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Post by groundhog on May 24, 2012 20:52:53 GMT
23rd May in Irish Military History 1706The Battle of Ramillies was fought in the War of the Spanish Succession. The British and their allies defeated the French. 17,000 men died in the battle in which the 18th Foot took part and was 'greatly mauled'. 1858Lt Harry Lyster of the 72nd Bengal Native Infantry, won a Victoria Cross with a solo charge into a rebel square, routing the enemy. 19158930 Pte Francis Gorbey Royal Irish Reg., 1st Batt. Villerstown, Co. Waterford. 1921Comdt Con Gleeson, IRA. Killed at Upperchurch, Co. Tipperary. 1941Lt Cdr Hugh Tristram De La Poer Beresford, Royal Navy. Was killed on HMS Kelly and is buried in Alamein War Cemetery, Egypt. He was the son of Henry de la Poer Beresford, 6th Marquis of Waterford, Newtown Anner, Clonmel, Co. Tipperary. 19431486216 Aircraftman James Joseph Morrissey, husband of Josephine M. Morrissey, Tramore, Co. Waterford. He died in England while serving in the RAF and is buried in Bournemouth North Cemetery. 1968Michael Murphy, a native of Cork was killed in Vietnam. He was an Alaskan State Trooper and was acting as an advisor to the South Vietnamese Police. 2000Israel completed it’s withdrawal from Lebanon after a 22 year occupation of part of the country.
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Post by groundhog on May 24, 2012 21:13:33 GMT
24th May in Irish Military History 1650John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough, was born. 1798The 1798 Rebellion began. 1819The future Queen Victoria was born in London. 1915The German Army launched an attack along a front running from Mauser Ridge to the north of Ypres down to the village of Hooge. The 2nd Bn Royal Irish Regt, part of 12th Brigade, 4th Division was holding trenches near Shell Trap Farm (later Mouse Trap Farm). This was the start of the final phase of the 2nd Battle of Ypres and became known as the Battle of Bellewaarde. The battalion’s War Diary gives an account of the night’s action. 2.a.m, Trenches: Battalion stood to arms. 2:20.a.m, Trenches: The enemy, preceded by gas, attacked. A mild wind blowing from the north-east brought the full volume of the gas on that part of the line occupied by the battalion. Although every step regarding the use of respirators and sprayers was taken, many of all ranks were overcome by gas. Shell Trap Farm, which had been held by 2 platoons of the 2nd Battalion Royal Dublin Fusiliers, was taken by the enemy, thus enabling them to enfilade our position of the line, which they worked down bombing us with hand grenades. The enemy took our trenches down as far as the right of the "King's Own", only a few men of our battalion now being left. Here the attack was checked, the enemy holding the ground he had taken., two platoons of "A" Company, under the command of Lieut. McKay, 4th Connaught Rangers, who were in support at point 'A' on map, held on until the following morning. Our casualties were 17 Officers and 378 other ranks, Approx. 