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created 15 July 2000. Corrected and updated
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The
Connaught Rangers
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1881-1922 |
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1881.07.01 |
The
Connaught Rangers
organised as the county regiment of Galway,
Leitrim, Mayo and Roscommon, encompassing its Militia
infantry [see below] less Leitrim Militia
assigned to Rifle
Brigade, and uniting two
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1922.07.31 |
disbanded |
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The
Connaught Rangers, 88th Foot & 94th Foot, 1793-1922, by Peter
Power-Hynes |
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88th/94th
Connaught Rangers, by Seamus Hamill-Keays & Joe Ryan. |
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The
Connaught Rangers, by Waterford County Museum. |
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The
Connaught Rangers, by The Fame of Tipperary Group. |
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Chronology
of The Connaught Rangers, by Seamus Hamill-Keays & Joe Ryan. |
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History
of the Connaught Rangers in the Peninsular War, by Rob Anderson. |
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The
Connaught Rangers, by Chris Baker (The British Army in the
Great War). |
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The
Connaught Rangers, by Brad Chappell (The Regimental Warpath
1914-1918) |
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Connaught
Rangers Mutiny, 1920, notes compiled by Iain Kerr (Britregiments) |
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RHQ and
Depot: |
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RHQ:  |
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88th Regimental
District at Galway [1881-1905] |
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Regulars: |
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1st
Battalion [1881-1922] |
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2nd
Battalion [1881-1922] |
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Militia
and Special Reserve: |
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3rd Battalion (South Mayo Rifles
Regiment of Militia) [1881-1908]
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3rd Battalion (Galway Regiment
of Militia) [1908-1922] |
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4th Battalion (Galway Regiment
of Militia) [1881-1908]
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4th Battalion (Roscommon Regiment
of Militia) [1908-1922]
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5th Battalion (Roscommon Regiment
of Militia) [1881-1908]
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6th Battalion (North Mayo Fusiliers
Regiment of Militia) [1881-1889]
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Territorials
and Volunteers: |
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[none] |
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Hostilities-Only
Units (First World War): |
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5th (Service) Battalion [1914-1919]
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6th (Service) Battalion [1914-1918]
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[combined
battle honours of 88th
Regiment, and 94th Regiment,
plus:]
Pyrenees1,
South
Africa 1877-8-92,
Relief
of Ladysmith, South Africa 1899-1902
Great War [6 battalions]:
Mons,
Retreat from Mons, Marne 1914, Aisne 1914, Messines 1914 '17,
Armentières 1914, Ypres 1914 '15 '17, Langemarck 1914
'17, Gheluvelt, Nonne Bosschen, Festubert 1914, Givenchy 1914, Neuve
Chapelle, St. Julien, Aubers, Somme, 1916 '18, Guillemont,
Ginchy, St. Quentin, Bapaume 1918, Rosières, Hindenburg Line,
Cambrai 1918, Selle, France and Flanders 1914-1918,
Kosturino,
Struma, Macedonia 1915-17, Suvla,
Sari Bair, Scimitar Hill, Gallipoli 1915, Gaza,
Jerusalem, Tell 'Asur, Megiddo, Sharon, Palestine 1917-18,
Tigris 1916, Kut
al Amara 1917, Baghdad, Mespotamia 1916-18
1. awarded 1910 for service of
88th Regiment.
2. awarded 1882 for services of 88th
Regiment (1877-79), and 94th Regiment
(1879)
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Badges: |
The Harp and
Crown with the motto QUIS SEPARABIT? The Elephant. The Sphinx superscribed
EGYPT. |
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Uniform: |
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1881 |
[1st Bn:]
Gen. William Irwin [also 34th Foot] |
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1881 |
[2nd Bn:]
Gen. Sir John Thornton Grant, KCB |
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1889.12.23 |
Gen. Joseph Edwin Thackwell, CB |
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1900.01.15 |
Lt-Gen. Sir Edward Hotpon, KCB |
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1912.01.20 |
Maj-Gen. William Liston Dalrymple, CB [to
1922] |
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Motto: |
Quis separabit? |
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Anniversaries: |
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Freedoms: |
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Marches: |
quick (from
1881): St. Patrick's Day |
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2nd Bn:
Blue Bonnets + Argyle is My Name |
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unofficial:
The Connaught Ranger, by Charles Martin |
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Musicians: |
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Mascot: |
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Miscellaneous
Tradition Links: |
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King
House, Rocommon, by Boyle Chamber of Commerce. |
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