The 88th Regiment of Foot (Connaught Rangers) merged with the 94th Regiment of Foot to form a new two-battalion unit. On 4 August 1914, the 2nd Battalion was stationed at Aldershot in Hampshire and landed at Boulogne as part of the 5th Brigade of the 2nd Division on 14 August. 30th April: The Rangers left the 10th (Irish) Division and XX Corps when they sailed from Port Said to Marseilles, arriving on the 1st June. 23rd July: The Battalion briefly under the command of 14th (Light) Division. Newspapers should also be searched along with casualty lists. Some … They subsequently refused to take any further orders until the British forces left Ireland; they also replaced the Union Jack with the Irish Tri-colour. No service record survives for James as it was destroyed in the Blitz. On March 21st 1918 the 6th Connaught Rangers were caught in the middle of the great German offensive at St. Emilie and suffered such heavy casualties that the battalion could no longer be sustained and was subsequently disbanded. The Connaught Ranger’s badge was the Harp of Erin surmounted by a crown. That said, there was still a Scots presence in the Dutch army. Uniforms: 1958-10-37: Mess vest, left front section only, Connaught Rangers, 1901-1922, sealed pattern, 1901. The 94th followed in 1810 and joined General Sir Thomas Picton’s Division. Men from the 88th volunteered to be the ‘Forlorn Hope’ and successfully stormed the breaches in the castle walls the following day. The following month (September) the Battalion moved to the Barracks at Kinsale where it remained for more than three years before embarking to Newcastle-upon-Tyne in November 1917. The Union Flag at Jullundur on the North-West Frontier was replaced with the Irish tricolour. Boundaries:- Right flank U19 C8.5. The assertion that Barror murdered 2 men is cited with ref to an unspecified passage in the "3rd Battalion, Connaught Rangers War Diary". The 88th’s first action was in a flanking attack during Sir Arthur Wellesley's advance at Oporto in May. On 7 December 1915, the unit suffered heavy casualties in the Battle of Kosturino with the Commonwealth War Graves Commission recording 99 dead, all of whom are commemorated on the Doiran Memorial. They are the official unit war diaries for the British Army that contain records of daily activities, including casualties. The Commonwealth War Graves Commission recorded 483 dead for the 6th (Service) Battalion between 27 January 1916 and 3 August 1918. * you will need to register for an account and login to get access to the downloads. The 88th were the first to arrive in 1809 when they landed in Portugal to join other regiments under the command of General William Beresford. Firstly, only two Rangers were recorded in the diary as being in Dublin over Easter - Leeson and Barror. Another resource for the battalions would be the war diaries of the brigade headquarters they served with. In 1922, on the creation of the Irish Free State and under the terms of the Anglo-Irish Treaty, the Connaught Rangers and other infantry regiments raised in Ireland prior to the ‘New State’ were disbanded. recorded that he died of wounds. The second 88th Foot, known as Keating's Regiment, was in existence from 1779 to 1783. You’ll find a lot of military jargon in the records and I have a page on abbreviations and acronyms. The mutiny ended after just three days and the men were imprisoned at Dagshai. Six officers and 280 other ranks were reported missing from the day’s fighting. There are a few other rank casualties recorded. The documents mostly relate to officers who served with the Regiment. which became the 1st and 2nd Battalions of the new regiment. A service record for Mallins can be found at the National Archives which when combined with the 2nd Battalion’s war diary, would provide a lot of information. The first two volumes cover the battalions’ pre-war service. The regimental War Diaries are held at The UK National Archives and as of April 2020 have been made available for free download*. Notes: This is a very unusual war diary as it was kept by the Medical Officer of the 1st Battalion and while it is full of medical details it can be used to supplement the information found in the normal war diary. The first volume covered the 1st Battalion, the second the 2nd