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Death of King James I. |
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27th March 1625 |
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The English Civil War (first medal for valour) |
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23rd September 1642 |
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Death (by execution) of King Charles I |
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30th January 1649 |
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Death of Oliver Cromwell |
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3rd September 1658 |
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1st April 1684 |
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Raising of Granard's Regiment - The Royal Irish Regiment. |
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Death of King Charles II. |
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6th February 1685 |
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The Nine Years War (War of the Grand Alliance) |
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25th September 1688 |
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William lands in England |
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5th November 1688 |
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Abdication (by forfeit) of King James II |
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11th December 1688 |
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Williamite Wars in Ireland |
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12th March 1689 |
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3rd June 1689 |
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Inniskillings attack Jacobite Garrison, Omagh |
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20th June 1689 |
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Formation of the Inniskilling Regiment of Foot. |
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2nd September 1689 |
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Inniskillings join Schomberg's Army |
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27th September 1689 |
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Schomberg salutes the Inniskillings. |
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18th October 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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1st May 1690 |
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James II defeated by William III, Ireland. |
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11th July 1690 |
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30th June 1691 |
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Inniskillings at the Capture of Athlone |
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22nd September 1691 |
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Inniskillings assault Limerick |
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Flight of the Wild Geese |
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3rd October 1691 |
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3rd October 1691 |
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Tiffin's Inniskillings enter Limerick |
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5th January 1692 |
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Inniskillings in the Tower of London. |
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20th August 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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7th September 1701 |
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Death of King William III. |
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8th March 1702 |
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29th August 1702 |
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Death of Zachariah Tiffin, Colonel of 27th Regiment of Foot |
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12th March 1703 |
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Inniskillings attack French on Guadeloupe |
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7th May 1703 |
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27th (Inniskillings) Regiment of Foot withdraw from Guadeloupe. |
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The Act of Union joins Scotland to England and Wales |
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1st May 1707 |
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8th October 1709 |
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Inniskillings land at Alicante, Spain. |
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Death of Queen Anne |
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1st August 1714 |
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First Jacobite Rebellion |
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6th September 1715 |
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17th March 1724 |
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Molesworth appointed Colonel of 27th Regiment of Foot. |
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Death of King George I |
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11th June 1727 |
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War of Jenkins' Ear. |
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23rd October 1739 |
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War of the Austrian Succession |
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16th December 1740 |
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Jacobite Rising |
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16th August 1745 |
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17th January 1746 |
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Battle of Falkirk Muir (Moor), King's Colour Saved. |
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21st January 1746 |
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Inniskillings attempt to capture rebel brig, Alloa. |
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16th April 1746 |
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Culloden |
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French and Indian War |
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16th April 1754 |
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Seven Years' War |
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29th June 1756 |
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Battle of Plessey, India. |
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2nd January 1757 |
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Death of King George II. |
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25th October 1760 |
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20th September 1761 |
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Death of Blakeney, Colonel of 27th Regiment of Foot. |
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16th January 1762 |
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Battle Honour MARTINIQUE 1762 |
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8th June 1762 |
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Battle Honour 'HAVANNAH' |
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20th July 1762 |
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27th Inniskillings at the capture of Havana, Cuba. |
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31st July 1763 |
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Stoppage of Pay |
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1st October 1771 |
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Inniskillings form a Light Company |
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Boston Tea Party |
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16th December 1773 |
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The American War of Independence |
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19th April 1775 |
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26th September 1775 |
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Inniskillings at Battle of Brooklyn, New York |
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13th December 1778 |
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Battle Honour ST LUCIA 1778,1796 |
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25th October 1783 |
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Inniskillings return to Ireland |
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25th February 1788 |
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Inniskillings counter bootleggers at Ennis, County Clare. |
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The French Revolution |
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27th June 1789 |
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French Revolutionary Wars |
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20th April 1792 |
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7th September 1793 |
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Raising of the 87th Regiment, a legion of Irish Heroes |
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18th September 1793 |
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Letter of Service to Major John Doyle (87th Regiment of Foot) |
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25th September 1793 |
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Raising of The 88th Regiment of Foot (Connaught Rangers) |
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28th September 1793 |
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Raising of the 83rd Regiment of Foot |
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29th October 1793 |
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87th Foot re-titled 'Prince of Wales’ Irish Regiment' |
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30th October 1793 |
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Raising of the 86th Regiment of Foot |
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31st October 1793 |
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Raising of 'Irish Rangers', Trench's Regiment |
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3rd December 1793 |
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Raising of the 89th Regiment of Foot. |
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26th June 1794 |
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87th and 89th Regiment land at Ostend. |
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15th July 1794 |
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The 87th Regiment's first action, Doyle wounded. |
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21st September 1794 |
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Raising of the Cavan Militia |
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22nd February 1795 |
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Inniskillings retreat through Holland to Hanover. |
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1st April 1796 |
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Militia Regiments raised in Ireland |
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24th May 1796 |
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Battle Honour ST LUCIA 1778,1796 |
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22nd September 1796 |
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86th Regiment land in Cape of Good Hope |
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14th October 1796 |
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87th Regiment of Foot embark for the West Indies. |
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8th April 1797 |
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87th Regiment of Foot, the West Indies, 1796-1804. |
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26th December 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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24th May 1798 |
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8th September 1798 |
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Armagh Militia capture French Colour at Battle of Ballinamuck |
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18th March 1799 |
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Honours for Drum Major of 89th Regiment |
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10th May 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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9th November 1799 |
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23rd April 1800 |
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British Army issues Greatcoats |
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25th May 1800 |
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27th Regiment gains 2nd Battalion. |
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1st October 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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1st January 1801 |
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10th May 1801 |
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Both 27th Inniskilling Battalions land at Aboukir Bay, Egypt |
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28th January 1802 |
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89th return to Ireland from Egypt. |
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Treaty of Amiens |
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25th March 1802 |
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6th July 1802 |
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Battle Honour 'EGYPT' (With The Sphinx) |
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12th January 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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18th May 1803 |
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29th August 1803 |
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86th Regiment - Storming of Baroach, India |
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10th February 1804 |
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86th Regiment, Siege of Bhurtpore. |
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Napoleon Bonaparte is crowned Emperor of France |
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2nd December 1804 |
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27th September 1805 |
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Young Inniskillings raised at Dunbar |
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21st October 1805 |
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Inniskillings embark for Gravesend and Northern Germany |
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10th December 1805 |
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1/89th Lost at Sea |
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8th January 1806 |
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Battle Honour 'CAPE OF GOOD HOPE 1806'. |
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4th July 1806 |
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Battle Honour 'MAIDA'. |
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3rd February 1807 |
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Battle Honour MONTE VIDEO. |
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Abolition of Slave Trade |
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25th March 1807 |
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5th July 1807 |
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Failure to seize Buenos Aires. |
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17th August 1808 |
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Battle Honour PENINSULA |
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10th July 1809 |
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An' they're hangin' Johnny Dely in the evenin* |
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27th July 1809 |
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Battle Honour 'TALAVERA' |
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29th July 1809 |
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Granting the Battle Honour 'TALAVERA' |
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24th August 1809 |
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86th Regiment styled 'Leinster Regiment of Foot'. |
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30th August 1809 |
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2/83rd Regiment to Garrsion Duties, Lisbon. |
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19th September 1809 |
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Lashed for Stealing Shoes, Spain. |
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8th July 1810 |
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Battle Honour 'BOURBON'. |
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27th September 1810 |
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Battle Honour 'BUSACO'. |
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14th October 1810 |
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2/89th at Fuengirola, Spain. |
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4th March 1811 |
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The day before the Battle of Barrosa |
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5th March 1811 |
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Battle Honour BARROSA |
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6th March 1811 |
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French Commanding Officer taken prisoner at Barrosa. |
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3rd May 1811 |
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Battle Honour 'FUENTES D'ONOR' |
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10th May 1811 |
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Siege of Badajoz; 3/27th (Inniskillings) introduction to the Peninsular War. |
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16th May 1811 |
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Battle of Albuera |
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23rd May 1811 |
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2/83rd Regiment rest in Portalegre, Peninsular War. |
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16th September 1811 |
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Battle Honour 'JAVA'. |
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31st December 1811 |
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Battle Honour 'TARIFA'. |
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20th January 1812 |
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Battle Honour 'CIUDAD RODRIGO' |
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6th April 1812 |
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Battle Honour 'BADAJOZ' |
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15th May 1812 |
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27th (Inniskillings) after Badajoz. |
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18th May 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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18th June 1812 |
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22nd July 1812 |
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Battle Honour 'SALAMANCA' |
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13th October 1812 |
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Battle Honour 'NIAGARA'. |
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11th January 1813 |
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'Appearing at the Halberds' - Flogging. |
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13th April 1813 |
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Captain Waldron's Duel to the Death, Battle of Castalla. |
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21st May 1813 |
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Battle Honour VITTORIA |
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28th July 1813 |
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Battle Honour 'PYRENEES' |
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1st November 1813 |
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2/87th march to Seville. |
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10th November 1813 |
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Battle Honour 'NIVELLE' |
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11th November 1813 |
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89th at the Battle of Crysler's Farm |
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19th December 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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21st February 1814 |
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27th February 1814 |
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Battle Honour ORTHES |
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10th April 1814 |
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Battle Honour 'TOULOUSE' |
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Treaty of Fontainebleau exiles Napoleon to Elba |
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11th April 1814 |
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4th June 1814 |
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2/89th depart Canada for England |
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7th July 1814 |
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2/87th return from the Napoleonic Wars |
