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8th Royal Irish Rifles
8th Royal Irish Rifles
Remembering the men of the 8th Battalion Royal Irish Rifles who were killed in action on 1st and 2nd July 1916 (the first two days of the Battle of the Somme) and those who died as a result of the wounds they received.
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Born 1895
Died 1916
British Army 8/14268 Private Royal Irish Rifles
British Army 8/14268 Rifleman Royal Irish Rifles
More about Robert Cunningham -
Died 1916
British Army 1195 Rifleman Royal Irish Rifles 8th Battalion
British Army 1195 Rifleman Royal Irish Rifles 17th (Training) Battalion
More about George Crozier -
Born 1860
Died 1916
British Army 253 Rifleman Royal Irish Rifles 8th Battalion
British Army 253 Rifleman Royal Irish Rifles 17th (Training) Battalion
More about William Taylor Shanks -
Died 1916
British Army 12209 Rifleman Royal Irish Rifles 8th Battalion
More about Robert Bloomer -
Born 1880
Died 1916
British Army 863 Rifleman Royal Irish Rifles 8th Battalion
More about Robert Patterson -
Born 1897
Died 1916
British Army 12732 Rifleman Royal Irish Rifles 8th Battalion
More about William Dunbar -
Born 1894
Died 1916
British Army 12849 Lance Corporal Royal Irish Rifles 8th Battalion
British Army 12849 Rifleman Royal Irish Rifles 8th Battalion
More about Henry Guinness -
Born 1886
Died 1916
British Army 655 Rifleman Royal Irish Rifles 8th Battalion
British Army 655 Rifleman Royal Irish Rifles 17th (Training) Battalion
More about Andrew Mccollam -
Born 1892
Died 1916
British Army Lieutenant Royal Irish Rifles 6th Battalion attached to 8th Battalion
British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Irish Rifles 6th Battalion
More about Johnston Murphy -
Died 1916
British Army 1139 Serjeant Royal Irish Rifles 8th Battalion
More about Samuel Lowry -
Born 1895
Died 1916
British Army 895 Rifleman Royal Irish Rifles 8th Battalion
British Army 895 Rifleman Royal Irish Rifles 17th ( Training) Battalion
More about James Gordon -
Born 1896
Died 1916
British Army 963 Rifleman Royal Irish Rifles 8th Battalion
British Army 963 Rifleman Royal Irish Rifles 17th (Training) Battalion
More about John Bashford -
Died 1916
British Army 776 Lance Corporal Royal Irish Rifles 8th Battalion
British Army 776 Rifleman Royal Irish Rifles 17th (Training) Battalion
More about Robert Hunter -
Died 1916
British Army 8/996 Private Royal Irish Rifles
British Army 996 Rifleman Royal Irish Rifles 8th Battalion
More about William Kelly -
Died 1916
British Army 1005 Rifleman Royal Irish Rifles 17th (Training) Battalion
British Army 1005 Rifleman Royal Irish Rifles 8th Battalion
More about Francis Lemon -
Died 1916
British Army 15594 Rifleman Royal Irish Rifles 8th Battalion
More about James Milligan -
Died 1916
British Army 1113 Rifleman Royal Irish Rifles 8th Battalion
British Army 1113 Rifleman Royal Irish Rifles 17th (Training) Battalion
More about John Lee Galbraith -
Born 1899
Died 1916
British Army 3707 Rifleman Royal Irish Rifles 8th Battalion
More about David Mullan -
Born 1890
Died 1916
British Army 12669 Rifleman Royal Irish Rifles 8th Battalion
More about Robert Clarke -
Born 1888
Died 1916
British Army 35 Rifleman Royal Irish Rifles 8th Battalion
British Army 35 Rifleman Royal Irish Rifles 17th (Training) Battalion
More about Thomas Henry Mccreery