Royal Irish Rifles

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infantry regiment regiment of the British Army

The Royal Irish Rifles was an infantry regiment of the British Army, historically recruited in Ireland and noted for its service in major conflicts such as the First World War.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf infantry regiment ⓘ
regiment of the British Army ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Royal Ulster Rifles NERFINISHED ⓘ
associatedWith Royal Ulster Rifles NERFINISHED ⓘ
awardedBattleHonour Neuve Chapelle NERFINISHED ⓘ
Somme 1916 NERFINISHED ⓘ
South Africa 1899–1902 NERFINISHED ⓘ
Ypres 1915 NERFINISHED ⓘ
branch British Army ⓘ
category Infantry regiments of the British Army ⓘ
Irish regiments of the British Army ⓘ
Military units and formations established in 1881 ⓘ
country United Kingdom ⓘ
dateFormed 1881 ⓘ
dateRegimentalTitleChanged 1921 ⓘ
formedByAmalgamationOf 83rd (County of Dublin) Regiment of Foot NERFINISHED ⓘ
86th (Royal County Down) Regiment of Foot NERFINISHED ⓘ
formedUnder Childers Reforms NERFINISHED ⓘ
garrison Belfast NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasPredecessor 83rd (County of Dublin) Regiment of Foot NERFINISHED ⓘ
86th (Royal County Down) Regiment of Foot NERFINISHED ⓘ
militaryBranch Infantry ⓘ
notableEngagement Battle of Cambrai NERFINISHED ⓘ
Battle of Guillemont NERFINISHED ⓘ
Battle of Neuve Chapelle NERFINISHED ⓘ
Battle of Ypres NERFINISHED ⓘ
Battle of the Somme NERFINISHED ⓘ
primaryDepot Victoria Barracks, Belfast NERFINISHED ⓘ
raisedBattalionType militia battalion ⓘ
regular battalion ⓘ
service battalion ⓘ
special reserve battalion ⓘ
territorial battalion ⓘ
recruitedFrom Ireland NERFINISHED ⓘ
Ulster NERFINISHED ⓘ
recruitedPrimarilyFrom Belfast NERFINISHED ⓘ
County Antrim NERFINISHED ⓘ
County Down NERFINISHED ⓘ
regimentalBadgeFeature Irish shamrock ⓘ
harp and crown ⓘ
regimentalColour rifle green ⓘ
regimentalMarch Killaloe NERFINISHED ⓘ
regimentalTitleChangedTo Royal Ulster Rifles NERFINISHED ⓘ
religiousComposition mixed Protestant and Catholic ⓘ
servedInConflict First World War NERFINISHED ⓘ
Second Boer War NERFINISHED ⓘ
Second World War NERFINISHED ⓘ
servedInTheatre Gallipoli NERFINISHED ⓘ
Palestine NERFINISHED ⓘ
Salonika NERFINISHED ⓘ
Western Front NERFINISHED ⓘ
successorUnit Royal Irish Rangers NERFINISHED ⓘ
Royal Irish Regiment (1992) NERFINISHED ⓘ
Royal Ulster Rifles NERFINISHED ⓘ

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Major-General Louis Lipsett → laterServedIn → Royal Irish Rifles ⓘ
subject surface form: Louis Lipsett