National Army Museum, Royal Hospital Road, London, SW3 4HTRegistered Charity Number: 237902, The Royal Irish Fusiliers (Princess Victorias), The Royal Irish Rangers (27th (Inniskilling), 83rd and 87th), 86th (Royal County Down) Regiment of Foot. At this time Joseph was promoted to the rank on Lance Corporal. We'd like to use additional cookies to remember your settings and understand how you use our services. Read tagging guidelines. It guarded aerodromes and moved to Britain on 23 Oct. 1941. This infantry unit was formed in 1881. Visitors are encouraged to make a donation instead. Partner websites are free to search but there may be a charge to view full transcriptions and download documents. He enlisted in the Army in Liverpool on 25th of April 1941 at the age of 18, proudly following the family tradition set by his father Harold Sidney Smith, who was a WW1 veteran. Lt Col JH Carson It was evacuated in June 1940 and remained in Britain for four years. 2 RUR Gallery. Entry to the museum is free. The Royal Navy was by any measure the superior of the Kriegsmarine, and Nazi surface vessels never left port without exposing themselves to extreme hazard. 1st Battalion The Royal Ulster Rifles 1941 to 1947 The battalion had its origins in the 83rd Regiment of Foot, which was raised in 1793 for service in the Napoleonic Wars. Sound cassette: oral history inteview with Maj R Bruford-Davies, Royal Ulster Rifles, Korea (1950-1953); interview conducted by David Smurthwaite, 10 February 1989. You can view some records of the Royal Irish. Nearly half of its men at the time of the Korean War (1950-53) came from there. Regiments and Corps. Have you found an error with this catalogue description? Collection of badges associated with the 83rd Regiment of Foot. Update: Unfortunately The Wartime Memories Project have lost contact with Dan, his website, facebook page and email have all ceased to function. Cap badge, Royal Ulster Rifles, 1921-1952. Hackle, 6th Bn Royal Ulster Rifles, 1966 (c). Photocopies of two printed documents of 1912 relating to the newly raised Young Citizen Volunteers of Ireland. The rest is history and Joseph and Rebecca became a couple and later married in 1949. ), View a 360 panoramic of the main gallery of the Royal Ulster Rifles Museum, Belfast. If you are not currently a ParaData member but wish to get involved please register. Lt. Samuel Raymond Evelynn Richard Burbidge Royal Sussex Regiment (d.31st March 1945). Previous page: Royal Sussex Regiment Next page: Royal Warwickshire Regiment/Fusiliers Joseph Harold Albert "Johnny" Smith 8th Btn. 1881: 83rd and 86th Regiments of Foot now becomes the 1st and 2nd Battalions, The Royal Irish Rifles After all is over - and the remainder of the Empire is understandably irritated with Ireland - I hope these countless Duffs, from both the North and the South, and in all three services, will be remembered. . The collection is well supported by digitised records and books. If the information here has been helpful or you have enjoyed reaching the stories please conside making a donation, no matter how small, would be much appreciated, annually we need to raise enough funds to pay for our web hosting or this site will vanish from the web. A third one, the Young Soldiers' (70th) Battalion, was also formed in England at the outbreak of war before being disbanded in 1943. You need to sign in to tag. Britain and France were rarely 'not at war' for 126 years (1689-1815) and in 1793 conflict arose again during the French Revolutionary Wars. Hampshire and the Isle of Wight (Chapman Codes - HAM & IOW), County Offaly (Kings) (Chapman Code - OFF), Scotland - Counties (Chapman Code - SCT), If this is your first visit, be sure to Below are just some of our members who have served at Royal Ulster Rifles. The Wartime Memories Project is run by volunteers and the free to access part of the website is funded by donations from our visitors. To find out more about how we collect, store and use your personal information, read our Privacy Policy. Five uniform items, Royal Ulster Rifles, North Irish Brigade, worn by Maj L M Yearsley, 1952 (c)-1964 (c). Trace your military heritage through our Research Database. - Royal Ulster