62 Irish soldiers of the 2nd Battalion Royal Irish Regt were killed in action or died of wounds on this day. Killed serving with 1st Bn Royal Irish Regt at Ypres 5808 CQMS Charles Abbott. The husband of Margaret Abbott, of 9, The Terrace, Tramore, Co. Waterford. Age 34. Killed serving with 2nd Bn Royal Irish Regt at Ypres 6566 Pte Thomas Carthy. Husband of Mary Carthy, 34, River St, Clonmel. 6322 Pte John Condon. St. Patrick's, Waterford. Reputedly the youngest British soldier to die in WW1, age 14. 4684 Pte Matthew Corcoran. Kilmacthomas, Co. Waterford. 6184 Pte Daniel Cronin. Cashel, Co. Tipperary. 10045 Pte Martin Gaule. Ballybricken, Waterford 4272 Pte Michael Goggin. Ballybricken, Waterford. 10558 Pte James Hally. Clonmel, Co. Tipperary. 7108 Pte Michael Kennedy. Cashel, Co. Tipperary. 7099 Pte Patrick Kiely. Dungarvan. Co. Waterford. 2349 Pte John Lynch. Ballygunnermore, Co. Waterford. 10302 Pte John Moloney. St. Patricks, Waterford. 5070 Pte John Murphy. Trinity Without, Waterford. 6114 Pte James O'Neill. Trinity Without, Waterford. 6413 Pte James Pender. Abbeyside, Dungarvan, Co. Waterford. 10899 Pte Augustine Power. Dungarvan, Co. Waterford. 10953 Pte Christopher Power. Trinity Without, Waterford. 6317 Pte Michael Power. Kill, Bunmahon, Co. Waterford. 6906 Pte Patrick Walsh. Carrigeen, Co. Waterford. 6487 Pte William Walsh. St. Patrick's, Waterford. 4568 Pte John Whelan. Carrick on Suir, Co. Tipperary. 9571 Sgt John Whelan. St. Patrick's, Waterford. Other Units 5117 Pte Patrick Cahill, 19th Hussars. From Waterford. Died Western Front. 5341 Pte Alfred Carter, 5th Royal Irish Lancers. From Waterford. KIA Western Front. 19186956 Pte Timothy Damer from Waterford. Died of wounds on the Western Front serving with 2nd Bn Royal Munster Fusiliers. 1940Hitler mysteriously ordered a halt to his forces converging on Dunkirk.
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Post by groundhog on May 25, 2012 19:23:29 GMT
25th May in Irish Military History 1870The Fenians struck a blow for Irish freedom by raiding Eccles Hill, Quebec. 1915The 2nd Battle of Ypres officially ended. Killed serving with 2nd Bn Royal Irish Regt at Ypres 5584 Pte William Clancy. 6410 Pte Thomas O'Shea. Son of Thomas and Cathleen O'Shea, of Clonmel. Poelcapelle British Cemetery, Belgium. Memorial 1. There are about 20 special memorials in Poelcapelle cemetery to men who were buried elsewhere and who’s graves were subsequently lost. 2nd Lieutenant Hugh Patrick Shine, son of Col. J. Shine, Abbeyside, Dungarvan. Killed at Ypres with the Royal Irish Fusiliers. His brother had died at Mons in August 1914. 1921The IRA attacked and set fire to the Customs House in Dublin. 120 men were captured and 11 were killed 1941Bosun Michael Buckley, Merchant Navy. Husband of Elizabeth Buckley, Kinsale, Co. Cork. Died in England, age 50, and is buried in Falmouth Cemetery, Cornwall. He was a member of the crew of the M.V. Octane. 1978The first Irish troops of 43rd Irishbatt arrived in Haris, Lebanon. 1982HMS Coventry was hit by 3 1000 lb air bombs dropped from Argentine Skyhawks. 19 sailors died. The MV Atlantic Conveyor was hit by an Exocet missile and sank 3 days later, 12 dead. 2000Israeli troops start withdrawing from South Lebanon.
