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Irish Guards Regular Battalions: 1st Battalion, Irish Guards 2nd Battalion, Irish Guards 3rd Battalion, Irish Guards 29th July 1914 Mobilisation 29th July 1914 Orders 5th August 1914 Completion of Mobilisation. 9th August 1914 Period of Waiting. 13th August 1914 Departure 14th August 1914 Arrival at Bologne. 15th August 1914 At Bologne. 15th August 1914 Departure from Bologne. 16th August 1914 Boulogne to Taisnieres. 19th Aug 1914 Reorganisation 20th Aug 1914 On the Move 20th August 1914 March to Doulers. 20th August 1914 At Taisnieres 21st August 1914 Advance to Gognies. 22nd August 1914 Advance through Belgium. 23rd August 1914 Battle of Mons. 24th August 1914 Retirement from Mons. 25th August 1914 On the March 26th August 1914 In Action 31st Aug 1914 Training 1st Sep 1914 After our Blood 29th Sep 1914 Plenty of Fighting to Do 21st October 1914 Under fire   26th Oct 1914 Under Fire   1st Nov 1914 Under Heavy Bombardment 6th Nov 1914 Action 7th Nov 1914 In Action 14th Nov 1914 Pig Sty Wood 25th Nov 1914 Funeral 24th Dec 1914 Carol Singing   27th Dec 1914 Truce Continues 3rd Jan 1915 At Rest 10th Jan 1915 Reliefs   12th Jan 1915 Reliefs   20th Jan 1915 Into Reserve   25th Jan 1915 Orders   1st Feb 1915 Counter Attack 6th February 1915 In Action 6th Feb 1915 In Action 6th of February 1915  Three Germans Shot   18th Feb 1915 Snipers 11th Mar 1915 Wire 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   28th June 1915 Message 26th Sep 1915 Attack Made   30th Sep 1914 Position Held 10th Nov 1915 Shells in France 6th Dec 1915 In the Trenches 14th February 1916 In Billets 9th Aug 1916 Reliefs 16th Aug 1916 Reliefs   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   30th Nov 1917 Enemy Advance   1st Dec 1917 In Action   31st December 1917 Operational Orders 1st January 1918 Reliefs 9th Jan 1918 Reliefs   27th Mar 1918 In Action   31st of March 1918 Relief Completed   30th of April 1918 Artillery Very Active   If you can provide any additional information, please add it here. Want to know more about the Irish Guards? There are:6654 items tagged 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 Irish Guards during the Great War 1914-1918. Allgood Henry. L/Cpl. 1st Btn. (d.14th Feb 1915) Aspell Michael. Pte. 1st Btn. (d.17th Sep 1916) Aylward Edward. Pte. 3rd Btn. (d.28th October 1918) Barter Joseph. L/Cpl. 1st Btn. (d.25th Jan 1916) Barton Thomas Eyre. Lt. (d.August 1916) Beglan Michael Joseph. Pte. 2nd Btn (d.14th Oct 1915) Beglan Michael. Pte. 2nd Battalion (d.14th Oct 1915) Bell Patrick. Pte. 1st Btn. (d.5th Dec 1917) Benbow Edwin J.. Pte. 1st Btn. (d.18th May 1915) Bennett Frederick. Gdsm. Bergin Joseph. SSgt. 2nd Btn. Birmingham Thomas. Pte. 2nd Btn. (d.31st Jul 1917) Blacker-Douglass MC. R. St. John. 1st Battalion (d.1st Feb 1915) Blood Michael. Pte. 1st Btn. (d.6th Sep 1914) Bodie Thomas. Pte. 2nd Btn. (d.15th Sep 1916) Branagan Eugene. Pte. 2nd Btn. (d.25th July 1917) Brennan Christopher. Pte. 1st Btn. (d.1st Feb 1915) Brennock William. Pte. 1st Btn. (d.6th Nov 1914) Brewster John C.. Pte. 1st Btn. (d.11th Jul 1915) Brien Charles. L/Sgt. 1st Btn. (d.10th May 1917) Brooke George. Lt. Special Reserves (d.7th Oct 1914) Brooke George. Lt. 1st Btn. (d.7th Oct 1914) Brophy James. Pte. 2nd Btn. (d.21st Oct 1915) Brown John. Pte. 1st Btn. (d.14th Sep 1914) Browne James. Pte. 2nd Btn (d.23rd Oct 1915) Budd MC and Bar. Edward. 