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During March 1944, the 2nd Battalion The Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers spent a period in the Coastal Sector of the Anzio beachhead. It was more comfortable and better entrenched in comparison with the beachhead's Fortress Sector.
In 1713, The Treaty of Utrecht concluded Britain's war with Spain and gave British merchants trading rights with Spain's colonies in Spanish America. Later agreements gave Spanish naval and customs vessels authority to stop, board and inspect British merchant ships to ensure they were complying with the trading agreements. This included the trading of slaves which the British were engaged in at that time.
The War of the Austrian Succession involved most European powers over Maria Theresa's succession to the titles of the House of Habsburg. This war was known as King George's War in the British colonies of North America and began after the formal French and British declarations of war reached the colonies in May 1744.
Between 1701 - 1714, a war was fought between various European powers over the disputed succession to the Spanish throne and sovereignty over Spanish dependencies. An alliance against France was formed by Britain, the Dutch Republic, and the Holy Roman Empire on 7 September 1701. The subsequent conflict became known as 'The War of the Spanish Succession' and, following the death of William III, Queen Anne's army fought on the side of the Grand Alliance seeking to prevent French King Louis XIV declaring his Bourbon grandson as Philip V of Spain.
At the first stroke of 11.00 pm, Britain was at war. The British Ambassador in Berlin, where it was midnight, had not received a response to the telegram that he had delivered to the German Foreign Minister at 7.00 pm earlier that evening. The telegram was an ultimatum requiring German assurances with regard to Belgium neutrality and no reply by midnight Berlin time meant that a state of war existed from 11.00 pm London time.
A Soldier's Grave
Then in the lull of midnight, gentle arms
Lifted him slowly down the slopes of death
Lest he should hear again the mad alarms
Of battle, dying moans, and painful breath.
And where the earth was soft for flowers we made
A grave for him that he might better rest.
So, Spring shall come and leave it seet arrayed,
And there the lark shall turn her dewy nest.
by Francis Ledwidge.
The final Allied offensive of the Sinai and Palestine Campaign was during September 1918 and was somewhat portentously known as the Battle of Megiddo - the modern name for Armageddon - and heralded the end of the war between the Turks and the Allies. Daraa was captured on 27 September, Damascus on 1 October and operations north of Aleppo were in progress when the Armistice of Mudros was signed ending hostilities between the Allies and the Turks. It agreed the cessation of hostilities at noon the following day.
Warrant Officer Moody served with the Royal Irish Fusiliers and Parachute Regiment in Italy, Germany and France during World War Two. He enlisted in the Australian Regular Army in February 1952. After service as a National Service instructor and as a member of the Regular Army Cadre staff of the Papua New Guinea Volunteer Rifles, he became an instructor with School cadet units before joining the Australian Army Training Team Vietnam on 3 July 1964.
Following the inclusion of the Federal Republic of (West) Germany in the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation, the USSR was motivated to create the Treaty of Friendship, Cooperation and Mutual Assistance, a collective defence treaty that was signed in Warsaw, Poland by the Soviet Union and seven Soviet satellite states of Central and Eastern Europe on 14 May 1955. It was commonly known as the 'Warsaw Pact'. It was also a reflection of the Soviet effort to maintain control over the military forces of Central and Eastern Europe.
Following the action at Kidney Hill the 6th Battalion The Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers were relieved on 17 August. As the Battalion withdrew in the dark Major R H Scott experienced a welcome surprise. His diary records the event:
