Uploads from IWM Collections, tagged royalirishrifles

Sergeant John Burton

nobody@flickr.com (IWM Collections) — Mon, 15 Oct 2012 01:55:51 -0700

14 Battalion, Royal Irish Rifles

Sgt Burton, of A Company, was reported missing on 1 July 1916 at the start of the Battle of the Somme. He is commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial.

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2 Lieutenant William Henry Gregg

nobody@flickr.com (IWM Collections) — Thu, 12 Jul 2012 01:47:18 -0700

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5 Battalion (attached 1 Battalion), Royal Irish Rifles

Lt Gregg was reported missing on 1 July 1916 at the start of the Battle of the Somme. He is commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial.

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Rifleman Robert Brown

nobody@flickr.com (IWM Collections) — Mon, 02 Jul 2012 01:32:22 -0700

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8 Battalion, Royal Irish Rifles

Rflmn Brown was reported missing, aged 18, on 2 July 1916 at the start of the Battle of the Somme. He is commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial.

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Rifleman Hugh Nicholson

nobody@flickr.com (IWM Collections) — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 06:58:07 -0800

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10 Battalion, Royal Irish Rifles

Rifleman Nicholson was reported missing on 1 July 1916 at the start of the Battle of the Somme. He is commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial.

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Captain Samuel Willis

nobody@flickr.com (IWM Collections) — Tue, 25 Oct 2011 04:00:39 -0700

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14 Battalion, Royal Irish Rifles

Captain Willis was reported missing, aged 43, at Thiepval on 1 July 1916 at the start of the Battle of the Somme. He is commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial.

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Lieutenant Archie Dunlap Lemon

nobody@flickr.com (IWM Collections) — Mon, 24 Oct 2011 03:24:15 -0700

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12 Battalion, Royal Irish Rifles

Lt Lemon of B Company was reported missing, believed killed, having been shot at close range by a German officer at Thiepval at the start of the Battle of the Somme on 1 July 1916. He was aged 41. Lt Lemon is commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial.

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Lieutenant T G Alder

nobody@flickr.com (IWM Collections) — Wed, 17 Apr 2013 09:10:20 -0700

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Royal Irish Rifles

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