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25th July 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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26th February 1815 |
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Napoleon enters Paris, 'One Hundred Days' begins. |
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20th March 1815 |
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16th June 1815 |
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Inniskillings march from Ghent to Waterloo |
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18th June 1815 |
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Battle Honour 'WATERLOO'. |
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18th June 1815 |
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The 27th (Inniskilling) Regiment of Foot |
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19th June 1815 |
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Casualties at Waterloo |
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Napoleon surrenders to Royal Navy |
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15th July 1815 |
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Napoleon Bonaparte exiled to St Helena. |
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15th October 1815 |
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25th January 1816 |
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Lt Shipp commends the Irish soldier. |
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27th January 1816 |
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3rd Inniskillings Disbanded. |
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9th February 1816 |
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1/87th advance into Nepal. |
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20th February 1817 |
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The Siege of Hattrass |
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24th April 1817 |
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Disbanding of 2/83rd Regiment of Foot |
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10th January 1818 |
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Inniskillings arrive in Gibraltar. |
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11th February 1819 |
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89th Regiment in India. |
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23rd October 1819 |
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Battle Honour 'INDIA' |
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Death of King George III |
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29th January 1820 |
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Death of Napoleon Bonaparte |
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5th May 1821 |
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First Ashanti War |
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22nd January 1824 |
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24th February 1824 |
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Battle Honour 'AVA' |
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7th March 1825 |
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Battle of Donobyu - First Anglo-Burmese War |
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2nd April 1825 |
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89th Regiment at capture of Donobyu, Anglo-Burmese War |
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3rd January 1826 |
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87th Foot and 89th Foot secure victory in Patanago |
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8th March 1826 |
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Disease decimates 87th & 89th, Burma. |
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17th November 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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26th June 1830 |
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23rd November 1830 |
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Inniskillings depart West Indies for Home. |
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14th January 1831 |
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The 87th Regiment of Foot in Mauritius. |
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3rd August 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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28th August 1833 |
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8th August 1834 |
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Death of Sir John Doyle |
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18th August 1834 |
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27th Inniskillings arrive at Cape of Good Hope, South Africa. |
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15th January 1837 |
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Major General Sir Hugh Gough visits the 87th, Mauritius. |
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24th May 1837 |
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New Colours for the Inniskillings |
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15th June 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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20th June 1837 |
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14th December 1837 |
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83rd Regiment's actions in Lower Canada |
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25th February 1838 |
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83rd Regiment at Fighting Island, Canada. |
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3rd March 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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27th March 1839 |
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15th August 1842 |
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87th and Chartist riots in Leeds |
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2nd February 1846 |
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87th Regiment quell potato riots in Inverness. |
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The Taiping Rebellion in China |
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25th December 1850 |
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18th November 1852 |
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Inniskillings attend The Duke of Wellington's funeral |
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18th November 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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28th March 1854 |
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20th September 1854 |
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Inniskillings perish as the Charlotte founders. |
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Charge of the Light Brigade |
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25th October 1854 |
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17th December 1854 |
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89th Regiment land at Balaclava, Irish in the Crimean War. |
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16th October 1855 |
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Battle Honour, 'SEVASTOPOL' |
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Crimean War, Hostilities Cease. |
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29th February 1856 |
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The Indian (Sepoy) Mutiny. |
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10th May 1857 |
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19th August 1857 |
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83rd Regiment defend Mount Abu, the Indian Mutiny |
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17th March 1858 |
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Indian Mutiny - The Siege of Chanderi |
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3rd April 1858 |
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Storming of Jhansi, the Indian Mutiny. |
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19th April 1858 |
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Capture of Banda, the Indian Mutiny. |
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19th June 1858 |
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Battle Honour 'CENTRAL INDIA' |
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29th March 1859 |
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Last action of the Indian Mutiny, 3rd Madras Regiment. |
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5th December 1859 |
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London Irish Rifles is formed |
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18th March 1860 |
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Sailing from India to Hong Kong, daily life at sea. |
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22nd April 1860 |
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87th Foot arrive in Hong Kong |
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10th April 1861 |
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Raising of 108th Regiment of Foot (Madras Infantry) |
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American Civil War |
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12th April 1861 |
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21st July 1865 |
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Riots in Rotherham. |
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5th April 1866 |
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Queen Victoria presents Colours to 89th Regiment |
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13th February 1867 |
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Last Colours for the 86th Regiment |
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The Suez Canal is opened |
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17th November 1869 |
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23rd March 1870 |
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83rd Regiment to India |
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The Franco – Prussian War |
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19th July 1870 |
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Anglo-Zulu War |
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11th January 1879 |
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First Anglo-Boer War |
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20th December 1880 |
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16th February 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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7th June 1881 |
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1st July 1881 |
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27th Regiment and 108th Regiment (Madras Infantry) amalgamate. |
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1st July 1881 |
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87th and 89th Regiment of Foot retitled. |
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1st July 1881 |
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Royal Dublin Fusiliers created. |
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1st July 1881 |
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The Prince of Wales's Leinster Regiment is created |
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1st July 1881 |
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Royal Munster Fusiliers created |
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1st November 1881 |
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87th and 89th Retitled. |
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1st September 1882 |
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Battle Honour, SOUTH AFRICA 1835,'46-47 |
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13th September 1882 |
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Battle Honour 'TEL-EL-KEBIR' |
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29th March 1884 |
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Battle Honours 'EGYPT 1882,1884' |
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The Berlin Conference |
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15th November 1884 |
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20th December 1888 |
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Royal Irish Rifles Mounted Infantry, Battle of Suakin, Sudan. |
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12th August 1894 |
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Inniskillings move to Kinsale, Ireland. |
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23rd July 1896 |
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Royal Irish Rifles to Matabeleland Rebellion |
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13th January 1897 |
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Inniskillings to Enniskillen. |
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9th March 1897 |
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Royal Irish Rifles volunteer to fight bubonic plague, India. |
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22nd September 1897 |
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2nd Inniskillings join Peshawar Brigade for Tirah Expedition |
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9th October 1899 |
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Royal Irish Rifles mobilise for South Africa |
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11th October 1899 |
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Boers declare war on the British. |
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Second Anglo-Boer War |
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11th October 1899 |
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12th October 1899 |
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Faughs to the Boer War |
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13th October 1899 |
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Siege of Mafeking |
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20th October 1899 |
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Assault on Talana Hill, South Africa |
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30th October 1899 |
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'Faugh-a-Ballaghs, fix your bayonets and die like men'. |
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13th November 1899 |
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Royal Irish Rifles arrive in South Africa, Boer War |
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30th November 1899 |
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Inniskillings to the Boer War, South Africa. |
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11th December 1899 |
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Royal Irish Rifles absolved after defeat at Stormberg. |
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15th December 1899 |
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Battle of Colenso, South Africa. |
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22nd December 1899 |
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Christmas, the Boer War. |
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29th January 1900 |
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Under siege at Ladysmith. |
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23rd February 1900 |
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Inniskilling Hill, Northern Natal. |
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28th February 1900 |
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Battle Honour RELIEF OF LADYSMITH |
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3rd March 1900 |
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2nd Battalion The Royal Irish Fusiliers enter Ladysmith. |
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14th March 1900 |
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Inniskillings, Connaughts and Dubs recognised for utmost gallantry in South Africa |
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16th March 1900 |
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Reorganisation and reconstitution in Ladysmith after the siege |
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17th March 1900 |
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Saint Patrick’s Day and the Sprig of Shamrock |
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4th April 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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11th April 1900 |
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16th May 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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30th May 1900 |
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1st August 1900 |
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Boers' Prisoners of War liberated. |
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6th August 1900 |
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Inniskillings return to the field force, South Africa. |
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21st August 1900 |
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Inniskillings at the Battle of Belfast, South Africa. |
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7th January 1901 |
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Faughs beat off Boers at 'Rocky Hill'. |
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Death of Queen Victoria. |
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22nd January 1901 |
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28th April 1901 |
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Royal Irish Rifles Militia volunteer for Boer War |
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17th September 1901 |
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Fighting at Blood River Poort, South Africa. |
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21st January 1902 |
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2nd Inniskillings depart India for South Africa |
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12th February 1902 |
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Hail injures Horses, South Africa. |
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15th May 1902 |
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Inniskillings to Vereeniging. |
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31st May 1902 |
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Battle Honour 'SOUTH AFRICA 1899-1902' |
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17th January 1903 |
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1st Inniskillings depart South Africa. |
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24th October 1903 |
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2nd Inniskillings depart South Africa. |
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Signing of the Entente Cordiale |
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8th April 1904 |
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14th July 1904 |
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1 RIR detachment to the Tibet War. |
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18th May 1909 |
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HM King Edward VII visits 1st Faughs, Aldershot. |
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30th September 1909 |
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1st Inniskillings depart Malta for China |
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Death of King Edward VII |
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6th May 1910 |
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South Africa gains independence from Britain |
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31st May 1910 |
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27th October 1911 |
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Inniskillings recalled urgently to Tientsin |
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RMS Titanic strikes an iceberg and sinks two and a half hours later on 15 April |
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14th April 1912 |
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4th November 1912 |
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1st Inniskillings move from China to India. |
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Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria is assassinated in Sarajevo [video] |
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28th June 1914 |
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Austro-Hungarian Empire Declares War on Serbia |
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28th July 1914 |
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Germany Declares War on Russia |
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1st August 1914 |
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Germany Declares War on France |
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3rd August 1914 |
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Britain Declares War on Germany |
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4th August 1914 |
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4th August 1914 |
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War! |
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Map of the Western Front 04-22 August 1914 |
