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Death of King James I. |
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Thu, 03/27/1625 |
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English Civil War (First Medal for Valour) |
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Tue, 09/23/1642 |
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‘New Model Army’ established |
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Fri, 01/06/1645 |
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Death (by execution) of King Charles I |
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Sat, 01/30/1649 |
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Death of Oliver Cromwell |
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Tue, 09/03/1658 |
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Sat, 04/01/1684 |
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Raising of Granard's Regiment - The Royal Irish Regiment |
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Restoration & Death of King Charles II. |
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Tue, 02/06/1685 |
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Nine Years’ War |
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Mon, 09/27/1688 |
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William lands in England |
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Fri, 11/05/1688 |
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Abdication (by forfeit) of King James II |
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Sat, 12/11/1688 |
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Williamite War in Ireland |
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Sat, 03/12/1689 |
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Fri, 06/03/1689 |
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Inniskillings attack Jacobite Garrison, Omagh |
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Mon, 06/20/1689 |
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Formation of the Inniskilling Regiment of Foot. |
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Sun, 07/31/1689 |
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Battle of Newtownbutler |
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Fri, 09/02/1689 |
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Inniskillings join Schomberg's Army |
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Tue, 09/27/1689 |
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Schomberg salutes the Inniskillings. |
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Tue, 10/18/1689 |
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Tiffin's and Lloyd's Inniskilling Regiments inspected at Dundalk. |
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The Irish Brigade of the French Army is formed |
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Mon, 05/01/1690 |
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James II defeated by William III, Ireland. |
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Tue, 07/11/1690 |
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Sat, 06/30/1691 |
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Inniskillings at the Capture of Athlone |
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Sat, 09/22/1691 |
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Inniskillings assault Limerick |
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Flight of the Wild Geese |
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Wed, 10/03/1691 |
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Wed, 10/03/1691 |
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Tiffin's Inniskillings enter Limerick |
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Sat, 01/05/1692 |
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Inniskillings in the Tower of London. |
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Fri, 08/20/1694 |
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Tiffin's Inniskilling Regiment at the Siege of Namur |
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War of the Spanish Succession |
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Wed, 09/07/1701 |
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Death of King William III. |
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Wed, 03/08/1702 |
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Tue, 08/29/1702 |
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Death of Zachariah Tiffin, Colonel of Inniskillings |
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Mon, 03/12/1703 |
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Inniskillings attack French on Guadeloupe |
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Mon, 05/07/1703 |
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Inniskillings withdraw from Guadeloupe. |
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The Act of Union joins Scotland to England and Wales |
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Sun, 05/01/1707 |
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Tue, 10/08/1709 |
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Inniskillings land at Alicante, Spain. |
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Death of Queen Anne |
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Wed, 08/01/1714 |
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First Jacobite Rebellion |
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Fri, 09/06/1715 |
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Fri, 03/17/1724 |
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Molesworth appointed Colonel of Inniskillings. |
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Death of King George I |
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Wed, 06/11/1727 |
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War of Jenkins' Ear. |
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Mon, 10/19/1739 |
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War of the Austrian Succession |
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Fri, 12/16/1740 |
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Jacobite Rising |
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Mon, 08/16/1745 |
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Mon, 01/17/1746 |
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Battle of Falkirk Muir (Moor), King's Colour Saved. |
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Fri, 01/21/1746 |
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Inniskillings attempt to capture rebel brig, Alloa. |
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Sat, 04/16/1746 |
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Culloden |
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Thu, 07/01/1751 |
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Inniskillings ranked 27th Regiment |
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Adoption of Gregorian Calendar |
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Sat, 01/01/1752 |
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French and Indian War |
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Tue, 04/16/1754 |
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Seven Years' War |
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Tue, 06/29/1756 |
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Battle of Plessey, India. |
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Sun, 01/02/1757 |
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Thu, 05/05/1757 |
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27th (Inniskilling) Regiment to North America |
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Death of King George II. |
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Sat, 10/25/1760 |
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Sun, 09/20/1761 |
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Death of Blakeney, Colonel of 27th Regiment of Foot. |
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Sat, 01/16/1762 |
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Battle Honour MARTINIQUE 1762 |
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Tue, 06/08/1762 |
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27th Inniskillings, Capture of Havana, Cuba. |
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Tue, 07/20/1762 |
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Battle Honour HAVANNAH |
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Sun, 07/31/1763 |
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Stoppage of Pay |
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Tue, 10/01/1771 |
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Inniskillings form a Light Company |
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Boston Tea Party |
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Thu, 12/16/1773 |
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The American War of Independence |
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Wed, 04/19/1775 |
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Tue, 09/26/1775 |
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Inniskillings at Battle of Brooklyn, New York |
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Sun, 12/13/1778 |
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Battle Honour ST LUCIA 1778,1796 |
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Mon, 02/25/1788 |
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Inniskillings counter bootleggers at Ennis, County Clare. |
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The French Revolution |
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Sat, 06/27/1789 |
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French Revolutionary Wars |
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Fri, 04/20/1792 |
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Sat, 09/07/1793 |
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Raising of the 87th Regiment, a legion of Irish Heroes |
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Wed, 09/18/1793 |
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Letter of Service to Major John Doyle (87th Regiment of Foot) |
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Wed, 09/25/1793 |
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Raising of The 88th Regiment of Foot (Connaught Rangers) |
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Sat, 09/28/1793 |
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Raising of the 83rd Regiment of Foot |
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Tue, 10/29/1793 |
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87th Foot re-titled 'Prince of Wales’ Irish Regiment' |
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Wed, 10/30/1793 |
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Raising of the 86th Regiment of Foot |
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Thu, 10/31/1793 |
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Raising of 'Irish Rangers', Trench's Regiment |
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Tue, 12/03/1793 |
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Raising of the 89th Regiment of Foot. |
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Thu, 06/26/1794 |
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87th and 89th Regiment land at Ostend. |
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Tue, 07/15/1794 |
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The 87th Regiment's first action, Doyle wounded. |
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Sun, 09/21/1794 |
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Raising of the Cavan Militia |
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Sun, 02/22/1795 |
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Inniskillings retreat through Holland to Hanover. |
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Fri, 04/01/1796 |
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Militia Regiments raised in Ireland |
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Tue, 05/24/1796 |
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Battle Honour ST LUCIA 1778,1796 |
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Thu, 09/22/1796 |
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86th Regiment land in Cape of Good Hope |
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Fri, 10/14/1796 |
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87th Regiment of Foot embark for the West Indies. |
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Sat, 04/08/1797 |
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87th Regiment of Foot, the West Indies, 1796-1804. |
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Tue, 12/26/1797 |
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New drafts reinforce Inniskillings in St Lucia |
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United Irishmen Rebellion ('98 Rising) |
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Thu, 05/24/1798 |
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Sat, 09/08/1798 |
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Armagh Militia capture French Colour at Battle of Ballinamuck |
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Mon, 03/18/1799 |
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Honours for Drum Major of 89th Regiment |
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Fri, 05/10/1799 |
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86th Regiment land at Madras, India. |
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Napoleon Bonaparte overthrows the French Directory and is chosen as Consul |
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Sat, 11/09/1799 |
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Fri, 12/06/1799 |
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89th Regiment of Foot to Malta |
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British Army issues Greatcoats |
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Wed, 04/23/1800 |
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Sun, 05/25/1800 |
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27th Regiment gains 2nd Battalion. |
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Wed, 10/01/1800 |
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86th Regiment of Foot sent from India to Egypt to fight against the French* |
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The Act of Union creates The United Kingdom. |
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Thu, 01/01/1801 |
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Sun, 05/10/1801 |
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Both 27th Inniskilling Battalions land at Aboukir Bay, Egypt |
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Thu, 01/28/1802 |
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89th return to Ireland from Egypt. |
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Treaty of Amiens |
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Thu, 03/25/1802 |
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Tue, 07/06/1802 |
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Battle Honour 'EGYPT' (With The Sphinx) |
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Wed, 01/12/1803 |
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The 87th Regiment of Foot departs the West Indies for home. |
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Napoleonic Wars |
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Wed, 05/18/1803 |
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Mon, 08/29/1803 |
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86th Regiment - Storming of Baroach, India |
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Fri, 02/10/1804 |
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86th Regiment, Siege of Bhurtpore. |
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Napoleon Bonaparte crowned Emperor |
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Sun, 12/02/1804 |
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Fri, 09/27/1805 |
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Young Inniskillings raised at Dunbar |
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Mon, 10/21/1805 |
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Inniskillings embark for Gravesend and Northern Germany |
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Tue, 12/10/1805 |
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1/89th Lost at Sea |
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Wed, 01/08/1806 |
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Battle Honour 'CAPE OF GOOD HOPE 1806'. |
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Fri, 07/04/1806 |
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Battle Honour 'MAIDA'. |
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Tue, 02/03/1807 |
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Battle Honour MONTE VIDEO. |
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Abolition of Slave Trade |
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Wed, 03/25/1807 |
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Sun, 07/05/1807 |
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Failure to seize Buenos Aires. |
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Wed, 08/17/1808 |
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Battle Honour PENINSULA |
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Mon, 07/10/1809 |
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An' they're hangin' Johnny Dely in the evenin* |
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Thu, 07/27/1809 |
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Battle Honour 'TALAVERA' |
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Sat, 07/29/1809 |
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Granting the Battle Honour 'TALAVERA' |
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Thu, 08/24/1809 |
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86th Regiment styled 'Leinster Regiment of Foot'. |
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Wed, 08/30/1809 |
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2/83rd Regiment to Garrsion Duties, Lisbon. |
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Tue, 09/19/1809 |
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Lashed for Stealing Shoes, Spain. |
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Sun, 07/08/1810 |
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Battle Honour 'BOURBON'. |
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Thu, 09/27/1810 |
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Battle Honour 'BUSACO'. |
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Sun, 10/14/1810 |
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2/89th at Fuengirola, Spain. |
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Mon, 03/04/1811 |
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The day before the Battle of Barrosa |
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Tue, 03/05/1811 |
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Battle Honour BARROSA |
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Wed, 03/06/1811 |
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French Commanding Officer taken prisoner at Barrosa. |
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Fri, 05/03/1811 |
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Battle Honour 'FUENTES D'ONOR' |
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Fri, 05/10/1811 |
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Siege of Badajoz; 3/27th (Inniskillings) introduction to the Peninsular War. |
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Thu, 05/16/1811 |
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Battle of Albuera |
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Thu, 05/23/1811 |
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2/83rd Regiment rest in Portalegre, Peninsular War. |
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Mon, 09/16/1811 |
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Battle Honour 'JAVA'. |
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Tue, 12/31/1811 |
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Battle Honour 'TARIFA'. |
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Mon, 01/20/1812 |
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Battle Honour 'CIUDAD RODRIGO' |
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Mon, 04/06/1812 |
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Battle Honour 'BADAJOZ' |
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Fri, 05/15/1812 |
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27th (Inniskillings) after Badajoz. |
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Mon, 05/18/1812 |
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86th styled the Royal County Down Regiment. |
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Anglo-American War, 1812-1815 |
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Thu, 06/18/1812 |
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Wed, 07/22/1812 |
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Battle Honour 'SALAMANCA' |
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Tue, 10/13/1812 |
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Battle Honour 'NIAGARA'. |
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Sun, 10/25/1812 |
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2/87th Gallantry in Retreat to Salamanca |
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Mon, 01/11/1813 |
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'Appearing at the Halberds' - Flogging. |
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Tue, 04/13/1813 |
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Captain Waldron's Duel to the Death, Battle of Castalla. |
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Fri, 05/21/1813 |
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Battle Honour VITTORIA |
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Wed, 07/28/1813 |
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Battle Honour 'PYRENEES' |
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Mon, 11/01/1813 |
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2/87th march to Seville. |
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Wed, 11/10/1813 |
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Battle Honour 'NIVELLE' |
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Thu, 11/11/1813 |
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89th at the Battle of Crysler's Farm |
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Sun, 12/19/1813 |
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89th Regiment Cross the Niagara River, Canada. |
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'Napoleon is Dead' - Criminal Conspiracy! |
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Mon, 02/21/1814 |
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Sun, 02/27/1814 |
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Battle Honour ORTHES |
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Sun, 04/10/1814 |
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Battle Honour 'TOULOUSE' |
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Treaty of Fontainebleau exiles Napoleon to Elba |
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Mon, 04/11/1814 |
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Sat, 06/04/1814 |
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2/89th depart Canada for England |
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Thu, 07/07/1814 |
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2/87th return from the Napoleonic Wars |
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Mon, 07/25/1814 |
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89th Regiment at the Battle of Lundy's Lane, Canada |
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Napoleon escapes from Elba and returns to France |
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Sun, 02/26/1815 |