2nd Lt. 116th Coy. 12th Div Train (d.8th May 1918) Butler-Stoney Thomas. Lt. 1st Btn. (d.30th September 1917) Carroll Owen. Pte. Res. Btn. (d.20th February 1915) Carton MM. Hugh. 1st Battalion (d.15th Sep 1916) Cox Frank Edwin. Pte. 2nd Btn. (d.27th Nov 1917) Creswell Andrew. Pte 2nd Btn. C Coy Cummings Thomas. Pte. 1st Btn. (d.28th Jan 1915) Daly Michael. L/Cpl. 3rd Btn. Delplanque Charles. Pte. 1st Btn. (d.21st October 1914) Donohue John James. Pte. 3rd Battalion (d.22nd Nov 1917) Dooley James. L/Cpl. 2nd Btn (d.9th Oct 1917) Dooley James. Pte. 2nd Btn. (d.9th Oct 1917) Farrell Michael. L/Sgt. Res. Bn. (d.18th May 1917) Finan Frank Mark. Pte. 10th Btn (d.24th Aug 1918) FitzClarence VC, MID. Charles. Brig.Gen. (d.12th Nov 1914) FitzGerald Maurice. (d.4th Sep 1918) FitzGibbon Michael. Pte. 1st Btn. (d.1st Jul 1918) Flaherty Thomas. Flynn Joseph. Pte. 2nd Btn. (d.24th October 1915) Forde C.. Grdsmn Gogarty Christopher. Pte. (d.30th March 1918) Halton Mathew. Pte. 1st Btn. (d.8th June 1916) Harman Edward Stafford-King. Capt. 1st Btn. (d.6th Nov 1914) Hayes P.. Pte. 3rd (Res.) Btn. (d.27th May 1917) Hennessey James. Pte. 1st Btn. (d.8th August 1915) Herbert-Stepney Herbert Arthur. Maj. 1st Btn. (d.7th Nov 1914) Holden Henry. Pte. 2nd Btn. (d.13th April 1918) Holden Henry. Pte. 2nd Btn. (d.13th April 1918) Holden Henry. Gnr 11th Brigade (d.13th Apr 1918) Holton John. L/Cpl. 1st Btn. (d.5th November 1916) Kehoe N.. Pte. 3rd Btn. (d.6th March 1918) Kenna Robert Andrew. Pte. 3rd Btn. (d.3rd November 1916) Kilduff Michael. Pte. 3rd Btn. (d.11th November 1918) Killeen Timothy. Gdsmn. Killerlane Patrick. L/Cpl. 2nd Btn. (d.13th Apr 1918) Labrom William John. Pte. 1st Btn Lawless George. 1st Btn. (d.15th Sep 1916) Lilley Augustus George. Pte. 1st Btn. Madden MID Gerald Hugh Charles. Lt.Col. 1st Btn. (d.12th Nov 1915) Magee Leslie Horace. Pte. 2/22nd Battalion Manning Francis. Pte. 2nd Btn. (d.15th September 1916) Mannion Francis. Pte 2nd Btn (d.15th Sept 1916) Marshall VC MC. James Neville. Lt.Col. attached 16th Bn. Lancashire Fusiliers (d.4th Nov 1918) McCann John. Pte. 2nd Btn. (d.29th March 1918) McCluskey Thomas. Cpl. 1st Battalion (d.6th Nov 1916) McHale Michael. Gdsmn. 2nd Battalion (d.2nd July 1916) McIntyre Alex. Sgt. 1st Btn (d.5th Aug 1917) Meara P.. L/Cpl. (d.25th Sep 1918) Moodie Donald. 2nd Btn Morgan John Wilson. Pte Morrissey James. Pte. 3rd Btn. (d.2nd June 1918) Mulgrew James. Pte. 2nd Btn. (d.23rd June 1915) Mulgrew James. Pte. 2nd Btn. (d.23rd Jun 1915) Murphy John. Gdsmn. 1st Battalion (d.18th May 1915) Murtagh William. Pte. 1st Btn., No. 4 Coy. (d.17th February 1915) O'Brien Michael. Pte. 2nd Btn. (d.26th December 1917) O'Connell Benjamin. Pte. 1st Btn. (d.8th Aug 1918) O'Farrell Archibald Hugh. 2nd Lt. 1st Btn. (d.27th Sep 1918) O'Hare John Joseph. Pte. 2nd Battalion, 4th company O'Leary VC Michael John. Mjr. O'Neill Owen. Pte. 2nd Btn. (d.13th April 1918) O'Neill Patrick. Pte. 3rd Btn. Parsons William Edward. Mjr. (d.10th June 1918) Regan P.. Sgt. Reynolds John. L/Cpl. 1st Battalion (d.15th Sep 1916) Sherry Mathew. L/Cpl. 1st Bn. (d.17th June 1918) Smyth T. J.. Pte. (d.10th August 1918) Smythe Albert. Pte. 1st Btn. (d.28th Jan 1915) Somers Daniel. Pte. 2nd Btn. (d.28th October 1915) Stevens Frank. Pte. 2nd Battalion (d.13th April 1918) Stinson Samuel Robert. L/Sgt. 1st Btn. Sullivan James. Gdsmn. 