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4th August 1914 |
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Austro-Hungarian Empire Declares War on Russia. |
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6th August 1914 |
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First British and Empire Shot of The Great War Fired |
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7th August 1914 |
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Britain and France Declare War on Austria-Hungary |
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12th August 1914 |
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14th August 1914 |
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2 RIR land in France |
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21st August 1914 |
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10th (Irish) Division is raised. |
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22nd August 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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22nd August 1914 |
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Japan Declares War on Germany |
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23rd August 1914 |
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23rd August 1914 |
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Battle Honour 'MONS' |
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Retreat from Mons |
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23rd August 1914 |
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Battle of Mons |
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23rd August 1914 |
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25th August 1914 |
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2 RIR, Retreat From Mons. |
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26th August 1914 |
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Battle Honour 'LE CATEAU'. |
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Battle of Le Cateau |
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26th August 1914 |
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28th August 1914 |
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Faughs after Le Cateau |
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5th September 1914 |
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Rifles retreat to Crécy |
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6th September 1914 |
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Faughs in counterattack at the Marne |
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Advance to the Aisne |
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6th September 1914 |
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Battle of the Marne |
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7th September 1914 |
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8th September 1914 |
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7th Battalion The Royal Irish Rifles form up in Belfast |
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11th September 1914 |
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Rain Soaked Misery on the River Marne |
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11th September 1914 |
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1st Faughs advance to La Loge Farm |
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11th September 1914 |
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16th (Irish) Division is raised |
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Battle of the Aisne |
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12th September 1914 |
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12th September 1914 |
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Battle Honour MARNE 1914 |
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14th September 1914 |
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2 RIR Advance to the River Aisne |
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1st October 1914 |
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Faughs into the trenches. |
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Defence of Antwerp |
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4th October 1914 |
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First Battle of Ypres, Flanders |
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10th October 1914 |
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17th October 1914 |
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Faughs at Armentières |
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18th October 1914 |
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Lucky escape at Armentières |
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28th October 1914 |
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The Ulster Division and Brigades are retitled. |
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29th October 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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1st November 1914 |
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Britain and France declare War on the Ottoman Empire |
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5th November 1914 |
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18th November 1914 |
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1st Faughs into the trenches at Messines Ridge |
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26th November 1914 |
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Letter from the Trenches |
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27th November 1914 |
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Brigade Commander inspects 7th Inniskillings |
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7th December 1914 |
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1st Inniskillings depart India, 1914 |
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16th December 1914 |
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The Trenches, December 1914. |
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Egypt made British protectorate |
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18th December 1914 |
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25th December 1914 |
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Christmas Truce, The Royal Irish Rifles. |
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6th January 1915 |
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From India to St. Eloi on the Western Front. |
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26th January 1915 |
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Letter Home from Billets |
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6th February 1915 |
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Jam Tins for Germans. |
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Allies attack Gallipoli |
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19th February 1915 |
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Battle of Neuve Chapelle |
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10th March 1915 |
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14th March 1915 |
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Faughs overrun by Germans at St Eloi |
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9th April 1915 |
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1st Inniskillings embark for Lemnos and Gallipoli. |
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12th April 1915 |
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Private Robert Morrow VC |
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Battle of Gravenstafel, Ypres. |
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22nd April 1915 |
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Battle of St Julien, Ypres. |
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24th April 1915 |
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25th April 1915 |
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Inniskillings land at Gallipoli |
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Sinking of the Lusitania |
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7th May 1915 |
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Battle of Frezenberg, Ypres. |
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8th May 1915 |
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Battle of Aubers, Ypres. |
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9th May 1915 |
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Battle of Festubert, Ypres. |
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15th May 1915 |
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Battle of Bellewaarde, Ypres. |
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24th May 1915 |
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1st July 1915 |
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5 and 6 Faughs sail for Gallipoli. |
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2nd July 1915 |
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Battle of Gully Ravine, Gallipoli |
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7th August 1915 |
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10th (Irish) Division, Chocolate Hill, Gallipoli. |
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8th August 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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10th August 1915 |
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Rifles withdraw from Chunuk Bair, Gallipoli. |
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15th August 1915 |
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Kidney Hill, Gallipoli. |
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16th August 1915 |
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6 RIR move back to Anzac Cove, Gallipoli. |
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17th August 1915 |
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Water shortages, Gallipoli. |
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21st August 1915 |
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Battle of Scimitar Hill, Suvla. |
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2nd September 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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15th September 1915 |
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25th September 1915 |
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Battle Honour LOOS |
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Battle of Loos, Ypres. |
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25th September 1915 |
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1st October 1915 |
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Remnants of the 5th and 6th Battalion The Royal Irish Fusiliers arrive in Salonika |
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3rd October 1915 |
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36th (Ulster) Division lands in France. |
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4th October 1915 |
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9th Faughs land at Boulogne, France. |
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Gallipoli to Salonika, 10th (Irish) Division |
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5th October 1915 |
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Nurse Edith Cavell shot by German firing squad |
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12th October 1915 |
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6th November 1915 |
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Dardanelles Football Cup |
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24th November 1915 |
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Mine and counter-mine operations, Gallipoli. |
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6th December 1915 |
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Bulgarians attack 10th (Irish) Division, the Balkans. |
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7th December 1915 |
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Bulgarians drive Faughs* off 'Rocky Peak', the Balkans. |
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8th December 1915 |
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10th (Irish) Division withdraws from Serbia |
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20th December 1915 |
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Jersey Militia arrive in France. |
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9th January 1916 |
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Battle Honour 'GALLIPOLI 1915-16' |
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19th January 1916 |
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Trench Raid at Le Touquet. |
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1st February 1916 |
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7 & 8 Faughs ordered to France. |
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2nd February 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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21st February 1916 |
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29th February 1916 |
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Leap Year Day in the Trenches |
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18th March 1916 |
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1st Inniskillings land in France |
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27th March 1916 |
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7th Inniskillings Move Back to the Line |
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1st April 1916 |
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2nd Garrison Battalion Royal Irish Fusiliers formed at Dublin |
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3rd April 1916 |
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7th and the 8th Battalion The Royal Irish Fusiliers move into trenches, Hulluch, France. |
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21st April 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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24th April 1916 |
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27th April 1916 |
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The Easter Rising, Dublin. |
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27th April 1916 |
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16th (Irish) Division Gassed, Battle of Hulluch, |
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Irish Command declares that a State of War no longer exists in Dublin |
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8th May 1916 |
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Battle of Jutland |
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31st May 1916 |
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Russia Attacks - Brusilov Offensive |
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4th June 1916 |
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Arab revolt against Turks |
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5th June 1916 |
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Artillery begins the Somme Offensive |
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24th June 1916 |
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27th June 1916 |
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Marching back to the Somme |
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1st July 1916 |
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Battle Honour 'SOMME 1916, 18'. |
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Battle of Albert, The Somme. |
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1st July 1916 |
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Battle of Bazentin, The Somme. |
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14th July 1916 |
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16th July 1916 |
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2nd Battalion The Royal Irish Rifles, Battle of Bazentin Ridge. |
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24th August 1916 |
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2nd Garrison Battalion The Royal Irish Fusiliers arrived in Salonika |
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Italy declares war on Germany |
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27th August 1916 |
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Battle of Guillemont, The Somme. |
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3rd September 1916 |
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9th September 1916 |
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16th (Irish) Division, Battle of Ginchy. |
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Battle of Ginchy, The Somme. |
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9th September 1916 |
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15th September 1916 |
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London Irish attack at High Wood |
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Battle of Morval, The Somme. |
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25th September 1916 |
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Battle of Thiepval, The Somme. |
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26th September 1916 |
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Battle of Le Transloy, The Somme. |
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1st October 1916 |
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Battle of the Ancre Heights, The Somme. |
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1st October 1916 |
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12th October 1916 |
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Faughs attack Germans near Lesboeufs, the Somme. |
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8th November 1916 |
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Royal Irish Rifles at Ypres |
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Battle of the Ancre, The Somme. |
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13th November 1916 |
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Field Marshal Haig declares Battle of the Somme is over. |
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19th November 1916 |
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Operations on the Ancre - Advance to the Hindenburg Line. |
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11th January 1917 |
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Unrestricted Submarine Warfare |
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1st February 1917 |
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The start of the Russian Revolution |
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8th March 1917 |
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German Retreat to the Hindenburg Line |
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14th March 1917 |
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Tsar Nicholas II of Russia Abdicates. |
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15th March 1917 |
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United States of America Declares War on Germany |
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6th April 1917 |
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9th April 1917 |
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Battle Honour ARRAS 1917 |
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Battle of Vimy, Arras Offensive |
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9th April 1917 |
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First Battle of the Scarpe, Arras Offensive. |
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9th April 1917 |
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11th April 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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23rd April 1917 |
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Battle of Arleux, Arras Offensive. |
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28th April 1917 |
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1st May 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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3rd May 1917 |
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Battle of Bullecourt, Arras Offensive (Flanking). |
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3rd May 1917 |
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4th May 1917 |
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Failure at Arras. |
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5th May 1917 |
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6 RIR attack Kjupri, Salonika. |
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11th May 1917 |
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Faughs attack again at Arras |
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14th May 1917 |
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Inniskillings attack Hook Trench, Arras. |
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5th June 1917 |
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Preparations for the Battle of Messines |
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7th June 1917 |
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Battle Honour MESSINES 1914,'17,'18 |
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Battle of Messines, Flanders Offensive. |
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7th June 1917 |
