Lives of the First World War

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ID: 304268

Reference: WO372/2

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/0304490

Credit: © The National Archives

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ID: 7432346

Reference: CWGCCASUALIWM

Title: Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC) Casualty Records

Description: The Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC) commemorate First World War servicemen and women and members of some civilian organisations who died before 31 August 1921 while in Commonwealth military service or of causes attributable to service.

Connected by: Imperial1

UPP: GBM/CWGCCASUALIWM/698702

Additional: This record has been automatically matched to the Life Story by IWM, using rules based on name, rank, number, regiment and service.

Credit: © Commonwealth War Graves Commission

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ID: 9319860

Title: Royal Irish Regiment Cap Badge

Description: WW1 Royal Irish Regiment cap badge

Connected by: Patrick63223

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ID: 9319861

Title: Royal Irish Regiment Cap Badge

Description: WW1 Royal Irish Regiment cap badge

Connected by: Patrick63223

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ID: 9319863

Reference: wwisd

Title: Soldiers died in the Great War 1914-1919 Transcription

Connected by: Patrick63223

UPP: GBM/WWISD/0266979

Credit: © Naval and Military Press Ltd

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ID: 9319864

Reference: ire_nat_rollofhonour1914-1920

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

Connected by: Patrick63223

UPP: IRE/MIL/NATROLLHONO/1000886

Credit: Courtesy of Findmypast

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ID: 9319869

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

Connected by: Patrick63223

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ID: 9319870

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.

Connected by: Patrick63223

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ID: 9319872

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

Connected by: Patrick63223

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: 9319873

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.”

Connected by: Patrick63223

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: 9319875

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.

Connected by: Patrick63223

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ID: 9319876

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.

Connected by: Patrick63223

URL: https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/letters/the-battle-of-le-pilly-1.1962035
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ID: 9319877

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.

Connected by: Patrick63223

URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I59rLg4-FKE
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ID: 9319882

Title: Howth, County Dublin

Description: Howth, County Dublin, where Patrick Bennett was born in 1892

Connected by: Patrick63223

Additional: Downloaded from Google Street View

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ID: 9319883

Title: The Guardhouse at Raglan Barracks, Devonport

Description: Raglan Barracks, Devonport, where the 2nd Battalion Royal Irish Regiment was based prior to their embarkation for France in August 1914.

Connected by: Patrick63223

Additional: own photo

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ID: 9319884

Title: SS Herschel

Description: SS Herschel, the ship which transported the Royal Irish Regiment across the channel to France. They disembarked in Boulogne on 14th August 1914.

Connected by: Patrick63223

Additional: Downloaded from: http://1914-1918.invisionzone.com/forums/topic/203538-5th-infantry-brigade-war-diary/

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