Rifles Museum Roll of Honour In 1916 two Belfast men, Alfred Bingam and Joseph Jones of the Royal Irish Rifles, 9th Btn, died on My dad died in 1963 when I was only 8 years old. Two cap badges and button, 18th (County of London) Bn London Regiment (London Irish Rifles), 28th (County of London) Bn London Regiment (Artists' Rifles), Inns of Court Officer Training Corps, 1908-1952. Cap badge, officers', worn by Maj L M Yearsley, Royal Ulster Rifles, North Irish Brigade, 1960 (c)-1968. - Man's bonnet, London Irish Rifles, nd; sealed pattern, sealed 28 Aug 1964; obsolete; rifle green. Enter the tag you would like to associate with this record and click 'Add tag'. If you provide contact details, we will be in touch about your request within 10 working days. In 1931, 2nd Battalion returned to the Sudan. We add around 200,000 new records each month. His knowledge of practical engineering . It served with the British Army in Northern Ireland until 1992, when it was merged into The Royal Irish Regiment. 2nd Battalion, The Royal Ulster Rifles.. 1945: Germany. Records of 1st Battalion, Royal Ulster Rifles from other sources. Listen to your favourite songs from Oft In The Stilly Night by The Band of The Royal Irish Regiment now. Royal Ulster Rifles Museum. You may have to register before you can post: click the register link above to proceed. Royal Irish Rifles (Royal Ulster Rifles) other ranks; Medal Rolls B/104B22; B/104B23; B/104B24; B/104B25; Pages 3685-3932. Records of Royal Ulster Rifles from other sources. Collection of military band music from around the world, collected by the late Mr Harold Leonard Sidney Plunkett, nd. Thomas Magill Foster. I have carried out painstaking research to uncover his story and I am immensely proud of his contribution to the war. 'I turned over one poor chap on a rocky, bloody crag on Tanngoucha. to help with the costs of keeping the site running. The battalion had earned distinction at Dunkirk and the D-Day landings during the Second World War and when the Korean. No 1 dress jacket, London Irish Rifles (TA), nd; master pattern, 11 May 1959; piper. MS of register of freedom being signed by Steele. 15th Royal Irish Rifles. Memoir: Diamond Anniversary 1999. 108th BRIGADE. ================================ By 1939, the 1st Battalion, The Royal Ulster Rifles, as it was then known, was serving in the North West frontier of India. 1940. We have a large archive of soldier records. Photographs and papers relating to the service of 7014543 Rifleman Edward Downes, 2nd Bn Royal Ulster Rifles, World War Two, North Africa (1940-1943) and Italy (1943-1945). The others served at home and on the Western Front. 3rd Division H.Q. Watercolour by Mike Chappell, 2000 (c); the one full-length and two half-length figures shown are: Company Sergeant Major, 31st Bn, Royal Ulster Rifles, Northern Ireland, 1942; Corporal, No 2 Commando, Yugoslavia, 1944; Corporal, 2nd Bn, East Yorkshire Regiment, 2nd Division, Normandy, 6 June 1944; the original for the illustration of plate E in 'British Infantry Equipments (2) 1908-2000' Osprey (revised edition), by Mike Chappell, 2000 (c). OPERATIONS OF THE 36th (Ulster) DIVISION - SOMME 1916. On the evening of 6th June 1944, 1st Battalion Royal Ulster Rifles landed in Normandy. CWS Burnett 4th Queens Own Hussars. Want to know what life was like during the War? TF9 3QE 01630698280 2nd Battalion Thiepval Barracks, Lisburn. British War Medal and Victory Medal. Recruiting poster for The Royal Ulster Rifles, c1922. General Sir James Steele is presented with a silver casket containing certificate of freedom. 28 Bedford Street is close to the city centre in the Linen Quarter. St Patrick's Day 1944 - Major General R.H.Lorie C.B C.B.E. But in November 1950, it landed in Korea, going on to fightat the Battle of the Imjin River (1951). Forty five uniform items, London Irish Rifles, Royal Ulster Rifles (TA), worn by Maj L M Yearsley, nd. 1917 - 1,900. Rifles'. 