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26th June 1917 |
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Winners at a Horse Show, Belgium, 1917. |
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30th July 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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31st July 1917 |
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Passchendaele Campaign |
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31st July 1917 |
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31st July 1917 |
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Battle Honour YPRES 1914,'15,'17,'18 |
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2nd August 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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15th August 1917 |
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16th August 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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16th August 1917 |
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Battle of the Menin Road, Ypres. |
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20th September 1917 |
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Battle of Polygon Wood, Ypres. |
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26th September 1917 |
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Battle of Broodenseinde, Ypres. |
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4th October 1917 |
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Battle of Poelcappelle, Ypres. |
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9th October 1917 |
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First battle of Passchendaele, Ypres. |
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12th October 1917 |
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16th October 1917 |
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10th (Irish) Division assembles, Egypt |
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Second Battle of Passchendaele, Ypres. |
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26th October 1917 |
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3rd November 1917 |
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Faughs raid the Hindenburg Line |
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7th November 1917 |
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Battle Honour GAZA |
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14th November 1917 |
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2 RIR transfers to 36th (Ulster) Division |
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20th November 1917 |
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Battle Honour CAMBRAI 1917,'18 |
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Battle of Cambrai |
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20th November 1917 |
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21st November 1917 |
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Battle Honour CAMBRAI 1917,'18 - the Second Day. |
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22nd November 1917 |
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Battle Honour CAMBRAI 1917,18 - the Third Day. |
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23rd November 1917 |
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Battle Honour CAMBRAI 1917,'18 - the Fourth Day. |
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26th November 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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7th December 1917 |
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British capture Jerusalem |
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9th December 1917 |
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12th December 1917 |
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Battle Honour JERUSALEM. |
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24th December 1917 |
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The Road to Nablus, Christmas Eve 1917. |
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29th December 1917 |
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Fighting Faughs build another road, Palestine. |
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19th January 1918 |
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16th (Irish) and 36th (Ulster) Division into trenches, St Quentin. |
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10th February 1918 |
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7/8th Faughs disbanded. |
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Russia signs Peace Treaty |
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3rd March 1918 |
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'Spanish' Flu pandemic. |
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11th March 1918 |
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13th March 1918 |
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10th (Irish) Division attack the Turks, Palestine. |
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20th March 1918 |
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Action at Tell 'Asur, Judean Hills, Palestine. |
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21st March 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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21st March 1918 |
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Op MICHAEL |
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21st March 1918 |
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25th March 1918 |
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16th (Irish) Division transfer to XIX Corps |
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26th March 1918 |
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36th (Ulster) Division turns to block German Spring Offensive |
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28th March 1918 |
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Depleted 36th (Ulster) Division awaits French Army |
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30th March 1918 |
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36th (Ulster) Division withdrawn from the Front. |
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German Lys Offensive |
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9th April 1918 |
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Third Battle of the Aisne, German Blücher-Yorck Offensive. |
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27th May 1918 |
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Op GNEISENAU |
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9th June 1918 |
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14th June 1918 |
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16th (Irish) Division move to England |
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Battles of the Marne |
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20th July 1918 |
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Advance in Picardy |
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8th August 1918 |
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Advance in Flanders |
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18th August 1918 |
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24th August 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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26th August 1918 |
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3rd September 1918 |
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9th Faughs advance against the Germans at Bailleul |
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4th September 1918 |
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Faugh Battalions suffer casualties at Bailleul |
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Final Advance - Flanders |
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28th September 1918 |
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29th September 1918 |
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Royal Irish Rifles assault Hill 41, Ypres |
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Bulgarian Armistice signed |
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29th September 1918 |
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30th September 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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30th September 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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2nd October 1918 |
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2nd October 1918 |
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Battle Honour YPRES 1914,'15,'17,'18 |
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Pursuit to the Selle |
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9th October 1918 |
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16th October 1918 |
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9th Faughs assault across the River Lys |
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Final Advance - Picardy |
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17th October 1918 |
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19th October 1918 |
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36th (Ulster) Division crosses the River Lys. |
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22nd October 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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30th October 1918 |
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31st October 1918 |
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War's end in Palestine. |
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Austria-Hungary Armistice signed |
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3rd November 1918 |
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Kaiser Wilhelm II abdicates. [Video] |
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9th November 1918 |
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First World War comes to an end |
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11th November 1918 |
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11th November 1918 |
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Royal Irish Rifles at War's end |
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11th November 1918 |
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Royal Irish Fusiliers at War's end - 'FINIS'* |
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11th November 1918 |
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Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers at War's end. |
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11th November 1918 |
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War's End |
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11th November 1918 |
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London Irish Rifles at War's end. |
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The Treaty of Versailles |
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28th June 1919 |
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10th October 1919 |
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1st Faughs depart for Kasvin |
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30th November 1919 |
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Michael Patrick Faugh demobilised in Cairo |
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30th December 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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10th January 1920 |
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17th July 1920 |
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Relief of Rumaitha, Mesopotamia. |
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1st September 1920 |
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Faughs ambushed at Fasilah, Mesopotamia [Iraq]. |
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1st January 1921 |
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RIR RIP RUR. |
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7th May 1921 |
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1st Battalion The Royal Irish Fusiliers leave Iraq for Egypt |
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22nd June 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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6th December 1921 |
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Egypt becomes independent from Britain |
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22nd February 1922 |
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31st March 1922 |
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1st Faughs depart Egypt. |
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31st March 1922 |
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Order to disband the Faughs cancelled. |
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5th April 1922 |
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Faughs to be disbanded? |
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12th June 1922 |
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Disbandment of the Irish Regiments |
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19th July 1922 |
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Conference to save The Royal Irish Fusiliers |
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British Mandate, Palestine. |
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24th July 1922 |
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Irish Free State established. |
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6th December 1922 |
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5th February 1924 |
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Faughs arrive in Egypt. |
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28th March 1924 |
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Skins and Faughs form a Corps. |
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4th May 1924 |
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Inniskillings in Iraq |
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8th February 1925 |
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A Charwallah for the Faughs. |
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11th February 1926 |
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Faughs move to Cairo. |
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18th October 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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17th June 1930 |
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Japanese invasion of Manchuria |
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19th September 1931 |
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16th November 1932 |
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Inniskillings Guard of Honour at the Opening of Stormont |
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1st December 1933 |
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1st Faughs arrive in the Sudan |
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5th November 1934 |
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Faughs return from Cyprus and Sudan |
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Death of King George V. |
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20th January 1936 |
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7th March 1936 |
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Germany enters Rhineland |
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Spanish Civil War |
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17th July 1936 |
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12th September 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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11th December 1936 |
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14th April 1937 |
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Faughs reconstituted with 1st and 2nd Battalions. |
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Second Sino-Japanese War |
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7th July 1937 |
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29th October 1937 |
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Riflemen killed by Japanese, Shanghai. |
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1st November 1937 |
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Presentation of Colours to The Royal Irish Fusiliers. |
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25th November 1937 |
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Goatherds with Guns. |
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4th January 1938 |
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2 Faughs embark for Malta. |
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10th January 1938 |
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2nd Battalion Royal Irish Fusiliers arrive in Malta |
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10th March 1938 |
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2 RUR under enemy fire, Palestine. |
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12th July 1938 |
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2 RUR on the Syrian Frontier |
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25th August 1938 |
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King's Colour presented to 1st Inniskillings |
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Munich Agreement signed |
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29th September 1938 |
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11th October 1938 |
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2 Faughs to Palestine |
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15th October 1938 |
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2nd Battalion The Royal Irish Fusiliers to Palestine |
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5th November 1938 |
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1st Battalion The Royal Irish Fusiliers moves to Guernsey |
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9th January 1939 |
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1 RUR on the North West Frontier. |
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1st June 1939 |
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Colours presented to Inniskilling Battalions |
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14th August 1939 |
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1st Faughs to Tidworth |
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Germany invades Poland |
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1st September 1939 |
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Britain declares war on Germany |
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3rd September 1939 |
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13th September 1939 |
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1st Faughs prepare for France |
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16th September 1939 |
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Inniskillings land at Cherbourg, France. |
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Soviet Union invades Poland |
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17th September 1939 |
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20th September 1939 |
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George VI and Queen Elizabeth visit 1st Faughs |
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17th October 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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10th May 1940 |
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12th May 1940 |
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Battle Honour DYLE |
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17th May 1940 |
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Inniskillings; first contact with the Germans |
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17th May 1940 |
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Exhausted 2 RUR withdraws through Brussels |
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18th May 1940 |
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Faughs; first contact with the Germans |
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19th May 1940 |
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Medical Officer uses jackknife to amputate a hand. |
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20th May 1940 |
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Faughs withdraw from the River Dendre |
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22nd May 1940 |
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2 RUR withdraws from Bossuyt to Turcoing |
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23rd May 1940 |
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Battle Honour ST. OMER-LA-BASSEE |
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26th May 1940 |
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MM and Reprimand awarded. |
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27th May 1940 |
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Operation DYNAMO, Evacuation from Dunkirk |
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28th May 1940 |
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Faughs fall back to Watou. |
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Belgium Surrenders |
