I have these notes on the 6th battalion: Notes on 6th Battalion, Royal Irish Regiment - as 16th Division, 47th Brigade, 14th Corps, 4th Army. 6th (Service) Battalion - 6th Battalion, Royal Irish Regiment was raised at Clonmel on the 6th of September 1914 as part of Kitchener's Second New Army and joined 47th Brigade, 16th (Irish) Division. In March 1915 one Company from the Guernsey Militia joined the battalion. They proceeded to France in December 1915, landing at le Havre and concentrating in the Bethune area. In 1916 they were in action on the Somme during the The Battle of Guillemont in which the Division captured the village and The Battle of Ginchy. In 1917 they fought at the The Battle of Messines and The Battle of Langemark, during the Third Battles of Ypres. In 1918 they were in action on the Somme 1918 suffering very heavy casualties and on the 6th of February 1918 the 6th Royal Irish was disbanded in France. and Book - The Campaigns and History of the Royal Irish Regiment VOLUME II. From 1900 to 1922 BY BR . GENERAL STANNUS GEOGHEGAN, C.B. - pages 111-121 is on 6th Batallion, has movements & actions 1915-16 incl front line rotations - The 47th Brigade again went into the line from the 17th June to the 3rd July. A very successful raid on a crater, which was being fortified by the Germans, was carried out by Lieutenant D. P. Claridge, 2nd Lieutenant R. W. Gowthorpe and :fifteen men. They succeeded in killing the sentries and surprising and bombing a large working party, who suffered heavy casualties. The battalion casualties during the sixteen days were Lieutenants D. P. Claridge, J. H. Falla, 2nd Lieute nant s R. W. Gowthorpe, O. Orosbie and 52 men wounded; 9 men killed. The next tour for the brigade was from the 11th to 31 st July and resulted in 11 men killed and 2nd Lieu- tenant T. E. Magill and 46 men wounded. I have these notes because my grandmother's uncle, Arthur Brady, who was born and lived in Nottingham, was somehow enlisted into this battalion & he died in 1916. I have been curious about how a Nottingham lad ended up in the Irish Regiment & if anyone has any information it would appreciated. His details are: Arthur Brady Date of death 31 Jul 1916 Service number 7012 Rank Lance Corporal Military Unit 6th Bn Royal Irish Regiment Comments Philosophe British Cemetery, Mazingarbe Remembered on Nottingham - St Mary's Church War Memorial as Arthur A. Brady 6th Bn Royal Irish Regiment , medal roll gives address as 5 Island St, London Road, Notts, medal record state "killed accidently 31/7/1916", medal records indicate 2 medals issued to brother? Thank you Glenn Thorpe > >From one who is easily confused .. > Were the Royal Irish Rifles and Royal Irish Regiment in WW1 one and the same or different Regiments? > Google has confused me > Peter > > >

Thank to everyone who responded to my query. Two regimental codes it is. Just needed to be correct, I hate errors. Need to create a new CRICH Roll of Honour, since the 2014 production, as further research has turned up over 100 new photographs, more regimental details and highlighted a couple of errors. Hope to be done by 2018. Peter Sent from my iPhone > On 23 Apr 2017, at 01:47, Glenn via DERBYSGEN <[email protected]> wrote: > > I have these notes on the 6th battalion: > > Notes on 6th Battalion, Royal Irish Regiment - as 16th Division, 47th Brigade, 14th Corps, 4th Army. 6th (Service) Battalion - 6th Battalion, Royal Irish Regiment was raised at Clonmel on the 6th of September 1914 as part of Kitchener's Second New Army and joined 47th Brigade, 16th (Irish) Division. In March 1915 one Company from the Guernsey Militia joined the battalion. They proceeded to France in December 1915, landing at le Havre and concentrating in the Bethune area. In 1916 they were in action on the Somme during the The Battle of Guillemont in which the Division captured the village and The Battle of Ginchy. In 1917 they fought at the The Battle of Messines and The Battle of Langemark, during the Third Battles of Ypres. In 1918 they were in action on the Somme 1918 suffering very heavy casualties and on the 6th of February 1918 the 6th Royal Irish was disbanded in France. > > and > > Book - The Campaigns and History of the Royal Irish Regiment VOLUME II. From 1900 to 1922 BY BR . GENERAL STANNUS GEOGHEGAN, C.B. - pages 111-121 is on 6th Batallion, has movements & actions 1915-16 incl front line rotations - The 47th Brigade again went into the line from the 17th June to the 3rd July. A very successful raid on a crater, which was being fortified by the Germans, was carried out by Lieutenant D. P. Claridge, 2nd Lieutenant R. W. Gowthorpe and :fifteen men. They succeeded in killing the sentries and surprising and bombing a large working party, who suffered heavy casualties. The battalion casualties during the sixteen days were Lieutenants D. P. Claridge, J. H. Falla, 2nd Lieute nant s R. W. Gowthorpe, O. Orosbie and 52 men wounded; 9 men killed. The next tour for the brigade was from the 11th to 31 st July and resulted in 11 men killed and 2nd Lieu- tenant T. E. Magill and 46 men wounded. > > I have these notes because my grandmother's uncle, Arthur Brady, who was born and lived in Nottingham, was somehow enlisted into this battalion & he died in 1916. I have been curious about how a Nottingham lad ended up in the Irish Regiment & if anyone has any information it would appreciated. His details are: > > Arthur Brady Date of death 31 Jul 1916 Service number 7012 Rank Lance Corporal Military Unit 6th Bn Royal Irish Regiment Comments Philosophe British Cemetery, Mazingarbe Remembered on Nottingham - St Mary's Church War Memorial as Arthur A. Brady 6th Bn Royal Irish Regiment , medal roll gives address as 5 Island St, London Road, Notts, medal record state "killed accidently 31/7/1916", medal records indicate 2 medals issued to brother? > > Thank you > > Glenn Thorpe > > >> >From one who is easily confused .. >> Were the Royal Irish Rifles and Royal Irish Regiment in WW1 one and the same or different Regiments? >> Google has confused me >> Peter >> >> >> > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message