Unit / Ship / Establishment:


6th (Service) Battalion Royal Irish Rifles

  Detail :

 6th (Service) Battalion Formed at Dublin in August 1914 as part of K1 and attached to 29th Brigade in 10th (Irish) Division. Moved to the Curragh in February 1915. May 1915 : moved to Hackwood Park (Basingstoke). 7 July 1915: embarked at Liverpool and sailed to Gallipoli via Mudros. Landed Anzac Cove 5 August 1915. 29 September 1915 : moved via Mudros to Salonika, arriving 4-5 October. September 1917 : moved to Egypt for service in Palestine. 15 May 1918 : disbanded at Deir-el-Nidham.

  Notes:

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 Rank Initials Surname Died Lodge
 C.S.M. P.C. NEWMAN  10-08-1915 Farnborough and North Camp No.2203
United Military No.1536
 Lt.Col. C.E. LLOYD  08-10-1915 Doyle's Lodge of Fellowship No.84

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