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6th Battalion, Royal Munster Fusiliers
6th Battalion, Royal Munster Fusiliers were raised at Tralee in August 1914 as part of Kitchener's First New Army and joined 30th Brigade, 10th (Irish) Division. They moved to the Curragh for training and in May 1915 moved to Hackwood Park, Basingstoke, England. On the
9th of July they sailed from Liverpool for Gallipoli via Mudros. They landed at Sulva Bay on the 7th of August 1915 and made an attack on Chocolate Hill on the 7th and 8th. The 29th Brigade landed at Anzac Cove and went into action on Sari Bair between the 6th and 10th of August then went on to attack Hill 60 later in the month. They were withdrawn from Gallipoli on the 29th of September 1915 to Mudros, moving to Salonika, landing between the 5th and 10th of October.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. On the 3rd of November 1916 they absorbed the 7th Munster Fusiliers. 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 on the 30th of April 1918 they left the Division and sailed from Port Said to Marseilles, arriving on the 1st of June. They travelled by train to the Western Front and on the 5th of June the 6th Munsters was absorbed by 2nd Battalion, leaving a cadre which joined 117th Brigade, 39th Division who were supervising courses of instruction for newly arrived American troops, beginning with units of the 77th American Division at Wolphus. The cadre was disbanded on the 3rd of August 1918.
7th Aug 1915 In Action
8th Aug 1915 Holding the Line
21st Sep 1915 Reliefs
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
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Those known to have served with6th Battalion, Royal Munster Fusiliers during the Great War 1914-1918. - Bradshaw John. Pte. (d.1958)
- Connolly John Henry. 2/Lt. (d.1st September 1916)
- Daly Eugene. Pte.
- Hart Charles. Sgt. (d.15th Aug 1915)
- Kane James. L/Cpl. (d.15th Aug 1915)
- Marshall Thomas Leslie. Cpl.
- Russ Charles Henry James. Col/Sgt.
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Cpl. Thomas Leslie Marshall 2nd Btn. Royal Munster Fusiliers Thomas Marshall served with the 2nd, 6th and 7th Battalions, Royal Munster Fusiliers in WW1.
He served with the 7th Battalion at Gallipoli. The 6th Battalion, he was with on 3rd of November 1916 in the Balkans, Salonika and he fought in Palestine and was with the 2nd Battalion in France 5th of June 1918.
Thomas was eventually discharged on 31st of March 1920.
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Sgt. Charles Hart 6th Btn. Royal Munster Fusiliers (d.15th Aug 1915) Charles Hart was my Mother's Father, who was born in February 1870. He enlisted in the Army on the 14th of Feb 1884,
Height 4ft. 5ins. Weight 68lbs. He was promoted to Corporal on the 18th of July 1899, then to Serjeant on the 1st of Jan 1890. He served in 2nd Boer War and received QSA Medal.
Having completed 21 years and 116 days service with Royal Munster Fusiliers, he returned to Southwark.
Charles was recalled for WW1 and was killed in action on the 15th of August 1915 at Gallipoli.
He left a wife and 10 children.
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Pte. John Bradshaw 6th Btn. Royal Munster Fusilliers (d.1958) John Bradshaw served with the 6th and 2nd Battalions, Royal Munster Fusiliers.
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2/Lt. John Henry Connolly 6th Btn. Attchd. 11th Btn Royal Irish Rifles Royal Munster Fusiliers (d.1st September 1916) John Connolly was gassed on 1st September 1916 and died on that day, aged 19. He is buried in Bailleul Communal Cemetery Extention, Grave II.F.67.
He was the son of John M. and E.J. Connolly, Ganagh Hill, Coleraine, Co. Londonderry.
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Pte. Eugene Daly 2nd Btn. Royal Munster Fusiliers  Born 1881 in Tralee, Eugene Daly joined the local militia in 1896. In 1902 he joined the Army Service Corps as a regular soldier. In February 1912 he re-enlisted in the 2nd Btn Royal Munster Fusiliers. At the outbreak of WW1, he embarked for France as part of the BEF landing in Le Harve in August 1914. He took part in the Battle of Mons and was wounded in September 1915 receiving a gunshot wound. In March 1916 he was posted to the 6th (Service) Btn. During September 1917 his Btn arrived in Ismail taking part in the Palestine Campaign where at some point he was diagnosed with malaria. He along with his Btn left Palestine arriving back in France in June 1918. In October 1918 he was wounded by a shell burst at Le Cateau, France and taken to an American hospital then on to Dover to recover.He again re-enlisted in the 2nd Btn in April 1919 and was sent to Egypt arriving in November 1919. On 15 July 1922, he was finally discharged due to a reduction in establishment. In 1923 he was awarded a pension for 30% disablement. In 1925 he appealed the low pension decision by submitting a report detailing the last injury he received in 1918. During 1946 Eugene joined the RMF old comrades association. On 16th Nov 1954 Eugene died at St Michaels hospital Linlithgow, Scotland. Eugene wrote various letters from the front that were published in both Kerry and Cork newspapers one particular letter was mentioned in the Cork Weekly Examiner on 1st May 1915 entitled 'Two Tralee heroes at La Brassee'. His brother Denis was killed in action at Aubers Ridge, France in May 1915.
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