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1st Battalion, Royal Munster Fusiliers
1st Battalion, Royal Munster Fusiliers were in Rangoon, Burma when war broke out in August 1914. They returned to Britain, landing at Avonmouth on the 10th of January 1915. They joined 86th Brigade, 29th Division at Coventry and on the 16th of March 1915 they sailed from Avonmouth for Gallipoli, via Alexandria and Mudros. They landed at Cape Helles on the 25th of April 1915 suffering heavy casualties and on the 30th of April they merged with the 1st Royal Dublin Fusiliers forming a unit nick named the 'Dubsters'. They resumed their own identity on the 19th of May 1915. They were evacuated from Gallipoli in the first week of January, returning to Egypt. On the 13th of March 1916 they sailed from Port Said for Marseilles and travelled by train to the Somme. On the 25th of April 1916 they transferred to the Lines of Communication and on the 28th joined 48th Brigade, 16th (Irish) Division, absorbing the disbanded 9th Munsters. They were in action on the Somme during the The Battle of Guillemont in which the Division captured the village and The Battle of Ginchy. On the 22nd of November 1916 they transferred to 47th Brigade, still with 16th (Irish) Division absorbing over 400 troops from the disbanding 8th Munsters. In 1917 they fought at the The Battle of Messines and The Battle of Langemark, during the Third Battles of Ypres. In 1918 they were in action on the Somme, suffering very heavy casualties. On the 19th of April they transferred to 172nd Brigade, 57th (2nd North Midland) Division absorbing the 2nd Munsters. They were in action during the Second Battles of Arras, the Battles of the Hindenburg Line, including assisting in the capture of Cambrai in October, The occupation of Lille and the Final Advance in Artois. At the Armistice the 57th Division was at rest in the eastern suburbs of Lille. They moved to Arras on the 21st of November to assist with the clear up and the Division was demobilised between March and July 1919.
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Those known to have served with1st Battalion, Royal Munster Fusiliers during the Great War 1914-1918. - Boardman Edward. L/Cpl. (d.30th Sep 1918)
- Bould Thomas. Pte. (d.11th Sep 1916)
- Breen John. Sgt. (d.30th Sep 1918)
- Bregan Paul. Pte. (d.21st Aug 1915)
- Brennan Patrick. Pte. (d.28th Sep 1918)
- Chambers Daniel. Pte. (d.6th Nov 1917)
- Creedon MM. Patrick. Pte.
- Darroch John. L/Cpl. (d.21st August 1915)
- Davis T.. Pte. (d.2nd Jul 1915)
- Davis T.. Pte. (d.2nd Jul 1915)
- Flymm Maurice. Pte.
- Flynn Maurice. Pte.
- Fogarty John. Pte. (d.27th December 1918)
- Gallagher Michael. Pte. (d.21st Aug 1916)
- Hamilton Alfred Waterworth. L/Cpl (d.21st March 1918 )
- Healy Denis. Pte.
- Healy Richard. Pte (d.28th Jun 1915)
- Hedge B.. Pte. (d.7th Jun 1917)
- Hickey Denis. L/Cpl. (d.27th Nov 1915)
- Little Norman. Private (d.21st Mar 1918)
- Lynch Daniel. Pte. (d.25th Apr 1915)
- McDonald J.. Pte. (d.3rd Sep 1919)
- McMahon Patrick. Pte. (d.1st May 1915)
- O'Brien William. Pte.
- O'Grady Henry Joseph. RSM.
- O'Grady Henry. Pte. (d.1st May 1915)
- Plaice H.. Pte. (d.11th November 1915)
- Savage MM & Bar. Frederick William. Pte.
- Weston Charles. Pte. (d.2nd November 1915)
- Whitley John. Pte. (d.4th Sep, 1916)
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L/Cpl. Denis Hickey 1st Btn. Royal Munster Fusiliers (d.27th Nov 1915) Denis Hickey served with the 1st Battalion, Royal Munster Fusiliers during WW1 and was killed in action on the 27th November 1915. He is remembered on the Helles Memorial.
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Pte. Patrick Creedon MM. 1st Btn. Royal Munster Fusiliers Patrick Creedon served with the 1st Battalion, Royal Munster Fusiliers. He later served in the 2nd Battalion
He was awarded the Military Medal for Gallantry which was gazetted on 21st of October 1916.
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Pte. Denis Healy 8th Btn. Royal Munster Fusiliers Denis Healy served with the 8th Battalion, Royal Munster Fusiliers and the 1st Garrison Battalion, Royal Irish Fusiliers in WW1.
