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7th Battalion, Royal Dublin Fusiliers
The 7th Battalion, Royal Dublin Fusiliers was raised at Naas in August 1914, part of Kitchener's First New Army. At the request of Mr Browning, the President of the Irish Rugby Football Union, the CO of the new battalion agreed to keep open D Company as a special company, for the Pals from the Irish Rugby Union volunteers. They joined 30th Brigade, 10th (Irish) Division and moved to the Curragh. In May 1915 they sailed from Holyhead and moved to Basingstoke, England for final training. On the 11th of July 1915 they sailed from Devonport for Gallipoli via Mytilene. They landed at Sulva Bay on the 7th of August 1915 and made an attack on Chocolate Hill on the 7th and 8th. They were withdrawn from Gallipoli on the 29th of September 1915 to Mudros, moving to Salonika, landing between the 5th and 10th of October. On the 7th and 8th of December they were in action at Kosturino, in the retreat from Serbia. Some units of the Division were in action at the Karajakois and Yenikoi in late September and early October. They sailed from Salonika to Egypt in early September 1917, concentrating near Rafa to prepare for the Palestine Campaign. Between April and June 1918, many British units of the Division were replaced by Indian units and the 7th Dublin Fusiliers left the Division, sailing from Alexandria to Marseilles arriving on the 1st of June 1918. They travelled by train to the Somme and on the 6th were reduced to cadre, with troops transferring to the 2nd Dublin Fusiliers. The cadre then returned to England and was absorbed into the 11th Battalion, Royal Irish Fusiliers.
1st May 1915 7th Dublin Fusiliers departure reported in Irish Times The Irish Times reported on the 7th Dublin Fusiliers departure from Ireland, the Battalion marched from the Royal Barracks, Dublin across Essex Bridge, through the commercial centre of Dame Street, then College Green and crossed O'Connell Bridge to the Liffy Quays. They crossed to England to join 10th Division at Hackwood Park.
1st May 1915 On the March
1st Jun 1915 Lord Kitchener inspects 10th Division Lord Kitchener inspects 10th Division at Hackwood Park.
9th Jul 1915 On the Move
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20th Jul 1915 On the Move
21st Jul 1915 Route March
22nd Jul 1915 On the Move
24th Jul 1915 On the Move
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29th Jul 1915 On the Move
31st Jul 1915 Command
1st Aug 1915 Concert
5th Aug 1915 Orders
6th Aug 1915 On the Move
7th Aug 1915 In Action
8th Aug 1915 Counter Attack
12th Aug 1915 Reliefs
13th Aug 1915 In Reserve
15th Aug 1915 Attack Made
16th Aug 1915 Counter Attack
16th Aug 1915 Counter Attack
17th Aug 1915 Reliefs
18th Aug 1915 Reorganisation
19th Aug 1915 Working Parties
20th Aug 1915 Sickness
21st Aug 1915 Advance
22nd Aug 1915 In the Trenches
4th Sep 1915 Reliefs
9th Sep 1915 On the Move
10th Sep 1915 Reinforcements
13th Sep 1915 Reliefs
14th Sep 1915 Holding the Line
16th Sep 1915 Holding the Line
17th Sep 1915 Under Shellfire
20th Sep 1915 Reinforcements
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22nd Sep 1915 Bombardment
25th Sep 1915 Bombardment
26th Sep 1915 In Reserve
27th Sep 1915 Exchange of Fire
29th Sep 1915 Orders
30th Sep 1915 On the Move
5th Oct 1915 On the Move
16th Oct 1915 The Derby Scheme
1st Dec 1915 Derby Scheme Armlets
11th Sep 1915 Last day of Derby Scheme Recruitment
10th Jan 1916 Group System Reopens
9th February 1916 Call Ups
13th May 1917 Bombardment
15th May 1917 Attack Made
16th May 1917 Counter Attack
18th August 1917 Orders
1st Sep 1917 On the Move
5th Sep 1917 On the Move
22nd Sep 1917 On the Move
1st Jul 1918 7th Dublins at Salhieh 7th Dublin Fusiliers and Division were at Salhieh p/w camp during this time.
