Connaught Rangers

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The Connaught Rangers were an Irish infantry regiment of the British Army, renowned for their service in numerous 19th- and early 20th-century campaigns, including World War I.

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Connaught Rangers canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf British Army regiment ⓘ
Irish regiment ⓘ
infantry regiment ⓘ
allegiance United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland ⓘ
associatedWith Connacht province ⓘ
linked to: Connacht

Irish Catholic soldiers ⓘ
battleHonour Aisne 1914 ⓘ
Busaco ⓘ
Doiran 1917–1918 ⓘ
linked to: Doiran 1916

Fuentes d’Onoro ⓘ
Gallipoli 1915 ⓘ
Marne 1914 ⓘ
Mons ⓘ
Nive ⓘ
Palestine 1918 ⓘ
Salamanca ⓘ
Somme 1916 ⓘ
South Africa 1899–1902 ⓘ
linked to: Second Boer War

Talavera ⓘ
Vittoria ⓘ
Ypres 1914 ⓘ
branch Line infantry ⓘ
coatOfArmsElement harp and crown ⓘ
country United Kingdom ⓘ
disbandedAsPartOf reduction of Irish regiments after establishment of Irish Free State ⓘ
dissolved 1922 ⓘ
engagement Easter Rising ⓘ
Indian Rebellion of 1857 ⓘ
Irish War of Independence ⓘ
Second Boer War ⓘ
World War I ⓘ
formedByAmalgamationOf 88th Regiment of Foot (Connaught Rangers) ⓘ
94th Regiment of Foot ⓘ
garrison Galway ⓘ
Mullingar ⓘ
inception 1881 ⓘ
languageOfCommand English ⓘ
nickname The Devil’s Own ⓘ
notableEvent 1920 mutiny in India in protest against British actions in Ireland ⓘ
partOf British Army ⓘ
raisedAdditionalBattalionsDuring World War I ⓘ
raisedForService First World War ⓘ
linked to: World War I
recruitedFrom Connacht ⓘ
Ireland ⓘ
regimentalDepot Renmore Barracks, Galway ⓘ
regimentalMarch Garryowen ⓘ
linked to: The Garryowen
successorUnit none (regiment disbanded without direct successor) ⓘ
type line infantry regiment ⓘ

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Stanley Holloway → militaryBranch → Connaught Rangers ⓘ