Battalion and the last, the 5th and 6th (Service) Battalions. The 4th (Extra Reserve) was also a training unit and was stationed at Boyle on 4 August 1914. That victory was Wellesley’s first major success and signalled a change in his army’s fortune. Both were on leave in … Copyright of the It was despatched from Karachi with the Indian Corps on the 28th August but it was a month before they arrived at Marseilles due to the activities of German raiders in the Indian Ocean. Unfortunately, the current pandemic has made it difficult for me to conduct as much paid research as usual, but I am committed to keeping the information on this site freely available to everyone. The Commonwealth War Graves Commission recorded 637 dead for the Battalion between 17 August 1914 and 11 November 1918. Militarily, the whole of Ireland was administered as a separate command with its Command Headquarters being located at Parkgate (Phoenix Park) in Dublin, although was under the overall control of the War Office in London. The Battalion served in Mesopotamia until April 1918 when the 3rd (Lahore) Division was sent to Egypt to take part in the Palestine Campaign. A little rough around the edges, but courageous and professional on the battlefield, the Connaught Rangers are an Irish line infantry regiment. That year the 88th Regiment of Foot (the Connaught Rangers) was amalgamated with the 94th Regiment of Foot (the Scotch Brigade) to become the 1st and 2nd Battalions (respectively) of The Connaught Rangers. The invasion commenced on the 25th April 1915 and that too failed when French, British and Commonwealth troops were trapped along a thin stretch of coastline by entrenched Turkish troops. The 88 th becoming the 1 st Battalion and the 94 th, the 2 nd Battalion. … On the 18th December the 6th Battalion disembarked at Le Havre 1915. The 5th (Service) Battalion Connaught Rangers was raised for the 10th Division in Dublin during August 1914 and subsequently joined the 29th Brigade at the Kilworth Garrison in Cork, but subsequently moved back to Dublin in October before moving on to the Curragh in January 1915. Between the time of its formation and Irish independence, it was one of eight Irish regiments raised largely in Ireland. May 1915: the Battalion crossed the Irish Sea to England and Hackwood Park in Basingstoke. In May 1918, the 3rd (Reserve) Battalion absorbed the 4th (Extra Reserve) Battalion at Dover. Newspapers should always be searched for officers along with casualty lists. If you’re researching the 5th Battalion, I can recommend this book which covers its formation, through Gallipoli and into the beginning of the Salonika Campaign. Following the huge opening German bombardment, the order to withdraw did not reach the Irishmen and they were left alone to face the onslaught of two whole German divisions. A total of five infantry regiments were given Irish territorial titles, which will all be discussed within this section of Irish Regimental Histories. On the 9th January 1812 Wellington started his advance against the fortified town of Ciudad Rodrigo by taking the surrounding French positions. The Commonwealth War Graves Commission recorded 509 dead for the 5th (Service) Battalion between 2 January 1915 and 11 November 1918. WebMaster©2010. Connaught Rangers during WW1 Since 1815 the balance of power in Europe had been maintained by a series of treaties. They are not personal diaries. After a year in Egypt, the 2nd Battalion accompanied by the 1st Battalion’s machine-gun section joined Lord Kitchener’s Anglo-Egyptian Expeditionary Force to re-conquer the Dongola (Dunqulah) Province in the Sudan (1896-1898). In 1882, the 2nd Battalion (94th) left the African Continent for its depot in the province of Connaught and Galway where the Regiment mainly recruited from. Almost immediately after the Crimean War the 88th was sent to India and the Indian Mutiny of 1857–59, remaining on the Indian continent until 1870 when it returned to England. The Battalion was part of the 7th (Ferozepore) Brigade of the 3rd (Lahore) Division. The 1/Connaught and the rest of the 5th (Hart's) Brigade, who were on the left flank, had been forced to perform over 20 minutes of drill before the advance. This article will provide an overview of the service of the Connaught Rangers in the