Life story: Stratford Edward St Leger | Lives of the First World War

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1866

sibling B.a. St. Leger Source:8654440 1866

1868

birth Queenstown, Cape Colony South Africa Source:8654440 1868

1871

sibling E.m. St. Leger Source:8654440 1871

1873

sibling A.y. St. Leger Source:8654440 1873

1881

dates Age 13 Source:8654440 3rd April 1881

1881

location 253 Hadlow Road, Tonbridge, Kent United Kingdom parents address Source:8654440 3rd April 1881

1890

service British Army Lieutenant Royal Irish Regiment Source:8654660 1890 - 1896

1891

location Colchester United Kingdom military residence address Source:8654838 5th April 1891

1895

marriage Louisa Anna Galwey Source:8654442 1895

1896

service British Army Captain Royal Irish Regiment Source:8654660 1896 - 1908

1899

theatres Africa :5 Source:8654660 1899 - 1902

1908

children Maria Louise Conquit St Leger Source:8654442 1908

1908

service British Army Major Royal Irish Regiment 2nd Battalion Source:8654882 1908 - 13th December 1914

1911

location Davis Road, Clonmel, Tipperary Ireland military residence address Source:8654442 2nd April 1911

1913

location South Raglan Barracks, Devonport, Plymouth United Kingdom military residence address Source:8654882 2nd October 1913 - 12th August 1914

1914

theatres Western Europe :1 Source:8654798 14th August 1914 - 11th November 1918

1914

hospitalisation Wounded in the right arm by a shell fragment Hospital/Institution Source:8654882 26th August 1914

service British Army Lieutenant Colonel Assistant Adjutant General Source:3874717

service British Army Colonel Assistant Adjutant General Source:3874717

1935

death Not War Related Hove United Kingdom Source:8654660 12th October 1935

awards Distinguished Service Order (DSO) British Award/Decoration Source:3874717

Details

Names

Type	Name
First Names	Stratford Edward
Initials	SE
Last Name	St Leger
Source	8654660

Gender

Gender	Source
Male

Locations

Address	Country	Type	Date
253 Hadlow Road, Tonbridge, Kent	United Kingdom	parents address	known 3rd April 1881
Colchester	United Kingdom	military residence address	known 5th April 1891
Davis Road, Clonmel, Tipperary	Ireland	military residence address	known 2nd April 1911
South Raglan Barracks, Devonport, Plymouth	United Kingdom	military residence address	2nd October 1913 - 12th August 1914

Contribution

Military Service

Service	Unit	Section	Rank
British Army	Assistant Adjutant General		Lieutenant Colonel
British Army	Assistant Adjutant General		Colonel
British Army	Royal Irish Regiment		Lieutenant
British Army	Royal Irish Regiment		Captain
British Army	Royal Irish Regiment	2nd Battalion	Major

Awards

Award	Type	Source
1914 Star with Clasp	First World War Campaign/Service Medal
British War Medal	First World War Campaign/Service Medal
Distinguished Service Order (DSO)	British Award/Decoration
Victory Medal	First World War Campaign/Service Medal

Family

Children

Name	Relationship	Dates	Source
Maria Louise Conquit St Leger	daughter	1908

Parents

Name	Relationship	Dates	Source
Frederick York St.Leger	father
C.e. St. Leger	mother

Siblings

Name	Relationship	Dates
B.a. St. Leger	brother	1866
E.m. St. Leger	sister	1871
A.y. St. Leger	brother	1873

Spouse

Name	Relationship	Dates	Source
Louisa Anna Galwey	wife	1895

Media

Captain S.E. St Leger

This small image is taken from a large collage of all the officers that took part in the relief of Kimberly during the Boer War

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1st Mounted Regt at Kliprivier

1st Mounted Regt at Kliprivier, by Stratford Edward St. Leger.