He had served in South Africa with the the North Cork Militia 9th (Militia) Battalion Kings Royal Rifle Corpsfrom 1st of May 1893 to 2nd of May 1903.
On 24th of August 1915 at age 44 Denis Healy rejoined the army this time serving with The Royal Munster Fusiliers0. He served in France from 19th of December 1915 to 7th of July 1917, which entitled him to the 1915 Star Medal. It would appear from the initial date in France that he would have been with the 8th Battalion Royal Munster Fusiliers, which was formed in
Sep/Oct 1914 at Fermoy as part of the Second New Army, then moved to Mitchelstown, County Cork and joined the 47th Brigade of the 16th Division.
In 1915 Moved to Templemore in February then back to Fermoy in May then in September to Blackdown, Aldershot.
On the 18th of December 1915 they mobilised for war and landed at Havre.
They were engaged in various actions on the Western Front including, The Battle of Guillemont and The Battle of Ginchy.
On the 23rd of November 1916 the Battalion was disbanded in France and the remaining personnel moved to the 1st Battalion which transferred to the 47th Brigade of the 16th Division and continued to engage in action on the Western Front.
During 1917 he saw action in The Battle of Messines, The first Battle of Cambrai, Third Battles of Ypres.
We then have a gap in Denis's service from 7th of July 1917 to 22nd of December 1917. Could he have been recovering from multiple neuritis at that time? He may have been admitted to the Royal Hospital Chelsea as an award of a War Disablement Pension was subsequently made in respect of the condition multiple neuritis, regrettably no payment details remain at The War Pensions Agency.
Presumably, on 22nd of December 1917 he joined the Royal Irish Fusiliers and according to the RIF Attestation Book he served in India until 25th of September 1920. He was discharged in Dublin on 23rd of November 1920 with his address given as 25 Gould Street, Cork. It appears that the only RIF battalion in India was the 1st Garrison Btn RIF which in February 1916 had deployed to India and in May 1917 deployed to Burma.
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Pte Richard Healy 1st Btn Royal Munster Fusiliers (d.28th Jun 1915) My husband's grandfather and two brothers fought in the war. It was only when I showed a relation's father the 1910 census that he said "I never remember having an uncle Richard" that I was able to put a name on the brother that never came back.
Having looked into it I found out he was killed in Gallipoli.
I wonder does anyone know of any group that arrange tours of the Gallipoli?
Thanking you. Deirdre
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Pte. William O'Brien 7th Battalion Royal Irish Fusiliers William O'Brien was born and raised in Tipperary Town and enlisted in May 1915 whilst the 49th Brigade were stationed at the town barracks. He was assigned to the 7th Btn. Royal Irish Fusiliers, a part of the 16th Irish Division.
After initial training they embarked for England and were stationed at Pirbright in Surrey for more training whilst waiting to be posted overseas. They were sent to the Ypres sector in early 1916 and were holding trenches at Hulluch where they and several other Irish battalions were gassed during Easter Week 1916.
William saw some of the worst fighting on the Somme in September that year at Combles, Guillemont and Ginchy. After heavy losses the 7th Battalion was amalgamated with the 8th to form the 7th/8th. William continued to serve with them throughout 1917 serving at Passchendaele and Cambrai until the Battalion was disbanded in early 1918 and he transferred to 1st Battalion Royal Munster Fusiliers. He saw out the war with them eventually being discharged as medically unfit in June 1919.
He was given the Silver War Badge, British War Medal and Victory Medal. He was proud of his war service but it must have been difficult in the post war years as the local area was heavily involved in the War of Independence against Crown forces. All of William's sons went on to serve in either the Irish or British army including my grandfather and his youngest son Patrick was killed in action in Germany in April 1945.
William worked as a jarvey and died in Tipperary Town in the early 1950s and is buried in St Mary's Churchyard.
