The Campaigns and History of the Royal Irish Regiment, [v. 1,] from 1684 to 1902 - G. le M. Gretton

[APPENDIX 1.]

THE MOVEMENTS OF THE XVIIIth ROYAL IRISH REGIMENT FROM THE TIME OF ITS FORMATION IN 1684 TO THE END OF THE WAR IN SOUTH AFRICA IN 1902, AND THE PLACES WHERE IT HAS BEEN QUARTERED IN TIME OF PEACE.

1685	Sailed for England; quartered at Chester, and then returned to Ireland.
1687	At the Curragh during the summer.
1688	At the Curragh during the summer: then sailed for England, and marched to London, thence to Salisbury; returned to Colnbrook near London, and in the winter quartered in Hertfordshire.
1689. April	Hertfordshire to Chester; thence to Wales.
1689. August	Ordered to Ireland on active service. (See [Chapter I].)
1689 to 1691	On active service in Ireland. (See [Chapter I].)
1691. December	At Waterford and Youghal.
1692	Embarked at Waterford for Bristol; marched to Portsmouth and sailed to the Low Countries on active service, returning in the autumn to Bristol.
1693. May	Bristol to Portsmouth where the regiment was embarked on men-of-war to serve as Marines; in the autumn it was landed, and after a short time at Norwich, returned to the Low Countries on active service. (See [Chapter I].)
1694 to 1697	On active service in the Low Countries until the end of 1697, when the regiment was sent to Cork. (See [Chapter I].)
1698	Moved from Cork to Waterford.
1699	Moved from Waterford to Dublin.
1700	Moved from Dublin to Kinsale.
1701	Ordered to Low Countries in anticipation of active service.
1702 to 1712	On active service in the Low Countries and Germany. (See [Chapter II].)
1713-14	In garrison at Ghent.
1715	In the autumn part of the regiment returned to England, and was quartered at Gloucester.
1716. February	The remainder arrived at Gloucester; later in the year the whole regiment moved from Gloucester to Oxford.
1717. May	Moved to Portsmouth.
1718	Embarked at Portsmouth for Minorca.
1727	A detachment was sent from Minorca to reinforce the garrison of Gibraltar during the siege of 1727. (See [Chapter III].)
1727 to 1741	At Minorca.
1742	Embarked at Minorca for Portsmouth; quartered on arrival in and around Taunton.
1743	Taunton to Exeter and Plymouth.
1744	Exeter and Plymouth to the neighbourhood of Hounslow and thence to Fareham.
1745	To the Low Countries on active service (see [Chapter III].); returned to England in the autumn and quartered at Dartford.
1746. March	Dartford to Gravesend, where the regiment embarked for Scotland, but arrived too late to take part in the suppression of the Jacobite rising. Leith to Nairn, Inverness, and Elgin.
1747	Concentrated for the summer at Fort Augustus; during the winter quartered at Edinburgh and Stirling.
1748	Edinburgh and Stirling to Berwick, Newcastle, and Carlisle, and thence to Glasgow.
1749. February	Glasgow to Ireland; stationed at Enniskillen and Ballyshannon.
1750	At Kinsale.
1751	At Cork.
1752	At Waterford.
1753	At Dublin.
1754	At Londonderry and Ballyshannon.
1755. April	Embarked for Liverpool; marched to Berwick, in October to Edinburgh.
1756. May	Edinburgh to Fort William, with detachments in the Highlands.
1757	Returned to Ireland.
1758 to 1766	In Ireland.
1767	Ireland to Philadelphia, North America.
1775	On active service in North America. (See [Chapter III].)
1776	North America to England; quartered at Dover.
1777	At Dover.
1778	At Coxheath encampment.
1779	At Warley encampment.
1780	At the encampments at Finchley, and “Hyde Park in London.”
1782	England to Jersey and Guernsey.
1783. July	Guernsey to Portsmouth, and in October to Gibraltar.
1784 to 1792	At Gibraltar.
1793	Embarked at Gibraltar for active service at Toulon. (See [Chapter IV].)
1794 to 1797	On active service in the Mediterranean.
1798-1799	At Gibraltar.
1800-1801	On active service in the Mediterranean. (See [Chapter IV].)
1802	In the summer embarked at Elba for Cork, where they landed on August 29th; quartered at Armagh.
1803	In the summer ordered from Armagh to Newry, where a second battalion was raised. Both battalions were quartered in Scotland during the autumn of 1803, at Edinburgh, Haddington, and Dunbar.
1804	In the summer both battalions sent to the camp on Barham Downs near Canterbury; the second battalion sent later in the year to Jersey.
1805. January	First battalion embarked for Jamaica, where it arrived at the end of April or beginning of May.
1806	First battalion in Jamaica; second battalion in Jersey.
1807	First battalion in Jamaica; second battalion embarked for West Indies and was stationed at the island of Curaçoa.
1808	No change of stations.
1809. June 7th	First battalion from Jamaica to the Island of San Domingo (see [Chapter IV].) on active service and back to Jamaica; second battalion at Curaçoa.