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Napoleon enters Paris, 'One Hundred Days' begins. |
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Mon, 03/20/1815 |
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Fri, 06/16/1815 |
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Inniskillings march from Ghent to Waterloo |
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Sun, 06/18/1815 |
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Battle Honour 'WATERLOO'. |
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Sun, 06/18/1815 |
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The 27th (Inniskilling) Regiment of Foot |
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Mon, 06/19/1815 |
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Casualties at Waterloo |
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Napoleon surrenders to Royal Navy |
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Sat, 07/15/1815 |
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Napoleon Bonaparte exiled to St Helena. |
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Sun, 10/15/1815 |
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Thu, 01/25/1816 |
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Lt Shipp commends the Irish soldier. |
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Sat, 01/27/1816 |
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3rd Inniskillings Disbanded. |
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Fri, 02/09/1816 |
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1/87th advance into Nepal. |
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Thu, 02/20/1817 |
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The Siege of Hattrass |
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Thu, 04/24/1817 |
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Disbanding of 2/83rd Regiment of Foot |
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Sat, 01/10/1818 |
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Inniskillings arrive in Gibraltar. |
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Thu, 02/11/1819 |
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89th Regiment in India. |
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Sat, 10/23/1819 |
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Battle Honour 'INDIA' |
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Death of King George III |
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Sat, 01/29/1820 |
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Death of Napoleon Bonaparte |
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Sat, 05/05/1821 |
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First Ashanti War |
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Thu, 01/22/1824 |
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Tue, 02/24/1824 |
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Battle Honour 'AVA' |
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Mon, 03/07/1825 |
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Battle of Donobyu - First Anglo-Burmese War |
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Sat, 04/02/1825 |
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89th Regiment at capture of Donobyu, Anglo-Burmese War |
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Tue, 01/03/1826 |
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87th Foot and 89th Foot secure victory in Patanago |
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Wed, 03/08/1826 |
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Disease decimates 87th & 89th, Burma. |
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Sat, 11/17/1827 |
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The 87th Regiment retitled a Royal Regiment |
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Death of King George IV. |
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Sat, 06/26/1830 |
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Tue, 11/23/1830 |
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Inniskillings depart West Indies for Home. |
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Fri, 01/14/1831 |
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The 87th Regiment of Foot in Mauritius. |
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Sat, 08/03/1833 |
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Princess Victoria presents new Colours to the 89th |
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Slavery is abolished throughout the British Empire |
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Wed, 08/28/1833 |
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Fri, 08/08/1834 |
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Death of Sir John Doyle |
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Mon, 08/18/1834 |
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27th Inniskillings arrive at Cape of Good Hope, South Africa. |
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Sun, 01/15/1837 |
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Major General Sir Hugh Gough visits the 87th, Mauritius. |
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Wed, 05/24/1837 |
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New Colours for the Inniskillings |
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Thu, 06/15/1837 |
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Yellow Fever and Mutiny in the West Indies |
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Death of King William IV. |
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Tue, 06/20/1837 |
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Thu, 12/14/1837 |
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83rd Regiment's actions in Lower Canada |
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Sun, 02/25/1838 |
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83rd Regiment at Fighting Island, Canada. |
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Sat, 03/03/1838 |
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Rebels and 'Patriots' flee Pelee Island, Canada. |
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The Opium War, fought by the British against the Chinese |
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Wed, 03/27/1839 |
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Mon, 08/15/1842 |
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87th and Chartist riots in Leeds |
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Mon, 02/02/1846 |
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87th Regiment quell potato riots in Inverness. |
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Tue, 04/18/1848 |
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Inniskillings return from South Africa |
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The Taiping Rebellion in China |
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Wed, 12/25/1850 |
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Thu, 11/18/1852 |
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Inniskillings attend The Duke of Wellington's funeral |
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Fri, 11/18/1853 |
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Raising of the 3rd Madras (European) Regiment |
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Crimean War - Britain declares war on Russia. |
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Tue, 03/28/1854 |
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Wed, 09/20/1854 |
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Inniskillings perish as the Charlotte founders. |
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Charge of the Light Brigade |
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Wed, 10/25/1854 |
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Sun, 12/17/1854 |
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89th Regiment land at Balaclava, Irish in the Crimean War. |
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Tue, 10/16/1855 |
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Battle Honour, 'SEVASTOPOL' |
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Crimean War, Hostilities Cease. |
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Fri, 02/29/1856 |
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The Indian (Sepoy) Mutiny. |
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Sun, 05/10/1857 |
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Wed, 06/03/1857 |
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27th & 87th volunteer for Peshawur Light Horse |
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Wed, 08/19/1857 |
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83rd Regiment defend Mount Abu, the Indian Mutiny |
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Wed, 03/17/1858 |
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Indian Mutiny - The Siege of Chanderi |
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Sat, 04/03/1858 |
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Storming of Jhansi, the Indian Mutiny. |
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Mon, 04/19/1858 |
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Capture of Banda, the Indian Mutiny. |
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Sat, 06/19/1858 |
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Battle Honour 'CENTRAL INDIA' |
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Tue, 03/29/1859 |
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Last action of the Indian Mutiny, 3rd Madras Regiment. |
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Mon, 12/05/1859 |
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London Irish Rifles is formed |
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Sun, 03/18/1860 |
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Sailing from India to Hong Kong, daily life at sea. |
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Sun, 04/22/1860 |
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87th Foot arrive in Hong Kong |
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Wed, 04/10/1861 |
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Raising of 108th Regiment of Foot (Madras Infantry) |
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American Civil War |
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Fri, 04/12/1861 |
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Fri, 07/21/1865 |
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Riots in Rotherham. |
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Tue, 08/08/1865 |
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89th Return from India |
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Thu, 04/05/1866 |
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Queen Victoria presents Colours to 89th Regiment |
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Wed, 02/13/1867 |
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Last Colours for the 86th Regiment |
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The Suez Canal is opened |
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Wed, 11/17/1869 |
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Wed, 03/23/1870 |
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83rd Regiment to India |
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The Franco – Prussian War |
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Tue, 07/19/1870 |
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Fri, 12/30/1870 |
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89th Princess Victoria's to India |
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Anglo-Zulu War |
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Sat, 01/11/1879 |
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First Anglo-Boer War |
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Mon, 12/20/1880 |
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Wed, 02/16/1881 |
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Aid to the Civil Power, 108th Regiment to Preston. |
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Anglo-Sudan War |
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Tue, 06/07/1881 |
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Fri, 07/01/1881 |
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27th Regiment and 108th Regiment (Madras Infantry) amalgamate. |
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Fri, 07/01/1881 |
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87th and 89th Regiment of Foot retitled. |
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Fri, 07/01/1881 |
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Royal Dublin Fusiliers created. |
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Fri, 07/01/1881 |
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The Prince of Wales's Leinster Regiment is created |
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Fri, 07/01/1881 |
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Royal Munster Fusiliers created |
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Fri, 09/01/1882 |
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Battle Honour, SOUTH AFRICA 1835,'46-47 |
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Wed, 09/13/1882 |
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Battle Honour 'TEL-EL-KEBIR' |
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Sat, 03/29/1884 |
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Battle Honours 'EGYPT 1882,1884' |
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The Berlin Conference |
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Sat, 11/15/1884 |
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Thu, 12/20/1888 |
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Royal Irish Rifles Mounted Infantry, Battle of Suakin, Sudan. |
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First Matabele War |
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Wed, 10/25/1893 |
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Sun, 08/12/1894 |
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Inniskillings move to Kinsale, Ireland. |
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Second Matabele War |
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Fri, 03/20/1896 |
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Thu, 07/23/1896 |
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Royal Irish Rifles to Matabeleland Rebellion |
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Wed, 01/13/1897 |
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Inniskillings to Enniskillen. |
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Tue, 03/09/1897 |
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Royal Irish Rifles volunteer to fight bubonic plague, India. |
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Wed, 09/22/1897 |
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2nd Inniskillings join Peshawar Brigade for Tirah Expedition |
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Mon, 10/09/1899 |
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Royal Irish Rifles mobilise for South Africa |
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Wed, 10/11/1899 |
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Boers declare war on the British. |
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Second Anglo-Boer War |
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Wed, 10/11/1899 |
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Thu, 10/12/1899 |
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Faughs to the Boer War |
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Fri, 10/13/1899 |
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Siege of Mafeking |
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Fri, 10/20/1899 |
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Assault on Talana Hill, South Africa |
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Mon, 10/30/1899 |
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'Faugh-a-Ballaghs, fix your bayonets and die like men'. |
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Mon, 11/13/1899 |
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Royal Irish Rifles arrive in South Africa, Boer War |
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Thu, 11/30/1899 |
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Inniskillings to the Boer War, South Africa. |
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Sun, 12/10/1899 |
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Battle of Stormberg |
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Mon, 12/11/1899 |
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Royal Irish Rifles absolved after defeat at Stormberg. |
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Fri, 12/15/1899 |
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Battle of Colenso, South Africa. |
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Fri, 12/22/1899 |
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Christmas, the Boer War. |
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Mon, 01/29/1900 |
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Under siege at Ladysmith. |
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Fri, 02/23/1900 |
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Inniskilling Hill, Northern Natal. |
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Wed, 02/28/1900 |
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Battle Honour RELIEF OF LADYSMITH |
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Sat, 03/03/1900 |
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2nd Battalion The Royal Irish Fusiliers enter Ladysmith. |
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Wed, 03/14/1900 |
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Inniskillings, Connaughts and Dubs recognised for utmost gallantry in South Africa |
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Fri, 03/16/1900 |
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Reorganisation and reconstitution in Ladysmith after the siege |
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Sat, 03/17/1900 |
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Saint Patrick’s Day and the Sprig of Shamrock |
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Wed, 04/04/1900 |
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Royal Irish Rifles losses at Reddersberg, South Africa. |
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US Navy Submarine Day |
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Wed, 04/11/1900 |
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Wed, 05/16/1900 |
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2nd Faughs take Christiana, Transvaal - Boer War. |
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The Boxer Rebellion in China |
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Wed, 05/30/1900 |
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Wed, 08/01/1900 |
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Boers' Prisoners of War liberated. |
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Mon, 08/06/1900 |
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Inniskillings return to the field force, South Africa. |
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Tue, 08/21/1900 |
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Inniskillings at the Battle of Belfast, South Africa. |
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Mon, 01/07/1901 |
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Faughs beat off Boers at 'Rocky Hill'. |
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Death of Queen Victoria. |
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Tue, 01/22/1901 |
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Sun, 04/28/1901 |
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Royal Irish Rifles Militia volunteer for Boer War |
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Tue, 09/17/1901 |
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Fighting at Blood River Poort, South Africa. |
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Tue, 01/21/1902 |
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2nd Inniskillings depart India for South Africa |
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Wed, 02/12/1902 |
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Hail injures Horses, South Africa. |
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Thu, 05/15/1902 |
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Inniskillings to Vereeniging. |
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Sat, 05/31/1902 |
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Battle Honour 'SOUTH AFRICA 1899-1902' |
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Sat, 01/17/1903 |
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1st Inniskillings depart South Africa. |
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Sat, 10/24/1903 |
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2nd Inniskillings depart South Africa for Egypt |
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Signing of the Entente Cordiale |
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Fri, 04/08/1904 |
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Thu, 07/14/1904 |
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1 RIR detachment to the Tibet War. |
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Tue, 02/12/1907 |
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1st Inniskillings from Crete to Malta |
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Tue, 05/18/1909 |
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HM King Edward VII visits 1st Faughs, Aldershot. |
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Thu, 09/30/1909 |
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1st Inniskillings depart Malta for China |
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Death of King Edward VII |
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Fri, 05/06/1910 |
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South Africa gains independence from Britain |
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Tue, 05/31/1910 |
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Thu, 08/17/1911 |
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2nd Inniskillings stoned by strikers |
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Fri, 10/27/1911 |
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Inniskillings recalled urgently to Tientsin |
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RMS Titanic strikes iceberg, sinking two and a half hours later on 15 April |
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Sun, 04/14/1912 |
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Mon, 11/04/1912 |
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1st Inniskillings move from China to India. |
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Archduke Franz Ferdinand assassinated |
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Sun, 06/28/1914 |
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Austro-Hungarian Empire Declares War on Serbia |
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Tue, 07/28/1914 |
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Germany Declares War on Russia |
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Sat, 08/01/1914 |
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Germany Declares War on France |
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Mon, 08/03/1914 |
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Britain Declares War on Germany |
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Tue, 08/04/1914 |
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Tue, 08/04/1914 |
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War! |
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Map of the Western Front 04-22 August 1914 |
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Tue, 08/04/1914 |
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Austro-Hungarian Empire Declares War on Russia. |
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Thu, 08/06/1914 |
