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Tipparary Irish Command Depot
On 11 September 1914 the War Office issued Army Order No. 382 authorising six new divisions numbered from 15th to 20th. This was the 2nd New Army which included the 16th (Irish) Division. The 7th Battalion Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers was in the 49 Brigade of the 16th (Irish) Division.
Lieutenant-General Sir Lawrence W. Parsons was appointed to command the 16th (Irish) Division on 23 September 1914.
Gen. Parsons opened his headquarters in Dublin, but due to the 10th (Irish)Division having priority and first claim on accommodation and training areas, 16th Division was sent south to Munster. Divisional Headquarters moved on 8 October 1914 and established itself at Mallow, Co. Cork.
The headquarters of its three infantry brigades were:
47 Brigade at Fermoy
48 Brigade at Buttevant
49 Brigade at Tipperary
The 49 Brigade which included the 7 Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers was formed on the 1st October 1914. Brig. R. D. Longe was appointed its commander.
The local Tipperary Union Workhouse was used as overflow accommodation for the Tipperary Barracks until the new hutment camps were built at Scalaheen a mile west of the town. By the end of October approximately 1,800 men were using the camp which was designed for one infantry battalion of approx 700 personnel.
Two hutment camps as an annex to the main barracks at Tipperary were built. The land on which these camps were to be built leased from the Smith-Barry Estate and was situated about a half a mile west of the barracks in Scalaheen. The camps were built next to each other and were called East and West Hutments.
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211217 Cpl. Arthur John "Bulldog" Cleverley Middlesex Regiment  I knew my grandfather, Arthur Cleverley well but he was a very quiet man. He played Football for Brentford Football club and was later transferred to Swansea Football club. He then went on to play for Newport after that.
As a professional player he won several honours, including two Welsh FA Cup medals. He joined the army sometime between 1914-1915 and fought at the Battle of the Somme in 1916 with the Middlesex Regt, where he was gassed.
We also know that when he was invalided home he was sent to the Irish Command Depot in Tipperary, where he was part of No. 1 Company football
team which became Command Depot champions in 1918. Some years ago we found a photo of the team he was a member of whilst at the Depot, which states that it was taken in that year. One of the Welsh FA Cup medals is still in my family's possession, and I still have his Irish Command Depot (Tipperary) champions medal, which I think given his war injuries was the hardest earned. Whilst he told me many stories about his football, he never once mentioned this terrible war.
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