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The
Royal Munster Fusiliers
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| 1881.07.01 | The
Royal Munster Fusiliers organised as the county regiment of Clare, Cork, Kerry and Limerick, encompassing its Militia infantry [see below] and uniting two regular battalions: |
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| 1922.07.31 | disbanded | |
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History of The Royal Munster Fusiliers, by James O'Sullivan | |
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The Royal Munster Fusiliers, by Stephen Luscombe (The British Empire) | |
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The Royal Munster Fusiliers, by Waterford County Museum. | |
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The Royal Munster Fusiliers, by Kieran Healy. | |
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The Royal Munster Fusiliers, by The Fame of Tipperary Group. | |
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The Royal Munster Fusiliers, by Chris Baker (The British Army in the Great War). | |
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The Royal Munster Fusiliers, by Brad Chappell (The Regimental Warpath 1914-1918) | |
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| 101st Regimental District at Tralee [1881-1905] | ||
| Regulars: | ||
| 1st Battalion [1881-1922] | ||
| 2nd Battalion [1881-1922] | ||
| Militia and Special Reserve: | ||
| 3rd Battalion (South Cork Light Infantry Militia) [1881-1908] | ||
| 3rd Battalion (Kerry Militia)
[1908-1922]
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| 4th Battalion (Kerry Militia)
[1881-1908]
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| 4th Battalion (South Cork Light Infantry Militia) [1908-1922] | ||
| 5th Battalion (Royal Limerick
County Militia (Fusiliers)) [1881-1922]
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| Territorials and Volunteers: | ||
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| Hostilities-Only Units (First World War): | ||
| 6th (Service) Battalion [1914-1918]
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| 7th (Service) Battalion [1914-1916]
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| 8th (Service) Battalion [1914-1916]
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| 9th (Service) Battalion [1914-1916]
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| 10th (Service) Battalion (Lynch's Brigade)
[1918-1919]
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| 1st (Home Service) Garrison Battalion
[1917-1920]
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| 2nd (Home Service) Garrison Battalion
[1918-1919]
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| [combined
battle honours of 101st Regiment
and 104th Regiment, plus:]
Masulipatam1, Badara1, Carnatic2, Rohilcund 17943, Burma 1885-87, South Africa 1899-1902 Great War [11 battalions]: Retreat from Mons, Marne 1914, Aisne 1914, Ypres 1914 '17, Langemarck 1914 '17, Gheluvelt, Nonne Bosschen, Givenchy 1914, Aubers, Loos, Somme 1916 '18, Albert 1916, Bazentin, Pozières, Guillemont, Ginchy, Flers-Courcelette, Morval, Messines 1917, Passchendaele, St. Quentin, Bapaume 1918, Rosières, Avre, Arras 1918, Scarpe 1918, Drocourt-Quéant, Hindenburg Line, Canal du Nord, St. Quentin Canal, Beaurevoir, Cambrai 1918, Selle, Sambre, France and Flanders 1914-18, Italy 1917-18, Kosturino, Struma, Macedonia 1915-17, Helles, Landing at Helles, Krithia, Suvla, Landing at Suvla, Scimitar Hill, Gallipoli 1915-16, Egypt 1916, Gaza, Jerusalem, Tell 'Asur, Palestine 1917-18 5th Battalion (Royal Limerick County Militia): Mediterranean 1901 1. awarded
1894 for service of 101st Regiment. |
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| Badges: | A Shamrock. The Royal Tiger | |||||||
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| Uniform: | 1881-1922:
scarlet; facings: blue headdress:
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| 1881 | [1st Bn:] Gen. Corbet Cotton | |
| 1881 | [2nd Bn:] F.M. Sir Frederick Paul Haines, GCB, GCSI, CIE [also R Scots Fus; QMG 1870-71; C-in-C Madras 1871-75; C-in-C India] | |
| 1890.10.05 | Gen. William Richard Preston [also Q O R West Kent Regt] | |
| 1892.04.07 | Gen. Henry Meade Hamilton, CB [also Leinster Regt] | |
| 1895.05.17 | Lt-Gen. Robert Stuart Baines [also King's Regt] | |
| 1899.03.26 | Lt-Gen. William Rickman | |
| 1900.08.23 | Lt-Gen. JohnWimburn Laurie, CB | |
| 1912.05.21 | Lt-Gen. Sir Herbert Scott Gould Miles, GCB, GBE, CVO [to 1922] | |
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Victoria Crosses [1st Bengal Fusiliers], by Mike Chapman (VC Reference). | |
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Victoria Crosses [Royal MunsterFusiliers], by Mike Chapman (VC Reference). | |
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| Freedoms: | [none?] | |
| Marches: | quick: The British Grenadiers | |
| St. Patrick's Day | ||
| 1st Bn: Won't You Come Home to Bom-Bombay | ||
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| Mascot: | Irish wolfhound ("Garry") [1915-1922] | |
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101st Regiment Edmonton Fusiliers | 191u-1922 | |
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104th Regiment (Westminster Fusiliers of Canada) | 1913-1920 | |
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The Bengal tiger. -1922. | |
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