Lives of the First World War

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ID: 919778

Reference: WO372/4

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.

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UPP: GBM/MCI/0920642

Credit: © The National Archives

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ID: 9368586

Reference: wwisd

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

Connected by: Patrick63223

UPP: GBM/WWISD/0267144

Additional: There is a slight difference in the spelling of his surname, but the military details and date of death indicate this is the same man.

Credit: © Naval and Military Press Ltd

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ID: 9368587

Reference: gbm_cwgc_casualties_iwm_ww1

Title: Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC) Casualty Records Transcription

Connected by: Patrick63223

UPP: GBM/CWGCCASUALIWM/711838

Additional: There is a slight difference in the spelling of his surname, but the military details and date of death indicate this is the same man.

Credit: © Commonwealth War Graves Commission

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ID: 9368589

Title: Royal Irish Regiment Cap Badge

Description: WW1 Royal Irish Regiment cap badge

Connected by: Patrick63223

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ID: 9368590

Title: Royal Irish Regiment Cap Badge

Description: WW1 Royal Irish Regiment cap badge

Connected by: Patrick63223

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ID: 9368605

Title: Niederzwehren Cemetery, Kassel, Germany

Description: Niederzwehren Cemetery, Kassel, Germany. Private Frank Connery died as a prisoner of war in May 1915 and was finally laid to rest in this cemetery.

Connected by: Patrick63223

Additional: result of internet search

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ID: 9368610

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: 9368611

Name: By Br. General Stannus Geoghegan CB.

Reference: online

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: 9368613

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: 9368614

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: 9368615

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: 9368617

Reference: gbm_mci

Title: Medal Index Cards Transcription

Connected by: Patrick63223

UPP: GBM/MCI/0925060

Credit: © The National Archives

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ID: 9368629

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: 9368630

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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