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28th May 1940 |
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30th May 1940 |
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1st Faughs escape Dunkirk. |
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1st June 1940 |
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Battle Honour DUNKIRK 1940 |
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4th June 1940 |
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1 RUR, India 1940. |
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Mussolini's Italy declares war on Britain and France |
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10th June 1940 |
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11th June 1940 |
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Battle Honour MALTA 1940 |
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France surrenders to Germany |
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22nd June 1940 |
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Battle of Britain begins |
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26th June 1940 |
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Tripartite Pact; Germany/Italy/Japan. |
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27th September 1940 |
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11th April 1941 |
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Faughs down a Stuka? |
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Germans capture Crete |
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20th May 1941 |
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Germany invades Soviet Union |
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22nd June 1941 |
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Japan attacks Pearl Harbour |
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7th December 1941 |
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Japanese invade Malaya |
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8th December 1941 |
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1st January 1942 |
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How 8 RUR became a Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment. |
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13th January 1942 |
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38 (Irish) Infantry Brigade is titled. |
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15th February 1942 |
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Singapore surrenders to Japanese |
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18th April 1942 |
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Battle Honour 'YENANGYAUNG 1942'. |
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The Battle of Stalingrad |
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23rd August 1942 |
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27th August 1942 |
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1 LIR depart UK for Middle East |
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Battle of Alamein |
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23rd October 1942 |
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Allies invade North Africa - Operation TORCH |
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8th November 1942 |
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21st December 1942 |
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38 (Irish) Brigade assembles in North Africa. |
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28th December 1942 |
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Faughs capture their first POWs, North Africa. |
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1st January 1943 |
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Inniskillings attack Thayetpin village, Burma. |
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8th January 1943 |
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Inniskilling attack Japanese at Donbaik, Burma. |
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18th January 1943 |
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38 (Irish) Brigade beat off German attack, Tunisia. |
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22nd January 1943 |
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Sergeant McAleer's Revenge - 29 for 1 - Tunisia |
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23rd January 1943 |
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Reflecting on the Faughs, North Africa. |
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18th February 1943 |
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Inniskillings attack Donbaik, Burma. |
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26th February 1943 |
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Battle Honour BOU ARADA |
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1st March 1943 |
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Faughs ambush Germans, Tunisia. |
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15th March 1943 |
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38 (Irish) Brigade join 78th (Battleaxe) Infantry Division |
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1st April 1943 |
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1 LIR departs Iraq for Palestine |
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7th April 1943 |
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38 (Irish) Brigade captures Jebel al Mahdi, Tunisia. |
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15th April 1943 |
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Night Attack along Djebel el Ang,Tunisia. |
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22nd April 1943 |
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Battle Honour DJEBEL TANNGOUCHA |
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6th May 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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13th May 1943 |
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11th June 1943 |
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2nd Faughs depart Malta |
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Kursk Offensive, Operation CITADEL |
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5th July 1943 |
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Allies invade Sicily |
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9th July 1943 |
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11th July 1943 |
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8 RUR - Mistaken in Malta |
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19th July 1943 |
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2 INNISKS capture 'LEMON', Sicily |
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26th July 1943 |
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38 (Irish) Brigade into Sicily. |
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3rd August 1943 |
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Battle Honour 'CENTURIPE'. |
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5th August 1943 |
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38 (Irish) Brigade cross River Simeto, Sicily. |
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11th August 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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3rd September 1943 |
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Allied invasion of Italy - Operations BAYTOWN, AVALANCHE and SLAPSTICK. |
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3rd September 1943 |
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22nd September 1943 |
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Inniskillings reach Salerno |
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24th September 1943 |
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London Irish - 'Summer Holiday' in Italy |
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25th September 1943 |
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38 (Irish) Brigade land at Taranto |
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29th September 1943 |
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2nd Battalion The Royal Irish Fusiliers land on Leros |
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29th September 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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3rd October 1943 |
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5th October 1943 |
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38 (Irish) Brigade land at Termoli |
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6th October 1943 |
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6th Inniskillings attack 16 Panzer Division at Termoli |
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26th October 1943 |
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2nd INNISKILLINGS attack Isernia, Italy. |
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4th November 1943 |
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Night (graffiti) patrol, Isernia |
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15th November 1943 |
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Inniskillings share POWs with Americans |
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16th November 1943 |
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Leros is seized by the Germans |
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19th November 1943 |
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1st Faughs recce the German's Winter Line at Torino |
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28th November 1943 |
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The Sangro Line, Italy. |
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29th November 1943 |
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6th Inniskillings attack Licolle at Sangro |
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30th November 1943 |
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Battle Honour SANGRO |
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1st December 1943 |
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Irish Brigade advances along east coast of Italy |
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2nd December 1943 |
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38 (Irish) Brigade battle Germans in San Vito, Italy. |
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30th December 1943 |
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2 INNISKS Patrol Against Germans in the Apennines. |
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First Battle for Cassino, Italy. |
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12th January 1944 |
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18th January 1944 |
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Battle Honour GARIGLIANO CROSSING |
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19th January 1944 |
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Battle Honour MINTURNO |
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20th January 1944 |
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London Irish Rifles at Garigliano Crossing. |
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Op SHINGLE - Battle of Anzio |
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22nd January 1944 |
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2nd February 1944 |
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Inniskillings Rest and Recuperation in Italy. |
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4th February 1944 |
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London Irish Rifles into Anzio. |
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7th February 1944 |
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Germans attack at Anzio. |
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15th February 1944 |
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1 LIR rest at Anzio. |
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Second Battle for Cassino, Italy. |
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15th February 1944 |
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17th February 1944 |
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2nd Inniskillings on Monte Damiano, Italy. |
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21st February 1944 |
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London Irish Rifles return to the front at Anzio. |
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11th March 1944 |
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Battle Honour 'ANZIO' |
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Third Battle for Cassino |
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15th March 1944 |
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Operation STRANGLE - Italy |
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19th March 1944 |
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24th March 1944 |
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Victory Rolls at Anzio, Italy. |
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6th April 1944 |
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Faughs' Padre awarded MC. |
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Operation DIADEM - Fourth Battle for Cassino |
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11th May 1944 |
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16th May 1944 |
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Irish Brigade attack the Gustav Line, Italy |
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17th May 1944 |
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6th Inniskillings attack Piumarola, Italy. |
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6th June 1944 |
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Battle Honour 'NORMANDY LANDING'. |
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Operation OVERLORD - Allied invasion of Normandy, France. |
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6th June 1944 |
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9th June 1944 |
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2 RUR Capture Cambes, Normandy. |
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14th June 1944 |
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38 (Irish) Brigade advance north of Rome, Italy. |
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21st June 1944 |
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Battle for San Fatucchio, 38 (Irish) Brigade, Italy. |
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25th June 1944 |
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Faugh CO captured, Italy. |
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Brazil enters the Second World War |
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2nd July 1944 |
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Soviet forces enter Poland |
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4th July 1944 |
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9th July 1944 |
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Battle Honour CAEN |
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9th July 1944 |
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6th Inniskillings Disbanded. |
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13th August 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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15th August 1944 |
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Liberation of Paris |
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24th August 1944 |
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Battle of the Bulge |
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16th December 1944 |
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31st January 1945 |
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RUR recce across the River Meuse. |
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5th February 1945 |
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RUR patrol captures prisoners. |
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15th March 1945 |
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Irish Brigade fighting on the Senio River |
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Operation PLUNDER, crossing the Rhine. |
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23rd March 1945 |
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24th March 1945 |
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Battle Honour 'RHINE' |
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Operation VARSITY |
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24th March 1945 |
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17th April 1945 |
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Battle Honour 'ARGENTA GAP'. |
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US and Soviet troops meet at Torgau, south of Berlin |
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25th April 1945 |
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26th April 1945 |
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Battle Honour 'ITALY 1943-45' |
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Death of Mussolini |
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28th April 1945 |
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Hitler commits suicide |
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30th April 1945 |
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2nd May 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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4th May 1945 |
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Unconditional surrender of Germany. |
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7th May 1945 |
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Germany surrenders to the Soviets |
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8th May 1945 |
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8th May 1945 |
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Victory in Europe - VE Day. |
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10th May 1945 |
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At war's end, 1st Faughs in Klagenfurt, Austria. |
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26th May 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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6th August 1945 |
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Russia declares war on Japan. |
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8th August 1945 |
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The second atomic bomb (Fat Man) is dropped on Nagasaki |
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9th August 1945 |
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Victory over Japan Day |
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15th August 1945 |
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Korea is divided |
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15th August 1945 |
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Japanese sign Surrender Documents |
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12th September 1945 |
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15th October 1945 |
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RUR posted to Palestine |
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United Nations Charter ratified |
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24th October 1945 |
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15th October 1946 |
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Inniskillings to Internal Security, Lahore (India) |
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1st May 1947 |
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The Royal Irish Fusiliers reduce to one battalion |
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7th August 1947 |
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1st Inniskillings depart India, 1947 |
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India and Pakistan gain independence |
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15th August 1947 |
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2nd September 1947 |
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Brigadier E E J Moore appointed Colonel of The Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers |
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27th December 1947 |
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Inniskillings lose 2nd Battalion. |
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1st May 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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14th May 1948 |
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Malayan Emergency declared |
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16th June 1948 |
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Berlin Blockaded by Soviet Union. |
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24th June 1948 |
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4th August 1948 |
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1st Inniskillings arrive in Singapore |
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North Atlantic Treaty |
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4th April 1949 |
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Mao proclaims People's Republic of China |
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1st October 1949 |
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1st November 1949 |