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First British and Empire Shot of The Great War Fired |
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Fri, 08/07/1914 |
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Britain and France Declare War on Austria-Hungary |
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Wed, 08/12/1914 |
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Fri, 08/14/1914 |
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2 RIR land in France |
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Fri, 08/21/1914 |
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10th (Irish) Division is raised. |
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Sat, 08/22/1914 |
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Inniskillings and Faughs land in France |
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First shot fired by the BEF, Belgium. |
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Sat, 08/22/1914 |
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Japan Declares War on Germany |
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Sun, 08/23/1914 |
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Sun, 08/23/1914 |
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Battle Honour 'MONS' |
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Retreat from Mons |
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Sun, 08/23/1914 |
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Battle of Mons |
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Sun, 08/23/1914 |
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Tue, 08/25/1914 |
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2 RIR, Retreat From Mons. |
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Wed, 08/26/1914 |
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Battle Honour 'LE CATEAU'. |
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Battle of Le Cateau |
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Wed, 08/26/1914 |
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Fri, 08/28/1914 |
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Faughs after Le Cateau |
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Sat, 09/05/1914 |
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Rifles retreat to Crécy |
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Sun, 09/06/1914 |
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Faughs in counterattack at the Marne |
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Advance to the Aisne |
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Sun, 09/06/1914 |
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Battle of the Marne |
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Mon, 09/07/1914 |
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Tue, 09/08/1914 |
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7th Battalion The Royal Irish Rifles form up in Belfast |
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Fri, 09/11/1914 |
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Rain Soaked Misery on the River Marne |
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Fri, 09/11/1914 |
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1st Faughs advance to La Loge Farm |
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Fri, 09/11/1914 |
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16th (Irish) Division is raised |
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Battle of the Aisne |
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Sat, 09/12/1914 |
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Sat, 09/12/1914 |
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Battle Honour MARNE 1914 |
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Mon, 09/14/1914 |
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2 RIR Advance to the River Aisne |
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Thu, 10/01/1914 |
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Faughs into the trenches. |
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Defence of Antwerp |
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Sun, 10/04/1914 |
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First Battle of Ypres, Flanders |
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Sat, 10/10/1914 |
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Sat, 10/17/1914 |
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Faughs at Armentières |
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Sun, 10/18/1914 |
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Lucky escape at Armentières |
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Wed, 10/28/1914 |
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The Naming of the 36th (Ulster) Division. |
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Thu, 10/29/1914 |
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Rifles mauled at La Bassée |
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Russia declares war on the Ottoman Empire (Turkey). |
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Sun, 11/01/1914 |
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Britain and France declare War on the Ottoman Empire |
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Thu, 11/05/1914 |
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Wed, 11/18/1914 |
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1st Faughs into the trenches at Messines Ridge |
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Thu, 11/26/1914 |
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Letter from the Trenches |
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Fri, 11/27/1914 |
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Brigade Commander inspects 7th Inniskillings |
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Mon, 12/07/1914 |
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1st Inniskillings depart India, 1914 |
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Wed, 12/16/1914 |
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The Trenches, December 1914. |
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Egypt made British protectorate |
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Fri, 12/18/1914 |
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Fri, 12/25/1914 |
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Christmas Truce, The Royal Irish Rifles. |
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Wed, 01/06/1915 |
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From India to St. Eloi on the Western Front. |
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Tue, 01/26/1915 |
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Letter Home from Billets |
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Sat, 02/06/1915 |
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Jam Tins for Germans. |
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Allies attack Gallipoli |
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Fri, 02/19/1915 |
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Battle of Neuve Chapelle |
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Wed, 03/10/1915 |
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Wed, 03/10/1915 |
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Battle Honour NEUVE CHAPELLE |
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Sun, 03/14/1915 |
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Faughs overrun by Germans at St Eloi |
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Fri, 04/09/1915 |
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1st Inniskillings embark for Lemnos and Gallipoli. |
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Mon, 04/12/1915 |
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Private Robert Morrow VC |
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Battle of Gravenstafel, Ypres. |
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Thu, 04/22/1915 |
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Battle of St Julien, Ypres. |
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Sat, 04/24/1915 |
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Sun, 04/25/1915 |
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Inniskillings land at Gallipoli |
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Sinking of the Lusitania |
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Fri, 05/07/1915 |
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Battle of Frezenberg, Ypres. |
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Sat, 05/08/1915 |
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Battle of Aubers, Ypres. |
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Sun, 05/09/1915 |
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Battle of Festubert, Ypres. |
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Sat, 05/15/1915 |
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Battle of Bellewaarde, Ypres. |
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Mon, 05/24/1915 |
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Thu, 07/01/1915 |
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5 and 6 Faughs sail for Gallipoli. |
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Fri, 07/02/1915 |
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Battle of Gully Ravine, Gallipoli |
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Fri, 08/06/1915 |
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Inniskillings deceive Turks |
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Sat, 08/07/1915 |
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10th (Irish) Division, Chocolate Hill, Gallipoli. |
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Sun, 08/08/1915 |
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1st Battalion The Royal Irish Fusiliers go into trenches near Mailly-Maillet on the Somme for the first time. |
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Tue, 08/10/1915 |
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Rifles withdraw from Chunuk Bair, Gallipoli. |
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Sun, 08/15/1915 |
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Kidney Hill, Gallipoli. |
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Mon, 08/16/1915 |
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6 RIR move back to Anzac Cove, Gallipoli. |
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Tue, 08/17/1915 |
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Water shortages, Gallipoli. |
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Sat, 08/21/1915 |
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Battle of Scimitar Hill, Suvla. |
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Thu, 09/02/1915 |
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1st Garrison Battalion The Royal Irish Fusiliers formed in Dublin |
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Battle of Flers - Courcelette, The Somme. |
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Wed, 09/15/1915 |
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Sat, 09/25/1915 |
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Battle Honour LOOS |
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Battle of Loos, Ypres. |
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Sat, 09/25/1915 |
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Sun, 10/03/1915 |
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36th (Ulster) Division lands in France. |
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Mon, 10/04/1915 |
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9th Faughs land at Boulogne, France. |
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Tue, 10/05/1915 |
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Gallipoli to Salonika, 10th (Irish) Division |
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Nurse Edith Cavell shot by German firing squad |
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Tue, 10/12/1915 |
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Sun, 10/31/1915 |
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5th and 6th Faughs to Salonika |
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Sat, 11/06/1915 |
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Dardanelles Football Cup |
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Sat, 11/13/1915 |
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6 RIR into the Line, Macedonia |
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Wed, 11/24/1915 |
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Mine and counter-mine operations, Gallipoli. |
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Mon, 12/06/1915 |
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Bulgarians attack 10th (Irish) Division, the Balkans. |
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Tue, 12/07/1915 |
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Bulgarians drive Faughs* off 'Rocky Peak', the Balkans. |
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Wed, 12/08/1915 |
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10th (Irish) Division withdraw from Serbia |
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Sat, 12/11/1915 |
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2nd Faughs into the Bird Cage - Salonika |
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Mon, 12/20/1915 |
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Jersey Militia arrive in France. |
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Sun, 01/09/1916 |
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Battle Honour 'GALLIPOLI 1915-16' |
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Wed, 01/19/1916 |
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Trench Raid at Le Touquet. |
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Tue, 02/01/1916 |
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7 & 8 Faughs ordered to France. |
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Wed, 02/02/1916 |
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1st Garrison Battalion Royal Irish Fusiliers transferred to India |
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Battle of Verdun begins |
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Mon, 02/21/1916 |
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Tue, 02/29/1916 |
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Leap Year Day in the Trenches |
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Sat, 03/18/1916 |
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1st Inniskillings land in France |
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Mon, 03/27/1916 |
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7th Inniskillings Move Back to the Line |
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Sat, 04/01/1916 |
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2nd Garrison Battalion Royal Irish Fusiliers formed at Dublin |
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Mon, 04/03/1916 |
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7th and the 8th Battalion The Royal Irish Fusiliers move into trenches, Hulluch, France. |
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Fri, 04/21/1916 |
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Private Bailey at the Old Bailey; the Charge - High Treason. |
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State of War declared to exist in Dublin by Irish Command order HQ No 64231 |
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Mon, 04/24/1916 |
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Thu, 04/27/1916 |
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The Easter Rising, Dublin. |
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Thu, 04/27/1916 |
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16th (Irish) Division Gassed, Battle of Hulluch, |
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Irish Command declares State of War no longer exists in Dublin |
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Mon, 05/08/1916 |
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Battle of Jutland |
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Wed, 05/31/1916 |
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Russia Attacks - Brusilov Offensive |
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Sun, 06/04/1916 |
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Arab revolt against Turks |
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Mon, 06/05/1916 |
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Fri, 06/09/1916 |
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Rifles at capture of Jenikoj |
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Fri, 06/23/1916 |
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2/18th London Regiment (London Irish Rifles) first casualty |
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Artillery begins the Somme Offensive |
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Sat, 06/24/1916 |
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Tue, 06/27/1916 |
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Marching back to the Somme |
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Sat, 07/01/1916 |
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Battle Honour 'SOMME 1916,’18'. |
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Battle of Albert, The Somme. |
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Sat, 07/01/1916 |
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Wed, 07/12/1916 |
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2/18th London Regiment (London Irish Rifles) first casualty |
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Battle of Bazentin, The Somme. |
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Fri, 07/14/1916 |
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Sun, 07/16/1916 |
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2nd Battalion The Royal Irish Rifles, Battle of Bazentin Ridge. |
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Thu, 08/24/1916 |
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Faughs' 2nd Garrison Battalion to Salonika |
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Italy declares war on Germany |
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Sun, 08/27/1916 |
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Battle of Guillemont, The Somme. |
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Sun, 09/03/1916 |
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Sat, 09/09/1916 |
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16th (Irish) Division, Battle of Ginchy. |
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Battle of Ginchy, The Somme. |
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Sat, 09/09/1916 |
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Fri, 09/15/1916 |
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London Irish attack at High Wood |
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Battle of Morval, The Somme. |
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Mon, 09/25/1916 |
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Battle of Thiepval, The Somme. |
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Tue, 09/26/1916 |
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Battle of Le Transloy, The Somme. |
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Sun, 10/01/1916 |
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Battle of the Ancre Heights, The Somme. |
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Sun, 10/01/1916 |
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Thu, 10/12/1916 |
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Faughs attack Germans near Lesboeufs, the Somme. |
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Wed, 11/08/1916 |
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Royal Irish Rifles at Ypres |
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Battle of the Ancre, The Somme. |
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Mon, 11/13/1916 |
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Field Marshal Haig declares Battle of the Somme is over. |
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Sun, 11/19/1916 |
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Operations on the Ancre - Advance to the Hindenburg Line. |
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Thu, 01/11/1917 |
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Unrestricted Submarine Warfare |
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Thu, 02/01/1917 |
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The start of the Russian Revolution |
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Thu, 03/08/1917 |
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German Retreat to the Hindenburg Line |
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Wed, 03/14/1917 |
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Tsar Nicholas II of Russia Abdicates. |
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Thu, 03/15/1917 |
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United States of America Declares War on Germany |
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Fri, 04/06/1917 |
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Mon, 04/09/1917 |
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Battle Honour ARRAS 1917 |
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Battle of Vimy, Arras Offensive |
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Mon, 04/09/1917 |
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First Battle of the Scarpe, Arras Offensive. |
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Mon, 04/09/1917 |
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Wed, 04/11/1917 |
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Heavy casualties as 1st Faughs try to capture Roeux Chemical Works, Arras |
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Second Battle of the Scarpe, Arras Offensive. |
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Mon, 04/23/1917 |
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Battle of Arleux, Arras Offensive. |
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Sat, 04/28/1917 |
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Tue, 05/01/1917 |
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1st Garrison Battalion The Royal Irish Fusiliers transferred to Burma |
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Third Battle of the Scarpe, Arras Offensive. |
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Thu, 05/03/1917 |
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Battle of Bullecourt, Arras Offensive (Flanking). |
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Thu, 05/03/1917 |
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Fri, 05/04/1917 |
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Failure at Arras. |
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Sat, 05/05/1917 |
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6 RIR attack Kjupri, Salonika. |
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Fri, 05/11/1917 |
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Faughs attack again at Arras |
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Mon, 05/14/1917 |
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Inniskillings attack Hook Trench, Arras. |
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Tue, 06/05/1917 |
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Preparations for the Battle of Messines |
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Thu, 06/07/1917 |
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Battle Honour MESSINES 1914,'17,'18 |
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Battle of Messines, Flanders Offensive. |
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Thu, 06/07/1917 |
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Tue, 06/26/1917 |
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Winners at a Horse Show, Belgium, 1917. |
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Mon, 07/30/1917 |
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Battle of Pilckem Ridge (Passchendaele) - 1 RIR's Approach March. |
