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The Royal Munster Fusiliers was raised in 1881 as the county regiment of Clare, Cork, Kerry and Limerick, by uniting the 101st Regiment of Foot (Royal Bengal Fusiliers) and the 104th Regiment of Foot (Bengal Fusiliers) with the militia infantry of the counties. The Regiment was disbanded in 1922.
Battalions during the Great War 1914-1918.
- 1st Battalion
- 2nd Battalion
- 3rd (Reserve) Battalion
- 4th (Extra Reserve) Battalion
- 5th (Extra Reserve) Battalion
- 6th (Service) Battalion
- 7th (Service) Battalion
- 8th (Service) Battalion
- 9th (Service) Battalion
- 1st (Garrison ) Battalion
- 2nd (Home Service) Battalion
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Do you have any friends or relatives who are over 95 years old?Please could you ask them if they have any recollections of childhood during The Great War or in the years immediatley after the war? We would like to preserve these memories before it is too late. We are also looking for recollections from the previous generation, please do ask elderly relatives if they recall any tales of life during the Great War told to them by older family members or friends and enter their recollections so that they can be preserved in our archive.
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Those known to have served with The Royal Munster Fusiliers during the Great War 1914-1918.
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- Pte. Daniel Hanlon (d.Aug 1915) Read their Story.
- Pte. B. Hedge (d.7th Jun 1917)
- John McCarthy Read their Story.
- CSM John McCarthy (d.8th Jan 1916) Read their Story.
- Pte. Patrick Joseph Saunders
- Pte. Patrick Joseph Saunders
The names on this list have been submitted by relatives, friends, neighbours and others who wish to remember them, if you have any names to add,, or any recollections or photos of those listed, please get in touch.
John McCarthy Highland Light Infantry
My Granddad was John McCarthy, I have a copy of a letter to the War Pensioners' Welfare Services in Dublin, where he was living. It says that he served in the Highland Light Infantry and was discharged 21st March 1919. it seems he was in the Munster Fusiliers before the HLI. I know he received medals for Mons, Somme & Arras and was wounded twice.
CSM John McCarthy 4th Btn. Royal Munster Fusiliers (d.8th Jan 1916)
Thanks to this site I have located my grandfather's grave site, a place we as a family could never visit, until now. He was CSM John McCarthy of the 4th Battalion, Royal Munster Fusiliers, and who died 8th January 1916.I will be visiting his grave in Douglas this Saturday. Due to family circumstances my Dad did not know where his father was buried. My Dad passed in 1985 but now as a family we can make this link. Again many thanks.
Pte. Daniel Hanlon Royal Munster Fusiliers (d.Aug 1915)
Daniel Halon was my father's brother. He enlisted in the Royal Munster Fusiliers and was a casualty of the Gallipoli Campaign. This is all the information I have,as I come from a family where my mother was Republican and my father wouldn't speak about his families service in the British forces. I would appreciate any information as to the whereabouts of the above soldiers grave or his service record.
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Terence Denman
The Great War of 1914-18 saw the Irish soldier make his greatest sacrifice on Britain's behalf. Nearly 135,000 Irishmen volunteered (conscription was never applied in Ireland) in addition to the 50,000 Irish who were serving with the regular army and the reserves on 4 August 1914. Within a few weeks of the outbreak of the war no less than three Irish divisions - the 10th (Irish), 16th (Irish) and 36th (Ulster) - were formed from Irishmen, Catholic and Protestant, who responded to Lord Kitchener's call to arms. An estimated 35,000 Irish-born soldiers were killed before the armistice came in November 1918. Over 4,000 of those who died were with the 16th (Irish) Division.More information on:
Ireland's Unknown Soldiers: The 16th (Irish) Division in the Great War
Bill Lamin
Harry Lamin was born in Derbyshire in 1877 and left school at thirteen to work in the lace industry, but by December 1916 he had been conscripted into the 9th Battalion, York and Lancaster Regiment and sent to war. Harry's letters home to his family describe the conflict with a poignant immediacy, even ninety years on, detailing everything from the action in battle to the often amusing incidents of life amongst his comrades.Throughout the letters, Harry's tone is unwaveringly stoical, uncomplaining and good-humoured. "Letters From The Trenches" is a fitting tribute to the unsung heroes of the Great War who fought and endured and returned home, and the one in six who did not. The letters describe the war through the eyes of those who really lived it, bringing the horrors and triumphs to life for the twenty-first-century reader. Edited by Harry's grandson, Bill, "Letters From The Trenches" tells the moving story of a brave, selfless and honourable man who endured everything that the warMore information on:
Letters from the Trenches: A Soldier of the Great War
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