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Post by groundhog on Jun 22, 2012 8:13:39 GMT
22nd June in Irish Military History 1798The United Irishmen's southern column marched into Co. Carlow while the northern column marched to Croghan. In Ulster John Kelly, 'Kelly the boy from Killane' was executed. 1911King George V was crowned King of Great Britain and Ireland at Westminster Abbey. 192068879 Constable Eugene Path RIC was shot and wounded in Dublin. He was born in Co. Tipperary in 1897. 1922Field Marshal Sir Henry Wilson, the Chief of the Imperial General Staff was assassinated by two IRA men as he entered his home in London. He was born in 1864 in Currygrane, County Longford. 1940France signed an armistice with Germany eight days after the fall of Paris. 1985The Air India disaster happened off the south east coast of Ireland. |
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Post by groundhog on Jun 23, 2012 10:02:45 GMT
23rd June in Irish Military History 1757British rule in India, as opposed to occupying trading posts, began after the Battle of Plassey was fought on this day. The forces of the East India Company under Robert Clive defeated the army of the Nawab of Bengal. The Nawab's successor, one Mir Jafar, was bought off as were many of the Nawab's soldiers. 1798 The United Irishmen occupied Goresbridge, Co. Kilkenny. Meanwhile the northern column moved into Wicklow Mountains. 1855Pte John McCorrie of the 57th Foot, fighting at Sebastopol in the Crimean War threw a burning shell out of his trench and was awarded a VC. 1857Colour-Sergeant Steven Garvin from Cashel, Co. Tipperary, led a small party of men under heavy fire to the 'Sammy House' at Delhi, India to capture it from a number of mutineers who were firing on a battery of heavy guns. He was serving in the 60th Rifles. Also awarded a VC at Delhi on this day was Pte John McGovern of the 1st Bengal Fusiliers, for rescuing a comrade under fire. 1941Third Officer Alexander Jack diedin the Merchant Navy. 19444922206 Pte William Martley, 5th Bn, Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders was killed in France. He was the son of Patrick and Margaret Martley, and the husband of Mary Martley, Clonmel. He died age 31 and is buried in Hermanville War Cemetery. |
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Post by groundhog on Jun 24, 2012 10:06:09 GMT
24th June in Irish Military History 1690King William III's army landed at Carrickfergus 1798 The United Irishmen captured Castlecomer, Co Kilkenny and moved into Co Laois. 1850Field Marshal Horatio Kitchener was born in Ballylongford, Co. Kerry. 19161377 Sgt Andrew Doyle, 7th Bn Leinster Regt. Died on the Western Front. 1944Sailor Michael Lynch from Youghal, Co. Cork, died on the S.S. British Renown age 17 and was buried in Parkhurst Military Cemetery, Isle of Wight. |
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Post by groundhog on Jun 26, 2012 8:53:25 GMT
25th June in Irish Military History 1798Fr. Philip Roche, Matthew Keogh and other insurgents were hanged in Wexford town. 1870Erskine Childers was born in London. 1876The Battle of the Little Bighorn was fought in Montana between Gen George Custer’s 7th Cavalry and Crazy Horse’s Sioux and their Cheyenne allies. 260 US soldiers died including Capt Myles Keogh from Co. Carlow. 1900Lord Louis Mountbatten, the last Viceroy of India, was born. He fought in World War II and was killed by an IRA bomb on his boat in Co. Sligo in 1979. 191510118 Pte James O'Brien. 1st Bn Royal Irish Regt. Killed in action on the Western Front. From Waterford City. 19162266 Pte Michael McCarthy, 2nd Bn Leinster Regt. Died on the Western Front. Son of Daniel and Catherine McCarthy, Bansha Rd., Tipperary. 19172/Lt John Dunville from Ireland, serving in the 1st Royal Dragoons won a VC at Epehy in France by placing himself between enemy fire and an NCO who was attempting to demolish the German wire during a raid. Though wounded Lt Dunville continued to command the raid. He later died of wounds. 192061494 Constable Michael Horan RIC was killed in Tipperary. He was born in Co.Roscommon 4/2/1882. 1922Volunteer Thomas Lennon, IRA, from Gortnahoe, Co. Tipperary was accidentally shot and killed. 1950North Korea invaded South Korea. The Korean War pitted UN forces which were led by Gen McArthur against North Korea and China. The 3 year war resulted in 2.5 million deaths. Officially the two sides are still at war. |