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Battle of Pilckem, Ypres. |
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Tue, 07/31/1917 |
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Passchendaele Campaign |
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Tue, 07/31/1917 |
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Tue, 07/31/1917 |
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Battle Honour YPRES 1914,'15,'17,'18 |
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Thu, 08/02/1917 |
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Ireland's Divisions Prepare for Third Battle of Ypres (Passchendaele) |
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Battle of Hill 70, Arras Offensive (Flanking) |
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Wed, 08/15/1917 |
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Thu, 08/16/1917 |
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16th (Irish) and 36th (Ulster) Divisions attack together, Battle of Passchendaele. |
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Battle of Langemarck, Ypres. |
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Thu, 08/16/1917 |
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Sat, 08/18/1917 |
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Battle Honour MACEDONIA 1915-17 |
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Battle of the Menin Road, Ypres. |
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Thu, 09/20/1917 |
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Battle of Polygon Wood, Ypres. |
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Wed, 09/26/1917 |
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Battle of Broodenseinde, Ypres. |
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Thu, 10/04/1917 |
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Battle of Poelcappelle, Ypres. |
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Tue, 10/09/1917 |
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First battle of Passchendaele, Ypres. |
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Fri, 10/12/1917 |
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Tue, 10/16/1917 |
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10th (Irish) Division assembles, Egypt |
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Second Battle of Passchendaele, Ypres. |
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Fri, 10/26/1917 |
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Sat, 11/03/1917 |
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Faughs raid the Hindenburg Line |
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Wed, 11/07/1917 |
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Battle Honour GAZA |
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Wed, 11/14/1917 |
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2 RIR transfers to 36th (Ulster) Division |
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Tue, 11/20/1917 |
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Battle Honour CAMBRAI 1917,'18 |
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Battle of Cambrai |
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Tue, 11/20/1917 |
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Wed, 11/21/1917 |
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Battle Honour CAMBRAI 1917,'18 - the Second Day. |
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Thu, 11/22/1917 |
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Battle Honour CAMBRAI 1917,18 - the Third Day. |
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Fri, 11/23/1917 |
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Battle Honour CAMBRAI 1917,'18 - the Fourth Day. |
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Mon, 11/26/1917 |
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7th/8th Faughs return to the line at Cambrai |
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United States declares war on Austria-Hungary |
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Fri, 12/07/1917 |
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General Allenby enters Jerusalem |
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Sun, 12/09/1917 |
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Wed, 12/12/1917 |
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Battle Honour JERUSALEM. |
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Mon, 12/24/1917 |
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The Road to Nablus, Christmas Eve 1917. |
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Sat, 12/29/1917 |
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Fighting Faughs build another road, Palestine. |
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Sat, 01/19/1918 |
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16th (Irish) and 36th (Ulster) Division into trenches, St Quentin. |
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Sun, 02/10/1918 |
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7/8th Faughs disbanded. |
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Russia signs Peace Treaty |
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Sun, 03/03/1918 |
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'Spanish' Flu pandemic. |
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Mon, 03/11/1918 |
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Wed, 03/13/1918 |
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10th (Irish) Division attack the Turks, Palestine. |
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Wed, 03/20/1918 |
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Action at Tell 'Asur, Judean Hills, Palestine. |
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Thu, 03/21/1918 |
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Battle Honour ST QUENTIN - German Spring Offensive 1918. |
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German Spring Offensive (Kaiserschlacht) |
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Thu, 03/21/1918 |
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Op MICHAEL |
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Thu, 03/21/1918 |
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Mon, 03/25/1918 |
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16th (Irish) Division transfer to XIX Corps |
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Tue, 03/26/1918 |
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36th (Ulster) Division turns to block German Spring Offensive |
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Thu, 03/28/1918 |
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Depleted 36th (Ulster) Division awaits French Army |
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Sat, 03/30/1918 |
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36th (Ulster) Division withdrawn from the Front. |
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German Lys Offensive |
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Tue, 04/09/1918 |
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Third Battle of the Aisne, German Blücher-Yorck Offensive. |
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Mon, 05/27/1918 |
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Op GNEISENAU |
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Sun, 06/09/1918 |
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Fri, 06/14/1918 |
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16th (Irish) Division move to England |
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Battles of the Marne |
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Sat, 07/20/1918 |
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Advance in Picardy |
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Thu, 08/08/1918 |
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Advance in Flanders |
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Sun, 08/18/1918 |
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Sat, 08/24/1918 |
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First Ever Ammo Resupply by RAF Aircraft |
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Breaking of the Hindenburg Line |
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Mon, 08/26/1918 |
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Tue, 09/03/1918 |
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9th Faughs advance against the Germans at Bailleul |
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Wed, 09/04/1918 |
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Faugh Battalions suffer casualties at Bailleul |
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Fourth (UK) Army breach Hindenburg Line |
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Thu, 09/26/1918 |
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Final Advance - Flanders |
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Sat, 09/28/1918 |
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Sun, 09/29/1918 |
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Royal Irish Rifles assault Hill 41, Ypres |
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Bulgarian Armistice signed |
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Sun, 09/29/1918 |
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Mon, 09/30/1918 |
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1st and 9th Battalions The Royal Irish Fusiliers begin the assault to capture the German positions at Mansard, Goldflake and Twig Farms near Dadizeele, Belgium |
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Mon, 09/30/1918 |
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2nd Garrison Battalion The Royal Irish Fusiliers transferred to Macedonia |
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Final Advance - Artois |
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Wed, 10/02/1918 |
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Wed, 10/02/1918 |
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Battle Honour YPRES 1914,'15,'17,'18 |
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Thu, 10/03/1918 |
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6 Inniskillings, Beaurevoir |
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Pursuit to the Selle |
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Wed, 10/09/1918 |
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Wed, 10/16/1918 |
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9th Faughs assault across the River Lys |
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Final Advance - Picardy |
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Thu, 10/17/1918 |
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Sat, 10/19/1918 |
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36th (Ulster) Division crosses the River Lys. |
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Tue, 10/22/1918 |
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Royal Irish Rifles' final engagement of the First World War |
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Turkey signs Armistice |
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Wed, 10/30/1918 |
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Thu, 10/31/1918 |
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War's end in Palestine. |
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Austria-Hungary Armistice signed |
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Sun, 11/03/1918 |
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Kaiser Wilhelm II abdicates. [Video] |
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Sat, 11/09/1918 |
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First World War comes to an end |
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Mon, 11/11/1918 |
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Mon, 11/11/1918 |
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Royal Irish Rifles at War's end |
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Mon, 11/11/1918 |
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Royal Irish Fusiliers at War's end - 'FINIS'* |
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Mon, 11/11/1918 |
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Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers at War's end. |
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Mon, 11/11/1918 |
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War's End |
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Mon, 11/11/1918 |
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London Irish Rifles at War's end. |
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The Treaty of Versailles |
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Sat, 06/28/1919 |
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Fri, 10/10/1919 |
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1st Faughs depart for Kasvin |
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Sun, 11/30/1919 |
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Michael Patrick Faugh demobilised in Cairo |
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Tue, 12/30/1919 |
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The Royal Irish Fusiliers is reduced to two battalions. |
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League of Nations established |
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Sat, 01/10/1920 |
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Sat, 07/17/1920 |
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Relief of Rumaitha, Mesopotamia. |
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Wed, 09/01/1920 |
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Faughs ambushed at Fasilah, Mesopotamia [Iraq]. |
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Wed, 11/10/1920 |
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The Return of the Unknown Warrior |
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Sat, 01/01/1921 |
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RIR RIP RUR. |
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Sat, 05/07/1921 |
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1st Battalion The Royal Irish Fusiliers leave Iraq for Egypt |
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Wed, 06/22/1921 |
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Royal Irish Rifles mount Honour Guard for The King. |
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Anglo-Irish Treaty signed |
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Tue, 12/06/1921 |
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Egypt becomes independent from Britain |
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Wed, 02/22/1922 |
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Fri, 03/31/1922 |
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1st Faughs depart Egypt. |
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Fri, 03/31/1922 |
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Order to disband the Faughs cancelled. |
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Wed, 04/05/1922 |
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Faughs to be disbanded? |
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Mon, 06/12/1922 |
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Disbandment of the Irish Regiments |
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Irish Civil War |
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Wed, 06/28/1922 |
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Wed, 07/19/1922 |
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Conference to save The Royal Irish Fusiliers |
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British Mandate, Palestine. |
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Mon, 07/24/1922 |
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Irish Free State established. |
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Wed, 12/06/1922 |
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Tue, 02/05/1924 |
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Faughs arrive in Egypt. |
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Fri, 03/28/1924 |
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Skins and Faughs form a Corps. |
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Sun, 05/04/1924 |
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Inniskillings in Iraq |
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Sun, 02/08/1925 |
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A Charwallah for the Faughs. |
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Thu, 02/11/1926 |
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Faughs move to Cairo. |
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Tue, 10/18/1927 |
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Faughs move, Egypt to India. |
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The Great Depression starts; it lasts into the start of World War 2 |
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Tue, 06/17/1930 |
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Japanese invasion of Manchuria |
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Sat, 09/19/1931 |
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Wed, 11/16/1932 |
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Inniskillings Guard of Honour at the Opening of Stormont |
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Fri, 12/01/1933 |
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1st Faughs arrive in the Sudan |
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Mon, 11/05/1934 |
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Faughs return from Cyprus and Sudan |
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Death of King George V. |
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Mon, 01/20/1936 |
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Germany enters Rhineland |
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Sat, 03/07/1936 |
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Spanish Civil War |
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Fri, 07/17/1936 |
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Sat, 09/12/1936 |
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Faughs embark for Haifa to quell Arab violence |
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Abdication of King Edward VIII. |
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Fri, 12/11/1936 |
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Wed, 04/14/1937 |
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Faughs reconstituted with 1st and 2nd Battalions. |
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Second Sino-Japanese War |
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Wed, 07/07/1937 |
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Fri, 10/29/1937 |
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Riflemen killed by Japanese, Shanghai. |
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Mon, 11/01/1937 |
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Presentation of Colours to The Royal Irish Fusiliers. |
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Thu, 11/25/1937 |
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Goatherds with Guns. |
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Tue, 01/04/1938 |
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2 Faughs embark for Malta. |
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Thu, 03/10/1938 |
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2 RUR under enemy fire, Palestine. |
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Tue, 07/12/1938 |
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2 RUR on the Syrian Frontier |
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Thu, 08/25/1938 |
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King's Colour presented to 1st Inniskillings |
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Munich Agreement signed |
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Thu, 09/29/1938 |
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Tue, 10/11/1938 |
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2 Faughs to Palestine |
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Sat, 10/15/1938 |
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2nd Battalion The Royal Irish Fusiliers to Palestine |
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Sat, 11/05/1938 |
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1st Battalion The Royal Irish Fusiliers moves to Guernsey |
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Mon, 01/09/1939 |
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1 RUR on the North West Frontier. |
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Thu, 06/01/1939 |
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Colours presented to Inniskilling Battalions |
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Mon, 08/14/1939 |
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1st Faughs to Tidworth |
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Montgomery to 3rd (Iron) Division |
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Mon, 08/28/1939 |
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Germany invades Poland |
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Fri, 09/01/1939 |
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Britain declares war on Germany |
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Sun, 09/03/1939 |
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Wed, 09/13/1939 |
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1st Faughs prepare for France |
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Sat, 09/16/1939 |
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Inniskillings land at Cherbourg, France. |
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Soviet Union invades Poland |
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Sun, 09/17/1939 |
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Wed, 09/20/1939 |
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George VI and Queen Elizabeth visit 1st Faughs |
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Tue, 10/17/1939 |
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'Who will carry the Boys Rifles?' |
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Germany invades France and the Low Countries |
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Fri, 05/10/1940 |
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Sun, 05/12/1940 |
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Battle Honour DYLE |
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Fri, 05/17/1940 |
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Inniskillings; first contact with the Germans |
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Fri, 05/17/1940 |
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Exhausted 2 RUR withdraws through Brussels |
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Sat, 05/18/1940 |
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Faughs; first contact with the Germans |
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Sat, 05/18/1940 |
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Faughs withdraw to Escault |
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Sun, 05/19/1940 |
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Medical Officer uses jackknife to amputate a hand. |
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Mon, 05/20/1940 |
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Faughs withdraw from the River Dendre |
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Wed, 05/22/1940 |
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2 RUR withdraws from Bossuyt to Turcoing |
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Thu, 05/23/1940 |
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Battle Honour ST. OMER-LA-BASSEE |
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Sun, 05/26/1940 |
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Inniskillings fighting at Ypres-Comines Canal |
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Sun, 05/26/1940 |
