royal Irish rifles [Archive] - Genealogists' Forum

benrymnd

12-11-20, 19:48

Where will I find details of the royal Irish rifles campaign in ww1

Phoenix

12-11-20, 20:48

The National Archives holds the War Diaries.

If you put "royal irish rifles" "wo 95" in Discovery it gives you the references. Currently, if you sign in you can view them for free.

I don't know much about army records, but it looks as if you would need to know the battallion.

JBee

13-11-20, 13:55

Here's some sites to try.

https://www.longlongtrail.co.uk/army/regiments-and-corps/the-british-infantry-regiments-of-1914-1918/royal-irish-rifles/

https://www.nam.ac.uk/explore/royal-irish-rifles

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1st_Battalion_Royal_Irish_Rifles_in_World_War_I

https://www.wartimememoriesproject.com/greatwar/allied/battalion.php?pid=6350

https://www.wartimememoriesproject.com/greatwar/allied/battalion.php?pid=6351

https://www.royal-irish.com/research

annswabey

13-11-20, 23:39

You need to find the battalion of the man you're interested in, from either his service records or medal records and then look at the War Diaries for the unit. As Phoenix has said, search the TNA Catalogue Ref WO 95 by regiment and Battalion

benrymnd

15-11-20, 10:50

thankyou for your help most welcome