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An additional 30 names of men from Enniskillen’s Back Streets who served during the First World War in the battle of Gallipoli have been recorded.
and when things quietened down I decided to visit the Irish soldiers of a British battalion, the Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers. Little did I know it was a journey that would almost cost me my life.
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Medals from one of the last-known survivors of the legendary Battle of Rorke's Drift - immortalised in the film Zulu - will go on sale next month. The medals of Alfred Saxty, who was just 22 at ...
The Duke of York has been stripped of his military titles and royal patronages, as confirmed by Buckingham Palace on Thursday night. The palace statement read: "With The Queen's approval and ...
He joined the 2nd Battalion in Scotland ... Those included a shoulder title of the Newfoundland Regiment, an Inniskilling Fusiliers cap badge, two Hampshire Regiment shoulder titles, general ...
Before transferring to the Irish Brigade, 2nd Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers had served in Sicily and Italy with 5th Division, taking part in the Anzio campaign. Also at Anzio was 1st Battalion ...
Mclear joined the Royal Dublin Fusiliers, 2nd Battalion and fought ... In October 1914 Ledwidge joined the Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers. In 1917 his battalion was sent to Belgium to prepare ...
On September 29 1918, his battalion, the 2nd battalion of The Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers where involved in heavy fighting in the north of the Menin Road near Terhand Belgium, on the Ypres salient.
Posted to the regiment’s 2nd Battalion a week ... at about 11.30am and then on to Brouchy. Elements of the 2nd Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers took part in a counter attack in the late afternoon ...
Amalgamation also faced the Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers, for after leaving Norton Barracks it too fell victim to Army reorganisation and became the 1st Battalion, Royal Irish Rangers. RIGHT it ...
James Samuel Emerson VC, Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers To commemorate the 100th anniversary to the day of the death, at the age of 22, of past pupil 2nd Lt James Samuel Emerson VC, Royal ...