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MM and Reprimand awarded. |
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Mon, 05/27/1940 |
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Operation DYNAMO, Evacuation from Dunkirk |
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Tue, 05/28/1940 |
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Faughs fall back to Watou. |
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Belgium Surrenders |
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Tue, 05/28/1940 |
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Wed, 05/29/1940 |
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Move to Dunkirk's Beaches |
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Thu, 05/30/1940 |
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1st Faughs escape Dunkirk. |
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Sat, 06/01/1940 |
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Battle Honour DUNKIRK 1940 |
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Tue, 06/04/1940 |
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1 RUR departs India |
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Mussolini's Italy declares war on Britain and France |
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Mon, 06/10/1940 |
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Tue, 06/11/1940 |
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Battle Honour MALTA 1940 |
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France surrenders to Germany |
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Sat, 06/22/1940 |
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Battle of Britain begins |
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Wed, 06/26/1940 |
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Tripartite Pact; Germany/Italy/Japan. |
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Fri, 09/27/1940 |
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Fri, 04/11/1941 |
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Faughs down a Stuka? |
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Germans capture Crete |
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Tue, 05/20/1941 |
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Germany invades Soviet Union |
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Sun, 06/22/1941 |
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Japan attacks USA at Pearl Harbour. |
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Sun, 12/07/1941 |
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Japanese invade Malaya |
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Mon, 12/08/1941 |
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Germany declares war on USA |
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Thu, 12/11/1941 |
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Thu, 01/01/1942 |
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How 8 RUR became a Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment. |
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Tue, 01/13/1942 |
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38 (Irish) Infantry Brigade is titled. |
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Singapore surrenders to Japanese |
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Sun, 02/15/1942 |
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Sat, 04/18/1942 |
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Battle Honour 'YENANGYAUNG 1942'. |
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The Battle of Stalingrad |
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Sun, 08/23/1942 |
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Thu, 08/27/1942 |
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1 LIR depart UK for Middle East |
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Battle of Alamein |
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Fri, 10/23/1942 |
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Allies invade North Africa - Operation TORCH |
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Sun, 11/08/1942 |
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Tue, 11/10/1942 |
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2 LIR depart for North Africa |
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Mon, 12/21/1942 |
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38 (Irish) Brigade assembles in North Africa. |
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Mon, 12/28/1942 |
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Faughs capture their first POWs, North Africa. |
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Fri, 01/01/1943 |
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Inniskillings attack Thayetpin village, Burma. |
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Fri, 01/08/1943 |
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Inniskilling attack Japanese at Donbaik, Burma. |
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Mon, 01/18/1943 |
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38 (Irish) Brigade beat off German attack, Tunisia. |
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Fri, 01/22/1943 |
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Sergeant McAleer's Revenge - 29 for 1 - Tunisia |
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Sat, 01/23/1943 |
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Reflecting on the Faughs, North Africa. |
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Thu, 02/18/1943 |
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Inniskillings attack Donbaik, Burma. |
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Fri, 02/26/1943 |
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Battle Honour BOU ARADA |
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Mon, 03/01/1943 |
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Faughs ambush Germans, Tunisia. |
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Mon, 03/15/1943 |
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38 (Irish) Brigade join 78th (Battleaxe) Infantry Division |
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Thu, 04/01/1943 |
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1 LIR departs Iraq for Palestine |
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Wed, 04/07/1943 |
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38 (Irish) Brigade captures Jebel al Mahdi, Tunisia. |
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Thu, 04/15/1943 |
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Night Attack along Djebel el Ang,Tunisia. |
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Thu, 04/22/1943 |
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Battle Honour DJEBEL TANNGOUCHA |
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Thu, 05/06/1943 |
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Battle Honour NORTH AFRICA 1942-43 |
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Surrender of Axis Forces in North Africa |
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Thu, 05/13/1943 |
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Fri, 06/11/1943 |
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2nd Faughs depart Malta |
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Kursk Offensive, Operation CITADEL |
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Mon, 07/05/1943 |
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Allies invade Sicily |
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Fri, 07/09/1943 |
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Sun, 07/11/1943 |
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8 RUR - Mistaken in Malta |
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Mon, 07/19/1943 |
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2 INNISKS capture 'LEMON', Sicily |
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Mon, 07/26/1943 |
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38 (Irish) Brigade into Sicily. |
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Tue, 08/03/1943 |
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Battle Honour 'CENTURIPE'. |
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Thu, 08/05/1943 |
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38 (Irish) Brigade cross River Simeto, Sicily. |
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Wed, 08/11/1943 |
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Irish Brigade attack Maletto and advance to Randazzo, Sicily. |
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Italian surrender announced. |
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Fri, 09/03/1943 |
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Allied invasion of Italy - Operations BAYTOWN, AVALANCHE and SLAPSTICK. |
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Fri, 09/03/1943 |
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Wed, 09/22/1943 |
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Inniskillings reach Salerno |
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Fri, 09/24/1943 |
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London Irish - 'Summer Holiday' in Italy |
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Sat, 09/25/1943 |
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38 (Irish) Brigade land at Taranto |
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Wed, 09/29/1943 |
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38 (Irish) Brigade move to Barletta. |
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78th Battleaxe Division advance to Volturno Line |
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Sun, 10/03/1943 |
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Tue, 10/05/1943 |
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38 (Irish) Brigade land at Termoli |
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Wed, 10/06/1943 |
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6th Inniskillings attack 16 Panzer Division at Termoli |
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Tue, 10/26/1943 |
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2nd INNISKILLINGS attack Isernia, Italy. |
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Thu, 11/04/1943 |
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Night (graffiti) patrol, Isernia |
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Fri, 11/12/1943 |
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The Battle For Leros |
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Mon, 11/15/1943 |
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2 INNISKILLINGS share POWs with Americans |
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Tue, 11/16/1943 |
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Leros is seized by the Germans |
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Fri, 11/19/1943 |
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1st Faughs recce the German's Winter Line at Torino |
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Sun, 11/28/1943 |
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The Sangro Line, Italy. |
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Mon, 11/29/1943 |
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6th Inniskillings attack Licolle at Sangro |
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Tue, 11/30/1943 |
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Battle Honour SANGRO |
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Wed, 12/01/1943 |
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Irish Brigade advances along east coast of Italy |
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Thu, 12/02/1943 |
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38 (Irish) Brigade battle Germans in San Vito, Italy. |
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Thu, 12/30/1943 |
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2 INNISKILLINGS Patrol Against Germans in the Apennines. |
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First Battle for Cassino, Italy. |
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Wed, 01/12/1944 |
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Tue, 01/18/1944 |
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Battle Honour GARIGLIANO CROSSING |
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Wed, 01/19/1944 |
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Battle Honour MINTURNO |
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Thu, 01/20/1944 |
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London Irish Rifles at Garigliano Crossing. |
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Op SHINGLE - Battle of Anzio |
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Sat, 01/22/1944 |
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Wed, 02/02/1944 |
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Inniskillings Rest and Recuperation in Italy. |
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Fri, 02/04/1944 |
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London Irish Rifles into Anzio. |
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Mon, 02/07/1944 |
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Germans attack at Anzio. |
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Tue, 02/15/1944 |
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1 LIR rest at Anzio. |
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Second Battle for Cassino, Italy. |
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Tue, 02/15/1944 |
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Thu, 02/17/1944 |
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2nd Inniskillings on Monte Damiano, Italy. |
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Mon, 02/21/1944 |
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London Irish Rifles return to the front at Anzio. |
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Sat, 03/11/1944 |
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Battle Honour 'ANZIO' |
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Third Battle for Cassino |
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Wed, 03/15/1944 |
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Operation STRANGLE - Italy |
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Sun, 03/19/1944 |
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Fri, 03/24/1944 |
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Victory Rolls at Anzio, Italy. |
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Thu, 04/06/1944 |
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Faughs' Padre awarded MC. |
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Operation DIADEM - Fourth Battle for Cassino |
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Thu, 05/11/1944 |
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Tue, 05/16/1944 |
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Irish Brigade attack the Gustav Line, Italy |
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Wed, 05/17/1944 |
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6th Inniskillings attack Piumarola, Italy. |
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Tue, 06/06/1944 |
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Battle Honour 'NORMANDY LANDING'. |
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Operation OVERLORD - Allied invasion of Normandy, France. |
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Tue, 06/06/1944 |
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Fri, 06/09/1944 |
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2 RUR Capture Cambes, Normandy. |
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Mon, 06/12/1944 |
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Irish Brigade's Papal Audience |
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Wed, 06/14/1944 |
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38 (Irish) Brigade advance north of Rome, Italy. |
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Wed, 06/21/1944 |
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Battle for San Fatucchio, 38 (Irish) Brigade, Italy. |
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Sun, 06/25/1944 |
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Faugh CO captured, Italy. |
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Brazil enters the Second World War |
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Sun, 07/02/1944 |
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Soviet forces enter Poland |
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Tue, 07/04/1944 |
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Sun, 07/09/1944 |
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Battle Honour CAEN |
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Sun, 07/09/1944 |
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6th Inniskillings Disbanded. |
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Tue, 07/18/1944 |
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TROARN - 2 RUR |
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Mon, 07/24/1944 |
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38 (Irish) Brigade relieved in Italy |
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Sun, 08/13/1944 |
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Commander 38 (Irish) Brigade frowns on Cairo Rioters. |
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Allies invade Southern France |
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Tue, 08/15/1944 |
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Liberation of Paris |
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Thu, 08/24/1944 |
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Advance from the Seine to Antwerp |
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Sat, 08/26/1944 |
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Op MARKET GARDEN |
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Sun, 09/17/1944 |
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Tue, 09/19/1944 |
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2 RUR Assault Crossing of Meuese-Escaut Canal |
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Tue, 11/14/1944 |
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Medals for 2 RUR. |
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Battle of the Bulge |
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Sat, 12/16/1944 |
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Wed, 01/31/1945 |
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RUR recce across the River Meuse. |
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Mon, 02/05/1945 |
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RUR patrol captures prisoners. |
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Thu, 03/15/1945 |
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Irish Brigade fighting on the Senio River |
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Wed, 03/21/1945 |
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2 RUR Watch on the Rhine |
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Operation PLUNDER, crossing the Rhine. |
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Fri, 03/23/1945 |
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Sat, 03/24/1945 |
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Battle Honour 'RHINE' |
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Operation VARSITY |
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Sat, 03/24/1945 |
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Fri, 04/13/1945 |
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2 RUR Patrol Actions - Harpstedt |
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Bergen-Belsen Liberation |
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Sun, 04/15/1945 |
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Tue, 04/17/1945 |
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Battle Honour 'ARGENTA GAP'. |
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Thu, 04/19/1945 |
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2 RUR attack Moordeich (nr Bremen) |
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Tue, 04/24/1945 |
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2 RUR Cross Ochtum Floods, Battle Honour BREMEN |
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US and Soviet troops meet at Torgau, south of Berlin |
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Wed, 04/25/1945 |
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Thu, 04/26/1945 |
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Battle Honour 'ITALY 1943-45' |
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Death of Mussolini |
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Sat, 04/28/1945 |
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Hitler commits suicide |
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Mon, 04/30/1945 |
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Wed, 05/02/1945 |
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Axis troops surrender on the Italian front. |
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Germans surrender to Montgomery, NW Germany. |
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Fri, 05/04/1945 |
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Unconditional surrender of Germany. |
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Mon, 05/07/1945 |
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Germany surrenders to the Soviets |
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Tue, 05/08/1945 |
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Tue, 05/08/1945 |
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Victory in Europe - VE Day. |
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Victory in Europe, VE Day |
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Tue, 05/08/1945 |
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Thu, 05/10/1945 |
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At war's end, 1st Faughs in Klagenfurt, Austria. |
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Sat, 05/26/1945 |
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Liberating the Mess Silver |
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The first atomic bomb (Little Boy) is dropped on Hiroshima |
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Mon, 08/06/1945 |
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Russia declares war on Japan. |
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Wed, 08/08/1945 |
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The second atomic bomb (Fat Man) is dropped on Nagasaki |
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Thu, 08/09/1945 |
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Victory over Japan Day |
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Wed, 08/15/1945 |
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Korea is divided |
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Wed, 08/15/1945 |
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Japanese sign Surrender Documents |
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Wed, 09/12/1945 |
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Mon, 10/15/1945 |
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RUR posted to Palestine |
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United Nations Charter ratified |
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Wed, 10/24/1945 |
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Tue, 10/15/1946 |
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Inniskillings to Internal Security, Lahore (India) |
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Wed, 01/01/1947 |
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107 (Ulster) Brigade (TA) formed |
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Thu, 05/01/1947 |
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The Royal Irish Fusiliers reduce to one battalion |
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Thu, 08/07/1947 |
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1st Inniskillings depart India, 1947 |
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India and Pakistan gain independence |