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1st Inniskillings moves to West Indies |
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17th March 1950 |
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Royal Irish Fusiliers Chapel dedicated, Armagh. |
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North Korea invades South Korea |
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25th June 1950 |
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UN adopts Resolution 83. |
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27th June 1950 |
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15th July 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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15th September 1950 |
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1st October 1950 |
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Faughs move to Göttingen, West Germany. |
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UN Forces advance to the Chinese border, Korea. |
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1st October 1950 |
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Chinese First Phase Offensive |
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13th October 1950 |
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5th November 1950 |
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1 RUR arrives in South Korea |
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Chinese Second Phase Offensive |
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25th November 1950 |
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4th December 1950 |
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1 RUR withdraw south of Taedong River, Korea. |
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9th December 1950 |
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Safe blowing, Korea. |
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23rd December 1950 |
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Christmas in Korea. |
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Chinese Third Phase Offensive |
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31st December 1950 |
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2nd January 1951 |
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Chaegunghyon - 1 RUR in 'Happy Valley'. |
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3rd January 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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4th January 1951 |
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24th January 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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30th January 1951 |
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14th February 1951 |
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1 RUR advance, Korea. |
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19th February 1951 |
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RUR advance to Hill 630. |
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2nd March 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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14th March 1951 |
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1st April 1951 |
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1st INNISKILLINGS depart Jamaica |
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5th April 1951 |
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1 RUR on the River Imjin, Korea. |
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14th April 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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22nd April 1951 |
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23rd April 1951 |
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Battle of Imjin, Korea, 1 RUR attacked. |
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25th April 1951 |
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Battle Honour IMJIN |
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28th April 1951 |
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1 RUR moves to Kimpo, Korea. |
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9th May 1951 |
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1 RUR moves to River Han, Korea. |
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30th May 1951 |
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Return to the Imjin, 1 RUR - Korea. |
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Stalemate in Korea |
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1st June 1951 |
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17th June 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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23rd July 1951 |
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4th October 1951 |
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Operation COMMANDO - 1 RUR, Korea. |
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7th October 1951 |
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Battle Honour KOREA 1950-51 |
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4th November 1951 |
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1 INNISKILLINGS embark for Middle East. |
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15th November 1951 |
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1 INNISKILLINGS arrive in Egypt |
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Death of King George VI. |
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6th February 1952 |
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23rd February 1952 |
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1 INNISKILLINGS move to Tel el Kebir |
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24th May 1952 |
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Freedom of Enniskillen, The Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers |
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25th September 1952 |
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1 INNISKILLINGS depart Egypt |
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Kenya Emergency |
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20th October 1952 |
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Death of Stalin |
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5th March 1953 |
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14th May 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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2nd June 1953 |
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Korean War Armistice signed |
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27th July 1953 |
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6th February 1954 |
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Freedom of the City of Belfast for The Royal Ulster Rifles |
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12th June 1954 |
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The Irish Republican Army raid Gough Barracks, Armagh |
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13th June 1954 |
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Faughs arrive in Korea |
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22nd September 1954 |
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2nd Inniskillings arrive in Cyprus |
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30th January 1955 |
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Faughs in Kenya |
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Cyprus Emergency |
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1st April 1955 |
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Warsaw Pact formed |
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14th May 1955 |
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2nd June 1955 |
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Inniskillings receive Freedom of Nairobi |
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24th December 1955 |
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Faughs depart Kenya. |
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Suez Canal Nationalised |
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26th July 1956 |
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1st September 1956 |
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2nd Inniskillings Disband |
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Suez Crisis, Israel invades Egypt. |
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29th October 1956 |
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USSR invades Hungary |
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4th November 1956 |
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Suez Crisis, Britain and France invade Canal Zone. |
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5th November 1956 |
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12th December 1956 |
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Bomb at Gough Barracks, Armagh. |
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1st September 1958 |
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Battle of the Barn, Liopetri, Cyprus. |
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5th September 1958 |
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Another Bomb at Gough Barracks! |
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27th February 1960 |
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North Irish Brigade Cap Badge. |
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1st May 1961 |
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1st Inniskillings deploy to Kuwait from Kenya |
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Berlin Wall is built |
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13th August 1961 |
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20th February 1962 |
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Presentation of New Colours to 1st Inniskillings |
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Uganda gains independence from Great Britain |
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9th October 1962 |
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The Cuban Missile Crisis |
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14th October 1962 |
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Indonesian Confrontation |
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20th January 1963 |
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9th July 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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22nd November 1963 |
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30th January 1964 |
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RUR prepare for 'Confrontation', Sarawak. |
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20th February 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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4th March 1964 |
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10th March 1964 |
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Royal Irish Fusiliers boxing team became All Army Champions |
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15th September 1964 |
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First Edition of SUN Newspaper. |
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Death of Churchill |
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24th January 1965 |
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10th February 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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8th March 1965 |
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7th May 1965 |
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1 RUR march through Belfast post Borneo/Sarawak |
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15th June 1965 |
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North Irish Brigade Depot opens at St Patrick's Barracks, Ballymena |
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3rd September 1965 |
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Inniskillings to Berlin |
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8th July 1966 |
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Burial of the No 4 Lee Enfield Rifle. |
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24th September 1966 |
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Final Parade of 5th Faughs |
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3rd December 1966 |
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Faugh's Bravery in Aden |
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1st April 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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5th June 1967 |
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Britain departs Aden |
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30th November 1967 |
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1st April 1968 |
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RHQ R IRISH opens in Belfast. |
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1st June 1968 |
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North Irish Militia First Annual Camp 1968, Scotland |
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8th June 1968 |
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The Royal Irish Fusiliers Troop the Colour, Portadown. |
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1st July 1968 |
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Vesting Day, formation of The Royal Irish Rangers (27th (Iniskilling) 83rd 87th) |
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23rd September 1968 |
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Dedication of Inniskilling's Regimental Chapel, St Macartin's Cathedral, Enniskillen. |
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11th November 1968 |
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2 R IRISH (Rangers) march past President de Gaulle. |
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3rd December 1968 |
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3rd Battalion The Royal Irish Rangers Disbands. |
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15th May 1969 |
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Move of Inniskillings' Museum. |
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1st July 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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14th August 1969 |
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1st September 1969 |
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2nd Battalion The Royal Irish Rangers, Gibraltar to UK |
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10th October 1969 |
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The Hunt Report is published. |
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1st November 1969 |
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First Commander The Ulster Defence Regiment |
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12th November 1969 |
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First Colonel Commandant UDR |
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18th December 1969 |
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The Ulster Defence Regiment Act 1969. |
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1st January 1970 |
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Regimental Headquarters UDR formed |
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18th February 1970 |
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First UDR recruits |
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1st April 1970 |
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The Ulster Defence Regiment becomes operational. |
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30th April 1970 |
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UDR's First Major Operation. |
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1st June 1970 |
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First Training Camp for The Ulster Defence Regiment* |
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2nd June 1970 |
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2nd Battalion The Royal Irish Rangers, Bahrain. |
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28th June 1970 |
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UDR's first call-out for full time service. |
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1st July 1970 |
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North Irish Militia retitled as Rangers. |
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1st July 1970 |
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North Irish Militia Annual Camp 1970, Wales |
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1st July 1970 |
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UDR Commissioning Course* |
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1st October 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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6th February 1971 |
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1st April 1971 |
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5th (Volunteer) Battalion The Royal Irish Rangers raised. |
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1st May 1971 |
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North Irish Militia Annual Camp 1971; England, Federal Republic of Germany and Cyprus. |
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3rd May 1971 |
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2 R IRISH, Exercise MOON LADY, Denmark. |
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8th May 1971 |
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UDR's first terrorist casualties. |
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1st July 1971 |
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North Irish Militia win China Cup |
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7th July 1971 |
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Prix Leclerc Military Competition |
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1st August 1971 |
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NIM BHQ relocates to Charles Street, Portadown. |
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9th August 1971 |
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First UDR soldier shot and killed, Op DEMETRIUS |
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20th September 1971 |
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2nd Battalion The Royal Irish Rangers, Public Duties, London |
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1st November 1971 |
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1 R IRISH UNFICYP tour Cyprus 1972. |
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15th November 1971 |
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2nd Battalion The Royal Irish Rangers, Ex GOBI DUST, USA |
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1st December 1971 |
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Crisis in Malta, 2 R IRISH. |
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8th December 1971 |
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8 UDR is formed. |
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12th December 1971 |
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Terrorists murder UDR soldier. |
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15th December 1971 |
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9 UDR is formed. |
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15th January 1972 |
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10 UDR is formed. |
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6th February 1972 |
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UDR deployed to Newry . |
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27th February 1972 |
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2 R IRISH move to Warminster |
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1st July 1972 |
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11 UDR formed. |
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4th July 1972 |
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Presentation of Colours to The Royal Irish Rangers |
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14th July 1972 |
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1 R IRISH Troop the Colour, Federal Republic of Germany |
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18th August 1972 |
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5th (Volunteer) Battalion The Royal Irish Rangers First Annual Camp, 1972, Scotland. |
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30th August 1972 |
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North Irish Militia Troop The Colour. |
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31st August 1972 |
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'Killaloe', becomes the Regimental Quick March of The Royal Irish Rangers. |
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29th September 1972 |
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2nd Battalion The Royal Irish Rangers Troop the Colour. |
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1st October 1972 |
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First edition of 'The Irish Ranger' newspaper |
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1st March 1973 |
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Sandhurst training for UDR Officer Cadets* |
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12th May 1973 |
