Royal Irish Fusiliers
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The Royal Irish Fusiliers was an infantry regiment of the British Army, raised originally as 87 Prince of Wales's Irish Regiment of Foot in 1793 and later combined with The 89 Regiment in 1881. It was given "The Royal Irish Fusiliers" title in 1827.
It saw quite an amount of service in war against Napolean and became famous as the first British Army unit to capture a French Imperial eagle in battle. It was in the Peninsula the regiment got its nickname, the Faughs, from their Irish war cry "Faugh-a-Ballagh" (Fág a' Bealach, meaning Clear the Way).
Battalions of it served with the 10th Irish Division and 36th (Ulster) Division during World War I and was amalgamated with The Royal Ulster Rifles and The Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers to form The Royal Irish Rangers in 1968[1].
[edit] Victoria Cross
Recipients of the Victoria Cross:
- Private Robert Morrow. 1st Bn Royal Irish Fusiliers. 1915. Messines.
- Lieutenant Geoffrey St George Shillington Cather. 9th Bn Royal Irish Fusiliers. 1916. Hamel, Somme [2].
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[edit] References
- ^ Irish Rangers site. Irish Rangers site. Retrieved on 31 Dec 2007.
- ^ "Find-A-Grave profile for Geoffrey St. George Shillington Cather". Findagrave.com. Retrieved on 19 Aug 2007.
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