1810	First battalion at Jamaica: second battalion returned to England.
1811	First battalion at Jamaica: second battalion ordered to Jersey.
1812 to 1813	No change of stations.
1814	First battalion at Jamaica: second battalion disbanded.
1815-16	The regiment at Jamaica.
1817	Returned to England, landing in March, and was stationed at Brighton, Chatham, Sheerness, and finally at Hilsea Barracks.
1818	Hilsea Barracks to Haslar and Gosport; in December returned to Ireland, landing at Cork, and was stationed at Fermoy.
1819 January	Fermoy to Waterford, Wexford, Carlow, Duncannon Fort, Kilkenny.
1820. July	Ordered to Cork.
1821. February	Cork to Malta.
1824. May-June	Malta to Ionian Isles.
1825 to 1831	In the Ionian Isles.
1832. February 6	Embarked for Portsmouth; landed on March 7th, and marched to Weedon, whence a Wing was sent in July to Tynemouth and Sheffield; the remainder of the regiment followed soon afterwards to Ashton. Later in the year the regiment sent detachments to Wigan, Chester, and Mold.
1833 August	Headquarters ordered to Salford Barracks, Manchester, where the detachments rejoined.
1834. May 8	Manchester to Dublin.
” October	Dublin to Limerick, with detachments at Newcastle, Killaloe, Tipperary, Tarbert Fort, Carrick Island, and New Port.
” August	Limerick to Birr.
1836. March	Birr to Athlone, with detachments at Roscommon and Shannon Bridge.
” Nov. 15	Detachment of the regiment embarked at Cork for Ceylon.
1837 to 1840
” Jan. 10	Headquarters and remainder of regiment embarked at Cork for Ceylon.
” April 10	The detachment arrived in Ceylon.
” May 31	Headquarters and remainder of regiment arrived in Ceylon; regiment stationed at Colombo with detachment at Point de Galle; later headquarters moved to Trincomalee.
1840. May 1	Headquarters and part of regiment embarked for the China war, followed shortly by the remainder of the XVIIIth. (See [Chapter V].)
	On active service.
1841	On active service.
1842	On active service till peace signed: then quartered at Chusan and Kulangsu.
1845. May	Concentrated at Hong Kong.
1846	At Hong Kong.
1847	At Hong Kong, and for a few days on active service in the Canton river.
” Nov. 20	Embarked for Calcutta.
1848. January 10	Landed at Calcutta and quartered at Fort William, with a detachment at Dum-Dum.
” Dec. 19	Headquarters and the greater part of regiment embarked on river steamers for Allahabad, whither they had been preceded by a detachment.
1849. Jan. 22	Headquarters arrived at Allahabad; ordered to Umballa.
” March 24	Arrived at Umballa.
” Dec. 25	Began the march to Meerut.
1850. Jan. 4	Arrived at Meerut; detachment sent to Cawnpore.
1850. Oct. 14	Began the march to Allahabad.
” Nov. 21	Arrived at Allahabad.
” Nov. 22	A wing of the regiment embarked at Allahabad for Calcutta.
” Dec. 14	Arrived at Calcutta.
1851. January 22	Headquarters and the other wing embarked at Allahabad for Calcutta.
” Feb. 15	Arrived at Calcutta.
1852. Jan. 19	Headquarters and a wing of the regiment embarked for Burma on active service. (See [Chapter VI].)
” March 14	The remainder of the regiment followed.
1853	On active service in Burma; returned in November to Calcutta.
” Dec. 27	Embarked in four transports for England.
1854. May-June	Arrived in England: stationed at Chatham with a detachment at Canterbury, and for a short time also at Windsor Castle and Wellington Barracks, London.
” Dec. 8	Embarked for active service in the Crimea. (See [Chapter VII].)
” ” 30	Landed at Balaclava.
1855	On active service in the Crimea.
1856	On active service in the Crimea till the declaration of peace.
” July 10	Landed at Portsmouth, and after a few days at Aldershot, proceeded to Kingstown for Dublin.
” Aug. 27	Dublin to the Curragh.
1857. March to April	A detachment sent from the Curragh to Kilkenny on duty during the election.
” Sept. 24	A detachment embarked at Cork for Bombay on active service against the mutineers of the Bengal army.
1857. Nov. 12	The detachment was followed from the Curragh by headquarters and the remainder of the regiment, which embarked at Cork.
” Dec. 3	The detachment arrived at Bombay, and was sent to Poona. (See [Chapter VIII].)
1858. Feb. 6	Headquarters and remainder of the regiment arrived at Bombay, and were sent to Poona.
	For the next twelve months the regiment was split up into many detachments, which frequently changed their stations. Among other places they were temporarily quartered at Colaba (Bombay), Mahableshwar, Poona, Singhur, Malligaum, Nassick, Ahmednagar, Jaulnah, Sattara, Asseerghur, Sholapore, and Adjunta.
” March to April	A second battalion was raised at Enniskillen, in Ireland.
” Aug. 30	Enniskillen to Londonderry.