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North Irish Militia Annual Camp 1973, Federal Republic of Germany. |
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18th July 1973 |
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Greenfinches join the UDR. |
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25th July 1973 |
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The Royal Tournament, London. |
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18th August 1973 |
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5th (Volunteer) Battalion The Royal Irish Rangers Annual Camp 1973, England. |
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28th October 1973 |
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First operational deployment of Greenfinches. |
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1st April 1974 |
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UDR Call Out |
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2nd May 1974 |
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First female UDR soldier killed by IRA. |
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10th June 1974 |
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Death of the Colonel-in-Chief of The Royal Irish Rangers. |
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1st July 1974 |
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North Irish Militia Annual Camp 1974, England. |
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17th August 1974 |
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5th (Volunteer) Battalion The Royal Irish Rangers Annual Camp 1974, England. |
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1st September 1974 |
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1st Battalion The Royal Irish Rangers move to Warminster |
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1st September 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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18th December 1974 |
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29th January 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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30th April 1975 |
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1st May 1975 |
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North Irish Militia Annual Camp 1975, England. |
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1st May 1975 |
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12th US Infantry Regiment Combat Team attached to 1st Battalion The Royal Irish Rangers |
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15th August 1975 |
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Change of Depot QM |
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1st September 1975 |
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5th (Volunteer) Battalion The Royal Irish Rangers Annual Camp 1975, England. |
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1st December 1975 |
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UDR establishes Province Reserve* |
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7th January 1976 |
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UDR Call Out |
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Death of Montgomery |
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24th March 1976 |
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3rd May 1976 |
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Freedom of Belfast conferred on The Royal Irish Rangers |
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24th May 1976 |
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9 UDR and 11 UDR first UDR TAORs |
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5th June 1976 |
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5th (Volunteer) Battalion The Royal Irish Rangers Annual Camp 1976, England. |
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16th June 1976 |
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1 R IRISH Troop the Colour. |
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23rd June 1976 |
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2 R IRISH, Ex MEDICINE MAN III, Canada 1976. |
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10th July 1976 |
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NIM Annual Camp 1976, Federal Republic of Germany. |
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1st September 1976 |
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1st Battalion The Royal Irish Rangers moves to Little Rissington |
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1st January 1977 |
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1st Battalion The Royal Irish Rangers, Public Duties. |
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1st April 1977 |
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1 R IRISH (Rangers) UN tour , Cyprus 1977. |
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29th April 1977 |
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Major call out of UDR. |
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13th May 1977 |
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The Depot |
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1st August 1977 |
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North Irish Militia Annual Camp, Scotland 1977. |
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9th August 1977 |
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Ulster Defence Regiment Call Out provides security for Queen's visit. |
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10th August 1977 |
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Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II's Silver Jubilee visit to Northern Ireland. |
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1st September 1977 |
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5th (Volunteer) Battalion The Royal Irish Rangers Annual Camp 1977, Scotland. |
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1st December 1977 |
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Rangers firefighting in Manchester. |
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1st January 1978 |
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3 UDR takes over East and South Down |
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8th February 1978 |
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IRA booby-trap bomb kills UDR soldier and his daughter. |
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1st April 1978 |
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5th (Volunteer) Battalion The Royal Irish Rangers, re-role as a NATO Reinforcement Battalion. |
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18th April 1978 |
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North Irish Militia retitled. |
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1st May 1978 |
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5th (Volunteer) Battalion The Royal Irish Rangers Annual Camp 1978, Federal Republic of Germany. |
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18th June 1978 |
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Margaret Thatcher visits 3 UDR |
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1st September 1978 |
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4th (Volunteer) Battalion The Royal Irish Rangers Annual Camp 1978, England. |
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1st April 1979 |
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2nd Battalion The Royal Irish Rangers move to Tidworth, Wiltshire. |
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1st May 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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3rd May 1979 |
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27th August 1979 |
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3 UDR, Narrow Water Attack |
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1st September 1979 |
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2nd Battalion The Royal Irish Rangers, Belize |
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28th September 1979 |
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UDR Battalions deploy during Pope's visit. |
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1st October 1979 |
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4th (Volunteer) Battalion The Royal Irish Rangers Annual Camp 1979, Federal Republic of Germany. |
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1st October 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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27th December 1979 |
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6th January 1980 |
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IRA Landmine attack on 3 UDR. |
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8th September 1980 |
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5 (V) R IRISH Annual Camp 1980, Federal Republic of Germany. |
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1st October 1980 |
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4th (Volunteer) Battalion The Royal Irish Rangers Annual Camp 1980, England. |
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1st January 1981 |
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Guarding Her Majesty's Prison (HMP) Rollestone Camp |
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21st January 1981 |
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Death of Captain Sir Norman Stronge |
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1st April 1981 |
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1st Battalion The Royal Irish Rangers move to Chester. |
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1st June 1981 |
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5th (Volunteer) Battalion The Royal Irish Rangers Annual Camp 1981, Northern Ireland. |
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6th June 1981 |
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Dedication of the Regimental Chapel, St Anne's Cathedral, Belfast. |
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8th June 1981 |
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Beating Retreat by the Irish Regiments. |
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1st August 1981 |
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4th (Volunteer) Battalion The Royal Irish Rangers Annual Camp 1981, Federal Republic of Germany. |
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26th August 1981 |
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Presentation of Colours to 5 (V) R IRISH. |
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1st September 1981 |
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1st Battalion The Royal Irish Rangers, Belize |
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1st October 1981 |
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2nd Battalion The Royal Irish Rangers move to Berlin |
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Falklands War |
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2nd April 1982 |
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20th April 1982 |
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UDR and RN Joint Operations |
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31st May 1982 |
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1st Battalion The Royal Irish Rangers, Op CORPORATE (Falkland Islands) |
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1st June 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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14th June 1982 |
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1st July 1982 |
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4th (Volunteer) Battalion The Royal Irish Rangers Annual Camp 1982, England. |
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1st March 1983 |
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1st Battalion The Royal Irish Rangers, Falkland Islands Garrison |
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1st June 1983 |
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4th (Volunteer) Battalion The Royal Irish Rangers Annual Camp 1983, England. |
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1st June 1983 |
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5th (Volunteer) Battalion The Royal Irish Rangers Annual Camp 1983, England. |
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13th July 1983 |
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IRA Landmine Attack on 6 UDR |
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25th September 1983 |
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Maze Prison Breakout |
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1st November 1983 |
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2nd Battalion The Royal Irish Rangers move to Dover. |
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10th January 1984 |
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Rangers guard Greenham Common |
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20th May 1984 |
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1/9 UDR is formed. |
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1st August 1984 |
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4th (Volunteer) Battalion The Royal Irish Rangers Annual Camp 1984, Federal Republic of Germany. |
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14th October 1984 |
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7 UDR and 10 UDR Amalgamate |
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1st January 1985 |
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1st Battalion The Royal Irish Rangers move to British Army of the Rhine, Osnabrück. |
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30th May 1985 |
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2 R IRISH deploy to UNFICYP |
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1st June 1985 |
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4th (Volunteer) Battalion The Royal Irish Rangers Annual Camp 1985, England. |
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15th August 1985 |
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5th (Volunteer) Battalion The Royal Irish Rangers Annual Camp 1985, England. |
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Chernobyl nuclear power plant melts down |
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26th April 1986 |
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31st May 1986 |
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5 (V) R IRISH Annual Camp 1986, England. |
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1st August 1986 |
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4th (Volunteer) Battalion The Royal Irish Rangers Annual Camp 1986, England. |
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15th October 1986 |
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1st Battalion The Royal Irish Rangers, Exercise MEDICINE MAN 7, Canada. |
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1st March 1987 |
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2nd Battalion The Royal Irish Rangers, Falkland Islands Garrison. |
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1st August 1987 |
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4th (Volunteer) Battalion The Royal Irish Rangers Annual Camp 1987, England. |
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29th August 1987 |
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5th (Volunteer) Battalion The Royal Irish Rangers Annual Camp 1987, England. |
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22nd October 1987 |
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UDR battalions deploy in wake of severe flooding. |
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8th November 1987 |
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Enniskillen Remembrance Sunday Bombing |
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9th June 1988 |
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4th (Volunteer) Battalion The Royal Irish Rangers, Troop the Colour. |
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1st July 1988 |
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5th (Volunteer) Battalion The Royal Irish Rangers Annual Camp 1988, England. |
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1st August 1988 |
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2 R IRISH move to Lemgo |
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21st September 1988 |
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1 R IRISH on Op BANNER |
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23rd September 1988 |
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1 R IRISH mortared at Newtownbutler |
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29th October 1988 |
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1 R IRISH mortared at Rosslea |
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1st December 1988 |
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UDR 'Call Out' in wake of IRA Bomb attacks* |
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3rd December 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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15th February 1989 |
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21st April 1989 |
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Colonel-in-Chief of The Royal Irish Rangers. |
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21st April 1989 |
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Regimental Tercentenary |
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1st June 1989 |
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UDR issued with FRG |
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23rd September 1989 |
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5 (V) R IRISH - Ex PLAIN SAILING. |
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23rd September 1989 |
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4 (V) R IRISH - Ex PLAIN SAILING. |
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9th November 1989 |
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1 R IRISH patrol the Inner German Border. |
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9th April 1990 |
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IRA Landmine Attack on 3 UDR |
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1st June 1990 |
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Op BANNER Northern Ireland, 2nd Battalion The Royal Irish Rangers. |
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18th June 1990 |
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5 (V) R IRISH relocate Battalion Headquarters to Belfast. |
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1st July 1990 |
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1st Battalion The Royal Irish Rangers move to Warminster. |
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1st August 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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2nd August 1990 |
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24th August 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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3rd October 1990 |
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24th October 1990 |
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Ranger Cyril Smith is killed in Newry |
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16th November 1990 |
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Margaret Thatcher visits 2 R IRISH in Fermanagh |
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12th January 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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17th January 1991 |
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3rd February 1991 |
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Part-Time UDR soldier awarded QGM. |
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Wars in the Balkans |
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1st March 1991 |
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Start of civil war in Sierra Leone |
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23rd March 1991 |
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31st May 1991 |
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Lorry Bomb attack, Glennane. |
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29th June 1991 |
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HM The Queen presents Colours to the UDR |
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1st August 1991 |
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5th (Volunteer) Battalion The Royal Irish Rangers Annual Camp, 1991, England. |
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16th August 1991 |
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4th (Volunteer) Battalion The Royal Irish Rangers Annual Camp 1991, England. |
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30th September 1991 |
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2/11 UDR is formed |
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24th November 1991 |
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New Colours for 6 UDR. |
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25th November 1991 |
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4/6 UDR is formed. |
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End of the USSR |
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26th December 1991 |
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10th January 1992 |
