Royal Irish Rifles

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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.

All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Royal Ulster Rifles 6
Royal Irish Fusiliers 1
Royal Irish Regiment 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (54)

Predicate Object
instanceOf infantry regiment ⓘ
regiment of the British Army ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Royal Ulster Rifles ⓘ
linked to: Royal Irish Rifles
associatedWith Royal Ulster Rifles ⓘ
linked to: Royal Irish Rifles
awardedBattleHonour Neuve Chapelle ⓘ
Somme 1916 ⓘ
South Africa 1899–1902 ⓘ
linked to: Second Boer War

Ypres 1915 ⓘ
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 ⓘ
86th (Royal County Down) Regiment of Foot ⓘ
formedUnder Childers Reforms ⓘ
garrison Belfast ⓘ
hasPredecessor 83rd (County of Dublin) Regiment of Foot ⓘ
86th (Royal County Down) Regiment of Foot ⓘ
militaryBranch Infantry ⓘ
notableEngagement Battle of Cambrai ⓘ
Battle of Guillemont ⓘ
Battle of Neuve Chapelle ⓘ
Battle of Ypres ⓘ
linked to: Battles of Ypres

Battle of the Somme ⓘ
primaryDepot Victoria Barracks, Belfast ⓘ
raisedBattalionType militia battalion ⓘ
regular battalion ⓘ
service battalion ⓘ
special reserve battalion ⓘ
territorial battalion ⓘ
recruitedFrom Ireland ⓘ
Ulster ⓘ
recruitedPrimarilyFrom Belfast ⓘ
County Antrim ⓘ
County Down ⓘ
regimentalBadgeFeature Irish shamrock ⓘ
harp and crown ⓘ
regimentalColour rifle green ⓘ
regimentalMarch Killaloe ⓘ
regimentalTitleChangedTo Royal Ulster Rifles ⓘ
linked to: Royal Irish Rifles
religiousComposition mixed Protestant and Catholic ⓘ
servedInConflict First World War ⓘ
linked to: World War I

Second Boer War ⓘ
Second World War ⓘ
linked to: World War II
servedInTheatre Gallipoli ⓘ
Palestine ⓘ
Salonika ⓘ
Western Front ⓘ
successorUnit Royal Irish Rangers ⓘ
Royal Irish Regiment (1992) ⓘ
Royal Ulster Rifles ⓘ
linked to: Royal Irish Rifles

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (9)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Louis Lipsett → laterServedIn → Royal Irish Rifles ⓘ
subject linked to: Major-General Louis Lipsett
Quis Separabit → associatedWith → Royal Ulster Rifles ⓘ
linked to: Royal Irish Rifles
Quis Separabit → usedBy → Royal Ulster Rifles ⓘ
linked to: Royal Irish Rifles
Mons 1914 → involves → Royal Irish Regiment ⓘ
linked to: Royal Irish Rifles
Royal Irish Rifles → alsoKnownAs → Royal Ulster Rifles ⓘ
linked to: Royal Irish Rifles
Royal Irish Rifles → regimentalTitleChangedTo → Royal Ulster Rifles ⓘ
linked to: Royal Irish Rifles
Royal Irish Rifles → associatedWith → Royal Ulster Rifles ⓘ
linked to: Royal Irish Rifles
Royal Irish Rifles → successorUnit → Royal Ulster Rifles ⓘ
linked to: Royal Irish Rifles