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1st Battalion, Irish Guards



31st Aug 1914 Training

1st Sep 1914 After our Blood

29th Sep 1914 Plenty of Fighting to Do

26th Oct 1914 Under Fire  location map

1st Nov 1914 Under Heavy Bombardment

3rd Jan 1915 At Rest

10th Jan 1915 Reliefs  location map

12th Jan 1915 Reliefs  location map

20th Jan 1915 Into Reserve  location map

25th Jan 1915 Orders  location map

1st Feb 1915 Counter Attack

6th February 1915 In Action

6th Feb 1915 In Action

6th of February 1915  Three Germans Shot  location map

18th Feb 1915 Snipers

25th Mar 1915 Snipers

17th May 1915 In Support  1st Hertfords moved up in support of the 1st Irish Guards in trenches three quarters of a mile East of Rue L'Epinette.

War Diary of the 1st Battalion Hertfordshire Regiment



18th May 1915 Attack Made

20th June 1915 Exchange  location map

28th June 1915 Message

30th Sep 1914 Position Held

6th Dec 1915 In the Trenches

16th Aug 1916 Reliefs  location map

21st Aug 1916 Sickening Sight

25th Oct 1917 In the Wood

11th Nov 1917 On the March

12th Nov 1917 On the March

13th Nov 1917 On the March

17th Nov 1917 On the March

18th Nov 1917 On the March

19th Nov 1917 On the March  location map

30th Nov 1917 Enemy Advance  location map

1st Dec 1917 In Action  location map

9th Jan 1918 Reliefs  location map

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There are:5265 items tagged 1st Battalion, Irish Guards available in our Library

  These include information on officers, regimental histories, letters, diary entries, personal accounts and information about actions during the Great War.


Those known to have served with

1st Battalion, Irish Guards

during the Great War 1914-1918.

  • Allgood Henry. L/Cpl. (d.14th Feb 1915)
  • Aspell Michael. Pte. (d.17th Sep 1916)
  • Barter Joseph. L/Cpl. (d.25th Jan 1916)
  • Bell Patrick. Pte. (d.5th Dec 1917)
  • Benbow Edwin J.. Pte. (d.18th May 1915)
  • Blacker-Douglass MC. R. St. John. (d.1st Feb 1915)
  • Blood Michael. Pte. (d.6th Sep 1914)
  • Brennan Christopher. Pte. (d.1st Feb 1915)
  • Brennock William. Pte. (d.6th Nov 1914)
  • Brewster John C.. Pte. (d.11th Jul 1915)
  • Brien Charles. L/Sgt. (d.10th May 1917)
  • Brooke George. Lt. (d.7th Oct 1914)
  • Brown John. Pte. (d.14th Sep 1914)
  • Butler-Stoney Thomas. Lt. (d.30th September 1917)
  • Cummings Thomas. Pte. (d.28th Jan 1915)
  • Delplanque Charles. Pte. (d.21st October 1914)
  • FitzGibbon Michael. Pte. (d.1st Jul 1918)
  • Halton Mathew. Pte. (d.8th June 1916)
  • Hennessey James. Pte. (d.8th August 1915)
  • Herbert-Stepney Herbert Arthur. Maj. (d.7th Nov 1914)
  • Holton John. L/Cpl. (d.5th November 1916)
  • Labrom William John. Pte.
  • Lilley Augustus George. Pte.
  • Madden MID Gerald Hugh Charles. Lt.Col. (d.12th Nov 1915)
  • McCluskey Thomas. Cpl. (d.6th Nov 1916)
  • Murphy John. Gdsmn. (d.18th May 1915)
  • Murtagh William. Pte. (d.17th February 1915)
  • O'Connell Benjamin. Pte. (d.8th Aug 1918)
  • Reynolds John. L/Cpl. (d.15th Sep 1916)
  • Sherry Mathew. L/Cpl. (d.17th June 1918)
  • Smythe Albert. Pte. (d.28th Jan 1915)
  • Stinson Samuel Robert. L/Sgt.

