The Royal Munster Fusiliers and Royal Dublin Fusiliers suffered hundreds of dead on April 25th, 1915, during the invasion of Gallipoli. Links. The Irish who were part of the British Expeditionary Force, as the field army sent to France was known, at the outbreak of war were involved in a number of notable actions. Ex Pats. Belfast WW1 Roll of Honour. Australia lists 4,731 of its first World War soldiers as having been born in Ireland, and more than 19,000 Irish-born soldiers served in the Canadian Corps. The division sustained about 5,500 casualties on that day, July 1st, 1916. Surnames A-B. Surnames H-J. Neither does it include Irish emigrants in Britain who enlisted there and are not categorised as Irish. For the best site experience please enable JavaScript in your browser settings

A further 148,000 signed up during the war, making a total of 206,000.

Prof Keith Jeffery, author of We know that 28,000 Irish-born regular soldiers and 30,000 reservists were in the British army at the start of the war and were called up immediately. The figure of 49,435 war dead is the one inscribed on the Irish National War Memorial, at Islandbridge, based on the Irish Memorial Rolls drawn up after the war. Tracing the Irish soldiers who fought in WW1. Some might expect that since the Irish Free State was NEUTRAL during WW2, NONE were awarded. Surnames K-L. Surname M. Surnames M-N. So far he has researched 16 counties, trawling newspapers and databases for named casualties. Unfortunately, the rolls are full of inconsistencies. The 36th (Ulster) Division is best remembered for its casualties on the first day of the Somme offensive, the worst day in the history of the British army. But as Jeffrey and others have pointed out, this does not include officers, men who joined the British navy or air force or men who served in the forces of Canada, Australia, New Zealand or South Africa.

The rolls do list 30,986 soldiers who were born in Ireland. The 16th Irish Division was subject to a terrible gas attack in Easter Week 1916 that killed 550 mostly Irish soldiers at Hulluch, in northern France. The 16th (Irish) Division and 36th (Ulster) Division both spent the war on the Western Front, sustaining horrendous casualties.

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WW1 Irish Soldiers Database. The policy of Irish neutrality during World War II was adopted by the Oireachtas at the instigation of the Taoiseach Éamon de Valera upon the outbreak of World War II in Europe.It was maintained throughout the conflict, in spite of several German air raids by aircraft that missed their intended British targets and attacks on Ireland's shipping fleet by Allies and Axis alike. The Royal Irish Regiment at Mons was involved in a notable rearguard action, as were the 2nd Royal Munster Fusiliers at Etreux, in northern France, where the battalion was almost wiped out by a German force six times their number on August 27th, 1914. Ulster Motor Cycle Club. He believes the records account for only 50-60 per cent of Irish soldiers killed in the war. Other Websites. ... British military service records are an essential resource, but many of the ones for WW1 were destroyed during WW2 when London was bombed. Similarly, the official figure for Cork is 2,244, but he puts it at 4,338. However, 4 Irish from independent Ireland won the award in the second World War. Ewan McGregor is ordered to hand over half his Star Wars fortune, $6.5million family home and five of his beloved cars to production designer Eve Mavrakis Braver than any man: Revealed for the first time, the...WWII hero, 93, who evaded Nazis in stolen car after missing...CASE STUDY: BRANDED A TRAITOR BECAUSE MY FATHER FOUGHT THE NAZIS FRIENDS IN THE FIELD: FOREIGN SOLDIERS WHO FOUGHT WITH THE ALLIES'Inmates' heard screaming from inside Minsk 'torture house'Wreaths on The Cenotaph as the country marks 75 years since VJ DayBodycam shows Tou Thao trying to control crowd as Floyd diesDogs staggering transformation after being covered in tar and debris'Disappointed' student believes she deserves three A's in resultsLindsay Birbeck's teenage killer Rocky Marciano Price with binMoscow powerlifter suffers horror knee fractures during squatThao says he was concerned of Floyd's strengthen due to drugsPolice honour PC Andrew Harper in Newbury memorial serviceTeen begs for help after her miniature pinscher was mauled to deathPrince Charles and Camilla arrive at VJ Day memorial serviceFilm star Anthony Michael Hall yells at hotel pool guests