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Fri, 08/15/1947 |
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Tue, 09/02/1947 |
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Brigadier E E J Moore appointed Colonel of The Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers |
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Sat, 12/27/1947 |
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Lieutenant General Sir James Steele Addresses the 2nd Inniskillings |
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Sat, 05/01/1948 |
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Royal Ulster Rifles reduce to one Battalion. |
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State of Israel created after United Nations partition of Palestine |
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Fri, 05/14/1948 |
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Malayan Emergency declared |
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Wed, 06/16/1948 |
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Berlin Blockaded by Soviet Union. |
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Thu, 06/24/1948 |
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Wed, 08/04/1948 |
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1st Inniskillings arrive in Singapore |
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North Atlantic Treaty |
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Mon, 04/04/1949 |
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Mao proclaims People's Republic of China |
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Sat, 10/01/1949 |
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Tue, 11/01/1949 |
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1st Inniskillings moves to West Indies |
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Fri, 03/17/1950 |
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Royal Irish Fusiliers Chapel dedicated, Armagh. |
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North Korea invades South Korea |
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Sun, 06/25/1950 |
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UN adopts Resolution 83. |
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Tue, 06/27/1950 |
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Sat, 07/15/1950 |
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Presentation of Colours, 5th Inniskillings. |
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Inchon landing and invasion of N.Korea. |
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Fri, 09/15/1950 |
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UN Forces advance to the Chinese border, Korea. |
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Sun, 10/01/1950 |
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Sun, 10/01/1950 |
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Faughs move to Göttingen, West Germany |
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Chinese First Phase Offensive |
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Fri, 10/13/1950 |
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Sun, 11/05/1950 |
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1 RUR arrives in South Korea |
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Chinese Second Phase Offensive |
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Sat, 11/25/1950 |
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Mon, 12/04/1950 |
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1 RUR withdraw south of Taedong River, Korea. |
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Sat, 12/09/1950 |
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Safe blowing, Korea. |
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Sat, 12/23/1950 |
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Christmas in Korea. |
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Chinese Third Phase Offensive |
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Sun, 12/31/1950 |
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Tue, 01/02/1951 |
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Chaegunghyon - 1 RUR in 'Happy Valley'. |
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Wed, 01/03/1951 |
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1 RUR withdraw after Battle of Chaegunghyon, Korea. |
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Seoul captured by Chinese and N. Korean |
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Thu, 01/04/1951 |
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Wed, 01/24/1951 |
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RUR move to positions north of Pyongtaek, Korea. |
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Chinese Fourth Phase (Defensive) |
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Tue, 01/30/1951 |
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Wed, 02/14/1951 |
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1 RUR advance, Korea. |
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Mon, 02/19/1951 |
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RUR advance to Hill 630. |
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Fri, 03/02/1951 |
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Deception and rest on the River Han, Korea. |
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Op RIPPER - Seoul recaptured |
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Wed, 03/14/1951 |
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Sun, 04/01/1951 |
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1st INNISKILLINGS depart Jamaica |
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Thu, 04/05/1951 |
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1 RUR on the River Imjin, Korea. |
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Sat, 04/14/1951 |
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Chinese attack 1 RUR, Hill 194, Korea. |
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Chinese Fifth Phase (Spring) Offensive |
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Sun, 04/22/1951 |
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Mon, 04/23/1951 |
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Battle of Imjin, Korea, 1 RUR attacked. |
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Wed, 04/25/1951 |
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Battle Honour IMJIN |
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Sat, 04/28/1951 |
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1 RUR moves to Kimpo, Korea. |
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Wed, 05/09/1951 |
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1 RUR moves to River Han, Korea. |
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Wed, 05/30/1951 |
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Return to the Imjin, 1 RUR - Korea. |
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Stalemate in Korea |
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Fri, 06/01/1951 |
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Sun, 06/17/1951 |
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1 RUR attack Chinese on Hill 187, Korea. |
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1st British Commonwealth Division - Korea |
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Mon, 07/23/1951 |
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Thu, 10/04/1951 |
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Operation COMMANDO - 1 RUR, Korea. |
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Sun, 10/07/1951 |
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Battle Honour KOREA 1950-51 |
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Sun, 11/04/1951 |
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1 INNISKILLINGS embark for Middle East. |
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Thu, 11/15/1951 |
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1 INNISKILLINGS arrive in Egypt |
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Death of King George VI. |
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Wed, 02/06/1952 |
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Sat, 02/23/1952 |
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1 INNISKILLINGS move to Tel el Kebir |
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Sat, 05/24/1952 |
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Freedom of Enniskillen, The Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers |
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Thu, 09/25/1952 |
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1 INNISKILLINGS depart Egypt |
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Kenya Emergency |
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Mon, 10/20/1952 |
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Death of Stalin |
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Thu, 03/05/1953 |
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Thu, 05/14/1953 |
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Attack on 2nd Inniskillings, Suez Canal Zone. |
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Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II |
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Tue, 06/02/1953 |
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Korean War Armistice signed |
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Mon, 07/27/1953 |
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Sat, 02/06/1954 |
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Freedom of the City of Belfast for The Royal Ulster Rifles |
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Sat, 06/12/1954 |
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Gough Barracks Raided |
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Sun, 06/13/1954 |
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Faughs arrive in Korea |
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Wed, 09/22/1954 |
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2nd Inniskillings arrive in Cyprus |
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Sun, 01/30/1955 |
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Faughs in Kenya |
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Cyprus Emergency |
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Fri, 04/01/1955 |
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Warsaw Pact formed |
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Sat, 05/14/1955 |
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Thu, 06/02/1955 |
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Inniskillings receive Freedom of Nairobi |
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Sat, 12/24/1955 |
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Faughs depart Kenya. |
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Suez Canal Nationalised |
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Thu, 07/26/1956 |
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Sat, 09/01/1956 |
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2nd Inniskillings Disband |
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Suez Crisis, Israel invades Egypt. |
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Mon, 10/29/1956 |
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USSR invades Hungary |
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Sun, 11/04/1956 |
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Suez Crisis, Britain and France invade Canal Zone. |
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Mon, 11/05/1956 |
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Wed, 12/12/1956 |
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Bomb at Gough Barracks, Armagh. |
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Mon, 09/01/1958 |
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Battle of the Barn, Liopetri, Cyprus. |
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Fri, 09/05/1958 |
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Another Bomb at Gough Barracks! |
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Sat, 02/27/1960 |
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North Irish Brigade Cap Badge. |
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Mon, 05/01/1961 |
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1st Inniskillings deploy to Kuwait from Kenya |
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Berlin Wall is built |
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Sun, 08/13/1961 |
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Tue, 02/20/1962 |
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Presentation of New Colours to 1st Inniskillings |
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The Cuban Missile Crisis |
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Sun, 10/14/1962 |
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Indonesian Confrontation |
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Sun, 01/20/1963 |
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Mon, 05/20/1963 |
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RUR 's Operational Deployment, Sarawak |
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Tue, 07/09/1963 |
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New Colours for the Faughs |
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President John F Kennedy of the United States assassinated |
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Fri, 11/22/1963 |
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Thu, 01/30/1964 |
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RUR prepare for 'Confrontation', Sarawak. |
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Thu, 02/20/1964 |
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1st Inniskillings to Cyprus |
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UN Resolution 186 establishes Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus. |
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Wed, 03/04/1964 |
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Tue, 03/10/1964 |
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Faughs Boxing Champions |
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Tue, 09/15/1964 |
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First Edition of SUN Newspaper. |
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Death of Churchill |
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Sun, 01/24/1965 |
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Wed, 02/10/1965 |
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Farewell to Sarawak, 1 RUR (Borneo Island) |
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US Combat Troops to Vietnam |
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Mon, 03/08/1965 |
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Fri, 05/07/1965 |
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1 RUR march through Belfast post Borneo/Sarawak |
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Tue, 06/15/1965 |
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North Irish Brigade Depot opens at St Patrick's Barracks, Ballymena |
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Fri, 09/03/1965 |
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Inniskillings to Berlin |
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Fri, 07/08/1966 |
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Burial of the No 4 Lee Enfield Rifle. |
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Sat, 09/24/1966 |
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Final Parade of 5th Faughs |
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Sat, 12/03/1966 |
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Faugh's Bravery in Aden |
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Sat, 04/01/1967 |
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Raising of The North Irish Militia (NIM) |
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The Six Day Arab-Israeli War starts |
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Mon, 06/05/1967 |
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Britain departs Aden |
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Thu, 11/30/1967 |
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Mon, 04/01/1968 |
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RHQ R IRISH opens in Belfast. |
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Sat, 06/01/1968 |
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North Irish Militia First Annual Camp 1968, Scotland |
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Sat, 06/08/1968 |
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The Royal Irish Fusiliers Troop the Colour, Portadown. |
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Mon, 07/01/1968 |
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Vesting Day, formation of The Royal Irish Rangers (27th (Iniskilling) 83rd 87th) |
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Mon, 09/23/1968 |
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Dedication of Inniskilling's Regimental Chapel, St Macartin's Cathedral, Enniskillen. |
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Mon, 11/11/1968 |
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2 R IRISH (Rangers) march past President de Gaulle. |
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Tue, 12/03/1968 |
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3rd Battalion The Royal Irish Rangers Disbands. |
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Thu, 05/15/1969 |
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Move of Inniskillings' Museum. |
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Tue, 07/01/1969 |
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North Irish Militia Annual Camp 1969, UK, Malta and Federal Republic of Germany. |
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Operation BANNER, Northern Ireland |
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Thu, 08/14/1969 |
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Mon, 09/01/1969 |
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2nd Battalion The Royal Irish Rangers, Gibraltar to UK |
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The Hunt Report is published. |
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Fri, 10/10/1969 |
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Sat, 11/01/1969 |
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First Commander The Ulster Defence Regiment |
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Wed, 11/12/1969 |
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First Colonel Commandant UDR |
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Thu, 12/18/1969 |
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The Ulster Defence Regiment Act 1969. |
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Thu, 01/01/1970 |
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Regimental Headquarters UDR formed |
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Wed, 02/18/1970 |
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First UDR recruits |
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Wed, 04/01/1970 |
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The Ulster Defence Regiment becomes operational. |
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Thu, 04/30/1970 |
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UDR's First Major Operation. |
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Mon, 06/01/1970 |
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First Training Camp for The Ulster Defence Regiment* |
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Tue, 06/02/1970 |
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2nd Battalion The Royal Irish Rangers, Bahrain. |
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Sun, 06/28/1970 |
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UDR's first call-out for full time service. |
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Wed, 07/01/1970 |
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North Irish Militia retitled as Rangers. |
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Wed, 07/01/1970 |
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North Irish Militia Annual Camp 1970, Wales |
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Wed, 07/01/1970 |
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UDR Commissioning Course* |
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Thu, 10/01/1970 |
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1 R IRISH move to British Army of the Rhine. |
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First British soldier killed, the 'Troubles'. |
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Sat, 02/06/1971 |
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Thu, 04/01/1971 |
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5th (Volunteer) Battalion The Royal Irish Rangers raised. |
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Sat, 05/01/1971 |
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North Irish Militia Annual Camp 1971; England, Federal Republic of Germany and Cyprus. |
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Mon, 05/03/1971 |
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2 R IRISH, Exercise MOON LADY, Denmark. |
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Sat, 05/08/1971 |
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UDR's first terrorist casualties. |
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Thu, 07/01/1971 |
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North Irish Militia win China Cup |
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Wed, 07/07/1971 |
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Prix Leclerc Military Competition |
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Sun, 08/01/1971 |
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NIM BHQ relocates to Charles Street, Portadown. |
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Mon, 08/09/1971 |
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First UDR soldier shot and killed, Op DEMETRIUS |
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Mon, 09/20/1971 |
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2nd Battalion The Royal Irish Rangers, Public Duties, London |
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Mon, 11/01/1971 |
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1 R IRISH UNFICYP tour Cyprus 1972. |
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Mon, 11/15/1971 |
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2nd Battalion The Royal Irish Rangers, Ex GOBI DUST, USA |
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Wed, 12/01/1971 |
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Crisis in Malta, 2 R IRISH. |
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Wed, 12/08/1971 |
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8 UDR is formed. |
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Sun, 12/12/1971 |
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Terrorists murder UDR soldier. |
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Wed, 12/15/1971 |
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9 UDR is formed. |
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Sat, 01/15/1972 |
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10 UDR is formed. |
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Sun, 02/06/1972 |
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UDR deployed to Newry . |
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Sun, 02/27/1972 |
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2 R IRISH move to Warminster |
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Mon, 04/17/1972 |
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Murder on the Border |
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Sat, 07/01/1972 |
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11 UDR formed. |
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Tue, 07/04/1972 |
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Presentation of Colours to The Royal Irish Rangers |