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Pte. Charles Weston 1st Btn. Royal Munster Fusiliers (d.2nd November 1915) Charles Weston, son of Charles & Mary Weston, 42 Arthur Street, Ampthill, Bedfordshire was born abd lived Ampthill. He enlisted in Bedford and initially served with Lancers of the Line then with 1st Battalion, Royal Munster Fusiliers. He died of his wounds on 2nd of November 1915 at Gallipoli age 20 years and is buried in Cairo War Memorial Cemetery, Egypt. He is remembered on both The War Memorial and The Alamada, St. Andrews Church, Ampthill. Information courtesy of www.roll-of-honour.com
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Pte. Frederick William Savage MM & Bar. 1st Btn. Royal Munster Fusiliers  Frederick Savage was on the S.S. River Clyde at Gallipoli V Beach landing and was amongst the first to go ashore where he survived unhurt. He was present for virtually all of the campaign being wounded twice and suffering severe frostbite. The second wound was towards the end of the campaign when he was hit in the back by a bullet whilst lying in prone position. He always blamed the fact that they wore a polished metal disc on their backpacks, which caught the sun's rays giving the Turks a good target to aim at. When wounded he was placed in a tent near the beach with the other wounded. The weather turned very cold. They were in the tent for several days without much nursing attention resulting in him being the only survivor. He returned to his regiment in France in June 1916 and served out most of the war. He was awarded the Military Medal for attending the wounded under heavy shell fire and also received two Hickies Medals, one in November 1916 and the other in November 1917. He served in the Home Guard during WW2.
Private F.W. Savage, M.M., collected two 'Hickie citations' during his service in France.
Major-General Hickie appreciated the effort put in by the men of the 16th Irish Division in the heavy fighting of 1916.
When no official recognition of gallantry was made, he arranged for a Parchment Certificate to be handed to all who excelled in battle.
The quick-witted Irishmen did not take long to nickname the citations, and they became known as 'Hickie's Medals'.
The parchment was headed The Irish Brigade in Celtic script, and a later issue was surrounded by a border design.
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Pte. Henry O'Grady 1st Battalion Royal Munster Fusiliers (d.1st May 1915) He died at the Battle of Gallipoli
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Pte. John Fogarty 1st Btn. Royal Munster Fusiliers (d.27th December 1918) Private Fogarty was the son of Thomas Fogarty, of Corbally, Quin, Co. Clare.
He was 25 when he died and is buried near the north west boundary of the Crusheen (Kylwince) Cemetery, Co. Clare, Ireland.
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Pte. Daniel Chambers 1st Btn. Royal Munster Fusiliers (d.6th Nov 1917) Daniel Chambers was aged 32 when he died and is buried in the near west boundary of the Ballymodan Old Graveyard, Co. Cork, Ireland.
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Pte. Maurice Flymm 1st Btn. Royal Munster Fusiliers Maurice Flynn was born at Kilworth, near Castlelyons, Fermoy, County Cork on 9th December 1882. His father was a farmer and his mother died when he was young. His father (David) had re-married, his mother Hanah Lyons being his second wife. He had two half sisters one being Mary who married a Michael Bane, who like the husband of the other sister was in the Army. After Maurice's mother died he went to live with his sister Mary in Fermoy, but as the house was "too regimental", he left and became a groom for the Rices in the town.
At the age of 15 years he joined the 9th King's Royal Rifle Corps, having given his age as 17 years. The 9th KRRC was the Old North Cork Militia Regiment which had its headquarters in Mallow from 5th December 1899. The Boer War commenced in 1899 shortly after he completed his training and he was drafted to South Africa with this Regiment. It is believed that he joined up with his best friend who died within two weeks of his arrival in South Africa.
The one story he tells of this period relates to an incident when he was out scouting alone and came upon a group of Boers in a Wadi. These he single-handedly captured and led back to his camp, but prior to entering he was reminded that they still held guns in their saddle holsters and should be disarmed. They were obviously starving and glad to be captured in order to get fed.
Also whilst in South Africa he was wounded, and spent some time convalescing there. He often spoke of Table Mountain in Capetown, as it was so impressive to him. During the campaign he is reputed to have saved the life of an officer. Although there is no documentary evidence of this heroic deed, Pte. Flynn was presented with a colt pistol by the grateful officer. This is now held in the museum at Fitzgerald's Park in Cork.
Whilst in South Africa he appears to have travelled much, as he listed the following places under the heading 'My Travels in South Africa'.
1. Cape Town
2. Grun Point (Green Point)
3. Warm Baths.
4. Fourteen Streams.
5. ( ) Naaupoort.
6. (Tibus) Clifton's Farm-not found.
7. (Stainburg) Reit River - not found.
8. Bethany.
9. (Arundel) Bethulie Bridge.
10. Orange River.
11. Kilmounts (charge with bayonets)- not found.
12. Krugers Dorp.
13. Newcastle.
14. Dannhauser.
15. Dundee.
16. Lady Smith.
17. Orange River Colony (Station).
18. Glencoe.
19. Modder River (Island & Hotel).
20. Sunnyside.
21. Colenso.
22. Kimberley.
23. Wittebergen.
24. Springfontein.
25. Reitfontein.
26. Dreifontein.
27. Jagerfontein.
28. Colesburg.
He returned to England on 7th July 1900 and on 13th July 1901 was listed as being entitled to the Queen's South African Medal with both the Cape Colony and Orange Free State Clasps. The above regiment was disbanded in Mallow in 1908.