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War Sketches in Colour

This shows a copy of S.E. St. Leger's 'War Sketches in Colour' published in November 1903

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Watercolour by S.E. St Leger

This is presumed to be one of the watercolours from S.E. St Leger's 'War Sketches in Colour'

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Clonmel Army Barracks

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Kickham Army Barracks, Clonmel

The former depot of the 2nd Battalion of the Royal Irish Regiment in Davis Road, Clonmel, County Tipperary, Ireland, in or near to which Major S.E. St. Leger and his family were living in 1911.

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Raglan Barracks, Devonport

This is the guard house of Raglan Military Barracks in Devonport, Plymouth, where the 2nd Battalion Royal Irish Regiment were based from 2nd October until there departure for France on 13th August 1914.

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Queenstown, South Africa

A postcard of Queenstown, South Africa

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SS Herschel

This photo shows the SS Herschel which transported, Major S.E. St Leger and the 2nd Battalion Royal Irish Battalion to France

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Colchester Camp circa 1903

Colchester Camp where S.E. St Leger was based in 1891

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2nd Battalion R.I.Rgt. Memorial, Mons.

The Memorial to the Royal Irish Regiment at Mons overlooks the ground on which the 2nd Battalion fought on the 23rd August 1914. It was unveiled by Lord Ypres on 11th November 1923.

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2nd Battalion R.I.Rgt. Memorial, Mons.

The plaque at the base of the Mons memorial to the 2nd Battalion Royal Irish Regiment. The memorial was unveiled on 11th November 1923 at La Bascule crossroads

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Royal Irish Regiment Cap Badge

WW1 Royal Irish Regiment cap badge

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Hove, circa 1935

Hove, circa 1935. Stratford Edward St Leger died in Hove in 1935.

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253 Hadlow Road, Tonbridge

253 Hadlow Road, Tonbridge, where Stratford Edward St. Leger lived with his parents and siblings at the time of the 1881 census

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Royal Irish Regiment Cap Badge

WW1 Royal Irish Regiment Cap Badge

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The Guardhouse at Raglan Barracks, Devonport

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

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SS Herschel

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

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The area to the east of Mons

The area around the hospital and cemetery, to the east of Mons, where the Royal Irish Regiment first came in contact with the enemy

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The area to the east of Mons

The area around the hospital and cemetery, to the east of Mons, where the Royal Irish Regiment first came in contact with the enemy

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The road along the eastern edge of the cemetery

The road running along the eastern edge of Mons Communal Cemetery down which the 2nd Battalion Royal Irish Regiment retreated on the 23rd August 1914

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The entrance to Mons Communal Cemetery

The entrance to Mons Communal Cemetery close to where a half platoon of B Company of the Royal Irish Regiment, under Lieutenant F.C.Ferguson, was placed covering the exit between the hospital and the cemetery.

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La Bascule crossroads, Mons, Belgium

La Bascule crossroads, Mons, Belgium, where a small detachment of the Royal Irish Regiment held out for hours against a superior enemy force. The memorial to the 2nd Battalion, a Celtic cross, was unveiled in 1923 at the crossroads and is clearly visible in this photo.

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La Bascule crossroads, Mons, Belgium

La Bascule crossroads, Mons, Belgium, where a small detachment of the Royal Irish Regiment held out for hours against a superior enemy force.

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Restaurant Leon on Chausee de Binche

Restaurant Leon on Chausee de Binche on the site of the former Chateau Gendebien which was used as a Red Cross hospital at the time of the Battle of Mons

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Rue Leon Save, Mons, Belgium.

The road south on the western edge of Bois La Haut, Mons. The Royal Irish Regiment were hotly pursued down this road by the Germans on the afternoon of the 23rd August 1914.

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The bridge over La Trouille near Hyon

The 3rd position of A Company at around 5.30 pm 23rd August 1914 on a small bridge over La Trouille near Hyon, Mons.

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Maison Communale, Hyon

The Maison Communale in Hyon, which was the 8th Brigade's Headquarters on 23rd August 1914.

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Maison Communale, Hyon

The Maison Communale in Hyon, which was the 8th Brigade's Headquarters on 23rd August 1914.

