Royal Irish Regiment (1684–1922)

GPTKB entity

Statements (50)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:infantry
gptkbp:alliedWith gptkb:Royal_Inniskilling_Fusiliers
gptkb:Royal_Irish_Fusiliers
gptkb:Connaught_Rangers
gptkb:Leinster_Regiment
gptkb:Royal_Dublin_Fusiliers
gptkbp:awardedVictoriaCross 8
gptkbp:battleHonours gptkb:Crimea
gptkb:Palestine
gptkb:Waterloo
gptkb:island
gptkb:Somme
gptkb:Blenheim
gptkb:Ramillies
gptkb:Gallipoli
gptkb:Ypres
gptkb:Mons
gptkb:South_Africa_1899–1902
Malplaquet
Oudenarde
gptkbp:branch gptkb:British_Army
gptkbp:colonelInChief gptkb:King_George_V
gptkbp:country gptkb:United_Kingdom
gptkb:Kingdom_of_Ireland
gptkbp:disbanded 1922
Establishment of the Irish Free State
gptkbp:faced green facings
gptkbp:formed 1684
gptkbp:garrison gptkb:Clonmel
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Royal Irish Regiment (1684–1922)
gptkbp:lastColonel Major-General Sir William Hickie
gptkbp:mergedInto 89th Regiment of Foot
90th Regiment of Foot
18th Regiment of Foot
gptkbp:motto Virtutis Namurcensis Praemium
gptkbp:nickname The Old Toughs
gptkbp:notableEngagement gptkb:Siege_of_Namur
gptkb:Battle_of_Waterloo
gptkb:First_World_War
gptkb:Second_Boer_War
gptkb:Battle_of_Blenheim
gptkbp:number 18th Regiment of Foot
gptkbp:regimentalColour St Patrick's blue
gptkbp:regimentalDay 27 July (Namur Day)
gptkbp:regimentalInsignia gptkb:Harp_and_Crown
gptkbp:regimentalMarch gptkb:Garryowen
gptkbp:regimentalMuseum gptkb:Clonmel,_County_Tipperary
gptkbp:type Line Infantry
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Irish_regiments_of_the_British_Army
gptkbp:bfsLayer 8