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  Pte. Augustus George Lilley 1st Btn. Irish Guards

George Lilley, 1st Irish Guards

George Lilley served with the 1st Irish Guards.

Stephanie Knapp






  L/Sgt. Samuel Robert Stinson 1st Btn. Irish Guards

Samuel Stinson was born on the 3rd of April 1887 in Skreen, Sligo, Ireland. His father, also Samuel, was in the Royal Irish Constabulary which Samuel Robert joined on the 2nd of October 1905. On 15th of March 1909 he enlisted in the Irish Guards and was at Chelsea Barracks, London. He married on 29th of July 1914 and embarked for the Western Front on 13th of August 1914. The family received a card dated 13th of April 1915 stating that Samuel was a prisoner of war in Wittenberg, Germany. Further correspondence was received from Wittenberg dated 5th of June 1915 and then from Scheveningen, Holland dated 28th of April 1918. After the war Samuel re-enlisted in the Royal Irish Constabulary and on partition of Ireland in the Royal Ulster Constabulary.

When WW2 broke out he re-enlisted in the British Army and later worked at the War Office. Samuel Robert Stinson died on 16th of March 1949 and is buried in the Brigade of Guards section of Brompton Cemetery, London.

Fredda Martin






  Pte. Mathew Halton 1st Btn. Irish Guards (d.8th June 1916)

Private Halton was 34 when he died and is buried in the Tullaghanoge Old Graveyard, Co. Meath, Ireland.

s flynn






  L/Sgt. Charles Brien 1st Btn. Irish Guards (d.10th May 1917)

Lance Serjeant Brien was the Son of Mrs. Sarah Brien, of 5, Sleaty St., Graigue-Cullen, Carlow.

He was 24 when he died and is buried Near the North boundary of the Sleaty Old Burial Ground, Sleaty, Co. Leix, Ireland.

s flynn






  Pte. Michael FitzGibbon 1st Btn. Irish Guards (d.1st Jul 1918)

Michael FitzGibbon was the son of Mrs. Jane Fitzgibbon, of Kilbolane, Milford, Charleville. He is buried In the South-West part of the Shandrum Cemetery, Shandrum, Co. Cork, Ireland.

S Flynn






  Lt. Thomas Butler-Stoney 1st Btn. Irish Guards (d.30th September 1917)

Lieutenant Butler-Stoney was the son of Walter Charles Butler-Stoney and Ellen Cattley Kemble. He died aged 42, from wounds received in action.

He is buried in the family plot, by the entrance of the Lorrha Old Cemetery, Lorrha, Co. Tipperary, Ireland.

S Flynn






  L/Cpl. Mathew Sherry 1st Bn. Irish Guards (d.17th June 1918)

Lance Corporal Sherry was the Son of Mr. and Mrs. P. Sherry, of Leixlip.

He is buried near the north east corner of the Grange William Graveyard, Laraghbryen, Co. Kildare, Ireland.

s flynn






  L/Cpl. John Holton 1st Btn. Irish Guards (d.5th November 1916)

Lance Corporal Holton was 26 when he died.

He is buried near the south east corner of the ruins in the Dunfierth Graveyard, Dunfierth, Co. Kildare, Ireland.

S Flynn






  Lt.Col. Gerald Hugh Charles Madden MID 1st Btn. Irish Guards (d.12th Nov 1915)

Lieutenant Colonel Gerald Madden of Hilton Park, 1st Batt. Irish Guards, was severely wounded in the fighting near Bethune on 11th of October 1915, from the effects of which he died in hospital in London. He is buried in the south west part of the Currin Church of Ireland Churchyard, Co. Monaghan, Ireland.

S Flynn






  L/Cpl. John Reynolds 1st Battalion Irish Guards (d.15th Sep 1916)

John Reynolds served with 1st Battalion, Irish Guards. He was my great uncle I would love if someone had some stories or photographs of him to share.

