Was he the son of a serving soldier or a young man who enlisted while still a boy? Poet and Nationalist M.P., Tom Kettle, wrote to his wife that if he survived, he would devote himself to the reconciliation of Ulster with Ireland, having witnessed the comraderie of these brothers-in-arms.Before the outbreak of war, there were 20,000 Irish soldiers in the regular British army. The British soldiers’ uniform was 1902 service dress: gray collar-less undershirt, a 5-button tunic with closable collar, straight trousers held up by suspenders, leg wraps to be wound from ankle to calf, a trenchcoat, a trenchcap and a leather jerkin for cold weather.

In 1935, the Northumberland Fusiliers was awarded the title "Royal". Nonetheless these titular units remained in existence until the end of the German Imperial Army in 1918, as follows: In 1920 the Royal Welsh Fusiliers was renamed as the "Royal Welch Fusiliers". The Royal Dublin Fusiliers was an infantry regiment of the British Army, which recruited in the east of Ireland.

As examples in full dress, the Guard Fusiliers had nickel buttons and yellow shoulder straps, and the 80th Fusiliers special braiding on collars and cuffs (deriving from their origin as the Elector of Hesse's Guards).

Group photograph of Royal Dublin Fusiliers taken during the First World War. Group of officers of the 2nd Battalion playing bowls at York prior to their departure for France, August 1914 . … The regiment was created on 1 July 1881 as a result of When the 103rd became the 2nd Battalion, it was based in England before moving to sunnier climes in 1884, when it was posted to On 15 November 1899, a detachment of Dubliners and the The Dublin Fusiliers actively took part in the efforts to lift the In May, the British began their advance towards the The last of the Boers surrendered in May 1902, the A music hall song commemorating the bravery of the fusiliers was entitled: "What Do You Think of the Irish Now?" : These were the 3rd Battalion (Special Reserve), the 4th Battalion (Special Reserve) and the 5th Battalion (Special Reserve).

Addressed at Lansdowne Road by the I.R.F.U. Both the fusilier regiments had originated as "European" regiments of the East India Company and transferred to the British Army in 1861 when the British Crown took control of the company's private army after the Indian Rebellion of 1857. Murphy, p.30 quote: "Following the treaty that established the independent Irish Free State in 1922, it was decided to disband the regiments that had their traditional recruiting grounds in southern Ireland: The Royal Irish Regiment; The Connaught Rangers; The Prince of Wales' Leinster Regiment; The Royal Munster Fusiliers; The Royal Dublin Fusiliers; The Harris, Major Henry E. D., pp.216-217: Table listing the eight Irish Regiments of the British Army July 1914, their Depots, Reserve Bns., and local Militia. This item will ship to United States, but the seller has not specified shipping options. This company was nicknamed, ‘The Toffs among the Toughs’.

A nice older badge. After the war, many regiments were disbanded. Addressed at Lansdowne Road by the I.R.F.U. For instance, London stock-brokers became the 10th (Service) Battalion of the Royal Fusiliers.‘D’ Company, 7th Battalion the Royal Dublin Fusiliers photographed at the Royal (Collins) Barracks, Dublin on the 30th of April, 1915, prior to their departure to Basingstoke, and ultimately Dardanelles.The Dublin Pals formed ‘D’ Company of the 7th Battalion, Royal Dublin Fusiliers and were drawn mainly, but not exclusively, from the city’s professional classes. The regiment was created on 1 July 1881 by the amalgamation of the 102nd Regiment of Foot (Royal Madras Fusiliers) and the 103rd Regiment of Foot (Royal Bombay Fusiliers) to form the 1st and 2nd Battalions, The Royal Dublin Fusiliers. Some of these refused officer commissions because they wished to be equal with their peers. Drums of the 2nd Battalion 1911 .

There are over 24,000 Royal Dublin Fusiliers service and pension records (for this regiment - and its antecedents) in various War Office series held at the National Archives.

This uniform continued to be worn by the RWF's Corps of Drums and the Regimental Pioneers until the merger of 2006.

Two Officers of The Royal Dublin Fusiliers , during preparations for the regiment's departure for Gallipoli, 1915. In September 1914, Dublin had three recruitment centres and 58,000 men were mobilized, including 12,000 members of the Special Reserve. The collapse of the German Spring Offensive dispensed with the immediate need for so many recruits and conscription was not enforced in Ireland.

A group of unknown Royal Dublin Fusiliers taken during the First World War .