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Fri, 07/14/1972 |
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1 R IRISH Troop the Colour, Federal Republic of Germany |
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Fri, 08/18/1972 |
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5th (Volunteer) Battalion The Royal Irish Rangers First Annual Camp, 1972, Scotland. |
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Wed, 08/30/1972 |
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North Irish Militia Troop The Colour. |
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Thu, 08/31/1972 |
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'Killaloe', becomes the Regimental Quick March of The Royal Irish Rangers. |
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Fri, 09/29/1972 |
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2nd Battalion The Royal Irish Rangers Troop the Colour. |
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Sun, 10/01/1972 |
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First edition of 'The Irish Ranger' newspaper |
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Thu, 03/01/1973 |
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Sandhurst training for UDR Officer Cadets* |
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Sat, 05/12/1973 |
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North Irish Militia Annual Camp 1973, Federal Republic of Germany. |
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Wed, 07/18/1973 |
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Greenfinches join the UDR. |
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Wed, 07/25/1973 |
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The Royal Tournament, London. |
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Sat, 08/18/1973 |
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5th (Volunteer) Battalion The Royal Irish Rangers Annual Camp 1973, England. |
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Sun, 10/28/1973 |
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First operational deployment of Greenfinches. |
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Mon, 04/01/1974 |
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UDR Call Out |
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Thu, 05/02/1974 |
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First female UDR soldier killed by IRA. |
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Mon, 06/10/1974 |
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Death of the Colonel-in-Chief of The Royal Irish Rangers. |
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Mon, 07/01/1974 |
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North Irish Militia Annual Camp 1974, England. |
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Sat, 08/17/1974 |
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5th (Volunteer) Battalion The Royal Irish Rangers Annual Camp 1974, England. |
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Sun, 09/01/1974 |
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1st Battalion The Royal Irish Rangers move to Warminster |
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Sun, 09/01/1974 |
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2 R IRISH move to British Army of the Rhine, West Germany. |
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Twenty nine years after the ending of WW2 Private Teruo Nakamura finally surrenders |
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Wed, 12/18/1974 |
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Wed, 01/29/1975 |
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2 R IRISH to Cyprus following Turkish invasions. |
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Fall of Saigon, end of the Vietnam War |
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Wed, 04/30/1975 |
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Thu, 05/01/1975 |
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North Irish Militia Annual Camp 1975, England. |
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Thu, 05/01/1975 |
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12th US Infantry Regiment Combat Team attached to 1st Battalion The Royal Irish Rangers |
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Fri, 08/15/1975 |
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Change of Depot QM |
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Mon, 09/01/1975 |
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5th (Volunteer) Battalion The Royal Irish Rangers Annual Camp 1975, England. |
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Mon, 12/01/1975 |
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UDR establishes Province Reserve* |
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Wed, 01/07/1976 |
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UDR Call Out |
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Death of Montgomery |
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Wed, 03/24/1976 |
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Mon, 05/03/1976 |
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Freedom of Belfast conferred on The Royal Irish Rangers |
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Mon, 05/24/1976 |
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9 UDR and 11 UDR first UDR TAORs |
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Sat, 06/05/1976 |
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5th (Volunteer) Battalion The Royal Irish Rangers Annual Camp 1976, England. |
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Wed, 06/16/1976 |
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1 R IRISH Troop the Colour. |
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Wed, 06/23/1976 |
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2 R IRISH, Ex MEDICINE MAN III, Canada 1976. |
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Sat, 07/10/1976 |
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NIM Annual Camp 1976, Federal Republic of Germany. |
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Wed, 09/01/1976 |
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1st Battalion The Royal Irish Rangers moves to Little Rissington |
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Sat, 01/01/1977 |
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1st Battalion The Royal Irish Rangers, Public Duties. |
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Fri, 04/01/1977 |
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1 R IRISH (Rangers) UN tour, Cyprus 1977. |
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Fri, 04/29/1977 |
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Major call out of UDR. |
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Fri, 05/13/1977 |
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The Depot |
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Thu, 07/07/1977 |
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Silver Jubilee, Sennelager BAOR |
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Mon, 08/01/1977 |
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North Irish Militia Annual Camp, Scotland 1977. |
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Tue, 08/09/1977 |
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Ulster Defence Regiment Call Out provides security for Queen's visit. |
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Wed, 08/10/1977 |
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Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II's Silver Jubilee visit to Northern Ireland. |
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Thu, 09/01/1977 |
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5th (Volunteer) Battalion The Royal Irish Rangers Annual Camp 1977, Scotland. |
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Thu, 12/01/1977 |
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Operation BURBERRY - 1 R IRISH firefighting in Manchester. |
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Sun, 01/01/1978 |
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3 UDR takes over East and South Down |
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Wed, 02/08/1978 |
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IRA booby-trap bomb kills UDR soldier and his daughter. |
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Sat, 04/01/1978 |
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5th (Volunteer) Battalion The Royal Irish Rangers, re-role as a NATO Reinforcement Battalion. |
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Tue, 04/18/1978 |
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North Irish Militia retitled. |
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Mon, 05/01/1978 |
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5th (Volunteer) Battalion The Royal Irish Rangers Annual Camp 1978, Federal Republic of Germany. |
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Sun, 06/18/1978 |
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Margaret Thatcher visits 3 UDR |
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Fri, 09/01/1978 |
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4th (Volunteer) Battalion The Royal Irish Rangers Annual Camp 1978, England. |
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Sun, 04/01/1979 |
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2nd Battalion The Royal Irish Rangers move to Tidworth, Wiltshire. |
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Tue, 05/01/1979 |
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1st Battalion The Royal Irish Rangers move to Berlin. |
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Margaret Thatcher becomes Britain’s first female prime minister |
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Thu, 05/03/1979 |
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Mon, 08/27/1979 |
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3 UDR, Narrow Water Attack |
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Sat, 09/01/1979 |
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2nd Battalion The Royal Irish Rangers, Belize |
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Fri, 09/28/1979 |
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UDR Battalions deploy during Pope's visit. |
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Mon, 10/01/1979 |
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4th (Volunteer) Battalion The Royal Irish Rangers Annual Camp 1979, Federal Republic of Germany. |
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Mon, 10/01/1979 |
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5th (Volunteer) Battalion The Royal Irish Rangers Annual Camp 1979, England. |
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Start of the Soviet War in Afghanistan |
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Thu, 12/27/1979 |
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Sun, 01/06/1980 |
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IRA Landmine attack on 3 UDR. |
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Mon, 09/08/1980 |
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5 (V) R IRISH Annual Camp 1980, Federal Republic of Germany. |
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Wed, 10/01/1980 |
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4th (Volunteer) Battalion The Royal Irish Rangers Annual Camp 1980, England. |
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Thu, 01/01/1981 |
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Guarding Her Majesty's Prison (HMP) Rollestone Camp |
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Wed, 01/21/1981 |
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Death of Captain Sir Norman Stronge |
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Wed, 04/01/1981 |
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1st Battalion The Royal Irish Rangers move to Chester. |
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Mon, 06/01/1981 |
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5th (Volunteer) Battalion The Royal Irish Rangers Annual Camp 1981, Northern Ireland. |
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Sat, 06/06/1981 |
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Dedication of the Regimental Chapel, St Anne's Cathedral, Belfast. |
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Mon, 06/08/1981 |
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Beating Retreat by the Irish Regiments. |
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Sat, 08/01/1981 |
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4th (Volunteer) Battalion The Royal Irish Rangers Annual Camp 1981, Federal Republic of Germany. |
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Wed, 08/26/1981 |
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Presentation of Colours to 5 (V) R IRISH. |
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Tue, 09/01/1981 |
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1st Battalion The Royal Irish Rangers, Belize |
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Thu, 10/01/1981 |
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2nd Battalion The Royal Irish Rangers move to Berlin |
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Falklands War |
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Fri, 04/02/1982 |
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Tue, 04/20/1982 |
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UDR and RN Joint Operations |
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Mon, 05/31/1982 |
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1st Battalion The Royal Irish Rangers, Op CORPORATE (Falkland Islands) |
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Tue, 06/01/1982 |
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5th (Volunteer) Battalion The Royal Irish Rangers Annual Camp 1982, England. |
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Argentina surrenders ending the Falklands War |
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Mon, 06/14/1982 |
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Thu, 07/01/1982 |
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4th (Volunteer) Battalion The Royal Irish Rangers Annual Camp 1982, England. |
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Tue, 03/01/1983 |
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1st Battalion The Royal Irish Rangers, Falkland Islands Garrison |
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Wed, 06/01/1983 |
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4th (Volunteer) Battalion The Royal Irish Rangers Annual Camp 1983, England. |
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Wed, 06/01/1983 |
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5th (Volunteer) Battalion The Royal Irish Rangers Annual Camp 1983, England. |
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Wed, 07/13/1983 |
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Landmine Attack on 6 UDR |
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Sun, 09/25/1983 |
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Maze Prison Breakout |
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Tue, 11/01/1983 |
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2nd Battalion The Royal Irish Rangers move to Dover. |
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Tue, 01/10/1984 |
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2 R IRISH guard Greenham Common |
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Sun, 05/20/1984 |
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1/9 UDR is formed. |
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Wed, 08/01/1984 |
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4th (Volunteer) Battalion The Royal Irish Rangers Annual Camp 1984, Federal Republic of Germany. |
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Sun, 10/14/1984 |
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7 UDR and 10 UDR Amalgamate |
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Tue, 01/01/1985 |
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1st Battalion The Royal Irish Rangers move to British Army of the Rhine, Osnabrück. |
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Thu, 05/30/1985 |
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2 R IRISH deploy to UNFICYP |
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Sat, 06/01/1985 |
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4th (Volunteer) Battalion The Royal Irish Rangers Annual Camp 1985, England. |
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Thu, 08/15/1985 |
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5th (Volunteer) Battalion The Royal Irish Rangers Annual Camp 1985, England. |
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Sat, 05/31/1986 |
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5 (V) R IRISH Annual Camp 1986, England. |
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Fri, 08/01/1986 |
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4th (Volunteer) Battalion The Royal Irish Rangers Annual Camp 1986, England. |
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Wed, 10/15/1986 |
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1st Battalion The Royal Irish Rangers, Exercise MEDICINE MAN 7, Canada. |
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Sun, 03/01/1987 |
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2nd Battalion The Royal Irish Rangers, Falkland Islands Garrison. |
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Sat, 08/01/1987 |
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4th (Volunteer) Battalion The Royal Irish Rangers Annual Camp 1987, England. |
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Sat, 08/29/1987 |
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5th (Volunteer) Battalion The Royal Irish Rangers Annual Camp 1987, England. |
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Thu, 10/22/1987 |
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UDR battalions deploy in wake of severe flooding. |
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Sun, 11/08/1987 |
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Enniskillen Remembrance Sunday Bombing |
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Thu, 06/09/1988 |
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4th (Volunteer) Battalion The Royal Irish Rangers, Troop the Colour. |
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Fri, 07/01/1988 |
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5th (Volunteer) Battalion The Royal Irish Rangers Annual Camp 1988, England. |
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Mon, 08/01/1988 |
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2 R IRISH move to Lemgo |
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Wed, 09/21/1988 |
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1 R IRISH on Op BANNER |
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Fri, 09/23/1988 |
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1 R IRISH mortared at Newtownbutler |
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Sat, 10/29/1988 |
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1 R IRISH mortared at Rosslea |
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Wed, 11/02/1988 |
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107 (Ulster) Brigade is formed |
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Thu, 12/01/1988 |
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UDR 'Call Out' in wake of IRA Bomb attacks* |
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Sat, 12/03/1988 |
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1 R IRISH under fire in Fermanagh and Tyrone |
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Russians pull out of Afghanistan ending the Soviet War in Afghanistan |
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Wed, 02/15/1989 |
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Fri, 04/21/1989 |
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Colonel-in-Chief of The Royal Irish Rangers. |
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Fri, 04/21/1989 |
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Regimental Tercentenary |
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Thu, 06/01/1989 |
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UDR issued with FRG |
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Sat, 09/23/1989 |
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5 (V) R IRISH - Ex PLAIN SAILING. |
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Sat, 09/23/1989 |
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4 (V) R IRISH - Ex PLAIN SAILING. |
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Thu, 11/09/1989 |
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1 R IRISH patrol the Inner German Border. |
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Mon, 04/09/1990 |
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IRA Landmine Attack on 3 UDR |
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Fri, 06/01/1990 |
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Op BANNER Northern Ireland, 2nd Battalion The Royal Irish Rangers. |
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Mon, 06/18/1990 |
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5 (V) R IRISH relocate Battalion Headquarters to Belfast. |
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Sun, 07/01/1990 |
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1st Battalion The Royal Irish Rangers move to Warminster. |
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Wed, 08/01/1990 |
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4th (Volunteer) Battalion The Royal Irish Rangers Annual Camp 1990, England. |
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Iraq invades Kuwait |
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Thu, 08/02/1990 |
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Fri, 08/24/1990 |
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5th (Volunteer) Battalion The Royal Irish Rangers Annual Camp 1990, England. |
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Re-unification of Germany |
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Wed, 10/03/1990 |
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Wed, 10/24/1990 |
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Ranger Cyril Smith is killed in Newry |
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Fri, 11/16/1990 |
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Margaret Thatcher visits 2 R IRISH in Fermanagh |
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Sat, 01/12/1991 |
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Ranger Band deploys on Op GRANBY, Iraq |
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Liberation of Kuwait from Iraqi invaders begins |
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Thu, 01/17/1991 |
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Sun, 02/03/1991 |
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Part-Time UDR soldier awarded QGM. |
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Wars in the Balkans |
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Fri, 03/01/1991 |
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Start of civil war in Sierra Leone |
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Sat, 03/23/1991 |
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Fri, 05/31/1991 |
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Lorry Bomb attack, Glennane. |
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Sat, 06/29/1991 |
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HM The Queen presents Colours to the UDR |
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Thu, 08/01/1991 |
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5th (Volunteer) Battalion The Royal Irish Rangers Annual Camp, 1991, England. |
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Fri, 08/16/1991 |