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A typical pave (pa-vay) road

The pave (pa-vay) road along which the Royal Irish Regiment hurriedly retreated with the Germans close behind around 6pm on 23rd August 1914, Mons, Belgium. These roads were hard on the feet of the retreating soldiers of the BEF, especially those reservists whose feet had grown soft and had not had sufficient time to grow accustomed to day-after-day of hard marching.

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4th position of the RIRgt on 23rd August 1914

The field which was the 4th position of the RIRgt on 23rd August 1914, where they were attacked by the Germans at dusk.

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Map of the Battle of Mons

Map of the Battle of Mons from The Campaigns and History of the Royal Irish Regiment, Vol. II (drawn by Major St.Leger)

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St Symphorien Military Cemetery, Mons, Belgium

St Symphorien Military Cemetery, Mons, Belgium, where 26 Royal Irish Regiment casualties of the Battle of Mons are buried and some 65 unknown British soldiers around 12 of whom are almost certainly soldiers of the RIRgt.

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Unknown Royal Irish Regiment Soldier

Unknown Royal Irish Regiment soldier buried in St Symphorien Military Cemetery, Mons

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Unknown Royal Irish Regiment Soldiers

Unknown Royal Irish Regiment soldiers buried in St Symphorien Military Cemetery, Mons

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Mons (Bergen) Communal Cemetery

Mons (Bergen) Communal Cemetery where 4 soldiers of the 2nd Battalion Royal Irish Regiment are buried: Second Lieutenant John Denys Shine, Lance Corporals John Finn and Thomas Kelly and Private Edward Comber.

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The fields between Caudry and Audencourt

The fields between Caudry and Audencourt where the fighting between the Royal Irish Regiment and the advancing Germans took place on 26th August 1914.

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Bethencourt

Bethencourt from which direction the Germans attacked Caudry on 26th August 1914

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Bethencourt Communal Cemetery

Bethencourt Communal Cemetery where Company Quartermaster Serjeant Herbert Joseph Kearley and Corporal George Henry Graham are buried.

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Audencourt (from the west)

Audencourt, in and around which the companies of the battalion were positioned on 26th August 1914

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The church in Audencourt

Audencourt, in and around which the companies of the battalion were positioned on 26th August 1914

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8th Brigade headquarters in Audencourt

The location of the 8th Brigade headquarters in Audencourt on the 26th August before the bombardment

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Audencourt (from the south)

Audencourt, in and around which the companies of the battalion were positioned on 26th August 1914

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The road cutting south west of Audencourt

The road cutting south west of Audencourt where Lieutenant Colonel Cox, Commanding Officer of the 2nd Battalion Royal Irish Regiment was severely wounded at around 10 am on the morning of 26th August 1914.

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The road south from Audencourt

The road south from Audencourt down which the 8th Brigade hurriedly retreated on the 26th August 1914

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Caudry (on the road to Audencourt)

C and D companies of the 2nd battalion of the Royal Irish Regiment were positioned on the north eastern outskirts of Caudry on the 26th August 1914.

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Hotel de Ville, Caudry

C and D companies of the 2nd battalion of the Royal Irish Regiment were positioned on the north eastern outskirts of Caudry on the 26th August 1914.

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Caudry

C and D companies of the 2nd battalion of the Royal Irish Regiment were positioned on the north eastern outskirts of Caudry on the 26th August 1914.

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Map of the battle at Caudry/Audencourt

Map of the actions at Caudry/Audencourt from The Campaigns and History of the Royal Irish Regiment, Vol. II (drawn by Major St.Leger)

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Caudry Old Communal Cemetery

Caudry Old Communal Cemetery where there are quite a few graves of unidentified soldiers who were killed in the fighting on the 26th August 1914.

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The grave of three unknown officers

The grave of three unknown officers, killed in the fighting on the 26th August, in Caudry Old Communal Cemetery.

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Caudry British Cemetery

Caudry British Cemetery which was completed after the Armistice by the concentration of graves from the German Cemetery and Audencourt British Cemetery, which lay between the villages of Audencourt and Beaumont, in the middle of fields. It was made by the Germans after the Battle of Le Cateau, and Plot 1 contained the graves of 66 soldiers from the United Kingdom (mainly of the 2nd Royal Scots and the 1st Gordons) who fell in that battle. It may therefore contain some of those unidentified soldiers of the Royal Irish Regiment who fell and have no known grave.

