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Post by groundhog on Aug 6, 2012 10:18:56 GMT
6th August in Irish Military History [/center] 1914The Austro-Hungarian Empire declared war on Russia. Serbia declared war on Germany. 1997Sgt John Lynch was killed in a helicopter crash near At Tiri, Lebanon. Four Italian Air Crew also died. |
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Post by groundhog on Aug 7, 2012 1:50:54 GMT
7th August in Irish Military History [/center] 1892Tom Hazell was born in Clifden, Co. Galway. He served in the RFC in WWI, with Nos 1, 24 and 123 Sqdns. He finished his service with the rank of Major and earned an MC, DFC and Bar and a DSO on the way. He shot down 43 German planes. Tom Hazell died in Ireland in 1946. 1915It was Ireland’s turn at Suvla Bay. This time the 10th Irish Division, less 29th Brigade, landed on the beaches, commanded by Lt. General Sir Bryan Mahon. The landings were a bit of a disaster with almost an entire brigade of the 10th being put ashore on the wrong beach. Battalions were sent to different places than planned and came under command of different Brigade OC’s and also their objectives changed accordingly. In fact Gen Mahon ended up with just two battalions, 6th and 7th Royal Munster Fusiliers, to take the 10th Divisions objective, the hill of Kiretch Tepe Sirte. By nightfall the Munsters had fought to within 100m of their objective. The missing Brigade, commanded by Gen Hill attacked and captured Chocolate Hill and Green Hill . Killed in action at Gallipoli
1st Bn Royal Dublin Fusiliers17588 Pte John Burke. Waterford City. 10920 Pte Edward Drohan. Carrick on Suir, Co. Tipperary. A veteran of the Boer War, Edward rejoined the army on the outbreak of the Great War. 19513 Pte Thomas O'Regan. Waterford City. The 1st RDF was part of 29th Division which took part in an attack at Krithia as a diversion from the Suvla Landings. 7th Bn Royal Dublin Fusiliers14181 Pte Vivian H. Fausset. Waterford City. 8th Bn Royal Welsh Fusiliers11756 Pte John Barron. Kilmacthomas, Co. Waterford. 19177107 Pte Desmond Villiers-Stuart, 16th Bn, Australian Imperial Forces. KIA at Messines Ridge. He was the son of Capt. Gerald Villers-Stuart, Lismore, Co. Waterford. He served under the assumed name of Manders. 1922The IRA cut the cable link between the United States and Europe at Waterville, Co. Kerry. |
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Post by groundhog on Aug 7, 2012 23:03:08 GMT
8th August in Irish Military History 19159218 Pte Edward Barry, Reserve Bn Irish Guards. Died at home. From Cappoquin, Co Waterford. 191810686 Pte Benjamin O' Connell, 1st Bn Irish Guards, executed by firing squad, aged 23. Son of James and Mary O' Connell, Tinarath, Foulksmills, Co. Wexford. 450 British tanks attacked German positions at the Battle of Amiens. |
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Post by groundhog on Aug 8, 2012 23:16:59 GMT
9th August in Irish Military History
1690The first Williamite Siege of Limerick began. 19151066 Pte John Prendergast, 6th Bn Royal Munster Fusiliers. Killed in action at Gallipoli. From Dungarvan, Co Waterford. 1916Near Guillemont on the Somme, Capt Noel Chavasse of the Royal Army Medical Corps won the first of his two Victoria Crosses. All that day and night Capt Chavasse attended the wounded under heavy fire and in view of the enemy. Next day he carried a badly wounded man 500 yards under fire and was wounded himself. That night he led the rescue of three wounded from a shell hole within 50 yards of the German trenches. Between July 31st and Aug 2nd 1917 Capt Chavasse, though wounded continued to treat the injured of his battalion, often under fire. He refused to leave his post and died of his injuries on Aug 4th for which he received the Bar to his VC. Capt Chavasse was also the holder of the Military Cross and is one of only three double VC winners. He was English by birth but had family connections in Cork. Capt Patrick Ahern, 7th Bn Leinster Regt. Died on the Western Front. 1918307231 Sgt Edward Morris, Machine Gun Corps. Died on the Western Front. From Clonmel. 11522 Pte Frank Sullivan, 9th Queen's Royal Lancers. Died on the Western Front. He was the son of Thomas Sullivan, of Rochestown, Ardfinnan. Co Tipperary. 1922The Free State Army occupied Clonmel. The IRA garrison fired the barracks before they withdrew south of the town. Corporal Kelly, National Army. KIA at Redmondstown, Clonmel, Co. Tipperary. Pte Tommy Doyle was wounded while trying to recover his body. Pte Thomas Uniacke, National Army. He was from Carrick on Suir and was shot by a sniper in his home town. 1941Richard Goss, an IRA man from Dundalk, was executed by the Free State government. 1971Internment was introduced in Northern Ireland. Intelligence was out of date and just plain wrong so the British shot themselves in the foot. 1944serving in D Squadron, 1st SAS Regt in France. Captured and executed by German troops. Capt Pat Garstin MC from Dublin. Parent Unit 2nd Bn Royal Ulster Rifles. 6986237 Pte T J Barker, Cookstown, Co. Tyrone 7019954 Pte J Walker 7018947 Pte WP Young. All four are buried in a collective grave in Marissel French National Cemetery, France. 2011South Tipperary Military History Society’s website and Discussion Board are one year old today which effectively ends this thread which began on August 10th. |
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Post by smakcanada on May 29, 2013 17:06:31 GMT
23 March 1918
kia France
RSM Robert Dolan
Royal Inniskilling Fusilliers "C" Company 7/8th Battalion
b. Newtownstewart, Co. Tyrone
married Mary Bridget Larkin, Tipperary, 1915
This is my Great Uncle. Looking for more information on his family.
I have 2 regimental #s for him - is that common? 5805 & 13133.
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Post by 16henry17 on Jul 22, 2014 13:24:33 GMT
Hi,
My name is David Grigg, Robert Dolan was my Grandfather so we are probably related. get in touch if you want: david.grigg1@gmail.com
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