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The Royal Irish Regiment. 255a?
11 Major Kellett served in the Hazara Expedition in 1888 with the 2nd Battalion Royal Irish Regiment (Medal
with Clasp).
18 Captain Grogan served in the South African war, taking part in the operations in the Orange Free State (March
to May 1900) ; in the Transvaal, east of Pretoria (Aug. to 29th Nov.) including actions at Belfast (26th and 27th Aug.)
and Lydenburg (5th to 8th Sept.) ; in the Orange River Colony, including actions at Bethlehem (6th and 7th July)
and Wittebergen (1st to 29th July); and in Cape Colony, south of Orange River, 1900, including actions at Coles-
berg (15th Jan. to 12th Feb.).
19 Captain Milner served in the campaigu on the North West Frontier of India with the Tirah Expeditionary
Force (Medal with Clasp). Served in the South African war, taking part in the operations in the Orange Free State
(March to May 1903) ; in the Transvaal, east of Pretoria (Oct. to 29th Nov.); in the Orange River Colony, including
actions at Bethlehem (6th and 7th July) and Wittebergen (1st to 29th July) — severely wounded; and in Cape Colony,
south of Orange River, 1900, including actions at Colesberg (15th Jan. to 12th Feb.).
30 Captain Daniell served in the campaign on the North West Frontier of India in 1897-98, and tiok part in the
operations on the Samana Range (Medal with two Clasps). Served in the South African war, taking part in the
operations in the Orange Free State (March to May 1900); in the Transvaal, east of Pretoria (Aug. to 29th Nov.),
including actions at Belfast (26th and 27th Aug.) and Lydenburg (5th to 8th Sept.); in the Orange River Colony,
including actions at Bethlehem (6th and 7th July) and Wittebergen (1st to 29th July) ; and Cape Colony, south of
Orange River, 1900, including actions at Colesberg (15th Jan. to 12th Feb.).
21 Captain White and Major Panter-Downes served in the South African war, taking part in the operations in the
Orange Free State (March to May 1900) ; in the Transvaal, east of Pretoria (Aug. to 29th Nov.), including actions at
Belfast (26th and 27th Aug.) and Lydenburg (5th to 8th Sept.) ; in the Orange River Colony, including actions at
Bethlehem (6th and 7th July) and Wittebergen (1st to 29th July) and in Cape Colony, south of Orange River, 1900,
including actions at Colesberg ( 15th Jan. to 12th Feb.).
22 Captain Farmer served in the South African war, taking part in the operations in the Orange Free State (March
to May 1900) ; in the Transvaal, east of Pretoria (Oct. to 29th Nov.); in the Orange River Colony (May to July); and
in Cape Colony, south of Orange River, including actions at Colesberg (15th Jan. to 12th Feb.).
22f Captain R. Martin served with ihe Chitral Relief Force under Sir R )bert Low in 1895 as Assistant Transport
Officer 3rd Brigade (Medal with Clasp). Served in the campaign on the North West Frontier of India uader
i Sir William Lockhart in 1897-98 in the 1st Brigade Tochi Fiel'l Force with the 1st Punjab infantry (Clasp).
23 Captain Kelly served in the South African war, taking part in the operations in the Orange Free State (March to
!May 1900) ; in the Transvaal, east of Pretoria (Aug. to 29th Nov.), including actions at Belfast (25th and 27th Aug.
and Lydenburg (5th to 8th Sept.); in the Orange River Colony, including actions at Bethlehem (6th and 7th July)
and Wittebergen ( i st to 29th July) ; and in Cape Colony, south of Orange River, 1900, including actions at Colesberg,
15th Jan. to 12th Feb. (DSO.).
24 Captain Elliot served in the South African war, taking part in the operations in the Orange Free State (March
i j to May iqoo); in the Orange River Colony (May to July) ; and in Cape Colony, south of Orange River, including
the actions at Colesberg, 15th Jan. to 12th Feb.).