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Post by groundhog on Jun 26, 2012 8:56:26 GMT
26th June in Irish Military History 1798The United Irishmen were defeated and dispersed by Government forces at Kilcumney Hill. 19166341 Cpl Daniel McCarthy MM, 21st Trench Mortar Bty,Royal Garrsion Artillery. Died on the Western Front. Son of Thomas and Kate McCarthy, Ballyrichard Rd., Carrick-on-Suir, Co. Tipperary. 26568 Pte Patrick Prince, 20th Bn King's Liverpool Regt. Killed in action on the Western Front. Son of Michael and Catherine Prince, 1 Robinson Lane, Waterford City. 1917The first American troops arrived in France under the command of General John Pershing. My great Uncle Michael Flynn, from Clonmel, was a gunner in one of his artillery regiments. |
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Post by groundhog on Jun 27, 2012 6:59:55 GMT
27th June in Irish Military History 1798Cornelius Grogan and Bagenal Harvey were tried in Wexford town and sentenced to death. 19163494 Pte Fredrick John Courtney, 7th Bn Connaught Rangers. Killed in action on the Western Front. From Carrick-on-Suir, Co. Tipperary. 8747 Pte Maurice Donnelly, 2nd Bn Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers. Killed in action on the Western Front. From Crook, Co. Waterford. 3180 Pte James Kiely, 7th Bn Leinster Regt. Killed in action on the Western Front. From Waterford City. 1921William Connolly, a civilian from Upperchurch, Co. Tipperary was shot dead by unknown persons near his home. |
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Post by groundhog on Jun 28, 2012 20:30:55 GMT
28th June in Irish Military History 1798John Colclough was tried and executed in Wexford town along with Cornelius Grogan and Bagenal Harvey. 1914Austrian Archduke Franz Ferdinand, heir to the throne of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, and his wife, Sofia, were assassinated in Sarajevo, by Gavrilo Princip. The Royal couple had survived an earlier bomb attack by the Serbian Black Hand gang. Returning to their hotel through the city, their driver took a wrong turn and delivered them, purely accidentally, into the path of the assassin. This wrong turn, 90 years ago today, changed the course of world history. 191576727 Gunner James Lonergan, Royal Field Artillery. Died of wounds in Egypt. From Castle, Co. Waterford. 19167549 Pte John Hearne, 2nd Bn Royal Irish Regt. Killed in action on the Western Front. From Waterford City. 9956 Sgt Andrew Parson, 2nd Bn Leinster Regt. From Cashel, Co. Tipperary. Killed in action on the Western Front. 1920The Connaught Rangers mutinied in India in protest at the conduct of the British Forces in Ireland. 1921Volunteer James O'Meara. KIA Tipperary Town. Volunteer John O'Meara. KIA Emly, Co. Tipperary. 1922The smouldering Civil War burst into flames when the Free State Army bombarded the Anti-Treaty IRA in the Four Courts in Dublin. Capt Byrne Free State Army was KIA in Nenagh, Co. Tipperary. |
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Post by groundhog on Jun 29, 2012 9:11:39 GMT
28th June in Irish Military History 1915Jeremiah O'Donovan Rossa, Fenian leader, died in the U.S. 11151 Pte George Hunt, 1st Bn Royal Dublin Fusiliers. Killed in action, Gallipoli. From Fethard, Co. Waterford. 19169535 Rifleman Pierce Butler, 1st Bn Royal Irish Rifles. Died of wounds on the Western Front. From Waterford City. In London Roger Casement was convicted of treason and sentenced to death. 1922Volunteer John O'Mahony, IRA, from Cashel, Co. Tipperary was KIA in Dublin. |
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Post by groundhog on Jun 30, 2012 15:45:33 GMT
30th June in Irish Military History 1691 Athlone was captured by Williamite troops. The garrison began a retreat to Limerick 1894 Gavrilo Princip, the assassin of Archduke Franz Ferdinand, was born. 191518496 Pte Richard Brown, 1st Bn Royal Dublin Fusiliers. Killed in action, Gallipoli. From Waterford City. 3612 L/Cpl Samuel Conroy, 3rd Bn Royal Irish Rifles. Died at home. From Dungarvan, Co. Waterford. 191753643 Gunner John Geoghegan, Royal Garrison Artillery. Killed in action on the Western Front. From Waterford City. 192171315 Constable Joseph Bourke RIC, KIA in Templemore, Co. Tipperary. He was born 22/4/1900 in Cork. 1922 The Four Courts were abandoned by Anti-Treaty forces after a two-day bombardment 1941Stephen Hayes, IRA chief of staff, was kidnapped; He later claimed to have been 'court martialled' and tortured by the IRA. Seán McCaughey was later convicted of his kidnapping. 1960The Belgian Congo became an independent state. Patrice Lumumba became the prime minister. 1996The IRA fired mortar bombs at a British army base in the German town of Osnabruck. |