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Post by groundhog on May 26, 2012 8:50:26 GMT
26th May in Irish Military History 1798Approximately 500 Irish rebels were killed at the Battle of Tara. In Wexford the rebels were victorious over Kingsborough's militiamen and yeomanry at Oulart 1868Michael Barrett, a Fenian, was executed in Britain. His was the last execution conducted in public. 1877Hanna Sheehy was born in Co. Limerick. She was one of the founding members of the Irish Womens Franchise League. Her husband Francis Sheehy Skeffington was summarily executed in 1916. 1915Killed serving with 1st Bn Royal Irish Regt at Ypres 9689 Pte William Burke. St. Patricks, Waterford. KIA. Serving with 2 nd Bn Royal Irish Regt at Ypres 10164 Pte John J. Denn. Ballybricken, Waterford. Died of Wounds. 6732 Pte Michael Grant. Butlerstown, Co. Waterford. Died of Wounds. 19169204 Pte Simon McGuinness, 6th Bn Connaught Rangers, Died on the Western Front. From Waterford. 1940The evacuation of Allied troops from Dunkirk began. 1977Five men died in the Glen of Imaal, Co Wicklow when their 81mm mortar exploded during firing. They were all members of the 4th Inf Bn from Cork. Cpl Gerard O'Donovan Pte Cornelius Buckley Pte Anthony Hourihan Pte Daniel O'Connell Pte Donal Nugent
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Post by groundhog on May 27, 2012 9:14:30 GMT
27th May in Irish Military History 19156359 Pte Thomas Power, 2nd Bn Royal Irish Regt. Died of wounds Western Front. From Dungarvan, Co. Waterford. 191824467 Sapper George Charles Murphy, 105 Field Coy, Royal Engineers. From Clonmel he died in France and is buried in La Ville Aux Bois British Cemetery. 42159 Pte Joseph Walsh, East Yorkshire Regt. Died on the Western Front. He was from Cashel. 19403243174 Pte Patrick Barrett, 6th Bn Seaforth Highlanders. KIA Belgium. From Templemore, Co. Tipperary. His date of death is estimated.
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Post by groundhog on May 28, 2012 7:51:34 GMT
28th May in Irish Military History 1798 Enniscorthy fell to the rebels. 19152nd Bn Royal Irish Regt. 6074 Pte William Gaule. Died on the Western Front. From Tramore, Co. Waterford 5778 Pte William Moroney. Died of wounds on the Western Front. From Waterford. 19168458 Pte John Moran from Dungarvan. Died of wounds on the Western Front serving with 2nd Bn Connaught Rangers. 7622 Pte Patrick Somers from Waterford. Died of wounds on the Western Front serving with 2nd Bn Royal Irish Regt. 1920Kilmallock RIC Barracks was attacked by the IRA in the early hours of the morning. The barracks, was a house rented to the RICand was occupied by two sergeants and five constables commanded by Sergeant O'Sullivan. Bottles of paraffin and balls of sulphur were used to set the barrack on fire. By 7.15 a.m. Sergeant Keane and Constable Morton were dead, and the barrack was untenable. Gathering his remaining men, Sgt. O'Sullivan led a bayonet charge, dispersing the attackers. He was immediately promoted to Head Constable and soon after to District Inspector. Eight months later he was shot dead in Listowel whilst leading his eight year old son by the hand from church. 1940The Belgian army surrendered to invading German forces. 1970 Charles Haughey and Niall Blaney were arrested for conspiracy to import arms.
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Post by groundhog on May 29, 2012 9:10:48 GMT
29th May in Irish Military History 1798The Wexford rebels camped on Vinegar Hill, outside Enniscorthy. The Ulster Directory of the United Irishmen met to plan rebellion in Antrim and Down. More than three hundred rebel prisoners were executed at Gibbet Rath on the Curragh Plains. 1855Lt Hugh Burgoyne RN landed on a beach in Crimea with two other men and destroyed a substantial amount of stores whilst under fire. All three received the Victoria Cross. 19155449 Sergeant William Clarke 3rd Bn Connaught Rangers. From Waterford. Died at Home. 19161694 Pte Richard Corcoran, 6th Bn Royal Irish Regt from Clonmel. KIA France and buried in Dud Corner Cemetery, Loos. 27358 Gunner William Mulcahy, Royal Garrison Artillery. Died of wounds on the Western Front. From Lismore, Co. Waterford. 191818051 Sgt John Slater, son of Mr. A. Slater, 44, Albert St, Clonmel, Co. Tipperary. KIA Ypres serving in the Machine Gun Corps. He is commemorated on the Tyne Cot Memorial. 19407014142 Rifleman Edward May from Kilmanahan, Co. Waterford, serving in Belgium with the Royal Ulster Rifles was KIA and buried in Woesten Churchyard near Ypres. 19411427580 Gnr John Maher, son of Thomas and Mary Maher from Templemore, Co. Tipperary was KIA in Greece, Age 20 serving in the Royal Artillery. He is commemorated on the Athens Memorial, Face 2. First Radio Officer Michael Prior, Merchant Navy. 1944256116 Richard Lynford Bomford, 10th Bn Rifle Brigade, KIA Monte Casino and is buried in Cassino War Cemetery. He was the son of Capt Charles Francis and Dorothy Maud Bomford, Ballycommon. Co. Tipperary. His brother was killed with the RAF in 1940.