2nd Btn. (d.26th August 1917) Trimble Edward. Pte. 2nd Btn. (d.4th November 1918) Woodcock VC. Thomas. L/Cpl. 2nd Btn. (d.27th Mar 1918) Worthington Hugh. Pte. 2nd Btn. (d.27th September 1916) All 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. Add a Name to this List More Irish Guards records. The Wartime Memories Project is the original WW1 and WW2 commemoration website. 1st of September 2023 marks 24 years since the launch of the Wartime Memories Project. Thanks to everyone who has supported us over this time. Want to find out more about your relative's service? Want to know what life was like during the Great War? Our Library contains many many diary entries, personal letters and other documents, most transcribed into plain text. Looking for help with Family History Research?    Please see Family History FAQ's Please note: We are unable to provide individual research. Can you help? 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Stephanie Knapp Add to this record. 261988 Pte. James Dooley 2nd Btn. Irish Guards (d.9th Oct 1917) James Dooley was born in Cleator Moor, one of those whose families left Ireland for Cumberland. His parents were Arthur and Sarah Dooley (nee Currie). Arthur died in 1905 and Sarah returned to Belfast. Sarah Dooley's sister was Elizabeth Fleming, who was my great-grandmother and James Dooley's aunt. Lorraine Fleming Add to this record. 260796 Pte. James Mulgrew 2nd Btn. Irish Guards (d.23rd Jun 1915) James Mulgrew of the 2nd Btn. Irish Guards is buried at Castlebar. Ex-Gdsm. David Irvine, 4th Coy., 1st Irish Guards Add to this record. 258048 Gnr Henry "Harry" Holden 11th Brigade Royal Field Artillery (d.13th Apr 1918) Henry Holden, served as a Gunner with 11th Brigade, Royal Field Artillery. and later as a Private with 2nd Battalion, Irish Guards. 11th Brigade RFA had arrived in France from India in September 1914 but Henry did not arrive in France until the 7th November that year. Henry had seen some service in India before the First World War. Henry served for the majority of the war with the Royal Field Artillery and only transferred to the Irish Guards in February 1918. It was not uncommon for soldiers to be compulsorily transferred to different regiments from 1916, but it is not common to see a transfer between corps, in this case a transfer from the corps of artillery to the infantry. Remember too, that Henry was a career soldier and a career artilleryman. However, the destruction of Henry's papers by German bombing in September 1940 almost certainly destroyed the last hope of ever ascertaining why he transferred to the Irish Guards in February 1918. He was certainly home in the UK in August 1917, possibly as a sick or wounded soldier, as evidenced by his marriage certificate. Kevin Ashcroft Add to this record. 257976 Pte. Patrick O'Neill 3rd Btn. Irish Guards My grandfather Patrick O'Neill, fought in WW1. He joined the Irish Guards at the age of 18. He trained at Warley and apparently one night he caused a disturbance in the Barrack Room after lights out. Again, apparently he threw a bow and a boot at a comrade at 11.30.p.m. He had 5 days Confined to Barracks. When he was posted to France he suffered a Gun Shot Wound to his thigh which had an impact on his patella. He had numerous operations on his leg at Royal Victoria Hospital, Netley, Dublin Castle Red Cross Hospital, Loughlinstown Military Hospital and Leopardstown Military Hospital. He never talked about what happened in France. He passed away when he was 57. He was such a wonderful, caring person and will not be forgotten. Anne Crowley Add to this record. 