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4th (Volunteer) Battalion The Royal Irish Rangers Annual Camp 1991, England. |
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Mon, 09/30/1991 |
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2/11 UDR is formed |
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Sun, 11/24/1991 |
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New Colours for 6 UDR. |
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Mon, 11/25/1991 |
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4/6 UDR is formed. |
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End of the USSR |
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Thu, 12/26/1991 |
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Fri, 01/10/1992 |
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Final UDR Call Out |
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Mon, 03/16/1992 |
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Army Act 1992, legislation for The Royal Irish Regiment |
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Sat, 04/04/1992 |
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Duke of York presents Colours to UDR Battalions |
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Sun, 05/31/1992 |
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UDR Service of Remembrance and Thanksgiving |
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Wed, 07/01/1992 |
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Formation of The Royal Irish Regiment |
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Wed, 07/01/1992 |
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The Royal Irish Rangers, 1 R IRISH and 2 R IRISH retitled |
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Wed, 07/01/1992 |
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4th (Volunteer) Battalion The Royal Irish Rangers (The North Irish Militia) retitled. |
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Wed, 07/01/1992 |
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5th (Volunteer) Battalion The Royal Irish Rangers retitled. |
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Wed, 07/01/1992 |
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Depot The King's Division The Royal Irish Rangers retitled. |
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Tue, 07/14/1992 |
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4 R IRISH Become the Regular Army Major Unit Shooting Champions |
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Wed, 07/22/1992 |
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2 R IRISH deploy to Canada on Exercise MEDICINE MAN III |
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Wed, 07/29/1992 |
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1st Battalion The Royal Irish Regiment moves to Salamanca Barracks, Cyprus. |
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Sat, 08/01/1992 |
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D (London Irish Company) joins The London Regiment. |
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Fri, 08/14/1992 |
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4th (Volunteer) Battalion The Royal Irish Rangers, Final Annual Camp, 1992, England. |
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Fri, 10/09/1992 |
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5th (Volunteer) Battalion The Royal Irish Rangers, Final Annual Camp 1992, Wales. |
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Tue, 10/20/1992 |
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First Royal Irish Regiment soldier Murdered by Terrorism. |
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Sat, 11/14/1992 |
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2 R IRISH deploy to Bosnia on Op GRAPPLE. |
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Sat, 11/14/1992 |
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6 R IRISH and 8 R IRISH merge. |
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Fri, 01/15/1993 |
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3 R IRISH merges with 6 R IRISH |
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Thu, 04/01/1993 |
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4th/5th Battalion The Royal Irish Rangers joins the Army Order of Battle. |
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Sat, 04/17/1993 |
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Freedom of Carrickfergus, The Royal Irish Regiment |
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Tue, 06/01/1993 |
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2 R IRISH move to Cyprus. |
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Sat, 06/12/1993 |
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4/5 RANGERS, First Annual Camp, Cyprus. |
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Thu, 07/01/1993 |
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2 R IRISH Ceases to Exist |
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Tue, 09/21/1993 |
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1 R IRISH reinforce 1 KORBR, Op BANNER |
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Fri, 09/24/1993 |
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Final Trooping of The Colours, 2nd Battalion The Royal Irish Rangers. |
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Fri, 10/01/1993 |
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Greenfinch Becomes First Woman to Complete Infantry Training |
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Sat, 04/30/1994 |
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5R IRISH - Soldiers die in blaze |
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Fri, 06/24/1994 |
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A Company 1 R IRISH to Falklands |
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Sun, 06/26/1994 |
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4/5 RANGERS to Falkland Islands. |
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Mon, 08/01/1994 |
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4th/5th Battalion The Royal Irish Rangers Annual Camp 1994, England. |
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Sat, 10/01/1994 |
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Freedom of Ballymena |
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Wed, 05/17/1995 |
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1 R IRISH move to Catterick, England. |
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Sat, 05/20/1995 |
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Freedom of Castlereagh |
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Fri, 09/15/1995 |
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4th/5th Battalion The Royal Irish Rangers Annual Camp 1995, Scotland. |
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Fri, 12/01/1995 |
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1 R IRISH to Northern Ireland, Op BANNER |
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Dayton Accords end the Bosnian War |
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Thu, 12/14/1995 |
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Mon, 02/12/1996 |
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1 R IRISH deploy at short notice on Op BANNER. |
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Wed, 05/01/1996 |
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4/5 RANGERS, Op RESOLUTE |
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Sat, 06/29/1996 |
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First Stand of Colours presented to 1st Battalion The Royal Irish Regiment. |
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Sat, 07/06/1996 |
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R IRISH (HS) deploy in support of the RUC. |
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Sun, 09/01/1996 |
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4th/5th Battalion The Royal Irish Rangers Annual Camp 1996, Cyprus. |
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Taliban establishes the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan |
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Fri, 09/27/1996 |
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Hong Kong returned to China |
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Tue, 07/01/1997 |
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Wed, 08/27/1997 |
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4/5 RANGERS, Presentation of Colours. |
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Wed, 10/01/1997 |
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4/5 RANGERS on Ops RESOLUTE, LODESTAR and PALATINE (Bosnia). |
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Wed, 12/10/1997 |
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1 R IRISH deploys on Op BANNER. |
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Sat, 08/01/1998 |
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4th/5th Battalion The Royal Irish Rangers Annual Camp 1998, England. |
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Sat, 08/15/1998 |
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4 R IRISH deploys in response to the Omagh Bombing. |
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Sun, 11/01/1998 |
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1 R IRISH personnel to Op ESSENTIAL HARVEST, Macedonia. |
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Thu, 05/06/1999 |
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7th (City of Belfast) Battalion deploy on Exercise IRISH HARP to Stanford Training Area |
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Sat, 05/15/1999 |
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1st Battalion, The Royal Irish Regiment deploys to Kosovo on Operation AGRICOLA. |
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Thu, 07/01/1999 |
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4th/5th Battalion The Royal Irish Rangers retitled The Royal Irish Rangers |
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Wed, 09/01/1999 |
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1 R IRISH, a founding unit of 16 Air Assault Brigade |
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Sat, 09/18/1999 |
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The Royal Irish Rangers Annual Camp 1999, Ukraine. |
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Mon, 11/01/1999 |
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1st Battalion The Royal Irish Regiment moved to Howe Barracks, Canterbury, Kent. |
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Sun, 02/13/2000 |
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4 R IRISH Adventure Training, Vietnam. |
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Sat, 06/17/2000 |
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Colours presented to two Home Service Battalions. |
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Sat, 09/09/2000 |
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The Royal Irish Rangers Annual Camp 2000, England. |
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Sun, 09/10/2000 |
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OP BARRAS - Sierra Leone |
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Fri, 06/01/2001 |
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The Royal Irish Rangers Annual Camp 2001, England. |
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Fri, 06/15/2001 |
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1 R IRISH deploys on Op BANNER |
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Sat, 06/16/2001 |
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Colours presented to three Home Service Battalions |
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Tue, 08/21/2001 |
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7 R IRISH to Ecuador |
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Al-Qaeda fly hijacked airliners into New York’s Twin Towers and the Pentagon |
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Tue, 09/11/2001 |
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Operation HERRICK, Afghanistan. |
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Sun, 10/07/2001 |
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Sat, 05/11/2002 |
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The Royal Irish Rangers Annual Camp 2002, Northern Ireland. |
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Wed, 11/13/2002 |
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1st Battalion, The Royal Irish Regiment deployed as Firemen |
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Thu, 12/12/2002 |
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1st Battalion, The Royal Irish Regiment stood to for operations in Iraq. |
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Tue, 01/21/2003 |
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The Royal Irish Rangers, Op TELIC (Iraq) |
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Sat, 02/15/2003 |
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1 R IRISH deploys to Kuwait. |
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Op IRAQI FREEDOM / Op TELIC |
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Wed, 03/19/2003 |
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Sat, 03/22/2003 |
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1 R IRISH Battlegroup moves into Iraq. |
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Thu, 04/17/2003 |
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1 R IRISH secure Al Amara, Southern Iraq. |
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Iraq Insurgency, 2003 - 2006 |
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Fri, 05/02/2003 |
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Sun, 06/01/2003 |
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The Royal Irish Rangers Annual Camp 2003, USA and England. |
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Mon, 09/15/2003 |
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1 R IRISH moves to Fort George, Inverness, Scotland. |
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Wed, 12/31/2003 |
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RANGERS in Civil Contingency Reaction Force. |
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Sun, 02/01/2004 |
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A Company, 1 R IRISH on Op BANNER |
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Sun, 03/21/2004 |
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D Company, 1 R IRISH on Op BANNER |
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Thu, 04/01/2004 |
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The Royal Irish Rangers, OP TELIC 4 (Iraq) |
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Thu, 06/10/2004 |
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1 R IRISH deploy on Op CRUCIBLE |
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Fri, 08/27/2004 |
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The Royal Irish Rangers Annual Camp 2004, Scotland. |
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Wed, 12/15/2004 |
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R IRISH deploy on Op BANNER |
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Tue, 02/01/2005 |
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RANGERS to Op TELIC 6 (Iraq) |
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7/11 suicide bombers kill 52 people and injure more than 700 in London |
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Thu, 07/07/2005 |
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Sun, 07/17/2005 |
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1 R IRISH deploys to Iraq |
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IRA declares end of Operations, Northern Ireland |
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Thu, 07/28/2005 |
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Fri, 09/16/2005 |
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The Royal Irish Rangers Annual Camp 2005, England. |
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Thu, 11/10/2005 |
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Battle Honour 'IRAQ 2003' |
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Iraq Civil War, 2006 - 2008 |
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Wed, 02/22/2006 |
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Sat, 04/01/2006 |
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RANGERS support 1 R IRISH in air assault role. |
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Tue, 04/04/2006 |
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1 R IRISH, Op HERRICK 4, Helmand, Afghanistan. |
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Sat, 07/15/2006 |
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Barrosa and Somme Platoons, Musa Qala |
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Fri, 10/06/2006 |
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The Conspicuous Gallantry Cross is awarded to The Royal Irish Regiment. |
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Wed, 11/01/2006 |
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RANGERS on Op HERRICK 5, Afghanistan. |
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Wed, 11/08/2006 |
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Shot at Dawn - The Pardon |
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Tue, 07/31/2007 |
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RANGERS retitled. |
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End of Operation BANNER |
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Tue, 07/31/2007 |
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Tue, 08/14/2007 |
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1 R IRISH move from Fort George, Inverness to Clive Barracks, Tern Hill, Shropshire. |
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Wed, 11/07/2007 |
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2 R IRISH, Op HERRICK 8 |
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Fri, 02/01/2008 |
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St Patrick's Barracks closes. |
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Sun, 06/15/2008 |
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2 R IRISH Annual Training Camp, Otterburn. |
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Tue, 06/24/2008 |
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R IRISH battle the Taliban, Sapwan Qala. |
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Mon, 07/28/2008 |
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Sergeant Mathews killed in action, Afghanistan. |
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Mon, 08/18/2008 |
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Corporal Barry Dempsey is killed in action, Afghanistan. |
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Thu, 09/04/2008 |
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Ranger Cupples is killed in action, Afghanistan. |
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Sun, 11/02/2008 |
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Afghanistan Homecoming Parade, Belfast. |
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Cessation of UK Operations in Iraq |
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Thu, 04/30/2009 |
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Mon, 06/01/2009 |
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2 R IRISH Annual Camp, France. |
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Sun, 04/25/2010 |
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Korean War Memorial dedicated, Belfast |
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Sun, 06/06/2010 |
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2 R IRISH mobilze for service in Afghanistan. |
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Thu, 09/16/2010 |
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1 R IRISH on Op HERRICK 13, Afghanistan |
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Fri, 10/01/2010 |
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2 R IRISH Annual Training Camp, Ballykinler. |
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Sun, 11/14/2010 |
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Ranger Aaron McCormick killed in action, Afghanistan |
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Sun, 12/19/2010 |
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Colonel in Chief visits Op HERRICK 13 |
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Wed, 03/09/2011 |
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Lance Corporal McKee killed in action, Nad-e-Ali District, Afghanistan. |
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Osama Bin Laden is killed in Pakistan by US special forces |
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Sun, 05/01/2011 |
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Wed, 10/05/2011 |
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2 R IRISH Annual Training Camp, Otterburn. |
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Sat, 04/21/2012 |
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R IRISH Freedom of Market Drayton, Shropshire. |
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Wed, 07/11/2012 |
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2 R IRISH supports London Olympic Games. |
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Republic of Ireland apology and amnesty for Second World War veterans. |
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Tue, 05/07/2013 |
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Mon, 03/10/2014 |
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Colonel in Chief visits 2 R IRISH |
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Mon, 04/14/2014 |
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R IRISH Association with 'Broderers' Liverymen |
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Wed, 05/14/2014 |
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2 R IRISH - Army Reserve renamed |
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Defence Reform Act 2014 |
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Wed, 05/14/2014 |
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Fri, 06/13/2014 |
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1 R IRISH converts to Light Protected Mobility Battalion. |
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Tue, 07/01/2014 |
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Op FIRIC - A Coy 1 R IRISH |
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Sun, 11/02/2014 |
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Chaplain General leads Remembrance |
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NATO combat role ceases in Afghanistan. |
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Sun, 12/28/2014 |
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Op RESOLUTE SUPPORT, Afghanistan |
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Thu, 01/01/2015 |
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Tue, 09/29/2015 |
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2 R IRISH - Op TOSCA, Cyprus. |
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Officers eligible for LS&GC Medal |
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Sat, 10/01/2016 |
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Sat, 12/10/2016 |
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Op TORAL IV - Afghanistan |
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Tue, 03/13/2018 |
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Colonel-in-Chief visits 1 R IRISH |
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Sat, 09/22/2018 |
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Presentation of Colours to The Royal Irish Regiment |
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Sun, 04/21/2019 |
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Op TORAL VIII - Afghanistan |
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Op PITTING, Afghanistan |
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Sat, 08/28/2021 |
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