First Battalion.
1859. May 26	Headquarters and five companies left Sholapore for Secunderabad.
” June 21	Arrived at Secunderabad, where they were gradually joined by the detachments, the last of which did not reach headquarters till the spring of 1860.

Second Battalion.
” March 29	Londonderry to the Curragh.
” Oct. 17	The Curragh to Aldershot.
First Battalion.
1860	At Secunderabad.

Second Battalion.
” October	Aldershot to Shorncliffe.

First Battalion.
1861	At Secunderabad.

Second Battalion.
” Aug. 21	Shorncliffe to Portsmouth.

First Battalion.
1862	At Secunderabad.

Second Battalion.
” May 28.	Portsmouth to Jersey with a detachment at Alderney.

First Battalion.
1863	At Secunderabad.

Second Battalion.
” Feb. 21	Jersey and Alderney to Parkhurst.
” April 1	Headquarter and eight Companies embarked at Portsmouth for New Zealand.
” ” 12	The remainder of the battalion followed.
” July 2	Headquarters reached Auckland, New Zealand; the second ship arrived somewhat later. The battalion was at once employed on active service. (See [Chapter IX].)

First Battalion.
1864	At Secunderabad.

Second Battalion.
	On active service in New Zealand.
1865	The same.

First Battalion.
1866. Jan. 16.	Marched from Secunderabad to Sholapore, arriving on February 8: train to Poona and on to Bombay, where it embarked on two ships, the slower of which did not reach England till June 30th. The battalion was quartered at Shorncliffe.
” Dec. 13	Shorncliffe to Aldershot.

Second Battalion.
	On active service in New Zealand.

First Battalion.
1867. Aug. 19	Aldershot to Chester, with detachments at Weedon, Bradford, and Liverpool.

Second Battalion.
	In New Zealand; headquarters at Auckland, with detachments at Taranaki and Napier.

First Battalion.
1868. May 21	Chester to Edinburgh with detachment at Greenlaw.
” Oct. 14	Edinburgh to the Curragh.
” November	Detachments were sent during the elections to Dublin and Naas.

Second Battalion.
	In New Zealand: the headquarters and detachments as in 1867, with a company at Wellington.

