Lives of the First World War

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ID: 2525334

Reference: WO372/7

Title: Medal Index Card

Description: Medal index cards were created by the Army Medal Office towards the end of the First World War. They record the medals that men and women who served in the First World War were entitled to claim.

UPP: GBM/MCI/2528041

Credit: © The National Archives

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ID: 8663675

Reference: gbm_bopow_1914

Title: British Officers taken Prisoner of War 1914-1918 Transcription

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UPP: GMB/BOPOW/1782

Credit: Courtesy of Findmypast

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ID: 8663683

Title: Royal Irish Regiment Cap Badge

Description: A WW1 Royal Irish Regiment cap badge

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ID: 8665679

Reference: ire_nat_rollofhonour1914-1920

Title: Ireland: National Roll of Honour 1914-1921 Transcription

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UPP: IRE/MIL/NATROLLHONO6849

Additional: Captain Foulkes is referred to in this record as a POW

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ID: 8665683

Title: Husaren Kaserne, Krefeld, Germany

Description: Lieutenant Foulkes was held as a POW at Husaren Kaserne, Krefeld in November 1914

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Additional: Downloaded from the internet: Von Sciarinen 18:52, 6 July 2007 (UTC) - own scan, Gemeinfrei, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=2358036

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ID: 8665783

Reference: bmd_births

Title: England & Wales births 1837-2006 Transcription

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UPP: BMD/B/1891/2/AZ/000212/320

Credit: © General Register Office

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ID: 8665786

Reference: 1911gbc

Title: 1911 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription

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UPP: GBC/1911/RG14/34998/0052/24

Credit: © The National Archives

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ID: 8665787

Reference: 1911gbc

Title: 1911 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription

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UPP: GBC/1911/RG14/34965/0005/8

Credit: © The National Archives

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ID: 8665793

Reference: bmd_overseas_deaths_darm

Title: GRO ARMY DEATH INDICES (1881 to 1955) Transcription

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UPP: BMD/OVS/DARM/000391/054

Credit: © General Register Office

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ID: 8665796

Title: Major Kenneth Foulkes' grave

Description: A photograph of Major Foulkes' memorial stone

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Additional: Downloaded from: warmemorials.myfastforum.org

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ID: 8666139

Name: PA 12522, PA 17010, PA 20218, PA 1073, PA 1272, PA 1098, PA 7066, 9651

Reference: ICRC Archives

Title: 1914-1918 PRISONERS OF THE FIRST WORLD WAR ICRC HISTORICAL ARCHIVES

Description: Digitized paper records of POWs of WW1

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ID: 8670523

Title: Stoke Damerel Church

Description: Stoke Damerel Church in Devonport, Plymouth

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Additional: Downloaded from the internet

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ID: 8670529

Title: Alderney, Channel Islands

Description: Alderney where the Royal Irish Regiment had a base at the time of the 1911 Census

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Additional: Downloaded from the internet

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ID: 8670697

Name: The National Archives Reference WO 95/1421/3

Reference: The National Archives

Title: War Diary of the 2nd Battalion, The Royal Irish Regiment, August 1914-February 1915

Description: An official record of the day to day movements, dispositions and battles of the 2nd Battalion Royal Irish Regiment between August 1914 and February 1915

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ID: 8670699

Name: By Br. General Stannus Geoghegan CB

Reference: on-line

Title: The Campaigns and History of the Royal Irish Regiment Vol.II from 1900 to 1922

Description: A thorough if somewhat dry account of the doings of the battalions of the Royal Irish Regiment between 1900 and 1922, with particular attention given to their Great War service. Published by Blackwood and Sons Ltd. Edinburgh and London, 1927.

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ID: 8738476

Reference: 1901gbc

Title: 1901 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription

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UPP: GBC/1901/0001415167

Credit: © General Register Office

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ID: 8739123

Name: GEN UKI: UK and Ireland Genealogy

Title: Topcliffe parish: Baldersby, Memorial Plaque transcription:

Description: A photograph of "The Memorial Plaque to Kenneth Major in St. James's Church, Baldersby."

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URL: http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/YKS/Photos/WMframes/NRY/BaldersbyMemPlaque2.html
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ID: 8739132

Name: Our Church

Title: St James' Church, Baldersby St James

Description: A description of St James' Church, Baldersby St James, in which reference is made to Kenneth Foulkes' in India and to his father, the Rev Thomas Henry Foulkes, who was Chaplain to HM Forces for the period 1888 – 1914.

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URL: http://www.stjamesbstj.org.uk/our-church/
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ID: 8739153

Name: Company: Founder

Title: DESCENDANTS OF JOHN BURKE CB, Ulster King of Arms 1853–92

Description: The DESCENDANTS OF JOHN BURKE by William Bortrick including a reference to Kenneth Foulkes' son, Gerard Irvine FOULKES.

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URL: http://www.burkespeerage.com/organisation_founder.php
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ID: 8765615

Title: Kenneth Foulkes's obituary

Description: Major Kenneth Foulkes's obituary in the Times on Tuesday 19th July 1938. He actually died on the 10th July and was buried on the 11th.

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Additional: From the research of Harry Brook on the Great War Forum. Downloaded from:http://1914-1918.invisionzone.com/forums/index.php?/topic/242839-2nd-bn-royal-irish-regiment-1914-officer-pows/

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ID: 8765669

Name: ID:9

Title: Great War Forum: 2nd Bn Royal Irish Regiment -1914 - Officer PoWs

Description: The research of Great War Forum members, most notably one Harry Brook.

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URL: http://1914-1918.invisionzone.com/forums/index.php?/topic/242839-2nd-bn-royal-irish-regiment-1914-officer-pows/
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ID: 8765690

Title: One of the ditches occupied by RIRgt at Le Pilly

Description: One of the ditches which were occupied by the Royal Irish Regiment at Le Pilly on 19th/20th October 1914 and where they were surrounded and eventually wiped out.