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One of the ditches occupied by RIRgt at Le Pilly

One of the ditches which were occupied by A Company of 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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Rue du Pilly, Herlies, Pas de Calais

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

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Map of the actions at Le Riez and Le Pilly

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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Le Touret Memorial

The Le Touret Memorial commemorates those who fell in this sector of the Western Front from the beginning of October 1914 to the eve of the Battle of Loos in late September 1915 and who 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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La Ferté-sous-Jouarre Memorial

The La Ferté-sous-Jouarre Memorial commemorates 3,740 officers and men of the British Expeditionary Force (BEF) who fell at the battles of Mons, Le Cateau, the Marne and the Aisne between the end of August and early October 1914 and have no known graves...The memorial was designed by George H. Goldsmith, a decorated veteran of the Western Front, and unveiled by Sir William Pulteney, who had commanded the III Corps of the BEF in 1914, on 4 November 1928. (From CWGC Cemetery Details)

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Panel 11 (upper) of the Le Touret Memorial

Panel 11 of the Le Touret Memorial on which are commemorated the officers and men of the 2nd Battalion Royal Irish Regiment who fell in this sector of the Western Front in October 1914 and who have no known grave. The memorial was designed by John Reginald Truelove and unveiled by the British Ambassador to France, Lord Tyrrell on 22nd March 1930.

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Panel 11 (lower) of the Le Touret Memorial

Panel 11 of the Le Touret Memorial on which are commemorated the officers and men of the 2nd Battalion Royal Irish Regiment who fell in this sector of the Western Front in October 1914 and who have no known grave. The memorial was designed by John Reginald Truelove and unveiled by the British Ambassador to France, Lord Tyrrell on 22nd March 1930.

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Panel 12 (upper) of the Le Touret Memorial

Panel 12 of the Le Touret Memorial on which are commemorated the officers and men of the 2nd Battalion Royal Irish Regiment who fell in this sector of the Western Front in October 1914 and who have no known grave. The memorial was designed by John Reginald Truelove and unveiled by the British Ambassador to France, Lord Tyrrell on 22nd March 1930.

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Winners of the Regimental Shield 1896-97

"A Company 1st Battalion Royal Irish Regiment: Winners of the Regimental Shield 1896-97". Captain Stratford Edward St Leger is sitting in the second row, second from the left. Sitting beside him is 2nd Lieutenant Edward Martin Panter Downes.

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S.E.St Leger and E.M. Panter Downes

"A Company 1st Battalion Royal Irish Regiment: Winners of the Regimental Shield 1896-97" Captain Stratford Edward St Leger and Lieutenant Edward Martin Panter Downes (detail)

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Captain Stratford Edward St Leger

"A Company 1st Battalion Royal Irish Regiment: Winners of the Regimental Shield 1896-97". Captain Stratford Edward St Leger (detail)

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Captain Stratford Edward St Leger

"A Company 1st Battalion Royal Irish Regiment: Winners of the Regimental Shield 1896-97". Captain Stratford Edward St Leger (detail)

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Official Records

Title	Connected by	More information
Medal Index Card
1881 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription	Patrick63223
Ireland Census 1911 Transcription	Patrick63223
Medal Index Cards Transcription	Patrick63223
1891 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription	Patrick63223

External Evidence

Reference	Connected by	More information
Stratford Edward St. Leger: An artist of the South African War of 1899-1902 by R.R. Langham-Carter	Patrick63223
War Diary of the 2nd Battalion, The Royal Irish Regiment, August 1914-February 1915	Patrick63223
The Campaigns and History of the Royal Irish Regiment Vol.II from 1900 to 1922	Patrick63223
"There's a Devil in the Drum" by J.F.Lucy	Patrick63223
“The Mons Star: The British Expeditionary Force 1914”	Patrick63223
“Within Four Walls” by Major M.C.C. Harrison and Captain H. Cartwright	Patrick63223
The Battle of Le Pilly	Patrick63223
Ireland and the First World War - the Battle of Le Pilly	Patrick63223
Stratford Edward St Leger	Patrick63223
Le Pilly honours 177 Irish men killed in first World War battle.	Patrick63223
Wherever the Firing Line Extends	Patrick63223