First Battalion.
1869. Oct. 26	The Curragh to Belfast; detachments sent at various times to Londonderry, Carrickfergus, Newry, Monaghan, Armagh, Galway, Gort, Portumna, Oughterard, and Birr.

Second Battalion.
	In New Zealand: stations as in 1868.

First Battalion.
1870. June 21	Belfast to Birr.
” July 12	Birr to the Curragh.

Second Battalion.
	From New Zealand to Sydney (New South Wales), with detachments at Melbourne (Victoria), Adelaide (South Australia), and Hobart (Tasmania).
” August	The battalion embarked at Sydney and Melbourne in two ships, the slower of which arrived at Plymouth on December 4th.

First Battalion.
1871. May 22	The Curragh to Cork, with a detachment at Camden Fort.
” Aug. 26	Cork to Fermoy.

Second Battalion.
	At Devonport.

First Battalion.
1872. Jan. 18	Embarked at Cork for Malta.
” Jan. 30	Landed at Malta.

Second Battalion.
” July	Devonport to Aldershot.

First Battalion.
1873	At Malta.

Second Battalion.
” August	Aldershot to Gosport.

First Battalion.
1874. Oct. 20	Embarked at Malta for Bombay.
” Nov. 15	Landed at Bombay.
” ” 25	Arrived at Bareilly; detachment at Moradabad.

Second Battalion.
” May	Gosport to Shorncliffe.

First Battalion.
1875	At Bareilly.

Second Battalion.
” June-July	Shorncliffe to Aldershot for summer drills and then to Colchester.

First Battalion.
1876	At Bareilly.

Second Battalion.
” July	Colchester to Fermoy, with detachments at Hardbowline, Rocky Island, Tralee, Clonmel, and Mitchelstown.

First Battalion.
1877	At Bareilly.

Second Battalion.
	Fermoy to the Curragh for summer drills and then to Kilkenny, with detachments at Waterford, Clonmel, Duncannon Fort, Carrick-on-Suir.

First Battalion.
1878. Feb. 13	Bareilly to Loodianah by train, marching on to Ferozepore.
” Feb. 24	Arrived at Ferozepore.
” Sept. 29	Detachments sent to Multan and Dera Ismail Khan.

Second Battalion.
” May 1	Kilkenny to the Curragh.
” Aug. 9	The Curragh to Dublin.

First Battalion.
1879	At Ferozepore.

Second Battalion.
” May 19	Dublin to Aldershot.

First Battalion.
1880. Jan. 4-25	On march to Peshawar.
” April 30	Marched to Lundi Kotal on active service in the Afghan war. (See [Chapter X].)

Second Battalion.
	At Aldershot.

First Battalion.
1881. Mar. 18-19	Returned to Peshawar.
” April 11	Arrived at Rawal Pindi.
” ” 24	Marched to Kuldanah in the Murree Hills with detachments at Chungla gully and Bara gully.
” Nov. 6	Kuldanah to Rawal Pindi with a detachment at Ghariat.

Second Battalion.
” Oct. 19	Aldershot to Chatham.

First Battalion.
1882	At Rawal Pindi.

Second Battalion.
” Aug. 11	Chatham to Portsmouth, for Egypt on active service. (See [Chapter XI].)
	After the Tel-el-Kebir campaign was over, the battalion was quartered in Cairo from September 20 to October 11, when it was sent to Alexandria.

First Battalion.
1883. May 4	Rawal Pindi to Kuldanah, with detachments as before.
” Oct. 11	Kuldanah to Rawal Pindi, and on to Meerut.
” Dec. 11	Arrived at Meerut; detachment at Fategarh.

Second Battalion.
” February	Alexandria to Malta.
” May 17	Malta to Portsmouth.
” ” 27	Portsmouth to Aldershot.

First Battalion.
1884. Aug. 20	Meerut to Bombay.
” ” 29	Sailed for Egypt.
” Sept. 29	Reached Cairo.
” Nov. 12	Left Cairo on active service in the Nile expedition. (See [Chapter XII].)

Second Battalion.
” Feb. 28.	Embarked for Malta.

