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In an attempt to assist the Belgian Army during the German siege of the Belgian city of Antwerp ringed by its forts, the British despatched a force, based on a Royal Navy Marine Brigade, to assist in the Defence of Antwerp during the critical period 4 -10 October 1914. The British force, by 6 October, grew to a division-sized force. However, the Germans, who had begun their assault against Antwerp defenses on 27 September, eventually overwhelmed the defenders and entered Antwerp on 9 October, forcing the Allies to retreat.
The Defence Reform Act achieved Royal Assent on 14 May 2014. Part 1 of the act dealt with Defence Equipment and Support, Part 2 with Procurement and Part 3 with the Reserve Forces.
Denis Moore was born in Simla, India on 15 March 1909 and died on 16 February 1987, just short of reaching his 78th year.
He was educated at Wellington College and the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst from where he was commissioned into The Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers in 1929. In 1935 he attended the Royal Military College of Science where he took the exacting pre-war advanced course in science and technology. In 1939 he attended the Staff College in Quetta, India (now in Pakistan).
The following is the tribute spoken by General Sir Roger Wheeler at Colonel Sir Dennis Faulkner's memorial service in Down Cathedral.
I have the privilege of being asked by Katie [Sir Dennis' daughter] to make a brief tribute to Dennis’s service in the Army.
Throughout the 27 March 1918, the remnants of the 36th (Ulster) Division's 108 Brigade, which included two battalions of The Royal Irish Fusiliers, had remained west of Erches awaiting the arrival of French relief. Unfortunately Montdidier, where the French were due to detrain, was captured by the advancing Germans.
The Depot Kings Div R IRISH became Depot R IRISH as the new Royal Irish Regiment, with its own Regimental Headquarters, would no longer be administered by Headquarters The King's Division.
The story of the capture of the Eagle of the French 8th Line Infantry Regiment at the Battle of Barrosa can be read elsewhere on this site. The letters shown here suggest that the 2nd Battalion of the 87th Regiment of Foot may have captured a second French Eagle at the Battle of Barrosa.
The 2nd Battalion of the 83rd Regiment of Foot, commanded by Lieutenant Colonel Cother CB, was inspected at Armagh, Ireland by Major General Barnet and then disbanded on that same day. Some 186 wounded men from the Peninsula campaigns were discharged and the remaining 392 were held in Armagh ready to join the 1st Battalion. It was the 2nd Battalion who had, for the 83rd Regiment, earned the Battle Honour PENINSULA to commemorate its long and glorious campaign under Wellington's command through Portugal and Spain.
On 12 June 1922, King George V received the Colours of The Royal Irish Regiment, The Connaught Rangers, The Prince of Wales’s Leinster Regiment, The Royal Munster Fusiliers and The Royal Dublin Fusiliers for safekeeping at Windsor Castle where they remain. The South Irish Horse, the sister regiment of The North Irish Horse, was also disbanded.
The King, with emotion in his voice, received the Colours saying:
On 8 March 1826, the First Anglo-Burmese War having been concluded, the 89th Regiment began its journey down the River Irrawaddy, the first stage of its journey back to Madras in India. The tropical climate had taken a severe toll of all British expeditionary troops - of the original strength of 3,586 (a total of 5 Regiments), 3,115 had died mainly of disease. Between December 1823 and May 1826, the 89th lost 621 officers and men, and although the 87th were in Burma for a lesser period, their losses too were in the same proportion.