First World War and help you to research those who served with the Regiment. At the time of the amalgamation both the 88th and the 94th were still overseas. The regiment was awarded the battle honour Relief of Ladysmith in addition to South Africa 1899–1902. The 1st Battalion served on the Western Front until 11 December 1915, when the unit embarked on board the Hired Transport at Huntsend at Marseilles with a strength of 24 officers and 813 other ranks. It was chiefly recruited in Connaught, and was therefore styled "The Connaught Rangers". In 1889, the 2nd Connaught’s were sent to Malta and the following year, the 1st Battalion finally left India after eleven years of service on that continent for a short deployment in Aden before returning home in 1891. The 5th Connaught Rangers took part in the Macedonian actions at; Battle of Kosturino and the retreat from Serbia (December 1915), Capture of Karajakois (September/October 1916). The Battalion then moved to Dover during May 1918 and absorbed the 4th Battalion when they both joined the Dover Garrison. The attack by the 199 th Infantry Brigade was carried out with the 5 th Connaught Rangers on the right and the 9 th Bn Manchester Regt on the left. Around 400 men in all mutinied of which, eighty-eight were court-marshalled with fourteen being given the death sentence; of the men sentenced to death, thirteen had their sentences commuted to life in prison and the sentence was carried out on one man. Concurrently, in 1779, the 94th Regiment was formed in Colchester (England) and despatched to Jamaica with other reinforcements when the island was in danger of invasion in 1780 and after three years service in the West Indies was returned to England and disbanded. It was disbanded following the establishment of the independent Irish Free Statein … The advance was met with a fire from three sides and forced a withdrawal, and ultimately the battle ended in defeat for the British forces. His medal index card shows that James landed in France on 26 September and his movements can be followed in the unit’s war diary. An earlier set of colours can be found in the 14th century Collegiate Church of St Nicholas in Galway City centre along with several stone memorials to fallen members of the regiment. Once you know which battalion/s the soldier you’re researching served with I’d recommend downloading the appropriate war diaries from the list below. Before moving to Blackdown, England in September 1915 the Battalion was located at Fermoy. The 88th and small detachments of 94th fought in the Crimean War of 1854–56 against the Tsarist armies of Russia; the 94th’s detachments being sent with the 18th Royal Irish Regiment and took part in the siege of Sevastopol. The Rangers fought at Spion Kop and the Tugela Heights during further attempts by General Sir Redvers Buller to relieve the besieged town of Ladysmith. It is believed Private Fitzgibbon enlisted in the Connaught Rangers in Dublin around August 1909 and died on 17 August 1914. Whether pushing home a bayonet or forming a disciplined firing line, these men will stand and fight. The Battalion served in the Salonika Campaign until September 1917 when it sailed for Egypt. 2nd April: The 1st Battalion embarked at Nahr Umar and left for Suez, Egypt via Kuwait having served 2 years and 3 months in Mesopotamia. The 94th was disbanded on 24th December 1818 only to be reformed again five years later in 1823. 26 November: Transferred to 7th (Ferozepore) Brigade in 3rd (Lahore) Division. The 88th Foot or Connaught Rangers were raised in 1793 by the Earl of Clanricarde to help counteract the threat from Napoleonic France. Due to heavy losses on the Western Front, the 1st Battalion absorbed men from the 2nd Bttn during December 1914. On the day the Armistice was declared the 1st Battalion were garrisoned in Nazareth. I have also created a wide range of guides to help you research soldiers who served in the British Army during the war: I also offer a First World War Soldier Research Service. The regiment took part in the Battle of Colenso on 15 December, part of the attempt to relieve the town of Ladysmith, besieged by Boer forces. Officers are frequently mentioned in the war diaries of the Connaught Rangers, just make sure you download the correct ones. The effect