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Post by groundhog on Jul 1, 2012 19:55:00 GMT
1st July in Irish Military History 1690The Battle of the Boyne was fought between the forces of James II, consisting of Irish, French, Germans and Walloon troops and those of William of Orange, consisting of Irish, English, Dutch, German and Danish troops. Ironically, Pope Alexander VIII welcomed the victory of the Protestant William of Orange, it being seen as a defeat for their common enemy, Louis XIV of France. 1857Colonel James Travers of the 2nd Bengal Native Infantry charged a battery of rebel guns at Delhi, during the Indian Mutiny, with only five men to support him, and drove the gunners off. For this action he was awarded a VC. 1863 The Battle of Gettysburg began. In the first day's fighting, Federal forces retreated through the town and dug in at Cemetery Ridge and Cemetery Hill. 1867Thomas Francis Meagher, 1848 rebel leader and American Civil War General, died in the US. 1915Capt Gerald O’Sullivan, 1st Bn Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers led an attack at Gallipoli to recapture a trench during which, in order to use his grenades effectively, he exposed himself to enemy fire and was wounded. He was KIA at Suvla on August 21st 1915. Sgt James Somers from Belturbet, Co. Cavan, serving in the same battalion bombed the Turks out of a captured sap and held them at bay until a barricade could be erected. He too earned his VC and survived to die at home in Modreeny, Co. Tipperary in 1918. 1916In France the Somme offensive began. 20,000 soldiers died on the bloodiest day in British history. The 36th (Ulster) Division suffered 6000 casualties attacking and holding the Hohenzollern Redoubt near Thiepval Wood. The Battle of the Somme would last until 20th November, killing 1 million Allied and German soldiers. 12000 Irishmen among them. James, John, and Samuel Donaldson, were three brothers killed whilst serving with B Company, the 13th Bn, Royal Irish Rifles. They were from Comber, County Down. In the 12th Bn Royal Irish Rifles, died James,and John McGowan from Ballymena, Co. Antrim. Of ten Victoria Crosses earned by British soldiers on the first day of the Somme, four were awarded to soldiers of the 36th Ulster Division. Three of them were posthumous. Irish VC winners on the first day of the Somme.Pte William McFadzean, 14th Bn Royal Irish Rifles. He threw himself on top of a grenade in a crowded forward trench as his battalion waited to go over the top. A box of grenades had spilled and some of the pins had fallen out. Capt Eric Bell, 9th Bn Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers attacked the German trenches by throwing mortar bombs into them, when under heavy fire and despite the fact that other troops were pinned down. He was killed while trying to reorganise a group of leaderless soldiers. Lt Geoffrey Cather, 9th Bn Royal Irish Fusiliers, won his VC for rescuing wounded men on the 1st and 2nd of July. He was killed bringing water to a wounded man on the morning of the 2nd. Rifleman Robert Quigg, 12th Bn Royal Irish Rifles won a VC for going out into No Mans Land seven times to search for his platoon commander, who had been wounded. Each time he brought back a wounded man. He worked under enemy fire for seven hours. Died 1st July 1916
2nd Bn Royal Irish Regt 4705 Pte James Breen. Waterford City. 6067 Pte Thomas O'Brien. Stradbally, Co. Waterford. 1st Bn Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers 17041 Pte Joseph Butler. Portlaw, Co. Waterford. 1st Bn Royal Irish Rifles 7295 Cpl John Conners. Waterford City. 8763 Rifleman Robert Power. Waterford City. 1st Bn Royal Dublin Fusiliers 19942 Cpl John Joseph O'Callaghan Son of Patrick O'Callaghan, of Knocklofty, Clonmel, Co. Tipperary. 2nd Bn Royal Dublin Fusiliers 12226 Pte Jeremiah Horan. Waterford. 21195 Pte John Guiry Stradbally, Co. Waterford. 7th Bn Royal Dublin Fusiliers 12291 Pte James Culleton, Waterford. Royal Northumberland Fusiliers (Tyneside Irish Bde) 26/240 Pte Maurice Grant Waterford. 26th (Tyneside Irish) Bn. 26/550 Pte Frank Phelan Waterford. 26th (Tyneside Irish) Bn. 24/348 Sgt Patrick Butler. 24th (Tyneside Irish) Bn. Son of James and Bridget Butler, Old Bridge, Clonmel, Co. Tipperary. Other Units PS/7823 Pte Edward George Hendy 2nd Bn Royal Fusiliers. Born Clonmel. P.S 16/82 Sgt Henry Mc Loughton 16th Bn Middlesex Regt. Waterford City. 19419 Pte James Murphy. Waterford City. 36712 Pte Thomas O'Mara, 1st Bn East Yorkshire Regt. Clonmel. 1969 Died in Cyprus, serving with UNFICYP. Tpr Michael Kennedy. |
