16th (Irish) Division is raised

Event
Fri, 09/11/1914

PosterArmy Order No. 382, dated 11 September 1914, authorised six divisions numbered from 15 to 20 for the Second New Army. The 16th (Irish) Division, at Mallow in County Cork, consisted of 47, 48 and 49 Brigade located respectively in Fermoy, Buttevant and Tipperary. The 7th Battalion The Royal Irish Rifles was in 48 Brigade and 49 Brigade included the 7th and the 8th Battalion The Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers, and the 7th and the 8th Battalion The Royal Irish Fusiliers.

(Right, Recruiting Poster depicting Kaiser Wilhelm II slumping to the ground having read the report that thousands of Irish men are joining the British Army (© IWM Art.IWM PST 13644).)

(Below, Cardinal Francis Bourne, Head of the Catholic Church in England and Wales; Major General William Hickie, Commander 16th (Irish) Division; and Brigadier General F W Ramsay, Commander 48 Brigade, at Ervillers, 27 October 1917 (© IWM Q 6150).) IWM 6150