was to give the Mutineers parity of esteem with veterans of the Irish War of Independence. James’ entry in Soldiers Died in the Great War recorded that he died of wounds. However, Wellesley’s army overcame its initial losses and beat the French. Shortly after the declaration of war, it was moved to Crosshaven and then in September 1914 to Kinsale. The regiment was established during the British Army reforms of 1881. The Connaught Rangers (88th Regiment of Foot, "the Devil's Own") was a hard fighting Irish regiment of the British Army. In 1797 the regiment went to South Africa and after serving at Cape Town, the Scotch Brigade then went on to India in 1799. However, elements of their legacy live on in Galway right up to the present. The 1/Connaught took part in numerous engagements during the Boer War. The battalion left France in December 1915 on route for Mesopotamia and they spent more that 2 years in that region before moving to Palestine in April 1918, where theyjoined the Egyptian Expeditionary For… 7th (Ferozepore) Brigade, 3rd (Lahore) Division, Mesopotamia. The third 88th Regiment of Foot, named the Connaught Rangers, was raised in 1793 by John Thomas de Burgh, the 13th Earl of Clanricarde because of the threat that Napoleonic France posed to England. The mutiny began on the 28th of June 1920 when 5 men of C Company 1st Battalion The Connaught Rangers refused to obey orders. The demise of the Scotch Brigade began in 1782 when the Dutch State General demanded that the Scotsmen took an oath renouncing all allegiance to their native land and the Brigade lost its proud title and became the international Brigade. The Connaught Rangers suffered a heavy loss in this fire when compared to other regiments. The ‘Scotch Brigade’s history dates back to around 1568 when it was created as an elite foreign battalion for service with the Dutch and consisted of up to ten companies. There are no war diaries for the 3rd (Reserve) or 4th (Extra Reserve) Battalions. The 1st Battalion was deployed to South Africa as part of Major-General Fitzroy Hart’s 5th (Irish) Brigade. Two were shot dead and the rest taken prisoner when they attempted to storm an armoury. However, by the time an Anglo-French force landed the Serbs were already beaten, but it was decided to keep the force in Serbia for future operations. Wellington used the 88th effe… The story of the Connaught Rangers ended in 1922 when, along with the other Irish regiments – the Royal Irish Regiment, the Leinster Regiment, the Royal Munster Fusiliers and the Royal Dublin Fusiliers – they were disbanded as part of the Anglo-Irish Treaty settlement. In 1881, the Secretary of State for War, Hugh Childers, continued with the earlier (Edward) Cardwell Reforms of 1870 - 1881 and implemented the final reformation of the British army by amalgamating regiments of foot into infantry regiments consisting of two battalions. 29th Infantry Brigade, 10th (Irish) Division. The 94th, formally known as the Scotch Brigade had fought in India (earning the Army of India Medal with three clasps) prior to joining the 88th in General Picton's, 3rd Light Division in the Peninsular Wars against France. The Connaught Rangers ("The Devil's Own") were an Irish line infantry regiment of the British Army formed by the amalgamation of the 88th Regiment of Foot (Connaught Rangers) (which formed the 1st Battalion) and the 94th Regiment of Foot (which formed the 2nd Battalion) in July 1881. In 1908 the 1st Battalion were despatched to India as the 2nd Battalion returned home to Ireland. 1st Battalion, Connaught Rangers Medical Officer. 11th November: At Sivry when the Armistice commenced and was the only Connaught Battalion on the Western Front at that time. Some of these are in good condition others less so. Notes: A short war diary with brief repetitive entries which is often encountered for this post-war period. James’ regimental number of 9562 points to an enlistment date of around December 1908. In 1888 Wilhelm II was crowned ‘German Emperor and King of Prussia’ and moved from a policy of maintaining the status quo to a more aggressive position. 29th September: The Battalion was withdrawn to the Greek Island of Lemnos due to the high casualties it had sustained and was no longer an effective force. There are lists of British officers serving with the Battalion throughout. 25th August: Transferred to the 197th Brigade in 66th (2nd East Lancashire) Division. Uniforms: 1959-12-201: Tropical helmet, 1st Bn Connaught Rangers, worn by Lt Col H F N Jourdain when commanding the unit as Mounted Infantry in the Boer War, 1901 (c). The Duke of Wellington used … Connaught Rangers, Leinster Regt, MAURETANIA, Royal Irish Regt, Royal Munster Fusiliers Leave a comment Gallipoli (August 1915) This site provides military war diary transcriptions for the 5th Royal Irish Regiment and other units, up the chain of command, during the Suvla Bay offensive. You will usually find maps and orders in brigade headquarters’ diaries which are missing from the battalion diaries. The Battalion had landed in India from Malta in March 1908 and had been stationed at Ferozepore since November 1910. I offer a copying service for these records. On 27th February the siege of Ladysmith, which had lasted 118 days, finally came to an end when Buller’s forces broke through the Boer’s lines surrounding Ladysmith. The first 88th Regiment of the Foot, known as the Highland Volunteers, was raised in 1760 from a Cadre taken from the 87th Foot and known as Campbell's Regiment. A three-volume regimental history, The Connaught Rangers by Lieutenant-Colonel H. F. N. Jourdain and Edward Fraser was published in the 1920s. Notes: A very interesting war diary concerning the Battalion’s activities when they were policing the Upper Silesia after the plebiscite of March 1921. Actions at ‘Fir Hill’ during the general advance north of Jafa. Various actions against hostile Arab tribes. Then during the Battle of Badajoz (16 March - 6 April) they achieved an unlikely success when they scaled the walls of Badajoz as Wellington’s other ‘Forlorn Hope’ troops were suffering terrible casualties at the breaches. The 2nd Battalion landed at Boulogne on 14th August 1914. Due to heavy casualties both sustained by both the 1st and 2nd Battalions in the opening months of the war, they were amalgamated on 5 December 1914 at Le Touret. Before the outbreak of war the 4th Battalion was another regimental depot reserve/training unit in Connaught, being located at the Boyle barracks in Roscommon. Notes: A good war diary with an interesting appendix on the action at Le Grand Fayt on 26 August 1914 which takes up a lot of this diary. Officers: A service record is the key document to find and there are over 700 held at the National Archives in London. Both the 88th Regiment of Foot (The Connaught Rangers) and the 94th Regiment of Foot (The Scotch Brigade) fought side by side during the Peninsular War at Ciudad Rodrio, Badajos, Salamanca, Vittoria, the Nivelle, at Orthes and Toulouse. The rest of the war diaries can only be viewed at the National Archives, though I offer a copying service for these records. On 4 August 1914, the 1st Battalion Connaught Rangers was stationed at Ferozepore, now Firozpur, a city 261 miles northwest of Delhi in India. The 88th or Connaught Rangers. The new army was designated K1 and was to consist of six divisions, one of which was the 10th (Irish) Division. In July, the 88th received a severe beating at Casa de Salinas on the first day of the Battle of Talavera when they were ambushed by the French. On 10 January 1916, the Huntsend arrived off Basra and the Battalion soon found itself taking part in the unsuccessful attempts to relieve the besieged 6th (Poona) Division at Kut-al-Amara. They were frequently engaged. The Rangers, who took their name from Connaught, the most westerly of the four Irish provinces, were formed from two existing infantry regiments – the 88th and 94th Regiments of Foot. He is buried in Brompton Cemetery. The 5th Connaught Rangers took part in the Palestine actions at; Third Battle of Gaza (capture of the Hareira Redoubt). 2nd November: Fighting advance through Le Cateau to Sivry. 