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8th Battalion, Royal Munster Fusiliers
8th Battalion, Royal Munster Fusiliers were raised in October 1914 as part of Kitchener's Second New Army and joined 47th Brigade, 16th (Irish) Division. They trained at to Fermoy, then moved to Mitchelstown in November, to Templemore in February 1915 and back to Fermoy in May. They crossed to England in September 1915, undertaking final training at Blackdown. They proceeded to France on the 18th of December 1915, landing at Le Havre, the division concentrated in the Bethune area. On the 30th of May 1916 they absorbed over 200 men from the disbanding 9th Munster Fusiliers. They were in action on the Somme during the The Battle of Guillemont in which the Division captured the village and The Battle of Ginchy. On the 23rd of November 1916 teh battalion was disbanded in France, with the men transferring to the 1st Battalion.
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Those known to have served with8th Battalion, Royal Munster Fusiliers during the Great War 1914-1918. - Culhane David. Pte.
- Healy Denis. Pte.
- Healy Patrick. Pte. (d.9th Apr 1916)
- Healy William. Cpl.
- Mahony John. Pte. (d.29th July 1916)
- O'Brien Arthur. Sgt. (d.4th Sep 1916)
- O'Keeffe Patrick. L/Sjt. (d.22nd March 1918)
- Saunders Patrick Joseph. Pte.
- Saunders Patrick Joseph. Pte.
- Tuite Charles. Pte. (d.12th April 1916)
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Sgt. Arthur O'Brien 8th Bn. C Coy. Royal Munster Fusiliers (d.4th Sep 1916) Arthur o'Brien died of wounds on the 4th of September 1916, aged 29 and is buried in the Corbie Communal Cemetery Extension in France.
Arthur left Wexford, Ireland to fight with the Royal Munster Fusiliers. He was wounded during the battle of the Somme and never returned to Ireland. He left behind a loving wife (Martha O'Brien) and three children - Catherine, Patrick & Thomas.
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Pte. John Mahony 8th Btn. Royal Munster Fusiliers (d.29th July 1916) John Mahoney died on 29th July 1916, aged 25. This photo is taken from an oil painting of John, specially commissioned by Bridget following his death. Inset, is his Widow, Bridget who never remarried and died in 1972. They were married just 10 days when he moved with his Battalion to Ypres in 1915.
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Pte. Denis Healy 8th Btn. Royal Munster Fusiliers Denis Healy served with the 8th Battalion, Royal Munster Fusiliers and the 1st Garrison Battalion, Royal Irish Fusiliers in WW1.
He had served in South Africa with the the North Cork Militia 9th (Militia) Battalion Kings Royal Rifle Corpsfrom 1st of May 1893 to 2nd of May 1903.
On 24th of August 1915 at age 44 Denis Healy rejoined the army this time serving with The Royal Munster Fusiliers0. He served in France from 19th of December 1915 to 7th of July 1917, which entitled him to the 1915 Star Medal. It would appear from the initial date in France that he would have been with the 8th Battalion Royal Munster Fusiliers, which was formed in
Sep/Oct 1914 at Fermoy as part of the Second New Army, then moved to Mitchelstown, County Cork and joined the 47th Brigade of the 16th Division.
In 1915 Moved to Templemore in February then back to Fermoy in May then in September to Blackdown, Aldershot.
On the 18th of December 1915 they mobilised for war and landed at Havre.
They were engaged in various actions on the Western Front including, The Battle of Guillemont and The Battle of Ginchy.
On the 23rd of November 1916 the Battalion was disbanded in France and the remaining personnel moved to the 1st Battalion which transferred to the 47th Brigade of the 16th Division and continued to engage in action on the Western Front.
During 1917 he saw action in The Battle of Messines, The first Battle of Cambrai, Third Battles of Ypres.
We then have a gap in Denis's service from 7th of July 1917 to 22nd of December 1917. Could he have been recovering from multiple neuritis at that time? He may have been admitted to the Royal Hospital Chelsea as an award of a War Disablement Pension was subsequently made in respect of the condition multiple neuritis, regrettably no payment details remain at The War Pensions Agency.
Presumably, on 22nd of December 1917 he joined the Royal Irish Fusiliers and according to the RIF Attestation Book he served in India until 25th of September 1920. He was discharged in Dublin on 23rd of November 1920 with his address given as 25 Gould Street, Cork. It appears that the only RIF battalion in India was the 1st Garrison Btn RIF which in February 1916 had deployed to India and in May 1917 deployed to Burma.
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L/Sjt. Patrick O'Keeffe 2nd Btn. Royal Munster Fusiliers (d.22nd March 1918) Patrick O'Keeffe enlisted at Liverpool with the 9th Battalion, Royal Munster Fusiliers and was posted to D company. He arrived in France on the 20th of December 1915 and wrote his will on 4th of January 1916, the day before he was promoted to Lance Corporal. He was soon promoted to Corporal, on the 24th of January and to Lance Sargent on the 1st of March 1916. He was oOn Leave (to Ireland?) from the 16th to 24th of May 1916. On the 31st of May 1916 the 9th Battalion disbanded and D Company became D company, 8th Battalion. He was wounded in action at Battle of Guillemont or Guinchy (Sept 3 - 9 1916) and was killed in action on 22nd of March 1918 now serving with 2nd Battalion, Royal Munster Fusiliers.
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Cpl. William Healy 8th Btn. Royal Munster Fusiliers William Healy was 30-years-old when he joined the 8th Battalion, Royal Munster Fusiliers. He received a gun shot wound to his right foot on 3rd September 1916 at the Battle of Guillemont and received The Irish Brigade Certificate from Major-General W B Hickie, Commander of the 16th Irish Division for his 'gallant conduct and devotion to duty in the field on 13th of Sept 1916'.William had five sons and one daughter and died on 16th May 1949.
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