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Additional: own photo

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ID: 8765692

Title: Courcelles

Description: Courcelles, France, where the 2nd Battalion Royal Irish Regiment rested between the 25th September and the 1st October

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Additional: result of internet search

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ID: 8765709

Title: Le Touret Memorial

Description: The Le Touret Memorial commemorates those who fell and have no known grave. It was designed by John Reginald Truelove and unveiled by the British Ambassador to France, Lord Tyrrell on 22nd March 1930. The soldiers of the 2nd Battalion Royal Irish Regiment are to be found on panels 11 and 12.

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Additional: own photo

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ID: 8799129

Title: Rue du Pilly, Herlies, Pas de Calais

Description: Rue du Pilly, Herlies, Pas de Calais, where the 2nd Battalion Royal Irish Regiment met its destruction

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Additional: own photo

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ID: 8799131

Title: Map of the actions at Le Riez and Le Pilly

Description: Map of the actions at Le Riez and Le Pilly from The Campaigns and History of the Royal Irish Regiment, Vol.II (drawn by Major St.Leger)

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ID: 8799148

Title: Vieille-Chapelle after the first bombardment

Description: Vieille-Chapelle after the first bombardment. The 2nd Battalion Royal Irish Regiment were billeted in the village on the night of the 13th October 1914

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Additional: From "La Grande Guerre a Vieille-Chapelle" by Noel Fruchart, former mayor of Vieille-Chapelle (self-published)

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ID: 9578183

Name: ISBN: 9781843421108

Reference: Through the internet

Title: "There's a Devil in the Drum" by J.F.Lucy

Description: An account of the enlistment and basic training of two brothers from Cork, Ireland, in the pre-war British Army and their subsequent service on the Western Front. Published by The Naval and Military Press 1993.

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Additional: Although J.F.Lucy served with another regiment, he was a member of the 3rd Division and his memoir provides a clear picture of what the experience of enlistment and training and subsequent active service would have been like for the men of the 2nd Battalion Royal Irish Regiment.

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ID: 9578190

Name: By David Ascoli, published 1982 by Book Club Associates by arrangement with Harrap Limited.

Reference: own copy

Title: “The Mons Star: The British Expeditionary Force 1914”

Description: “The story of the despatch of the British Expeditionary Force to France in August 1914 until the fall of the curtain in November of that year after the first battle of Ypres, by which time ‘the best-trained, best organised and best-equipped British Army that ever went forth to war’ had virtually been destroyed.”

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Additional: The book refers directly to the actions of the 2nd Battalion Royal Irish Regiment at Mons, Le Cateau and Le Pilly. (pages 66, 110 and 198)

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ID: 9578196

Name: published by Edward Arnold and Co. 1933

Reference: The internet through AbeBooks.co.uk

Title: “Within Four Walls” by Major M.C.C. Harrison and Captain H. Cartwright

Description: The experiences of two British WW1 officers who repeatedly tried to escape from German POW camps. In chapter one, Michael Harrison describes his experiences during the first two months of the war, including the destruction of his regiment, the 2nd Battalion Royal Irish Regiment, at Le Pilly on the 20th October 1914. This is the "Kingfisher Library" edition. Pp.xii,304. Numerous illustrations. Double-page map.

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ID: 9578202

Name: Ronan McGreevy in the Irish Times, Tuesday, October 14th 2014

Title: The Battle of Le Pilly

Description: “An Irishman’s Diary on a dark day for an Irish regiment in the first World War.” A description of the Battle of the Le Pilly.

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URL: https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/letters/the-battle-of-le-pilly-1.1962035
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ID: 9578206

Name: A video narrated by Ronan McGreevy. Made in association with the Irish Times.

Title: Ireland and the First World War - the Battle of Le Pilly

Description: The video concerns the Battle of Le Pilly on October 19th and 20th, 1914 which ended in the virtual destruction of the 2nd battalion of the Royal Irish Regiment. Evidence of the battle can still be seen today.

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URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I59rLg4-FKE
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ID: 9578210

Name: Ronan McGreevy in the Irish Times, Monday, October 22nd 2018

Title: Le Pilly honours 177 Irish men killed in first World War battle.

Description: Triptych in blue stone marks three days of carnage in 1914 on ‘the forgotten front’: An account of the unveiling of a permanent memorial to those who fell at Le Pilly.

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URL: https://www.irishtimes.com/news/ireland/irish-news/le-pilly-honours-177-irish-men-killed-in-first-world-war-battle-1.3671010
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ID: 9578215

Name: By Ronan McGreevy, published by The History Press Ireland, 2016.

Reference: Through the internet

Title: Wherever the Firing Line Extends

Description: A book which “looks at those places where the Irish soldiers made their mark and are commemorated to this day in the monuments, cemeteries and landscapes of France and Flanders”. Chapter 3, “The Celtic Cross at La Bascule”, describes the actions of the 2nd Battalion Royal Irish Regiment at Mons. Chapter 6, “The Railway Station at Le Pilly”, describes the battle of Le Pilly and its aftermath.

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ID: 9578227

Reference: gbm_pow_gallip

Title: Prisoners of War 1914-1920 Transcription

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UPP: GBM/POW-GALIP/01054908/XE

Additional: This is the POW record of John Luke Jackson who was an RAMC officer with the 2nd Battalion Royal Irish Regiment at the time when Captain Foulkes was taken prisoner at Le Pilly.

Credit: © The National Archives

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ID: 9578243

Title: Royal Irish Regiment Cap Badge

Description: WW1 Royal Irish Regiment cap badge

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