Where were our three Irish Regiments fighting on 1 July 1916?
ROYAL INNISKILLING FUSILIERS | |
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1st Battalion in 29th Division | Objective was Y Ravine in Battle of the Somme, France. |
2nd Battalion in 32nd Division | Objective was Thiepval in Battle of the Somme, France |
5th Battalion in 10th (Irish) Division | Objective was Holding the Line in Battle of the Struma, Salonika |
6th Battalion in 10th (Irish) Division | Objective was Holding the Line in Battle of the Struma, Salonika |
7th Battalion in 16th (Irish) Division | Objective was Holding the Line in Battle of Loos, France |
8th Battalion in 16th (Irish) Division | Objective was Holding the Line in Battle of Loos, France |
9th Battalion in 36th (Ulster) Division | Objective was Schwaben Redoubt in Battle of the Somme, France |
10th Battalion in 36th (Ulster) Division | Objective was Schwaben Redoubt in Battle of the Somme, France |
11th Battalion in 36th (Ulster) Division | Objective was Schwaben Redoubt in Battle of the Somme, France |
ROYAL IRISH RIFLES | |
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1st Battalion in 8th Division | Objective was Ovillers in Battle of the Somme, France |
2nd Battalion in 25th Division | In Reserve in Battle of the Somme, France |
6th Battalion in 10th (Irish) Division | Objective was Holding the Line in Battle of the Struma, Salonika |
7th Battalion in 16th (Irish) Division | Objective was Holding the Line in Battle of Loos, France |
8th Battalion in 36th (Ulster) Division | Objective was Grandcourt in Battle of the Somme, France |
9th Battalion in 36th (Ulster) Division | Objective was Grandcourt in Battle of the Somme, France |
10th Battalion in 36th (Ulster) Division | Objective was Grandcourt in Battle of the Somme, France |
11th Battalion in 36th (Ulster) Division | Objective was St Pierre Divion in Battle of the Somme, France |
12th Battalion in 36th (Ulster) Division | Objective was Beaucourt Station in Battle of the Somme, France |
13th Battalion in 36th (Ulster) Division | Objective was St Pierre Divion in Battle of the Somme, France |
14th Battalion in 36th (Ulster) Division | Objective was Schwaben Redoubt in Battle of the Somme, France |
15th Battalion in 36th (Ulster) Division | Objective was St Pierre Divion in Battle of the Somme, France |
16th (Pioneer) Battalion in 36th (Ulster) Division | Objective was to dig Saps towards German trenches and Schwaben Redoubt in Battle of the Somme, France |
ROYAL IRISH FUSILIERS | |
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1st Battalion in 4th Division | Objective was Quadrilateral in Battle of the Somme, France |
2nd Battalion in 27th Division | Objective was Holding the Line in Battle of the Struma, Salonika |
5th Battalion in 10th (Irish) Division | Objective was Holding the Line in Battle of the Struma, Salonika |
6th Battalion in 10th (Irish) Division | Objective was Holding the Line in Battle of the Struma, Salonika |
7th Battalion in 16th (Irish) Division | Objective was Holding the Line in Battle of Loos, France |
8th Battalion in 16th (Irish) Division | Objective was Holding the Line in Battle of Loos, France |
9th Battalion in 36th (Ulster) Division | Objective was Beaucourt Station in Battle of the Somme, France |
See map below for Battalion deployments and objectives