Ive written articles on using British Army Lists, Harts Army List and the London Gazette which will help you research an officer. . Connaught Rangers mutiny described Searchfor related Service Records. Add a Name to this List More Connaught Rangers records. The new 2nd Battalion sent a small detachment on the Gordon Relief Expedition in 1884 as Camel Mounted Infantry. Once you know which battalion/s the soldier youre researching served with Id recommend downloading the appropriate war diaries from the list below. WebAs a result, the Connaught Rangers can claim a service record that streches back to 1572. Notes:A very good war diary with lots of detailed entries and a wide variety of appendices. WebThe Connaught Rangers in the First World War 1st Battalion Connaught Rangers. Egypt 1801; India; South America; The Peninsula; The Crimea; Indian Mutiny; South Africa 18771882; Egypt 188486; South Africa 18991902; Pyrenees, South Africa 1877-78-79, Relief of Ladysmith, South Africa 1899-1902. The third 88 th Regiment of Foot, named the Connaught Rangers, was raised in 1793 by John Thomas de Burgh, the 13 th Earl of Clanricarde because of the threat that Napoleonic France posed to England. Its marching song It's A Long Way To Tipperary became famous. Connaught Rangers Pte. These areas being the counties of Roscommon and Offaly in the province of Connaught and also Fermanagh and Monaghan in Ulster. WebThe Connaught Rangers ("the Devil's Own") was an Irish regiment of the British Army originally raised in 1793 as the 88th Regiment of Foot (Connaught Rangers), when in 1881 it was amalgamated with the 94th Regiment of Foot under the unified title 'The Connaught Rangers'. Royal Field Artillery who died 10/05/1918 VIEILLE-CHAPELLE NEW MILITARY CEMETERY, LACOUTURE France ' You will usually find maps and orders in brigade headquarters diaries which are missing from the battalion diaries. Other Ranks: A service record is the most important document to find but many were destroyed when the warehouse in which they were stored caught fire in the Blitz. WebThe compiler of the sub- joined List, which shows the names of the British Infantry Regiments that served in Malta from 1799 to the present day, together 1841 88th ist Connaught Rangers 1841 74th 2nd Highland Light Infantry 1841 97th 2nd Royal West Kent Regiment 1844 2nd Bn. The 5th Brigade subsequently deployed to Kimberley and took part in further operations against the Boer guerillas. Those looking at service and medal records are good starting points, along with casualty lists and interpreting photographs. var day=mydate.getDay() 29th Infantry Brigade, 10th (Irish) Division. The 6th (Service) Battalion was another Connaught battalion of Kitchener's Army. Grandmother of Fletcher Previn, Ronan Farrow, Moses Farrow, Soon-Yi Previn, Daisy Previn and Dylan O'Sullivan Farrow. The Battalion had landed in India from Malta in March 1908 and had been stationed at Ferozepore since November 1910. WebThe Connaught Rangers Bernard Kelly In 1881, the British government sanctioned the formation of several new infantry regiments in Ireland and, in an effort to raise the profile of the armed forces as a whole, allowed the new units Amalgamated with 1st Battalion, in November 1914. Functions, occupations and activities: Government (central) References: Web1st Battalion, Connaught Rangers during the Great War 1914-1918. Because of the popularity of the name, it was strong in different locations throughout Ireland.