25 Captain FitzHugh served in the South African war, taking part in the operations in the Orange Free State (March
] to May 1900); in the Orange River Colony, including the action at Bethlehem loth and 7th July); and in Cape Colony,
south of Orange River, including actions at Colesberg (i^th Jan. to 12th Feb.).
28 Lieuts. Anderson and Fitzmaurice-Deane-Morgan served in the South African war, and took part in the
operations in the Orange Free State (March to May 1903) ; in the Transvaal, east of Pretoria (Aug. to 29th
Nov.), including actions at Belfast (26th and 27th Aug.) and Lydenburg (5th to 8th Sept.); in the Orange River
I Colony, including actions at Bethlehem (6th and 7th July) and Wittebergen (1st to 29th July) ; and in Cape Colony,
I south of Orange River.
29 Lieut. Acton served in the South African war, taking part in the operations in the Orange Free State (March
to May 1900), and in Cape Colony, south of Orange River, in 1900.
80 Capt lin O'Callaghan served in the South African war, and tookpartjin the operations in the Transvaal,
east of Pretoria (Aug. to 29th Nov. 1900), including actions at Belfast (26th and 27th Aug.) and Lydenburg (5th to
8th Sept.) ; and in the Orange River Colony, including actions at Bethlehem (6th and 7th July) and Wittebergen
(1st to 29th July).
Record of the Services of the 1st Battalion of the Royal Irish Regiment.
■ Raised in Ireland in 1684. To England, and returned to Ireland, 1685. To England, 1688. To Ireland, 1680
1 (siege of Carrickfergus, battle of the Boyne, siege of Limerick, etc.). To England and Flanders, and returned
: to England, 1692. To Flanders, 1693. Entitled " 18th Regiment of Foot," 1694. Entitled "Royal Regiment of
j Foot of Ireland," 1695. To Ireland, 1697. To Holland, 1701 (proceeded to the Danube, took part in the battles
of Shellenberg and Blenheim, and returned to Holland). B ittle of Ramillies, 1706. To England 1708. To
iFlanders, 1708 (battles of Oudenarde and Malplaquet). To England, 1711 (a Company remaining at Ghent.
To Minorca, 1718. 500 men to defence of Gibraltar, 1727. To England, 1742. To Flanders, England, and Scot-
land, 1745. To England, 1748. To Ireland, 1749. To England, 1755. To Ireland, 1757. To North America,
1767 (battle of Bunker's Hill). To Nova Scotia and England, 1776. To the Channel Islands, 1782. To Gibraltar,
11783. Defence of Toulon, 1793. Capture of Corsica, 1794. To Elba, 1796. To Gibraltar, 1797. Battle of
[Alexandria and capture of Cairo, 1801. To Ireland, 1802. To England, 1804. To the West Indies, 1805. To
England, 1817. To Ireland, 1818. To the Ionian Islands, 1824. To Ireland, 1834. Formed into 6 Service
Companies and 4 Depot Companies, the 6 Service Companies proceeding to Ceylon, 1837. Three Comoanies to
|England, 1839. Six Companies from Ceylon to China, 1840 (capture of Ohusan Island, Amoy, Hong Kong, and
Canton). " China and the Draqon," 1842. To Bengal, 1848. To Burma, 1852. Io the Crimea, 1854 (siege and
tall of Sebastopol). To Ireland and India, 1857. To Burma, 1864. Returned to India, 1^65. To England, 1866.
To Ireland, 1868. To Malta 1872. To India, 1875. To Afghanistan, 1879. Returned to Bengal, 1881. To
Egypt, 1884 (Nile Expedition). To England, 1885. To Ireland, 1891. To South Africa, 1899 (Belfast, Lydenburg,
Bethlehem, Wittebergen, Colesberg).
Record of the Services of the 2nd Battalion.
Raised in 1803. To Curacoa. 1807. To England, 1810. Disbanded, 1814. Again raised, 1858. To New Zea-
land, 1863. To England, 1870. To Ireland, 1876. To England, 1879. To Egypt, 1882 (actiou at Kassasin and
battle of Tel-el- Kebir). To Malta and England, 1883. To India, 1884 (Hazara Expedition of 1888).