256803 Pte. Frank Edwin Cox 2nd Btn. Irish Guards (d.27th Nov 1917) Frank Cox served with the 2nd Battalion, Irish Guards in WW1. He died 27th of November 1917 aged 36 years and is remembered on the Cambrai Memorial at Louveral in France. Son of the late George and Alma Cox of 115, West St. Crewe and husband of Henrietta Cox of 59 Lord St. Blackpool. Chris Gough Add to this record. 256478 Pte. James Browne 2nd Btn Irish Guards (d.23rd Oct 1915) James Browne, was the seventh of 11 children born to William and Mary Anne Browne of Basin Street, Naas, County Kildare, Ireland. He was a gardener when he enlisted in the Irish Guards on 6th of October 1914, at the age of 22, along with many of his friends. He was 5' 8"and 159 lbs and his Army medical report says he was well-developed, presumably because of his 40" chest! A year later, on 17th of August 1915, he sailed from Southampton to France to play his part in the Great War. He received a shrapnel wound to his thigh on 2nd of October 1915 but returned to the field on 8th of October 1915. Sadly, he received gunshot wounds to the head on 20th of October 1915 and died of his wounds in No. 1 Hospital in the town of Etretat, Haute Normandie on 23rd of October 1915. He is buried in Etretat Cemetery along with his comrades. He was awarded the 1914-15 Star, as well as the British War and Victory Medal. His parents and siblings were devastated by his death only 2 months after going to war. The local newspapers in his hometown of Naas called him a gallant young soldier, which he certainly was. May his young soul Rest In Peace. Add to this record. 255353 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 Add to this record. 254537 L/Cpl. James Dooley 2nd Btn Irish Guards (d.9th Oct 1917) James Dooley, son of Arthur Dooley and Sarah Nee Currie was born in Duke St, Cleator Moor, Cumberland on the 19th of September 1892. He was baptised on the 25th Sept at St. Mary's RC Church, Cleator. His God Parents were his uncle Joseph Currie and aunt Sarah Jane Dooley. The family was living at 15 Duke Street, Cleator Moor, Cumberland in 1901. James's Dad Arthur died in 1905 and the family moved to Cleator, his sisters returned to Ireland in the Belfast area. His mother Sarah later went to live in Ireland. Last known address was 47 Altcar Street, Belfast. James was killed in action in France on 9th Oct 1917, age 25 years. He is buried at Artillery Wood Cemetery Boezinge in Belgium. He was engaged to Martha Morgan of Cleator, Cumberland. Lorraine Rayson Add to this record. 253467 Pte John Wilson Morgan Irish Guards My maternal grandfather, John Morgan, fought in the Great War. He was taken prisoner and sent to Friedrichsfeld. He was repatriated and arrived in Dover on 2nd of December 1918. Elizabeth Add to this record. 251083 Gdsmn. Michael McHale 2nd Battalion Irish Guards (d.2nd July 1916) Michael McHale enlisted into the British Army, joining the 2nd Irish Guards on 23rd of December 1915. He was married to Maria, and had two children. Mary aged 4years and Michael Joseph aged 2years. His wife Maria was pregnant with their 3rd child, James. Michael had been employed as a groom in Ballina, County Mayo, Ireland. Family stories talk of him being, or wanting to be, a Jockey. It appears before he enlisted, he was no longer working as a groom, but working as a farm hand. The family story was that the family were poor, and Michael, along with other local men, were offered £5 to enlist. Michael was killed in action on 2nd of July 1916, 6 months after enlisting. His body was never recovered. He is remembered on the Menin Memorial Gate, Ypres, and also on the Mayo Peace Wall in County Mayo, Ireland. Add to this record. 