149 names. Although 6th Airlanding Brigade was disbanded on 31 August 1945, the battalion remained part of 6th Airborne Division, and served in Palestine, until January 1947, when it lost its airborne role. Collection of certificates, various regiments, 1930 (c); published by Gale and Polden Limited, 1930 (c). From there, the Battalion deployed south of the bridgehead and so began a long campaign throughout Normandy. Image above is officers of 2nd Battalion Royal Ulster Rifles with Montgomery (probably Hawick - 1944) . Shoulder title, London Irish Rifles and the The Royal Ulster Rifles, 1953, sealed pattern, 1953. The 83rd became the new units 1st Battalion. Irish independence in 1922 led to two changes for the regiment. British Army, Royal Ulster Rifles, 1st Battalion British Army, Royal Ulster Rifles1 British Army, Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers, 1st Battalion Korean Prisoner of War Camp, Bean Camp, North Korea Australian Army, Special Air Service Bridge, I E British Army, 29th Brigade British Army, Barracks, Britannia, Norwich British Army, Barracks, Selarang, Singapore British Army, Bde 147 British Army, Bde . Button, small, London Irish Rifles, The Royal Ulster Rifles (TA), 1952, sealed pattern, 1952. Certificates - Births, Marriages and Deaths in the UK, Coastguards and Customs Officers (Preventive Men), English Civil War - (1642-1649) (commonwealth & Protectorate 1644-1659), The Georgian Period - (1714-1830) though could run to 1837, American War of Independence - (1775-1783), The Victorian Period - (1837-1901) though this could run from 1832, Boer Wars - (1880-1881) & (1899-1902) suggest (1880-1902). The Regiment was officially formed in 1881 as the Royal Irish Rifles, when the 83rd and 86th Regiments of Foot were amalgamated however its history can be traced back 88 years prior to this date. Thought the presentation & interpretation made the subject accessible". 1916 - 2,258. Pages 1A-59A. He was facing the right way, the last round of a clip in the breech and three dead Germans in front of him. The chief anxiety of the Commanding Officer was the lack of transport. CJ Coughlin 3 Commando Special Service Battalion, Tpr. 28 Bedford Street is close to the city centre in the Linen Quarter. February 5. Other 1930s postings included Hong Kong and Egypt for 1st Battalion and Palestine for both battalions. This resource will grow as the Museum's Collection is catalogued and computerised, and as new acquisitions are added. This website is paid for out of our own pockets, library subscriptions and from donations made by visitors. The speech, which was given more or less off-the-cuff to the 1st Battalion The Royal Irish Regiment (1 R IRISH) Battle Group on 19 March 2003, several days before crossing the Iraq border on Operation TELIC, became famous worldwide. Royal Ulster Rifles Regimental Museum Platoon leader Lt D H Walsh centre of front row (wounded at Cambes 09/06/44 . He took part in Operation Varsity, the allied airborne invasion of Germany, as part of the 6th Airlanding (Glider) Brigade, attached to the 6th Airborne division, landing on the 24th of March 1945 by glider at Hamminkeln. Royal Ulster Rifles Museum: Brilliant museum - See 65 traveller reviews, 20 candid photos, and great deals for Belfast, UK, at Tripadvisor. 9th Royal Irish Rifles. Shield plaque, with 1st Bn The Royal Ulster Rifles regimental badge, nd; wooden shield and plinth, maker unknown; inscribed 'Presented by 1st BN THE ROYAL ULSTER RIFLES' plinth inscribed 'B COMPANY/ 113TH BATTALION/ WOMEN'S ROYAL ARMY CORPS/ 1948-1949'. 1943-45 Rifleman 'Bill' Boyd, 1st Airborne Battalion The Royal Ulster Rifles, 1942. Lt Col RJR Campbell PLEASE NOTE THAT THE MUSEUM WILL BE CLOSED 14 - 21 MARCH (INCLUSIVE) FOR ONGOING BUILDING CONSERVATION WORKS. Date: 1942 Jan.- Aug. Held by: The National . Four bar chevron, Royal Ulster Rifles, nd; sealed pattern, 1952. On September 1st 1940 the 2nd Battalion Royal Ulster Rifles received its orders to mobilise. "The most important thing is that we get the mental side . . Three years in Hong Kong followed in 1951, along with periods in West Germany, England and Cyprus. One of these, 6th (Service) Battalion, saw service in Gallipoli, Salonika and Palestine. 