Multimedia

Title	Connected by	More information
Captain S.E. St Leger	Patrick63223
1st Mounted Regt at Kliprivier	Patrick63223
War Sketches in Colour	Patrick63223
Watercolour by S.E. St Leger	Patrick63223
Clonmel Army Barracks	Patrick63223
Kickham Army Barracks, Clonmel	Patrick63223
Raglan Barracks, Devonport	Patrick63223
Queenstown, South Africa	Patrick63223
SS Herschel	Patrick63223
Colchester Camp circa 1903	Patrick63223
2nd Battalion R.I.Rgt. Memorial, Mons.	Patrick63223
2nd Battalion R.I.Rgt. Memorial, Mons.	Patrick63223
Royal Irish Regiment Cap Badge	Patrick63223
Hove, circa 1935	Patrick63223
253 Hadlow Road, Tonbridge	Patrick63223
Royal Irish Regiment Cap Badge	Patrick63223
The Guardhouse at Raglan Barracks, Devonport	Patrick63223
SS Herschel	Patrick63223
The area to the east of Mons	Patrick63223
The area to the east of Mons	Patrick63223
The road along the eastern edge of the cemetery	Patrick63223
The entrance to Mons Communal Cemetery	Patrick63223
La Bascule crossroads, Mons, Belgium	Patrick63223
La Bascule crossroads, Mons, Belgium	Patrick63223
Restaurant Leon on Chausee de Binche	Patrick63223
Rue Leon Save, Mons, Belgium.	Patrick63223
The bridge over La Trouille near Hyon	Patrick63223
Maison Communale, Hyon	Patrick63223
Maison Communale, Hyon	Patrick63223
A typical pave (pa-vay) road	Patrick63223
4th position of the RIRgt on 23rd August 1914	Patrick63223
Map of the Battle of Mons	Patrick63223
St Symphorien Military Cemetery, Mons, Belgium	Patrick63223
Unknown Royal Irish Regiment Soldier	Patrick63223
Unknown Royal Irish Regiment Soldiers	Patrick63223
Mons (Bergen) Communal Cemetery	Patrick63223
The fields between Caudry and Audencourt	Patrick63223
Bethencourt	Patrick63223
Bethencourt Communal Cemetery	Patrick63223
Audencourt (from the west)	Patrick63223
The church in Audencourt	Patrick63223
8th Brigade headquarters in Audencourt	Patrick63223
Audencourt (from the south)	Patrick63223
The road cutting south west of Audencourt	Patrick63223
The road south from Audencourt	Patrick63223
Caudry (on the road to Audencourt)	Patrick63223
Hotel de Ville, Caudry	Patrick63223
Caudry	Patrick63223
Map of the battle at Caudry/Audencourt	Patrick63223
Caudry Old Communal Cemetery	Patrick63223
The grave of three unknown officers	Patrick63223
Caudry British Cemetery	Patrick63223
One of the ditches occupied by RIRgt at Le Pilly	Patrick63223
Rue du Pilly, Herlies, Pas de Calais	Patrick63223
Map of the actions at Le Riez and Le Pilly	Patrick63223
Le Touret Memorial	Patrick63223
La Ferté-sous-Jouarre Memorial	Patrick63223
Panel 11 (upper) of the Le Touret Memorial	Patrick63223
Panel 11 (lower) of the Le Touret Memorial	Patrick63223
Panel 12 (upper) of the Le Touret Memorial	Patrick63223
Winners of the Regimental Shield 1896-97	Patrick63223
S.E.St Leger and E.M. Panter Downes	Patrick63223
Captain Stratford Edward St Leger	Patrick63223
Captain Stratford Edward St Leger	Patrick63223

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