Bevin Savage






  Pte. James Hennessey 1st Btn. Irish Guards (d.8th August 1915)

Pte Hennessey is mentioned on the war memorial at Dosthill, Warks as he worked at local Pooley Hall Colliery.

He is buried at the Guards Cemetery, Windy Corner, Cuinchy, France.

Ian Shuter






  Pte. Charles Delplanque 1st Btn. Irish Guards (d.21st October 1914)

Charles Delplanque was a shirt cutter from Dublin and was 34 years of age when he was killed.

Kavan Graney






  Lt. George Brooke 1st Btn. Irish Guards (d.7th Oct 1914)

Lt George Brooke, Lieutenant died on the 7th of October 1914 of wounds received at the Battle of the Aisne. This cross was used to mark temporarily his grave in the Guards corner of the cemetery at Soupir. Gloria finis. A window in the church is dedicated "To the glory of God and in memory of George Brooke, Lieutenant, Irish Guards, Eldest son of Sir George Brooke, 1st baronet of Summerton. Born 10th June 1877."

s flynn






  Maj. Herbert Arthur Herbert-Stepney 1st Btn. Irish Guards (d.7th Nov 1914)

Major Herbert Herbert-Stepney was killed at Klein Zillebeke, near Ypres on the 7th of November 1914 When in command of his regiment.

s flynn






  Cpl. Thomas McCluskey 1st Battalion Irish Guards (d.6th Nov 1916)

Thomas McCluskey served with the 1st Btn. Irish Guards and died on the 6th of November 1916.

Joan Murphy






  Pte. Albert Smythe 1st Btn. Irish Guards (d.28th Jan 1915)

Albert Smythe was executed for desertion 28/01/1915, his name is on Le Touret Memorial. Panel, Le Touret Memorial Cemetery, Richebourg-L'Avoue, France.

s flynn






  Pte. Thomas Cummings 1st Btn. Irish Guards (d.28th Jan 1915)

Thomas Cummings was executed for desertion 28/01/1915 his name is on the Le Touret Memorial in Le Touret Military Cemetery. Richebourg-L'Avoue, France. He was the son of William Cummings, of Tully Muckamore, Belfast.

s flynn






  Pte. Benjamin O'Connell 1st Btn. Irish Guards (d.8th Aug 1918)

Pte. B. O'Connell served with the Irish Guards 1st Battalion. He was executed for desertion on 8th August 1918 and is buried in the Bailleulmont Communal Cemetery in Pas-de-Calais, France.

s flynn






  Pte. William John Labrom 1st Btn Irish Guards

My great uncle, Wiilliam John Labrom, was born in Newry, County Down on 25 October 1874. He lived at 14 Pound Street, Newry with his parents, George and Margaret. His pension record says he was 24 years old when he enlisted in the Irish Guards in September 1900. (Regimental no. 390). He was 6 foot 2 inches tall, with light brown hair and green eyes. He had been working as a labourer.

In August 1914 he was transferred to the 1st Battalion and went with the British Expeditionary Force to France 23/11/1914 - 18/1/1915. In mid-October the BEF was moved to cover the Channel Ports and from the 21st October to the 12th November 1914 the 1st Battalion fought continuously in the first battle of Ypres, losing more than 700 men.

He was discharged on 25th June 1915 through sickness 'no longer physically fit for war service.' He was entitled to wear the Silver Badge. He married Mary Ann Curran in 1916. I have no idea if they had any children. He died at Drumcashellone in 1948 and was buried at St Patrick's church on 27th May. His wife was buried in the same grave the previous day. I have no idea of the circumstances in which they died so closely together. My grandfather, Robert Frederick Labrom and his brothers, William John Labrom and George Richard Henry Labrom appear on a plaque in St Patrick's Church, Newry. (My grandfather always spelled his surname Labron). All three were in the army in World War One and all three survived.

Sue Eynon






  Pte. John C. Brewster 1st Btn. Irish Guards (d.11th Jul 1915)

John Brewster served with the Irish Guards 1st Battalion and was killed in action in July 1915.

s flynn






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