129 lantern slides of the 78th Division in Tunisia, Sicily and Italy, 1942-1945. It went on to fight in that role in Tunisia in 1942, Sicily in 1943, Normandy in June 1944 and the Rhine crossings in 1945. You will need a reader's ticket to do this. Royal Ulster Rifles 7006001 - 7040000 Royal Irish Fusiliers 7040001 - 7075000 Royal Dublin Fusiliers 7075001 - 7109000 (Disbanded 1922) Royal Irish Regiment 7109001 - 7143000 Connaught Rangers 7143001 - 7177000 (Disbanded 1922) Leinster Regiment 7177001 - 7211000 (Disbanded 1922) Cloak, Royal Ulster Rifles, nd; master pattern, 22 Jul 1954; pipe major and piper. My late father Joseph was born on 7th of December 1922 in Everton, Merseyside. 107th Trench Mortar Battery. The museum has a records officer so I may try there. D.S.O.M.C. - Inniskillings Museum Royal Irish Rifles (1st County Down Volunteers.) badges, medals and regimental memorabilia covering the history of the Regiment and the campaigns in which it has fought since its formation in 1793. It was formed in 1881 by merging the 27th (Inniskilling) Regiment of Foot and the 108th Regiment of Foot (Madras Infantry). Durban Rohan Janse van Rensburg says the Sharks have "to take responsibility" and ensure they perform week-in and week-out, whether or not they have their Springboks. . We can reunite you with your friends who served at Royal Ulster Rifles and we have a wealth of information on different units, bases and ships in the site. Royal Irish Rifles - Regiment History, War & Military Records & Archives Unit History: Royal Irish Rifles Save This Unit Share this Unit View Map The Regiment was officially formed in 1881 when the 83rd and 86th Regiments of Foot were amalgamated however its history can be traced back 88 years prior to this date. You will need a reader's ticket to do this. Add a Name to this List Figures as per 2014. please Sixty seven photographs of tours of inspection and visits by Gen Sir Richard Hull while chief of the Imperial General Staff, 1962-1963. 28 Bedford Street is close to the city centre in the Linen Quarter. I think the tag '' should be removed from: Subscribe now for regular news, updates and priority booking for events, All content is available under the Open Government Licence v3.0, except where otherwise stated, WO - Records created or inherited by the War Office, Armed Forces, Judge Advocate General, and related bodies, Division within WO - Armed Forces Service Records, WO 329 - War Office and Air Ministry: Service Medal and Award Rolls, First World War, Subseries within WO 329 - British War Medal, 1914-1920, and Victory Medal,1914-1919: awards to other ranks, Available to view free at The National Archives, About our Joseph was also a member of the 1st RUR's football team. Please ensure the tag is appropriate for the record. Hackle, Royal Ulster Rifles, nd; sealed pattern, 1966. William . Eighteen uniform and badge items, Royal Ulster Rifles, 1906-1936. on 24 December 1941. If you don't have an account please register. (Transcript Available). Be the first to hear about our latest events, exhibitions and offers. Proficiency badge, other ranks', Royal Ulster Rifles, nd, sealed pattern, 1954. Two sound cassettes: oral history interview with Pte G Bacciale recalling his experiences with the Royal Ulster Rifles and the Army Catering Corps, UK and North West Europe, 1940-1946. Caubeen, London Irish Rifles, 1965, sealed pattern, 1965. During the early 1920s, there were two changes for the Royal Irish Rifles, the 'Irish' part of their name was changed to 'Ulster' and it lost one of its recruiting counties, Louth, which became part of the Free State. Following various amalgamations since 1968, the traditions of the battalion are carried forward by 1st Battalion, The Royal Irish Regiment, which is presently part of 16th Air Assault Brigade. In Bermuda in 1881, the 86th was converted into the new 2nd Battalion, shifting to Nova Scotia in 1883. Glider troops of the Royal Ulster Rifles dig in at their objective the River Issel. I knew nothing about his Army service. Kings Liverpool Regiment. Lisez With the Ulster Division in France: A Story of the 11th Battalion Royal Irish Rifles, South Antrim Volunteers From Bordon to Thiepval de Arthur Purefoy Irwin Samuels & Dorothy Gage Samuels disponible chez Rakuten Kobo. The Royal. Post navigation On D-Day Joseph landed with the 8th Irish on Juno Beach at Mike Green in support of Canadian forces, namely the Royal Winnipeg Rifles.