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Shortly after the outbreak of the First World War, the 7th (Service) Battalion The Royal Irish Rifles formed in Belfast as part of 48 Brigade of the 16th (Irish) Division. The Battalion moved to County Cork for training and soon afterwards there was news that the Jersey Militia had volunteered en masse for overseas service and were to join the 7th Battalion.
On 27 March 1916, the 7th (Service) Battalion The Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers began to move back to the line after a period of respite in billets at Cauchy-à-la-Tour west of Béthune. The Battalion prepared to march to the entraining station at Lapugnoy with the Signal Officer on foot at the head of the column. He was responsible for selecting the correct route, especially during the absence of the Commanding Officer.
The Battle of Cambrai was still in progress on the 26 November 1917, when the 7th/8th Battalion returned to the line following their rest period after having attacked Moeuvres. From then until the 30th November, the Faughs were busy patrolling, but they met little retaliation because the Germans were working on their new defensive positions. The 1st and 9th Battalions were withdrawn for a well deserved rest.
After Tunis fell in May 1943, IX Corps Headquarters was disbanded and its Corps Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, the former 8 RUR re-roled as 117 Light AA Regiment RA, was 'forgotten' for some months. Its days as a Corps Light AA Regiment were over and it redeployed to a location on the coast near Sousse.
The 8th (County Tyrone) Battalion of The Ulster Defence Regiment is formed with the Battalion HQ located in Dungannon.
When the Indian Mutiny, originally known as the Sepoy Mutiny, broke out on 10 May 1857, the 83rd Regiment was stationed at Deesa in Rajputana in India. During May, June, July and early August, the Regiment was busy sending detachments to quell minor mutinies in Nusseerabad, Ajmere and Neermuch.
In December 1838, the 83rd Regiment moved from Citadel Barracks, Quebec to Quebec Gate Barracks in Montreal, Lower Canada. The majority of the population of the Province of Lower Canada was French Canadian as the territory had been seized from the French following their defeat by General Wolfe in 1760. The area seethed with unrest and anti-British Americans constantly raided across the Canadian border to join with and support French Canadian rebels in attacking and looting Loyalist communities. These armed bands also murdered notable Loyalists, some of whom were French Canadians.
The 83rd Regiment sailed from Gibraltar to Egypt aboard the Tamar and disembarked at Alexandria on 24 March 1870. They crossed the isthmus of Suez by train, re-embarked on HM Troopship Euphrates, and sailed for Bombay on the 8 April. They disembarked on 10 April and moved by rail to arrive in Poona that same day.
In 1837, the European inhabitants of Lower Canada, ceded to the British in 1760 (after the conquest of Quebec by General Wolfe), were mainly French Canadians. Lower Canada corresponds, roughly, with the present province of Quebec. It was not surprising that the French Canadians could be disloyal. However, there was an extraordinary number of French Canadians loyal to the British, making it difficult for the anti-British rebels to find, let alone exploit, any grievances in order to incite the population against their colonial power.
The Hindu Mahratta confederacy, the remnants of the Maratha Empire, opposed the British in India and was a major threat to the East India Company’s territorial ambitions. Major General the Honourable Arthur Wellesley commanded the troops in southern and eastern India in opposition to the Mahrattas from the south.
