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In early January 1943, a force of Japanese were in a strong position near the village of Donbaik in Burma. D Company of the 1st Battalion The Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers had discovered to its cost that the enemy was in greater strength than at first supposed.
On 23 February 1900, General Sir Redvers Buller's corps, in yet another major attempt to relieve Ladysmith, attacked the Boer position on the heights near Colenso. The 1st Battalion The Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers played a leading role in the 5 (Irish) Brigade attack against the key feature later known as 'Inniskilling Hill'.
The 2nd Battalion The Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers was stationed at Dover when war broke out on 4 August 1914. There, it was part of 12 Brigade in the 4th Division. Its Regimental Depot at Omagh mustered and equipped Reservists and Regular officers. Staff officers and drafts of those Reservists arrived in Dover on 6 August. On 8 August, 2nd Inniskillings, commanded by Lieutenant Colonel HP Hancox, moved to Norfolk, arriving on 10 August in Norwich, where it completed its active service mobilisation.
Within less than 20 months, the 27th (Inniskillings) Regiment of Foot, having spent 24 years abroad on foreign service, were sent to Gibraltar where they arrived on 10 January 1818. The Regiment spent six uneventful years on the Rock before embarking for a tour of duty in the West Indies. At this time, when there were great efforts by the Treasury to save public money, usually by disbanding regiments, the Duke of Wellington responded by 'hiding' as many regiments as possible in remote colonies.
On the 22 September 1691, it was decided to storm the two enemy forts, which defended the Thomond Bridge over the Shannon outside Limerick. Despite the continuous and heavy fire from the forts and the city walls, the Inniskilling Foot supported the crossing of the bridge by the armiy' grenadiers, led by Tiffin, when both forts were seized. There were many casualties, and an eyewitness said that the dead lay 'in heaps higher than the parapet of the bridge'.
Following the outbreak of the War of American Independence in the American Colonies, the 27th (Inniskilling) Regiment of Foot sailed from Cork on 26 September 1775 to join the British Army of North America. The Commander in Chief was General William Howe and his military campaign of 1776 would attempt to seize control of New York and isolate New England's colonies and provinces from the others to the south.
The Battle of Belfast, also known as the Battle of Bergendal (hill and dale) began on 21 August, and lasted until 27 August 1900. It was the last conventional set-piece battle of the Second Anglo-Boer War and was fought around the farm of Bergendal near the town of Belfast. The 5,000 Boers under the command of General Louis Botha were opposing the 20,000 British Empire forces commanded by General Sir Redvers Buller. The overall British commander was General Lord Roberts whose intent was to advance and capture the capital of the Transvaal Republic, Machadodorp.
The Williamite War In Ireland, the War of the Two Kings.
Having failed in its first attack against the Japanese at Donbaik, the 1st Inniskillings, now under command 55 Brigade, on 18 February 1943 again attacked Donbaik. Advancing over open ground, A and B Companies met devastating enemy fire. Small groups reached their respective objectives, but, each being isolated and without communication, little co-ordination was possible.
In 1703, during the War of the Spanish Succession, the Inniskillings were part of the Garrison in Antigua. The local commander, General Codrington, planned an expedition for March 1703 against the French held island of Guadeloupe. On 12 March 1703 two parties of troops landed.