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Post by groundhog on Jul 2, 2012 23:46:27 GMT
2nd July in Irish Military History 1798The United Irishmen defeated a small force of Yeomanry at Ballraheen Hill 1915 1/9804 Pte Thomas Davis. 1st Bn Royal Munster Fusiliers. Executed by firing squad, aged 21. He was the son of Mrs. Margaret Davis, of Turnpike Road, Ennis, Co. Clare. 1916 7525 Pte Patrick McElligott 2nd Bn Royal Irish Regt. From Co. Tipperary. 1920At Newtown Cross, near Ballinure, Co. Tipperary, the IRA ambushed an RIC patrol, killing a Sgt Tobin and wounding Constable Brady. 1940 75 miles west of Donegal, the SS Arandora Star, en route from Liverpool to Newfoundland, was sunk by U-47. She was transporting internees and POWs. 805 people died. |
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Post by groundhog on Jul 3, 2012 9:14:12 GMT
3rd July in Irish Military History 1798 Fr. John Murphy leader of the Wexford rebellion was executed. 1916 G/34 Pte Michael J. Hyland 6th Bn Royal West Surrey Regt. He was born in Waterford and is commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial. |
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Post by groundhog on Jul 4, 2012 9:04:46 GMT
4th July in Irish Military History 1690 James II fled to France after his defeat by William of Orange. 1798 The United Irishmen were in camp at Croghan where General Needham prepared to attack them. 1915 62614 Gunner Lawrence Crotty Royal Field Artillery. KIA on the Western Front. From Waterford. 1916Killed with 2nd Bn Royal Irish Regt 4675 Pte Edward Darmody 7514 Pte Edward Eustace from Waterford. Died on the Western Front 191829019 Pte John Gaule 1st Bn Machine Gun Corps Died Western Front From Glenmore, Co. Waterford. 89425 Driver Maurice Whelan Royal Field Artillery. From Waterford 1920Richard Lumley, a civilian, was shot dead by the security forces in Holycross, Co. Tipperary. In Upperchurch another civilian, Michael Small was also shot dead by the security forces. 1942104360 Pilot Officer Charles Henning from Mitchelstown, Co. Cork was killed in action with 226 Sqdn, RAF. 226 Sqdn was a bomber squadron flying Douglas Bostons. On July 4th 1942 the squadron launched raids by 12 aircraft on 4 Dutch airfields: De Kooy, Bergen, Haamstede and Valkenburg. Six of the planes were crewed by members of the American Eighth Air Force under instruction. Three Bostons were shot down. The RAF history says all of the aircraft lost were crewed by Americans but at least one RAF man was lost and is commemorated on the Runnymede memorial. |
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Post by groundhog on Jul 5, 2012 8:44:34 GMT
5th July in Irish Military History 1798The United Irishmen moved north from their camp at Croghan. Encountering a government force led by General Duff, they turned south to Ballygullen, where they stood and fought. The battle was indecisive and, threatened by three other Government columns converging on them, the rebels split their forces into two columns, one moving west to Carnew and Glenmalure, the other column marching into the Wicklow Mountains 1916In France, the British began the second phase of the Battle of the Somme with an attack on Mametz Wood. 2nd Bn Royal Irish Regt took part in the assault. Killed with 2nd Bn Royal Irish Regt 8937 Pte John Burke, Cashel. 11033 Pte John Cummins. Waterford City. 9765 Pte Charles Deering. Co. Tipperary. 7963 Pte Michael Hartery. Waterford |
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Post by groundhog on Jul 6, 2012 8:57:07 GMT
6th July in Irish Military History 1907The Irish Crown Jewels vanished from Dublin Castle, never to be found. 1916 6390 Pte Lawrence Younge. 1st Bn Royal Irish Regt. From Kilmacow, Co. Kilkenny, He died at sea. 1917Lawrence of Arabia captured the port of Aqaba, in modern Israel, from the Turks. |
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