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Final UDR Call Out |
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16th March 1992 |
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Army Act 1992, legislation for The Royal Irish Regiment |
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4th April 1992 |
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Duke of York presents Colours to UDR Battalions |
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31st May 1992 |
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UDR Service of Remembrance and Thanksgiving |
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1st July 1992 |
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Formation of The Royal Irish Regiment |
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1st July 1992 |
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The Royal Irish Rangers, 1 R IRISH and 2 R IRISH retitled |
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1st July 1992 |
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4th (Volunteer) Battalion The Royal Irish Rangers (The North Irish Militia) retitled. |
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1st July 1992 |
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5th (Volunteer) Battalion The Royal Irish Rangers retitled. |
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1st July 1992 |
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Depot The King's Division The Royal Irish Rangers retitled. |
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14th July 1992 |
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4 R IRISH Become the Regular Army Major Unit Shooting Champions |
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22nd July 1992 |
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2 R IRISH deploy to Canada on Exercise MEDICINE MAN III |
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29th July 1992 |
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1st Battalion The Royal Irish Regiment moves to Salamanca Barracks, Cyprus. |
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1st August 1992 |
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D (London Irish Company) joins The London Regiment. |
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14th August 1992 |
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4th (Volunteer) Battalion The Royal Irish Rangers, Final Annual Camp, 1992, England. |
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9th October 1992 |
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5th (Volunteer) Battalion The Royal Irish Rangers, Final Annual Camp 1992, Wales. |
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20th October 1992 |
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First Royal Irish Regiment soldier Murdered by Terrorism. |
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14th November 1992 |
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2 R IRISH deploy to Bosnia on Op GRAPPLE. |
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14th November 1992 |
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6 R IRISH and 8 R IRISH merge. |
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15th January 1993 |
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3 R IRISH merges with 6 R IRISH |
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1st April 1993 |
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4th/5th Battalion The Royal Irish Rangers joins the Army Order of Battle. |
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17th April 1993 |
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Freedom of Carrickfergus, The Royal Irish Regiment |
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1st June 1993 |
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2 R IRISH move to Cyprus. |
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12th June 1993 |
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4/5 RANGERS, First Annual Camp, Cyprus. |
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1st July 1993 |
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2 R IRISH Ceases to Exist |
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21st September 1993 |
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1 R IRISH reinforce 1 KORBR, Op BANNER |
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24th September 1993 |
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Final Trooping of The Colours, 2nd Battalion The Royal Irish Rangers. |
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1st October 1993 |
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Greenfinch completes Basic Infantry Course |
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30th April 1994 |
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5R IRISH - Soldiers die in blaze |
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24th June 1994 |
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A Company 1 R IRISH to Falklands |
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26th June 1994 |
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4/5 RANGERS to Falkland Islands. |
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1st August 1994 |
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4th/5th Battalion The Royal Irish Rangers Annual Camp 1994, England. |
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1st October 1994 |
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Freedom of Ballymena granted to The Royal Irish Regiment |
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17th May 1995 |
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1 R IRISH move to Catterick, England. |
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20th May 1995 |
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The Freedom of Castlereagh is granted to The Royal Irish Regiment by Castlereagh Borough Council |
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15th September 1995 |
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4th/5th Battalion The Royal Irish Rangers Annual Camp 1995, Scotland. |
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1st December 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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14th December 1995 |
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12th February 1996 |
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1 R IRISH deploy at short notice on Op BANNER. |
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1st May 1996 |
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4/5 RANGERS, Op RESOLUTE |
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29th June 1996 |
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First Stand of Colours presented to 1st Battalion The Royal Irish Regiment. |
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6th July 1996 |
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R IRISH (HS) deploy in support of the RUC. |
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1st September 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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27th September 1996 |
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Hong Kong returned to China |
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1st July 1997 |
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27th August 1997 |
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4/5 RANGERS, Presentation of Colours. |
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1st October 1997 |
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4/5 RANGERS on Ops RESOLUTE, LODESTAR and PALATINE (Bosnia). |
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10th December 1997 |
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1 R IRISH deploys on Op BANNER. |
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1st August 1998 |
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4th/5th Battalion The Royal Irish Rangers Annual Camp 1998, England. |
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15th August 1998 |
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4 R IRISH deploys in response to the Omagh Bombing. |
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1st November 1998 |
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1 R IRISH personnel to Op ESSENTIAL HARVEST, Macedonia. |
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6th May 1999 |
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7th (City of Belfast) Battalion deploy on Exercise IRISH HARP to Stanford Training Area |
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15th May 1999 |
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1st Battalion, The Royal Irish Regiment deploys to Kosovo on Operation AGRICOLA. |
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1st July 1999 |
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4th/5th Battalion The Royal Irish Rangers retitled The Royal Irish Rangers |
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1st September 1999 |
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1 R IRISH, a founding unit of 16 Air Assault Brigade |
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18th September 1999 |
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The Royal Irish Rangers Annual Camp 1999, Ukraine. |
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1st November 1999 |
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1st Battalion The Royal Irish Regiment moved to Howe Barracks, Canterbury, Kent. |
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13th February 2000 |
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4 R IRISH Adventure Training, Vietnam. |
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17th June 2000 |
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Colours presented to two Home Service Battalions. |
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9th September 2000 |
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The Royal Irish Rangers Annual Camp 2000, England. |
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10th September 2000 |
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OP BARRAS - Sierra Leone |
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1st June 2001 |
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The Royal Irish Rangers Annual Camp 2001, England. |
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15th June 2001 |
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1 R IRISH deploys on Op BANNER |
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16th June 2001 |
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Colours presented to three Home Service Battalions |
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21st August 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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11th September 2001 |
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Operation HERRICK, Afghanistan. |
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7th October 2001 |
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11th May 2002 |
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The Royal Irish Rangers Annual Camp 2002, Northern Ireland. |
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13th November 2002 |
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1st Battalion, The Royal Irish Regiment deployed as Firemen |
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12th December 2002 |
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1st Battalion, The Royal Irish Regiment stood to for operations in Iraq. |
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21st January 2003 |
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The Royal Irish Rangers, Op TELIC (Iraq) |
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15th February 2003 |
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1 R IRISH deploys to Kuwait. |
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22nd March 2003 |
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1 R IRISH Battlegroup moves into Iraq. |
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17th April 2003 |
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1 R IRISH secure Al Amara, Southern Iraq. |
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1st June 2003 |
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The Royal Irish Rangers Annual Camp 2003, USA and England. |
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15th September 2003 |
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1 R IRISH moves to Fort George, Inverness, Scotland. |
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31st December 2003 |
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RANGERS in Civil Contingency Reaction Force. |
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1st February 2004 |
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A Company, 1 R IRISH on Op BANNER |
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21st March 2004 |
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D Company, 1 R IRISH on Op BANNER |
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1st April 2004 |
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The Royal Irish Rangers, OP TELIC 4 (Iraq) |
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10th June 2004 |
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1 R IRISH deploy on Op CRUCIBLE |
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27th August 2004 |
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The Royal Irish Rangers Annual Camp 2004, Scotland. |
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15th December 2004 |
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R IRISH deploy on Op BANNER |
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1st February 2005 |
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RANGERS to Op TELIC 8 (Iraq) |
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7/11 suicide bombers kill 52 people and injure more than 700 in London |
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7th July 2005 |
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17th July 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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28th July 2005 |
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16th September 2005 |
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The Royal Irish Rangers Annual Camp 2005, England. |
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10th November 2005 |
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Battle Honour 'IRAQ 2003' |
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1st April 2006 |
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RANGERS support 1 R IRISH in air assault role. |
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4th April 2006 |
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1 R IRISH, Op HERRICK 4, Helmand, Afghanistan. |
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15th July 2006 |
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Barrosa and Somme Platoons, Musa Qala |
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6th October 2006 |
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The Conspicuous Gallantry Cross is awarded to The Royal Irish Regiment. |
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1st November 2006 |
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RANGERS on Op HERRICK 5, Afghanistan. |
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8th November 2006 |
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Shot at Dawn - The Pardon |
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1st July 2007 |
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4/5 RANGERS Retitled. |
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31st July 2007 |
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RANGERS retitled. |
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End of Operation BANNER |
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31st July 2007 |
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14th August 2007 |
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1 R IRISH move from Fort George, Inverness to Clive Barracks, Tern Hill, Shropshire. |
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7th November 2007 |
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2 R IRISH, Op HERRICK 8 |
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1st February 2008 |
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St Patrick's Barracks closes. |
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22nd March 2008 |
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1 R IRISH Battle Group deploys to Afghanistan, Op HERRICK 8. |
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15th June 2008 |
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2 R IRISH Annual Training Camp, Otterburn. |
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24th June 2008 |
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R IRISH battle the Taliban, Sapwan Qala. |
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28th July 2008 |
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Sergeant Mathews killed in action, Afghanistan. |
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18th August 2008 |
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Corporal Barry Dempsey is killed in action, Afghanistan. |
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4th September 2008 |
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Ranger Cupples is killed in action, Afghanistan. |
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2nd November 2008 |
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Afghanistan Homecoming Parade, Belfast. |
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1st June 2009 |
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2 R IRISH Annual Camp, France. |
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25th April 2010 |
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Korean War Memorial dedicated, Belfast |
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6th June 2010 |
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2 R IRISH mobilze for service in Afghanistan. |
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16th September 2010 |
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1 R IRISH on Op HERRICK 13, Afghanistan |
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1st October 2010 |
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2 R IRISH Annual Training Camp, Ballykinler. |
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14th November 2010 |
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Ranger Aaron McCormick killed in action, Afghanistan |
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19th December 2010 |
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Colonel in Chief visits Op HERRICK 13 |
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9th March 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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1st May 2011 |
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5th October 2011 |
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2 R IRISH Annual Training Camp, Otterburn. |
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21st April 2012 |
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R IRISH Freedom of Market Drayton, Shropshire. |
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11th July 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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7th May 2013 |
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10th March 2014 |
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Colonel in Chief visits 2 R IRISH |
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14th April 2014 |
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R IRISH Association with 'Broderers' Liverymen |
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14th May 2014 |
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2 R IRISH - Army Reserve renamed |
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Defence Reform Act 2014 |
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14th May 2014 |
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13th June 2014 |
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1 R IRISH converts to Light Protected Mobility Battalion. |
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1st July 2014 |
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Op FIRIC - A Coy 1 R IRISH |
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2nd November 2014 |
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Chaplain General leads Remembrance |
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NATO combat role ceases in Afghanistan. |
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28th December 2014 |
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Op RESOLUTE SUPPORT, Afghanistan |
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1st January 2015 |
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29th September 2015 |
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2 R IRISH - Op TOSCA, Cyprus. |
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10th December 2016 |
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Op TORAL IV - Afghanistan |
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13th March 2018 |
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Colonel-in-Chief visits 1 R IRISH |
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22nd September 2018 |
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Presentation of Colours to The Royal Irish Regiment |
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