In one week the battalion lost 22 officers and 618 other ranks,[8] the latter figure including the 407 quoted by Denman. Below is a list of some well-known historical archers. I have also created a wide range of guides to help you research soldiers who served in the British Army during the war: On 4 August 1914, the 1st Battalion Connaught Rangers was stationed at Ferozepore, now Firozpur, a city 261 miles northwest of Delhi in India. Date 14th July, 1901. On 7 December 1915, the unit suffered heavy casualties in the Battle of Kosturino with the Commonwealth War Graves Commission recording 99 dead, all of whom are commemorated on the Doiran Memorial. Pte Bannon John. The Government announced on October 29th, 1970, that the remains of James Daly, Patrick Smythe and Peter Sears were to be flown from India. Newspapers should also be searched along with casualty lists. 24 Militia and Special Reserve Battalions, The Connaught Rangers ("the Devil's Own") was an Irish regiment of the British Army originally raised in 1793 as the 88th Regiment of Foot (Connaught Rangers), when in 1881 it was amalgamated with the 94th Regiment of Foot under the unified title 'The Connaught Rangers'. On the Western Front, the Battalion briefly served with the 14th Division before joining the 197th Brigade of the 66th Division on 22 July 1918. The battalion ended its war at Dover. This post list the names of the men from the towns of Charlestown, Ballinrobe, Cong, Belmullet, Ballyhaunis, Claremorris and the villages of Straid and Kilkelly in the County Mayo, who died on Active Service with the Connaught Rangers between 1914 - The Connaught Rangers, in common with all Irish regiments, had no Territorial Force battalions. That same year, the French Village of Guillemont was captured by German soldiers. Notes: A short war diary with brief repetitive entries which is often encountered for this post-war period. It arrived in Boulogne in August 1914, the month in which war was declared. This is a good war diary with a handful of appendices including a map of the 3rd (Lahore) Divisions front on 15 January 1917 and a map of the Battalions picquets during February 1917. The first two volumes cover the battalions pre-war service. Welsh Regiment who died 30/04/1916 MERVILLE COMMUNAL CEMETERY France ' Connaught Rangers, k.i.a. Here it remained until about May 1918 when it moved to Dover and absorbed the 4th (Extra Reserve) Battalion. if (dailyinfo[daym] != "") { document.write(fontstart+dailyinfo[daym]+fontend) } There are awo lot of appendices. Use high magnification reader. It cost him a cut forehead and four teeth.[6]. Reasons why microfilms may not yet be available digitally on FamilySearch.org include: FamilySearch Terms of Use (Updated 2021-09-27) | Privacy Notice (Updated 2021-04-06), 2023 by Intellectual Reserve, Inc. All rights reserved. In May 1918, the 3rd (Reserve) Battalion absorbed the 4th (Extra Reserve) Battalion at Dover. In 1908 the 1st Battalion arrived in India while the 2nd Battalion returned home to Ireland. Looking at the list of missing, wounded and killed at Zuurvlakte it must have been one hell of a battle. document.write;