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Post by groundhog on May 30, 2012 9:05:32 GMT
30th May in Irish Military History 1588The Duke de Medina-Sidonia set sail with the Spanish Armada to invade England. 1798Wexford town was captured by the United Irishmen. 19157602 Pte John Power, 2nd Bn Royal Irish Regt. Died of wounds at home. From Waterford. 1918G/41950 Pte Patrick F. Keohan from Stradbally, Co. Waterford. KIA serving with 2nd Bn the Middlesex Regt. 1921Killed by Security Forces in Tipperary Town Volunteer William O'Brien, IRA. From Dundrum, Co. Tipperary. Lt Martin Purcell, IRA. From Dundrum, Co. Tipperary. 1942Third Engineer Officer Henry Black 1944Eamon de Valera was returned as Taoiseach
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Post by groundhog on May 31, 2012 0:23:13 GMT
31st May in Irish Military History 1798Bagenal Harvey was appointed Commander of rebel forces. In Wexford town, a civilian government led by four Protestants and four Catholics was established. 1902The Treaty of Vereeniging ended the Second Boer War. Britain gained Transvaal as a colony. 19156299 Sergeant James Colbert. 2nd Bn Royal Irish Regt. Died of wounds Western Front. From Aglish, Co. Waterford. 10006 Pte Martin Gaule. 2nd Bn Royal Irish Regt. Died of wounds Western Front. From Waterford. 10147 Pte John Mulcahy. 1st Bn Royal Irish Regt. KIA Western Front. From Fethard, Co. Tipperary. 12818 Pte John Ryan from Clonmel, Co. Tipperary. Died in England and is buried in Manchester Southern Cemetery. He was erving with 19th Bn the Manchester Regt. 1916The Battle of Jutland, the biggest naval battle of WW1, was fought on this day in 1916. 10,000 men were killed or wounded. A Victoria Cross was awarded to Commander Barry Bingham from Bangor, Co. Down for his courage in commanding his ship, HMS Nestor at the Battle of Jutland. Cdr Bingham sailed his destroyer within 3000 yds of the German Fleet before launching his torpedoes. In 1999 thieves attempted to steal the VC from Bangor’s Heritage Centre. 1st Class Stoker Arthur Poole from Waterford. Killed in action at Jutland aboard HMS Tiger. 191740356 Pte James Dalton, 16th Middlesex Regt. KIA Western Front 1170 CSM Patrick FitzGerald, 6th Bn Royal Irish Regt. KIA Western Front. A native of Roscrea, he gave his address as Clonmel, Co. Tipperary when he enlisted in London. 6026 Pte Michael Hogan Depot Royal Irish Regt, died at Home and is buried in St Michael's Cemetery, Tipperary Town. 1940Capt Harold Ervine-Andrews from Co. Cavan, won a VC for commanding his company of the East Lancashire Regt under heavy attack from German troops near Dunkirk, France. He died in 1995 in Cornwall. 1941The Germans bombed Dublin. On the North Strand 34 people were killed and 90 injured. Photographs here www.iol.ie/dublincitylibrary/northstgallery.htm1973Erskine Childers was elected President of Ireland. His father had been executed in the Civil War. 1980813376 Sgt Edward Yates died in Lebanon while serving with 47th Irishbatt, UNIFIL. 1999856301 Pte Billy Kedian was killed by a DFF mortar round in Brashit, Lebanon, serving with 85th Irishbatt, UNIFIL.
