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The third 88 th Regiment of Foot, named the Connaught Rangers, was raised in 1793 by John Thomas de Burgh, the 13 th Earl of Clanricarde because of the threat that Napoleonic France posed to England. dailyinfo[2]=' 353 Lance Corporal Eric Allan VANCE 2nd Bn. dailyinfo[31]=' 15229 Lance Corporal Ernest Charles EVANS 11th Bn. The 1st Battalion served on the Western Front until 11 December 1915, when the unit embarked on board the Hired Transport atHuntsendat Marseilles with a strength of 24 officers and 813 other ranks. (d.1st Nov 1914) Blacker Cecil Francis. Canadian Infantry who died 07/05/1917 VIMY MEMORIAL France ' Military Unit - Unit - Forces War Records The Commonwealth War Graves Commission recorded 637 dead for the Battalion between 17 August 1914 and 11 November 1918. Daly James Joseph. Connaught Rangers Memorial Add a Name to this List More Connaught Rangers records. Both maps show trenches. When the 88th Regiment of Foot (Connaught Rangers), and 94th Regiment of Foot amalgamated to form The Connaught Rangers in 1881 under the Cardwell-Childers reforms of the British Armed Forces, four pre-existent Connaught Rangers mutiny described Notes:A very good war diary with lots of detailed entries and a wide variety of appendices. . World War One Photos. Database Of Identified Soldiers dailyinfo[27]=' Flight Sub-Lieutenant Andrew John BODDY H.M.S. On 13 April 1918, the Battalion was reduced to a training cadre with 5 officers and 281 other ranks sent to the 2nd Battalion The Leinster Regiment. WebThe Connaught Rangers ("the Devil's Own") was an Irish regiment of the British Army originally raised in 1793 as the 88th Regiment of Foot (Connaught Rangers), when in 1881 it was amalgamated with the 94th Regiment of Foot under the unified title 'The Connaught Rangers'.