First Battalion.
1885. Aug. 24	Embarked at Alexandria.
” Sept. 9	Arrived at Plymouth.
” Dec. 16	Plymouth to Devonport.

Second Battalion.
” Jan. 7	Embarked at Malta for Bombay.
” ” 26	Arrived at Bombay.
” Feb. 4	Arrived at Umballa.
” April 24.	Umballa to Subathu, with detachment at Jutogh.

First Battalion.
1886	At Devonport.

Second Battalion.
	No change of station, except during camp of exercise.

First Battalion.
1887. Oct. 3	Devonport to Plymouth.

Second Battalion.
” Nov. 4.	Subathu to Nowshera, arriving there on December 25th, detachments at Fort Attock and Cherat.

First Battalion.
1888. Oct. 11.	Plymouth to Devonport.

Second Battalion.
” Sept. 21.	Nowshera to Derband. On active service in the Black Mountain or Hazara expedition. (See [Chapter XIII].)
” Nov. 15.	At the end of the operations, Derband to Nowshera, where the battalion arrived on 29th November.

First Battalion.
1889. May 6	Devonport to Harwich by sea and thence to Colchester.

Second Battalion.
” Oct. 24.	To Peshawar for a review by the Viceroy.
” Nov. 3.	Peshawar to Nowshera.
” Dec. 18.	Nowshera to Peshawar.

First Battalion.
1890	At Colchester.

Second Battalion.
” April 21.	Peshawar to Cherat; detachment at Peshawar.
” Oct. 1	Cherat to Peshawar.
” November	At camp of exercise.
” Dec. 5	Began march to Lucknow.

First Battalion.
1891. Nov. 4	Colchester to the Curragh.

Second Battalion.
” Mar. 3.	Arrived at Lucknow; detachment at Fategarh.
1892-93	Neither battalion changed station, except during manœuvres and camps of exercise.

First Battalion.
1894. Oct. 31.	After the summer manœuvres, the battalion made a short halt at Birr, and then proceeded to Limerick.

Second Battalion.
” Nov. 29.	Began march from Lucknow to Jubbulpore.

First Battalion.
1895	At Limerick.

Second Battalion.
” Jan. 2	Arrived at Jubbulpore from Lucknow; detachment at Sangor.

First Battalion.
1896.	While the drainage of the barracks at Limerick was being modernised, part of the battalion was temporarily quartered at Templemore, and then returned to Limerick.
	A section of mounted infantry were sent to South Africa, and were employed in the Mashonaland expedition. (See [Chapter XIV].)

Second Battalion.
	At Jubbulpore.

First Battalion.
1897	At Limerick.

Second Battalion.
” Sept. 15.	Jubbulpore for Rawal Pindi, on active service on the Tirah campaign. (See [Chapter XIII].)

First Battalion.
1898. Aug. 30.	Limerick to Buttevant, with detachment at Clonmel.

Second Battalion.
” April	Arrived at Mhow from Rawal Pindi; detachment at Indore.

First Battalion.
1899. Nov. 23.	Buttevant to Aldershot.
” Dec. 16.	Embarked at Southampton for South Africa on active service. (See [Chapters XIV]. and [XV].)

Second Battalion.
	At Mhow.

First Battalion.
1900	On active service in South Africa.

Second Battalion.
	At Mhow.

First Battalion.
1901	On active service in South Africa.

Second Battalion.
	At Mhow; detachments at Indore, Kamptee, and Sitabaldee.

First Battalion.
1902. (to June 1)	On active service in South Africa.

Second Battalion.
” April 28	Mhow to Kamptee.

(In this Appendix an attempt has been made to collect the names of the officers, non-commissioned officers, and private soldiers of the regiment who in its many campaigns have been killed or wounded, or who died from accident or disease. The information about the losses in the wars of William III. and of Marlborough is very incomplete, for it is obvious that far greater numbers of officers and men must have perished than are recorded by Parker, Kane, and Stearne, who only mention the casualties in battles and sieges of great importance. The names of non-commissioned officers and men who, though wounded, recovered from their injuries cannot be traced further back than the Crimean war.)

[APPENDIX 1.]

[APPENDIX 2.]