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Those known to have served with7th Battalion, Royal Dublin Fusiliers during the Great War 1914-1918. - Adderley Richard. Pte. (d.19th Oct 1915)
- Appleyard Walter D.. Pte. (d.16th Aug 1915)
- Beggs Patrick. Pte. (d.30th Dec 1917)
- Bell Lee. 2nd Lt. (d.17th Oct 1918)
- Bible Geoffrey Roskell. 2nd Lt. (d.1st Jul 1916)
- Boyd Henry Alfred. Pte. (d.16th Aug 1915)
- Boyd John. Pte. (d.16th Aug 1915)
- Boyd William Sinclair. Pte. (d.16th Aug 1915)
- Connor Mathew. Pte. (d.3rd Oct 1916)
- Doyle Anthony. Pte. (d.23rd Sep 1916)
- Falkiner MC. Frederick Ewen Baldwin. 2nd Lt. (d.21st Aug 1917)
- Guilfoyle Michael. (d.9th Oct 1916)
- Jenkins CdG. Cuthbert Edmond. Capt
- Julian Ernest Lawrence. Lt. (d.8th Aug 1915)
- Monson MC. William Herbert. Capt. (d.7th Sep 2016)
- Nolan Edmund. Pte.
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Capt Cuthbert Edmond Jenkins CdG. 10th Btn Royal Dublin Fusiliers Cuthbert Jenkins served as a Captain with the 7th and 10th Battalions, Royal Dublin Fusiliers.
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Pte. Edmund Nolan 7th Btn. Royal Dublin Fusiliers Private Nolan is buried South-West of the Church in the Rathtoe Catholic Churchyard, Rathtoe, Co. Carlow, Ireland.
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Capt. William Herbert Monson MC. 8th Btn. Royal Dublin Fusilliers (d.7th Sep 2016) Captain Monson, 7th Royal Dublin Fusiliers, died of wounds received in action on 7th September 1916 near Guillemont.
On the outbreak of the war he volunteered and was attached to the Royal Dublin Fusiliers, receiving his promotion in December 1915.
He was awarded the Military Cross for gallantry and devotion to duty at Hulluch during a Gas Attack by the Germans (killing 800) on 27th of April 1916.
He had also served in the South African War, and received the Queen's Medal with three clasps, and the King's Medal with two clasps.
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2nd Lt. Frederick Ewen Baldwin Falkiner MC. Royal Flying Corps (d.21st Aug 1917) Frederick Falkiner served with the the Royal Irish Rifles and Royal Flying Corps, who also served with the 7th Royal Dublin Fusiliers in Gallipoli and Serbia 1914 – 1916 and at the Battle of Messines.
He died fighting in the air near Ypres 21st of August 1917, aged 22 years
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Lt. Ernest Lawrence Julian 7th Btn. Royal Dublin Fusiliers (d.8th Aug 1915) Ernest Juilan was killed at Suvla Bay in August 1915 He was the son of the late John and Margaret Julian, of Drumbane, Birr, King's County. He held the Reid Professorship of Criminal Law, Trinity College, Dublin and was educated at Charterhouse, and Trinity College, Dublin
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Michael Guilfoyle 7th Btn. Royal Dublin Fusiliers (d.9th Oct 1916) Michael Guilfoyle died of wounds on the 9th October 1916, and is buried in Mikra Cemetery, Salonika no. 1592
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Pte. John Boyd 7th Btn. D Coy. Royal Dublin Fusiliers (d.16th Aug 1915) John Boyd was the only son of Isabella Boyd, of 10, Belmont Avenue, Donnybrook, Dublin, and the late John Boyd. A Civil Servant, he enlisted in September 1914. John was killed in action in Gallipoli aged 32.
He is remembered on the Helles Memorial in Turkey and at St. John the Baptist Church of Ireland in Clontarf and also at Clontarf Cricket and Football Clubs.
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Pte. William Sinclair Boyd 7th Btn. Royal Dublin Fusiliers (d.16th Aug 1915) William Boyd was the son of James Saint Clair Boyd and Amelia Boyd, of 22, Mountain View Rd., Rathmines, Co. Dublin.
He was killed in action in Gallipoli aged 22 and is remembered on the Helles Memorial in Turkey.
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Pte. Henry Alfred Boyd 7th Btn. Royal Dublin Fusiliers (d.16th Aug 1915) Henry Boyd was the eldest son of William H. and Daisy E. Boyd, of Glensavage, Blackrock, Co. Dublin. He was killed in action in Gallipoli aged 19 and is remembered on the Helles Memorial in Turkey.
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2nd Lt. Geoffrey Roskell Bible 101st Company Machine Gun Corps (d.1st Jul 1916) Geoffrey Roskell Bible was the son of Henry Bible and Lucinda Bible, of 50 Grosvenor Rd., Rathmines, Co. Dublin.
He enlisted in September 1914 with the 7th Battalion, Royal Dublin Fusiliers. and was gazetted to the 9th Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment, in November 1914.
He was killed in action at Battle of the Somme in July 1916 aged 23. He is commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial.
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2nd Lt. Lee Bell 7th Battalion Royal Dublin Fusiliers (d.17th Oct 1918) Lee Bell was native of Dublin, he was killed in action age 24 and is buried in Le Cateau Military Cemetery.
