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6th Dragoons (Inniskilling)



   6th Dragoons (Inniskilling) were in India when war broke out in August 1914. They returned home and proceeded to France to join the BEF. They served on the Western Front through out the Great War.

23rd of November 1914 Reorganisation

11th Jan 1915 Reliefs

 

Sep 1915 On the Move

16th of October 1915 Divisional Exercise

25th of October 1915 Royal Inspection

7th of November 1915 Present Stations

25th of November 1915 Orders

29th of November 1915 Moves Completed

14th December 1915 Ongoing Logistics

19th of December 1915 Movement Instructions

3rd of January 1916 Moves

8th of January 1916 Moves  location map

2nd February 1916 Exercises with Divisional Cavalry

2nd of February 1916 Moving to the Trenches  location map

4th of February 1916 Orders Amended

20th of February 1916 System for Reliefs  location map

21st of February 1916 Active German Patrols  location map

23rd of February 1916 Weather Turns  location map

25th of February 1916 Heavy Snow and a German Patrol  location map

26th of February 1916 A Store Burns  location map

28th of February 1916 Changes to the Front  location map

29th of February 1916 Active Aeroplanes  location map

1st of March 1916 Reorganisation  location map

2nd of March 1916 Very Strong Enemy Wire  location map

3rd of March 1916 Divisional Artillery Relieved  location map

4th of March 1916 Heavy Snow  location map

12th of March 1916 Aircraft Active

25th of March 1916 Hostile Aeroplanes  location map

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6th Dragoons (Inniskilling)

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  • McDermott Thomas. L/Cpl. 11 Sqdn. (d.1st Dec 1917)

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L/Cpl. Thomas McDermott 11 Sqdn. Machine Gun Corps (Cavalry) (d.1st Dec 1917)

Tommy McDermott served with the Machine Gun Corps Cavalry having transferred from the 6th Inniskilling Dragoons. He died on 1st of December 1917 at the Battle of Cambrai, France. His body was never recovered, but he is mentioned on the Cambrai Memorial at Louverval.

As part of the British Third Army, 11 Squadron fought with the Mhow Brigade of the 1st Indian Cavalry. An attack on 1st December 1917 by 11 Squadron to repel attacking German forces resulted in a total loss - 2 officers, 53 other ranks, 84 horses, and 4 guns (Vickers Machine Guns) were all lost.

Timothy Beer








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