World War One and the Martin Family.
Lar Joye, National Museum of Ireland.
15 th February 2012. World War One and the Martin Family.
1. Introduction.
2. Ireland & World War One.
3. Captain Charles Martin.
4. The 1916 Rising 24 th to 30 th April.
5. Conclusion. World War One and the Martin Family
• The world blundered into war in August 1914.
• Four cavalry and nine infantry Irish Regiments in BEF.
• Corporal Thomas of the 4 th Royal Irish Dragoon Guards believed to have fired the first shot of the war
• 150,000 Irishmen volunteered over 5 years of the war, 35,00 killed.
1. 10 th (Irish) Division.
2. 16 th (Irish) Division.
3. 36 th (Ulster) Division. World War One and the Martin Family. World War One and the Martin Family.
• 7,165,280 British Army servicemen were deployed during World War I.
• For every 1 man killed a further 2.4 men were wounded or 45% all soldiers.
• World War I was the first mass war. Artillery and machine guns dominated the battlefield, killing and maiming millions of men. Barbed wire and poison gas added new horrors to the usual wartime hazards of bullets and disease. World War One and the Martin Family. World War One and the Martin Family. World War One and the Martin Family.
36 th Division 16 th Division 1916: Battle of the Somme 1916: German Gas Attacks, 1st & 2 nd July. Hulloch Sector (27 and 29 April); Battle of the Somme – 1917: Battle of Messines; Guillemont, Ginchy ( 3-9 Capture of Wytschate; Third September) Battle of Ypres; Battle of Cambri 1917: Battle of Messines; Capture of Wytschaete; Third 1918: Battles of St Quentin; Battle of Ypres (31 July to 20 Somme Crossing; Rosieres; November); Battle of Cambrai Battle of the Lys; The Advance in Flanders. 1918 : Battle of St Quentin, Battle of Rosieres.
Total casualties : 32,186 Total casualties: 28,393 killed killed, wounded and missing wounded and missing World War One and the Martin Family. World War One and the Martin Family.
• Gallipoli: The First Landings.
25 th April 1915- Irish Involvement.
‘X’ Beach: 1st Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers.
‘V’ Beach: 1st Royal Munster Fusiliers. 1st Royal Dublin Fusiliers. World War One and the Martin Family.
Gallipoli: The Second Landings.
10 th Division landings at Sulva Bay, 6/7August 1915.
29 th Brigade: 10 th Hampshire Regiment. 6th Royal Irish Rifles. 5th Connaught Rangers. 6th Leinster Regiment.
30 Brigade : 6th Royal Munster Fusiliers. 7th Royal Munster Fusiliers. 6th Royal Dublin Fusiliers. 7th Royal Dublin Fusiliers.
31 Brigade : 5th Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers. 6th Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers. 5th Royal Irish Fusiliers. 6th Royal Irish Fusiliers. A British Army Battalion. World War One and the Martin Family.
• 10 th Division in Gallipoli from 6 th August to early October when it moved to Salonika in Greece.
• Two hundred soldiers of D Company sailed from Dublin — within a week of arriving at Gallipoli, 131 were dead.
• 15,000 maximum in the Irish Regiments at Gallipoli vs 200,000 French and British Empire Soldiers.
• There were 15 Irish Regiments engaged in the Gallipoli Campaign
• 46,000 soldiers died and wounded; 3,411 were from Irish Regiments.
• 75% of 10 th Division killed or injured . World War One and the Martin Family. World War One and the Martin Family. • • 10 th Division moved to Salonika in October and remained there to September 1917.
• They were to defend Greece and Serbia from attack from Bulgaria who entered the war in October 1915.
• They halted a Bulgarian attack on 6-8 December 1915. • However most injuries, 1,600, were due to frostbite.
• Division forced to retreat to Salonika in Greece. World War One and the Martin Family.
Captain Charles Martin.
• Joined the Royal Dublin Fusiliers in 1914.
• Member of 6 th Battalion.
• Died on 6 th December 1915.
• Mentioned in Irish Memorial Book. World War One and the Martin Family
During WWI the Royal Dublin Fusiliers Regiment (RDF) raised a total of 11 Battalions.
The 1 st , 6 th & 7 th RDF all took part in the Gallipoli campaign.
The 2 nd RDF arrived in France in the month war was declared as part of 4th Division.
The 8 th & 9 th RDF arrived in France in December 1915.
The 10 th RDF arrived in France in August 1916.
The 3 rd (Reserve),4 th (Extra Reserve) & 5 th (Extra Reserve) RDF s were mobilised on 4 Aug 1914 at Naas and Dublin. These battalions served variously in Ireland, England, Wales and Scotland.
The 11 th (Reserve) Battalion was formed at Dublin in July 1916 and by Jan 1918 it was located in Aldershot
4777 soldiers of the Royal Dublin Fusiliers died during WW1 (269 officers and 4508 NCOs and men). 28% of the Dublin Fusiliers who were killed were not Irish. World War One and the Martin Family
• 6th Battalion Royal Dublin Fusiliers
• Formed at Naas in August 1914 as part of K1 and attached to 30th Brigade in 10th (Irish) Division
• May 1915 : moved to Basingstoke.
• 11 July 1915: embarked at Devonport and sailed to Gallipoli via Mytilene .
• 7 August 1915 Landed Suvla Bay .
• Early October 1915 : moved to Salonika.
• 14 September 1917 : moved to Egypt for service in Palestine.
• 21 July 1918 ; transferred to France and disbanded in September
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• Capt Charles Martin details on the internet.
• Commonwealth War Graves : http://www.cwgc.org/
• National Archives UK: http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/
• Royal Dublin Fusiliers Association: http://www.greatwar.ie/ World War One and the 1916 Rising.
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British Army in the Rising.
Monday 24 th April.
6th Reserve Cavalry Regiment 886 3rd Royal Irish Regiment 403 10 th Royal Dublin Fusiliers 467 3rd Royal Irish Rifles 671
Tuesday 25 th April.
Curragh Garrison 2,600 Reserve Artillery Brigade 100. Templemore Garrison 500 Composite Belfast Battalion 1,000 World War One and the Martin Family. Mount Street Bridge. World War One and the Martin Family. Mr Francis Henry Browning. . World War One and the Martin Family..
Surrender.
• On Saturday April 29 th to avoid further loss of life, Patrick Pearse surrendered unconditionally to the British.
• A week of urban warfare had left 450 people dead and 2614 wounded.
• Over 200 buildings had been destroyed and the damage has been estimated at £2 million. Conclusion. Please do contact me.
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