At the age of 16, and according to the 1911 UK Census, Lee Bell was an Assurance Clerk and only son of Alfred and Selina of 6 Old Bond St., London. In 1919 the England and Wales Probate Calendar for that year records his estate of £104.4s.1d. being left to his father, a fine art dealer.
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Pte. Patrick Beggs 7th Btn. Royal Dublin Fusiliers (d.30th Dec 1917) Patrick Beggs was born in Booterstown, County Dublin, and was living there when he enlisted in Dublin. Private Beggs died in Egypt during the Palestine campaign, and is buried in Alexandria (Chatby) Military and War Memorial Cemetery, Egypt.
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Pte. Walter D. Appleyard 7th Btn. Royal Dublin Fusiliers (d.16th Aug 1915) Walter Appleyard was born and enlisted in Dublin, he was killed in action in Gallipoli.
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Pte. Richard Adderley 7th Btn. Royal Dublin Fusiliers (d.19th Oct 1915) Private Richard Adderley was born and enlisted in Dublin. In October 1915, at the request of the Prime Minister of Greece, the 7th Battalion landed in Salonika in October 1915 to assist Serbia during the Macedonian campaign. He died in the Balkans on October 19th, and is buried at East Mudros Military Cemetery, Greece.
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Pte. Anthony Doyle 7th Batallion Royal Dublin Fusiliers (d.23rd Sep 1916) My great-uncle Anthony Doyle, an Irish boy, ran away to join the Royal Dublin Fusiliers in August 1914. He was just 16 and lied about his age to get into the army. After initial training, he went out to Gallipoli in 1915 but for some reason, missed the landing at Suvla Bay which saw so many of his comrades killed and injured on 7th August 1915. He joined the 7th Battalion a couple of days later and survived the Battle of Kiretch Tepe Sirt. With the rest of his Battalion he was moved to Salonika and lived through the harsh winter of 1915 up in the Macedonian mountains. Injured, he was sent home to Ireland in 1916, just in time for the Easter Rising in Dublin. In common with many Irish families, the Doyles were neither the first nor the last to have members fighting both for and against the British. Several of Anthony's brothers were actively involved in the IRA and a story from my father tells of the family hotel being raided at the front door by Crown forces whilst the arms cache hidden in the basement was hastily got out through the back door!
Anthony resisted his elder brother's request to turn and went back to Salonika. The 7th Battallion was sent to the Struma River sometime around September 1916 to establish a line across the river against the Bulgarians. Despite gaining a foothold at first, the Allies were forced back to their own side of the river. On the 23rd September they tried again to take the village of Karadzakoj-Zir-Bala but retired in the face of fierce opposition. It was during this retreat that Anthony was killed outright by a sniper. He was 18 years old.
The role of the Irish soldiers in the First World War is a difficult and emotive subject even now in Ireland. My father was named Anthony after his dead uncle by my grandfather Tom who was a distinguished IRA veteran. I remember this great-uncle I never knew every Armistice Day - I play The Green Fields of France for him and all those like him. He is buried at Struma Military Cemetary - IV.B.8. If you pass that way, stop a while and tell him he's remembered. Ar Dheis de go raibh seid.
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Pte. Mathew Connor 7th Battalion Royal Dublin Fusilliers (d.3rd Oct 1916) Matthew Connor was my great uncle. All we know is that he died in Greece on the 3rd Oct 1916 and is buried in Commonwealth War Grave at Struma Millitary Cemetery at Selonika. We would love to know how he died and what service he did before going to Greece or if he was awarded any medals etc. My Dad and his sisters are all getting on in life now and would like to know more about their uncle before it's too late.
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Pals at Suvla Bay Henry Hanna
This is an unusual book in that it is the record of a company, a company of the 7th Royal Dublin Fusiliers(RDF) - `D' Company - at Gallipoli. The battalion was raised in August 1914 and allocated to 30th Brigade, 10th Irish Division. At the request of a Mr Browning, President of the Irish Rugby Football Union, the CO of the new battalion agreed to keep open a special company, `D' Company as it was subsequently known, for "Pals" from the Irish Rugby Union volunteers. It was a remarkable mix of volunteers - barristers, doctors, solicitors, stockbrokers, bankers, civil servants and the like, nearly all well known in Dublin's public and social life. Training in Ireland went on until, on the last day of April 1915, 7th RDF sailed for Holyhead and from there travelled to Basingstoke, the concentration area of the 10th Division. The final period training at divisional level lasted to the end of June and a week later they were off to the Dardanelles.
They landed at Suvla Bay on the morning of
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