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Post by groundhog on Jun 1, 2012 9:45:20 GMT
1st June in Irish Military History 1796The last British troops left the United States. 19155877 Pte James Heffernan. 2nd Bn Royal Irish Regt. Died on the Western Front. 19184429 Pte Daniel Walsh, 1st Garrison Bn, Royal Irish Regt. From Portlaw, Co. Waterford, he died of wounds in Egypt. 19421382776 Sgt Thomas O'Shea from Killenaule, Co. Tipperary. Killed serving in the RAF.
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Post by groundhog on Jun 2, 2012 10:11:00 GMT
2nd June in Irish Military History 19155899 Gnr William Power. Royal Artillery. From Portlaw, Co. Waterford. Died of wounds at home. 1916Died serving in the Royal Irish Regt 8786 Pte John Flynn. 2nd Garrison Bn. Died at Home. Buried Owning Churchyard, Co. Kilkenny. 10798 Pte Maurice Nugent. 2nd Bn. Died of Wounds on the Western Front. Son of James & Johanna Nugent, 4 Kickham Row, Clonmel. A native of Ballymacarbry, Co. Waterford. Two of his brothers were also killed in the war also. One other survived and fought in the War of Independence and the Civil War. Nicknamed “The Gunner” Nugent he was reputedly the last IRA man out of Clonmel as the National Army moved in. 9418 Pte James Sheedy. 6th Bn. Died on the Western Front. Son of Margaret Carroll (formerly Sheedy), of Cashel Rd, Fethard, Co. Tipperary. 191862284 Pte Patrick Finn, 1st Bn, Canterbury Regt. New Zealand Expeditionary Force. Died on the Western Front. From Ballyduff Upper, Co. Waterford. 10438 Pte James Morrissey 1st Bn Irish Guards. Died at home in Castlequarter, Co. Waterford. 192165453 Constable Martin Feeney RIC. Born Co. Roscommon 1/3/1889, he was KIA at Kallagbeg Cross, Co. Tipperary. 1923Capt Patrick Pollard, National Army from Killenaule, Co. Tipperary. Died of wounds. 1942The Irish merchant ship City of Bremen was sunk by the Luftwaffe in the Bay of Biscay. She was sailing from Lisbon to Dublin. There were no casualties.
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Post by groundhog on Jun 3, 2012 11:19:57 GMT
3rd June in Irish Military History 1798 The towns of Gorey and Bunclody in Co. Wexford were reinforced by British troops and local loyalists. The rebels decided to attack Gorey. 1836Napoleon’s doctor, Barry Edward O'Meara died in London. 191611113 Pte Patrick Daly, 6th Bn Royal Irish Regt. Killed in action on the Western Front. He was from Cappoquin, Co. Waterford. 17442 L/Cpl Victor Albert Harvey, 8th Bn Royal Dublin Fusiliers. Died on the Western Front. He was the son of R. Harvey, Clonmel, Co. Tipperary. And he is buried in St Patrick's Cemetery, Loos. 19181866 Pte Joseph Greene, 2nd Bn Leinster Regt. From Fethard, Co. Tipperary he, died on the Western Front. 1920The IRA attacked the RIC barracks in Drangan, Co. Tipperary. 1940The last British and French troops left Dunkirk. 1968Lt Anthony O'Reilly, from Galway. KIA in Vietnam with 9th Inf Div, US Army. 1982The PLO attempted to assassinate Shlomo Argov, the Israeli Ambassador in London. This act led to the Israeli invasion of Lebanon threedays later.
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Post by groundhog on Jun 4, 2012 21:03:03 GMT
4th June in Irish Military History 1651
General Ireton, Oliver Cromwell's son-in-law and commander of the army in Ireland, laid siege to Limerick city. He captured the city in October and died of plague shortly after.
