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The 1st Royal Irish Rifles in the Great War / James W. Taylor ; with a foreword by Martin Middlebrook.
- Title
- The 1st Royal Irish Rifles in the Great War / James W. Taylor ; with a foreword by Martin Middlebrook.
- Author
- Taylor, James W.
- Publication
- Dublin ; Portland, OR : Four Courts, 2002.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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| Book/Text | Request in advance | D547.R65 T394 2002 | Off-site |
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- Description
- 363 p., [8] p. of plates : ill., maps; 24 cm.
- Summary
- "In this book, based on recently released files from the British Public Record Office, James Taylor covers the history of the 1st Royal Irish Rifles from 1914 to 1919. The battalion (comprised of men from all backgrounds, both north and south) arrived at the front in November 1914, and was involved in the famous Christmas truce of that year. For the next four years it fought almost continuously at places such as Neuve Chapelle, Fromelles, Somme, Pilkem Ridge, Langemarck and Passchendaele, suffering horrific casualties."
- "In addition to its narrative, the book gives biographical details on nearly 300 officers, including medical officers and chaplains (this information, unfortunately, generally is not available for the enlisted men). A series of appendices complete the picture. Apart from the awards and casualty lists, there are details of the 301 men who were court-martialled, including a transcript of the trial of the only member to be executed."--Jacket.
- Alternative Title
- First Royal Irish Rifles in the Great War
- Subject
- Great Britain. Battalion, 1st
- Great Britain. Royal Irish Rifles
- Great Britain. Battalion, 1st > History
- Great Britain. Army > Officers > Dictionaries
- World War, 1914-1918 > Regimental histories
- World War, 1914-1918 > Ireland
- World War, 1914-1918 > Regimental histories > Great Britain
- World War, 1914-1918 > Campaigns > France
- World War, 1914-1918 > Campaigns > Belgium
- Ireland > History, Military
- Great Britain > History, Military
- Genre/Form
- Biographies – Dictionaries
- History
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 351-352) and index.
- Processing Action (note)
- committed to retain
- Contents
- 1. Early days -- 2. The Christmas truce -- 3. 1915 -- 4. Neuve Chapelle -- 5. Fromelles -- 6. Bois Grenier -- 7. 1916 -- 8. Somme -- 9. Le Transloy: Border Redoubt and Zenith Trench -- 10. The German retreat: 1917 -- 11. Pilkem Ridge -- 12. Langemarck and Passchendaele -- 13. 1918 -- 14. St. Quentin -- 15. The advance in Flanders -- 16. War ends -- App. IV. 25th Brigade instructions for the Somme offensive.
- ISBN
- 1851827021
- OCLC
- 50100712
- SCSB-11993303
- Owning Institutions
- Harvard Library