Trinovantes Posted 5 June , 2006 Share Posted 5 June , 2006 I have been resarching my grandfather and his service during the great war but unfortunately his record belongs to the burnt records when I visited the PRO at Kew. I have however, on writing to the MOD received a copy his casualty form-active service. It shows him being in the 3rd Battalion Royal Irish Regt and being wounded on 14th July 1918, suffering multiple gunshot wounds to left arm. He is then shown admitted to Le Treport hospital on 21st July 1918. Can anybody shed light on where he may have been fighting when wounded on the date shown. I am currently organising a trip to the battlefields and cemeteries of the Western front in September and will be taking my elderly father along. I would be most greatful for any information so I can show my Dad where his own Dad served. Many thanks John. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
curranl Posted 6 June , 2006 Share Posted 6 June , 2006 Hello John and welcome to the Forum, We have a bit of a problem here; the 3rd battalion of the Royal Irish Regiment did not (as far as I know!) actually fight in the field. The 3rd and 4th battalions were basically recruiting and training battalions and were based in Ireland. They recruited and trained men, then sent them to other battalions of the Royal Irish Regiment (or indeed to anyRegiment) overseas. Your man was most likely trained in the 3rd and then sent on to another battalion. Do you have his MIC (Medal Index Card)? If you do, post it up here and we'll see what we can tell you. The ideal would be to check the Medal Index Roll at Kew - this will tell you for definite which battalion of which Regiment he was in. We can then begin to track down where he might have been when injured. Regards, Liam. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trinovantes Posted 6 June , 2006 Author Share Posted 6 June , 2006 Liam I have located my Grandfathers medal roll using the online archive, however I cannot find any reference to his battalion. Have tried attaching file but it keeps being bounced. Regards John. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manxman Posted 7 June , 2006 Share Posted 7 June , 2006 only the MIC is available online. From that you will be able to establish the medal roll, which can be viewed at National Archive, Kew (either personally or get a researcher to copy it for you); it is this that may have detail of the battalion that he actually served with when he qualified for his medals (i.e. which he was with when in France) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trinovantes Posted 7 June , 2006 Author Share Posted 7 June , 2006 I will try to research that as well, many thanks. John. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trinovantes Posted 3 July , 2006 Author Share Posted 3 July , 2006 Guys I paid a visit to the PRO and checked the medal roll. Sure enough there he was, John Mulhall 6797 of the 2nd Battalion Royal Irish Regt. God knows what happened there but can anyone help. John. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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