2,500 men of the Connaught Rangers were killed in action or died from their wounds during the Great War and their graves lie in France, Belgium, Germany, Greece, Turkey, Bulgaria, Egypt, Palestine, India, Iran, Iraq, Israel, and United Kingdom. Attack on El Funduk (The 1st Battalion captured an entire Turkish artillery column intact in what was its final action in the Great War). Irish Great War Society 5th/6th August: while other brigades of the 10th (Irish) Division landed at Suvla Bay, the 29th Brigade and the Rangers went ashore at Anzac Cove, where they later fought alongside the Royal Dublin Fusiliers and the Royal Munster Fusiliers. The Irish Division took up positions at Lake Doiran, just inside the Greek border, and began to build defensive positions. It was engaged in the Battle of Colenso on 15 December, part of the attempt to relieve the town of Ladysmith besieged by Boer forces. Due to heavy casualties sustained by both 1st and 2nd Battalions, they were amalgamated on 5 December 1914 at Le Touret. This is a good war diary with a handful of appendices including a map of the 3rd (Lahore) Division’s front on 15 January 1917 and a map of the Battalion’s picquets during February 1917. 66 DIVISION 199 Infantry Brigade Connaught Rangers 2nd and 5th Battalion, King's (Liverpool Regiment) 14th and 18th Battalion, Manchester Regiment 2/5th and 2/6th Battalion: 15 August 1915 - 31 May 1917 (First World War, War Diary, WO95/3144) 954. by WO95/3144 (Other) Paperback $ 116.00. The Association also has a social function organising lectures and trips to bring together people with an interest in the regiment. Record of the 5th (Service) Battalion The Connaught Rangers from 19th August 1914 to 17th January, 1916 Soldiers Died in the Great War: Princess Victoria's (Royal Irish Fusiliers) The Connaught Rangers The Tenth (Irish) Division in Gallipoli Officers Died in the Great War 1914-1919 He is buried in Brompton Cemetery. (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); If you enjoy the articles I post here, please consider making a donation in support. Couple of issues with this. In 1810, they played a major part in stopping the French advance at Bussaco’s Ridge, which ultimately lead to the French defeat. It was formed in September 1914 as part of ‘K2’ (Kitchener’s 2nd New Army) at Kilworth in Co. Cork and was attached to the 47th Brigade, 16th (Irish) Division. When war was declared in August 1914, the 1st Battalion was on the Indian continent at Ferozepore with the 7th (Ferozepore) Brigade/3rd (Lahore) Division. Both battalions were given new Colours by HM King George V in 1911. In September 1803, the Battalion received notification of its regimental number when it was in the field during the Mahratta War and preparing for the Battle of Assaye. Irish Regiments of World War One November 18, 2020 Group of 1914 'Mons' Stars named to men from Irish regiments including two each to Connaught Rangers and Royal Irish Rifles. The Battalion remained at Kinsale until November 1917 when it moved to Newcastle-upon-Tyne. On the Western Front, the Battalion briefly served with the 14th Division before joining the 197th Brigade of the 66th Division on 22 July 1918. Indian Corps which contained the 3rd (Lahore) and 7th (Meerut) Divisions was being sent to Mesopotamia, now Iraq. October 1917: Allenby launched an attack that successfully advanced north and east. The 5th Brigade subsequently deployed to Kimberley and took part in further operations against the Boer guerrillas. The Connaught Rangers Colours are laid up at St. George’s Hall in Windsor Castle. A Connaught Rangers mutineer’s memorial has since been erected in Glasnevin Cemetery, Dublin. Date: 1914 Aug. - Nov. Held by: The National Archives, Kew: Legal status: Public Record(s) Closure status: ... View a page from an example war diary. They formed part of the expeditions to Egypt in 1801, South America in 1806 and the short campaign in the Netherlands against France. Reduced to a cadre of around 220 men, the surviving troops were redeployed to 2nd Leinster Regiment on the 13th April 1918. At the outbreak of war, Kitchener, the Secretary of State for War was one of the few people in power that did not believe the war would be over by Christmas, and so, set in motion the creation of a new volunteer army to bolster Britain’s small expeditionary force. The Battle of Messines (near the Petit Boise and Maedelstede Farm mines), The Third battle of Ypres (Passchendaele)at Langemark. At around the same time, the 94th left its Armagh home in 1877 for deployment to South Africa where it took part in the Zulu War and then the first Boer War of 1880. 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