No soldier's papers were found in the thefiles at the Public Records Office. This is as expected, because he continued to serve in the Great War and the above papers are for those who were discharged to pension before 1913.
Maurice is known to have spent some time in India and whilst there he contracted malaria. He suffered from bouts of this all his life which included the usual shivering and high temperatures. It is also known that he claimed to have often swum in the Ganges, and also spoke of being on service at the Himalayas. At some stage around this time he was stationed at Gosport, Hants., and operated there as a P.E. instructor. It is also known that he served in Duncannon Fort, Co. Wexford and Charles Fort in Kinsale Co. Cork, which he was very familiar with, particularly the stables.
On his returning to Ireland he met up with Mary Sommerville whose father was an engineer in Co. Galway, and it appears that she was born out of wedlock. Mary was orphaned or given when young and went to live with relatives, the Rices at Bank House in Fermoy, the same family that Maurice had been groom to some years earlier. Mary was a live-in servant to the Rices and her cousin Sr. Veronica (Susan) Rice, was to become the Rev. Mother (later transferred to Youghal).
Maurice and Mary were married in Mallow on 30th September 1905 and they went to live at Chapel Hill in Fermoy. The wedding was never approved of by Mary's relatives and, after they eloped, the Rices stopped any inheritance she may have been entitled to, including property in Taylor's Hill, Galway and did not contact her for many years. There were a few brief meetings eventually when they were living in Glaunthaune.
Mary Sommerville had eight children,listed below.
William Anthony born on 22nd August 1906, died on 19th April 1958.
Maurice Christopher born on 23rd November 1907, died on 7th May 1908.
Eileen born on 8th March 1910 in Glasgow, died on 28th June 1976.
Maurice Joseph born on 27th November 1911, died on 9th December 1911.
David Benedict born on 4th January 1913, died on 4th December 1914. (Buried with military band in Tralee near the barracks.)
Ruby Harriet born on 9th March 1915, died on 7th January 1924.
Maureen Veronica born on 4th June 1918.
Hannah born on 9th March 1924, died on 12th March aged 3 days.
David was interred at the Military Cemetery in Tralee (Killerisk) on the following Saturday after his death, attended by many members of the Regiment (3rd Battalion), he was a very popular little boy with the regiment and the band played "The flower of the forest" at his grave side. His death was caused by food poisoning after eating contaminated 'bully beef' obtained from the Army stores, something Maurice never forgave the army for.
On 9th March 1915, Ruby Harriet Patrica was born and she was baptized in Tralee on the 14th March 1915, she died in the fever hospital of diphtheria. They were living in Glounthaune, the local doctor was called but was drunk on arrival. Mary Flynn ran to Beamish's, Ashbourne House and they rang for an ambulance from Cork. They also contacted Maurice at Ryan's where he worked and William at O'Gilvie and Moores, Parnell Place, Cork. By the time she got to hospital she had choked to death. Combermere Lodge is just across the road from the rear entrance of Ashbourne House and Willie was very friendly with Richard (Dickie) Beamish, the son of the owner of Beamish's Brewery in Cork.
They lived at Chapel Hill in Fermoy until 1910, when they moved to Glasgow. Maurice worked for Lever Bros, the soap manufacturers. The family lived at 4 Harrington Street, Maryhill, Glasgow.
By 1913 he was again back in Ireland. Unfortunately the smog and cold of Glasgow had a detrimental effect on the health of the eldest child Willie, consequently he returned to the Army. He joined the Royal Munster Fusiliers at Ballymullan, Tralee, Co. Kerry. The ex-servicemen and reservists were mobilized on 4th August 1914 and as he wore 3 Good Conduct Chevrons, he must then have served over 12 years with the Army. The soldiers generally enlisted for 12 years - 7 years with the Colours and the final 5 years in the reserves.
