Hi Adrian A point well made As there was never conscription introduced in Ireland, any Irish man who moved to England would have to declare himself in some way to be picked up by the conscription process there, as there was free movement between Ireland and England, Wales or Scotland there would be little to record the fact unless he volunteered it in some way There was a National Registration Act passed in 1915 to establish how many eligible men resided in the Country but if a man arrived after that how would that fact be picked up? I don't know the answer to that Volunteering came to an end with the start of conscription in Jan 1916, the nationality, origins or choice of unit had little to do with where they ended up Nivard Ovington in Cornwall (UK) On 30/04/2013 08:53, Adrian Abbott wrote: > I'm no expert on the subject, but surely there was no such thing as an > "Irish National" until 1922? > > Many Irish in the Northeast signed up for the war, in bodies such as > the Tyneside Irish battalion of the Northumberland Fusiliers. > Strangely though, my great-uncle ended up in it but he came from > Durham. > > Adrian