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The Irish people served in the British Armed Forces (including the British Army, the Royal Navy, the Royal Air Force and other elements). All of Ireland was part of the United Kingdom from January 1801 to December 1922, and during this time in particular many Irishmen fought in the British Army. Northern Ireland remains within the United Kingdom.
These uniforms differentiated them from both the regular RIC and the British Army, and gave rise to their nickname: "Black and Tans". [10] The new recruits were trained at Gormanstown Camp near Dublin, most spending two or three weeks there before being sent to RIC barracks around the country. In general, the recruits were poorly trained for ...
Heroic Option: The Irish in the British Army. Pen & Sword Books. ISBN 1-84415-152-2. Bunbury, Turtle (2014). The Glorious Madness, Tales of The Irish and The Great War. Gill & Macmillan, Dublin. ISBN 978-0717 16234 5. Burke, Tom (2007). The 16th (Irish) and the 36th (Ulster) Divisions at the Battle of Wytschats-Messines Ridge, 7 June 1917. The ...
Pages in category "Irish soldiers in the British Army" The following 147 pages are in this category, out of 147 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Pages in category "Irish officers in the British Army" The following 161 pages are in this category, out of 161 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
The Oxford History of the British Army. Oxford University Press. Guy, Alan J. (1996). "The Irish military establishment 1660–1776". A Military History of Ireland. Thomas Bartlett & Keith Jeffery (eds.). Cambridge University Press. Holm, Richard (2002). Redcoat: The British Soldier in the Age of Horse and Musket. Harper Perennial. Houlding, J ...
At the turn of the 21st century, the British army numbered about 102,000 regular personnel, with about 25,000 recruits per year, mainly from the United Kingdom. The Army missed its recruitment targets in the 2010s due to low unemployment in Britain and other causes, despite raising the number of recruits from Commonwealth countries.
Army recruiting poster, 1915, featuring Michael O'Leary. List of Irish Victoria Cross recipients lists all recipients of the Victoria Cross (post-nominal letters "VC") born on the island of Ireland, together with the date and place of their VC action. The Victoria Cross is the highest war honour of the British Empire and the Commonwealth of ...