His 12 years were up therefore, certainly by 1911. However he entered the Special Reserves after his return from Scotland, thereby joining the Royal Munster Fusiliers. Upon mobilization he was Pte 6663 with the 3rd Royal Munster Fusiliers who moved to Cork during October/November 1914. They moved to Aghada in East Cork in May 1915, which consisted of a camp on the grounds of Hadwell House. The 3rd Battalion R.M.F. were a Special Reserve, and were to be used to replenish the dead or wounded of the 1st or 2nd R.M.F. Battalions on active service
On 19th April 1916 he sailed for France by ferry from Folkestone to Bologne in a reinforcing draft. (It is also possible that he may have been to France/Flanders on a previous occasion as he wore four blue chevrons representing 1915, 1916, 1917, and 1918 on active service.) Here he joined the 1st Battalion on active service, recently returned from their disastrous near annihilation on 'V' Beach. He was wounded shortly before 2nd August 1916 whilst with the 1st R.M.F. They served with the 48th Brigade, 16th (Irish) Division. This wound appears not serious (flesh wound in the leg) as a silver wound badge was not recorded as having been awarded. He appears to have served the remainder of the war in France and Flanders and suffered the after effects of a gas attack, something which was to plague him all his life. The only story he told of killing the enemy relates to a German sniper operating from a tree who had killed five of his colleagues. He waited until dark when he could identify the position of the sniper by the flash from his gun to shoot and kill the slayer of his mates. All his life subsequently he smoked his cigarette with the lighted end towards the palm so as not to show a glimmer at night.
A story is told that whilst on active service he struck up a friendship with a young soldier, the son of an Anglican Minister. Pte. Flynn wrote a letter to the soldier's family after his death, detailing the circumstances. In return, the family presented him with a pocket watch, and a ring as mementoes. The family kept in touch with Maurice for many years after the War.
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Pte. H. Plaice 1st Btn. Royal Munster Fusiliers (d.11th November 1915) Private Plaice was the son of Robert and Mary Elizabeth Plaice of Westgate St., Shouldham, Norfolk. His brothers Bertie Plaice and Arthur Edward Plaice also fell.
He was 18 when he died and is buried in the Polemidia Military Cemetery in Cyprus, Grave 63.
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L/Cpl Alfred Waterworth Hamilton 1st Btn. Royal Munster Fusiliers (d.21st March 1918 ) My great grandfather, Alfred Hamilton, was never found. He was killed in action on the Somme.
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Pte. Maurice Flynn 1st Battalion Royal Munster Fusiliers Maurice Flynn served with the 1st & 3rd Battalions, Royal Munster Fusiliers.
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Pte. J. McDonald 1st Btn. Royal Munster Fusiliers (d.3rd Sep 1919) Private J. McDonald was the son of Mrs. Mary Anne McDonald, of 4, Wexford Rd., Arklow. He was 18 years old when he died. He is buried in the Arklow Cemetery.
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Pte. Daniel Lynch 1st Btn. Royal Munster Fusiliers (d.25th Apr 1915) Daniel Lynch was born on 9th September, 1892, at Longstone, Lattin, South Tipperary, Ireland. His parents were Daniel Lynch and Winifred Ryan.
Daniel served with the 1st Battalion Royal Munster Fusiliers. He joined the R.M.F. Regiment at the New Barracks (now Sarsfield Barracks), Limerick City. He was killed in action at the ill fated Landing at Cape Helles (Dardanelles) from SS River Clyde on the morning of Easter Sunday, 25th April, 1915. It was the first day of the battle and The Munster Fusiliers suffered very heavy casualties. He is commemorated on the Helles Memorial, Gallipoli in Turkey.
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Pte. Patrick McMahon 1st Btn. Royal Munster Fusiliers (d.1st May 1915) Patrick McMahon was the son of Stephen and Ellen McMahon, of O'Brien's Bridge, Limerick. He is remembered on the Helles Memorial.
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Pte. T. Davis 1st Btn. Royal Munster Fusiliers (d.2nd Jul 1915) T. Davis served with the Royal Munster Fusiliers 1st Battalion. He was executed for quitting his post on 2nd July1915. He is commemorated on the Helles Memorial in Gallipoli, Turkey.
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Pte. T. Davis 1st Btn. Royal Munster Fusiliers (d.2nd Jul 1915) Private T Davis served with the 1st Battalion, Royal Munster Fusiliers during WW1. He was executed for quitting his post on the 2nd July 1915. His name is on the Helles Memorial in Gallipoli, Turkey.
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Pte. Patrick Brennan 1st Btn. Royal Munster Fusiliers (d.28th Sep 1918) Patrick Brennan was the son of Patrick and Mary Brennan, of 3, Great Longford St., Dublin.
He served with the Royal Dublin Fusiliers and subsequently with the Royal Munster Fusiliers 1st Battalion.
He was killed in action in France in September 1918 aged 20, and is buried in Anneux British Cemetery, France.
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