd Lt. (d.7th Aug 1915)
- Doran John. Sgt.
- Fagan James Edward. 2nd Lt. (d.5th Oct 1916)
- Gorman MID, MSM Francis John. RSM (d.6th March 1919)
- Gorman MID, MSM Francis John. RSM (d.6th March 1919)
- Hewitt John. L/Sgt. (d.8th Nov 1918)
- McGee Patrick. Pte. (d.27th Apr 1916)
- Mooney Thomas. Pte.
- Mooney Thomas. Pte. (d.10th Sep 1916)
- Morgan Francis. Pte. (d.18th Oct 1918)
- Ogden James. (d.15th Aug 1915)
- Spencer Francis Patrick. Pte.
- Trumble Owen. Pte. (d.22nd Dec 1917)
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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. Patrick McGee 6th Battalion (d.27th Apr 1916) Great Uncle Patrick McGee is remembered at the Loos memorial in France. His brother Paul, rests about a mile away at the St. Marys ADS cemetery. My family and I travelled from Australia to the battlefields of France including the Normandy beaches of WW2 and the Somme of WW1.
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Pte. Francis Morgan 6th Btn. Royal Inniskilling Fusilliers (d.18th Oct 1918) Francis Morgan falsified his age and joined aged 17 and died in October 1918 aged 21.
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Sgt. John "Snap" Doran 6th Battalion Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers John Doran served with the 6th Battalion, Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers. He earned the 14/15 Star.
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Pte. Thomas Mooney 6th Btn. Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers (d.10th Sep 1916) Tommy Mooney was married to my great-grandmother's sister Bridget of 21 Fahan Street in Derry. He was killed in the Balkans on the 10th of September 1916. He stayed at his post until his comrades and officers where safe. He is buried at Struma cemetery in Greece. A few months before his death he and another soldier from Derry wrote a poem to the Derry Journal in which they spoke of the bravery of their comrades and officers at Neuve Chapelle.
RIP Tommy.
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RSM Francis John Gorman MID, MSM 6th Btn. Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers (d.6th March 1919) Frank Gorman was my great grandfather and I have only discovered anything about him a matter of weeks ago. Today is the 100th anniversary of the Battle of the Somme, and it is only right that he should be remembered with pride by his family. He joined the Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers at 15 years and 6 months old in 1891, and served for 21 years 203 days finishing on 8th January 1913, returning to fight in the Great War. He died on 6th March 1919 leaving behind my great grandmother, Isabella, whom he married in 1900, as well as five daughters and two sons. I have no photos.
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2nd Lt. William Stewart Collen 6th Btn. Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers (d.7th Aug 1915) 2nd Lieutenant William Collen was klled in action at Suvla Bay on the 7th August 1915 aged 25 years.
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Pte. Thomas Mooney 6th Btn. Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers Thomas Mooney 4682 of the Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers who lived at 21 Fahan Street, Derry and was married to Bridget Bonner of the same address was killed in action in the Balkans. His officer wrote to his widow Bridget "He gallantly stayed at his machine gun until his officers and comrades where safe."
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2nd Lt. James Edward Fagan 6th Btn. Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers (d.5th Oct 1916) My great uncle, James Edward Fagan from Lismacaffrey, Co. Westmeath, was a 2nd Lieutenant (temporary) with the Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers, 6th Battalion attached to the 8th. He was injured in late September 1916 and died of his wounds on the 5th of October 1916. I am not sure which battle he was injured in. We have his ceremonial swords, an uncle of mine has his service revolver and helmet.
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Pte. Francis Patrick Spencer 2nd Btn. Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers  When the UK declared war on Germany on 4th of August 1914, Francis Spencer was stationed, with the 2nd Battalion Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers, at Dover. Ten months had elapsed since he had enlisted as a professional soldier. He had walked from his home in Bradford, to the recruiting office in Halifax, with two mates, to escape the drudgery and low wages of the textile mills. Now at the age of 19 he was on the brink of being sent to war.
However, fearing a possible invasion, the 2nd Inniskillings along with 12th Brigade, 4th Division were sent to Norfolk.
The main B.E.F had landed at Boulogne on August 18. As it became clear a German invasion was not imminent the 4th Division was also sent to France, landing at Le Havre on August 22nd, just in time to bolster the British Army who were now retreating from Mons. Francis and the 2nd Inniskillings would get their first taste of action on August 26 at the Battle of Le Cateau where they were protecting the II Corps extreme left flank in the village of Esne.
As the retreat continued, the 2nd Inniskillings provided rearguard cover for II Corps when required. Then they were involved in the Battles of The Marne and Aisne.
October saw the 2nd Inniskillings moved to Flanders and Armentieres where they saw action at Le Gheer, Pont Rouge on the Lys Canal, Messines, Douve Farm and Ploegsteert Wood before moving to HQ in December 1914.
The battalion had lost about 240 men killed and numerous others wounded and was in bad need of new soldiers to make up the battalions strength.
With the new Service Battalions starting to come over to France and other campaigns opening up, Francis Spencer was transferred to the 6th Battalion Royal Inniskillings and saw action at Suvla Bay, Gallipoli. He became ill with Malaria and was evacuated to hospital. His Battalion went on to Salonika without him and once he was sufficiently recovered, Francis was once again transferred to the 9th Battalion and saw action at the Somme and again in the Ypres Salient.
He ended his war with the 'Fighting 9th' and, after a spell in Canada, lived in Bradford until his death in the late 1960s.
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Pte. Owen Trumble 6th Battalion Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers (d.22nd Dec 1917) Owen Trumble was a coal miner before he joined up. His mother and her family were from Northern Ireland so I guess that is why he joined the Royal Inniskilling Fusilers. His mother died from complications after childbirth in 1903 when his youngest brother, Bernard, was born. My grandmother, his sister, Margaret took on the role of mother and when he was sent to a reform school in Manchester, with his brother John, she walked the 24 mile round trip from Tyldesley every Sunday to see them.
Having lost John in 1916 in Flanders she was heartbroken to lose Owen in December 1917 and when my father enlisted in the Royal Artillery in 1934 she refused to speak to him for two weeks, relenting on the day he set off to join his regiment.
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James Ogden 6th Btn. Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers (d.15th Aug 1915) My great uncle, James Ogden died of wounds nr Sulva Bay, Gallipoli.
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Lt. George Richard Lancelot Baillie 6th Btn. Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers (d.3rd Oct 1918) George Baillie was killed age 22. He is buried in Prospect Hill Cemetery, Gouy.
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