When Ireton moved from Clonmel to Limerick, I'll bet he didn't take any bells with him. 1738 George III was born. He was the King of Great Britain and Ireland from 1760 until his death in 1820, and Elector of Hanover from 1815. Unfortunately he was mad as a hatter for most of that time and his son, the future George IV, was Prince Regent for long periods. 1798
Government troops marched south out of Gorey, Co. Wexford meeting rebels from Carrigrew at Tubberneering. The rebels won and the troops withdrew north. The rebels occupied Gorey. 1833 Garnet Woseley was born in Goldenbridge, Co. Dublin. He was the most successful of the Victorian generals. 1857 In Benares, India- Irishman, Sgt Major Peter Gill of the Ludhiana Regt, volunteered with two other men, to rescue an officer and his family from their bungalow, where they were threatened by mutineers, and bring them to the safety of barracks. Later that day he saved the life of a CQMS by decapitating his attacker and twice saved the life of a Major. All for which he received a Victoria Cross. 1982 Israel and the PLO exchange artillery and rocket fire across the Israeli/Lebanese border. 1999 NATO commanders met with Yugoslav army officers in Macedonia to arrange for the withdrawal of 40,000 Serbian troops from Kosovo.
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Post by groundhog on Jun 4, 2012 23:07:05 GMT
5th June in Irish Military History 1798The United Irishmen suffered a defeat at New Ross, Co. Wexford. At nearby Scullabogue , the rebels massacred approximately 100 Loyalists by shooting, piking and finally setting fire to a barn in which the survivors had taken cover. 1868James Connolly was born in Edinburgh. 1916 Lord Herbert Horatio Kitchener, from Ballylongford, Co. Kerry, died when HMS Hampshire, on which he was sailing to Russia, struck a mine and sank off the Orkneys. He had been Secretary Of War since 1914 and his face appeared on the most famous recruiting poster of all time. 19174680 Pte Richard Cummins, 4th Queen's Own Hussars. He was the husband of Ellen Cummins, of 27, Rivers St., Clonmel, Co. Tipperary and he died on the Western Front. 1918101533 Gunner Patrick Thompson from Kilmacthomas, Co. Waterford. He died of wounds on the Western Front serving in the Royal Field Artillery. 1974Mr and Mrs John Hely-Hutchinson, the Earl and Countess of Donoughmore, were kidnapped by the IRA from their home at Knocklofty, Co. Tipperary. They were released four days later in the Phoenix Park.
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Post by groundhog on Jun 5, 2012 23:02:14 GMT
6th June in Irish Military History 1592Red Hugh O'Donnell, son of the Earl of Tyrconnell escaped from Dublin Castle and returned to Co. Donegal. 1798General Needham reached Arklow in Co. Wicklow. Meanwhile in Ulster, rebellion broke out when Henry Joy McCracken issued a proclamation calling United Irishmen in Ulster to arms. 1916 1885 Pte Michael Dobbyn from Kilmacow, Co. Kilkenny was Killed in action on the Western Front serving with 6th Bn Royal Irish Regt. 1921Volunteer Patrick Ryan was killed by the Security Forces at his home in Knockfune, Co. Tipperary. 1941 Able Seaman Michael Driscoll, son of Patrick and Hanora Driscoll, Cape Clear, Co. Cork died aboard the S.S. Queensbury. 1944The Allies invaded Europe on the day that has become famous as D-Day. It proved to be the beginning of the end for Nazi Germany. 14438660 Pte Joseph Mullally, son of Fredrick and Maria Mullally, Moate, Co. Westmeath. KIA Normandy with the Green Howards. He is buried in Bayeux War Cemetery. Age 28. 1951Pte Daniel Harrington, from Co. Cork died in Korea with 25th Division, US Army. 1982Israel invaded Lebanon to drive Palestine Liberation Organization fighters out of the country.
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