247039 Pte. Frank Stevens 2nd Battalion Irish Guards (d.13th April 1918) Frank Stevens was my Nan's dad. Frank was reported missing or killed on 13th of April 1918. Neil Butchers Add to this record. 246827 Pte. Hugh Worthington 2nd Btn. Irish Guards (d.27th September 1916) Hugh Worthington was a brother to David and William. Born in the village of Shankhill near Ballymoney in Co Antrim. Hugh is bured in Lesbeoufs War Cemetary. He was killed in action taking the village of Thiepval David was killed in July 1916. William survived being gassed on the Somme in 1916 and was to become my grandfather. Paul Murphy Add to this record. 242685 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 Add to this record. 242661 Pte. Daniel Somers 2nd Btn. Irish Guards (d.28th October 1915) Private Somers is buried in the Tomacork, Cemetery, Tomacork, Co. Wicklow, Ireland. s flynn Add to this record. 242499 Grdsmn C. Forde Irish Guards Guardsman Forde was the Son of Charles and Mary Forde, of Oldbawn. He was 24 when he died on the 21st January 1920 and is buried in the Tallaght (St. Maelruan) Church of Ireland Churchyard, Tallaght, Co. Dublin, Ireland. s flynn Add to this record. 242485 Pte. Owen Carroll Res. Btn. Irish Guards (d.20th February 1915) Private Carroll is buried in the Middle of the South part of the Stabannon Cemetery, Stanbannon, Co. Louth, Ireland. s flynn Add to this record. 242478 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 Add to this record. 242378 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 Add to this record. 242352 Gdsm. Frederick Bennett Irish Guards Frederick Bennett was 24 when he died on 19th December 1920 and is buried North-West of the middle path of the Roscrea (St. Cronan) Church of Ireland Churchyard, Roscrea, Co. Tipperary, Ireland. SB Flynn Add to this record.

Recomended Reading. Available at discounted prices. The Irish Guards in the Great War: The First Battalion Rudyard Kipling This historical work by the great Kipling has all but been forgotten. As the title indicates, it covers the actions of the Irish Guards' First Battalion in World War I. Although Kipling was always a friend to the soldier, this book had special meaning to him since his son fought with and was killed in the unit. A towering piece of regimental history by one of our greatest writers. More information on: The Irish Guards in the Great War: The First Battalion My Boy Jack?: The Search for Kipling's Only Son Toni Holt When noted author Rudyard Kipling pulled strings to get his son a commission in the Irish Guards at the beginning of World War I, he little realized he was sending the young man to his doom. Many years after Rudyard Kipling's own death in 1936, and after further decades of historical detective work, John Kipling's grave finally received a proper headstone in 1992. More information on: My Boy Jack?: The Search for Kipling's Only Son Links Suggest a link

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