Work during day continued in rear trench, also drain digging and sand bag filling. On 4th Sept owing to shelling on our area between 10 and 11 am orders were again given for work to be done by night. This is an over-simplification. Our artillery failed to fire at it! Suspected case of scarlet fever. The rain ceased at 9pm, and the men had to start work on new dug outs. Private Blakesbly died of exposure. Work was continued by Z Coy on ANZAC and Essex nullahs, improving dug outs and drainage. 8, the trenches being thick deep in mud and water after the thaw of yesterday. The Cross and the Sword: Marie, Tommy and Charlie Martin in the First World War by Philip Lecane in The Blue Cap – the journal of the Royal Dublin Fusiliers Association. This cancelled and ordered to take over our old lines, on south side of old blockhouse. Both died and Sgt Cooke was the greatest loss as he was an invaluable reconnoiter by night. RE work in blockhouse poor, also wiring most skimpy. Cunliffe, Marcus, The Royal Irish Fusiliers, 1793-1968 (Oxford, Oxford University Press, 1970). The history of the 1st Battalion Royal Dublin Fusiliers, vol. Work in progress. A draft of 3 officers and 168 NCOs and men joined and were taken on the strength. Remainder of Battalion remained at Hill 10 and continued improving the communication trenches. We fired more than usual and thereby subdued hostile sniping. The Royal Munster Fusiliers was a line infantry regiment of the British Army from 1881 to 1922. 3.9K likes. Very little sniping. Capt Carruthers and a bombing party tried to clear the bush but it only got rid of snipers for a short time. 5 men to hospital. Digging in communication trench by day and night. the gallipoli campaign was from the outset ill conceived and planned. Casualties: killed 2, wounded 1. Some French and apron wiring was done. Sniping by enemy insignificant by day but very galling during the night work. At 10pm this was extended to midnight as patrols had been sent out from Essex, Hants and Worcs Regiments to search for wounded and ascertain if any of the enemy’s trenches were held by our men. A misty day with light rain in the morning. 11 men to hospital, 5 rejoined. Enemy: 20 dead bodies either brought in or seen in No Man’s Land. Captain Moffatt to hospital. This is an unusual book in that it is the record of a company, a company of the 7th Royal Dublin Fusiliers(RDF) - `D' Company - at Gallipoli. As the Coys were preparing for digging at 7.30pm the enemy suddenly opened a heavy & accurate shrapnel fire on our area. Marched to beach at 12pm and embarked by 4.30pm. A heavy fusillade broke out in division south of us. As soon as the assault was launched, the 2nd Roy Fus took over entire firing line, with 1 Munster and 1 Dublin in support and 1 Lancs in reserve. John Dillon an Irish MP who was in Dublin during the Easter Rising told the House of Commons "I asked Sir John Maxwell himself, “Have you any cause of complaint of the Dublins [Royal Dublin Fusiliers]'who had to go down and fight their own people in the streets of Dublin? The OH covers this in Military Operations, Gallipoli, Vol.I. He was the battalion's machine gun officer. In early 1915, D Company of the 7th Battalion of the Royal Dublin Fusiliers was stationed and trained in the massive Royal Barracks (now Collins Barracks) in Dublin. He died on the 28/08/1915. Continued improving 1/Royal Marine lines. Work: winter shelters, main drainage and repair of trenches. the 86th Brigade was in reserve and ordered forward by Brig-Gen Marshall (c. 11.30 am) to support the 88th Brigade. Batt settled in RND dug out in reserve. 84 men went to hospital (exposure). Casualties: hospital 4. Casualties Nil. Work organised for next 24 hours. Heavy hostile sniping and firing when fire lit. 6 men to hospital. Casualties: Hospital 3. Preparing for evacuation of peninsula. The officers of the 1st Battalion of the Royal Dublin Fusiliers, many of whom were killed or injured while storming the beaches at Gallipoli in April 1915. Very little firing on our part. All surplus blankets etc were sent to Little beach West during the night. The Battalion moved up to the firing line at 7.30, the relief completed by noon. Follow the stories of the Irishmen who fell at Gallipoli from a century ago via their personal stories, ephemera, archive material, census details, military archives and diaries. Many men went to hospital. Battalion improved firing line and communication trenches. Our machine gun stopped hostile working party. Enemy shelled our lines about 1 pm. Casualties: Nil. Almost all the officers were killed or wounded, I believe. The Battalion had been 56 consecutive days in front line trenches. Battalion employed in clearing trenches and collecting kits. Casualties: killed 1 Corp A Bells, wounded 1, hospital 4, rejoined 1. V Beach. Progress made with new sap. 6 men to hospital. Excellent work done on consolidation of new trench. There were no casualties. Digging continued on new Batt HQ and place for cooker, also on shelters and repairs of lines. The Fusiliers had left their ship in the Dardanelles on Sunday, 25 April at 5am, as a naval bombardment of Turkish positions got underway. In afternoon Capt Hawes fired 8 rifle grenades with good effect against hostile barricades, and Capt Carruthers from his sap threw one bomb into a snipers barricade. Parties patrolled our wire throughout the night. Rain and violent winds throughout the day. He is buried in V Beach Cemetery. Hostile sniping heavy near barricade until snipers chased off by bombs. Photo: Irish Life, 23 July 1915. At about 9pm an order was received to stand by till 10.30pm. Lieutenant Harrison injured by shrapnel. Orders received to move to new lines, no details. Casualties, 2 wounded, 1 hospital. Casualties: 1 killed Sgt Maj P Byrne, by shrapnel, 1 wounded, hospital 4, rejoined 1. Casualties: 1 killed L Corp Fagan, hospital 3. Spent the day cleaning and improving our lines. At about 8pm, the assault having failed, 1 Munster and 1 Dublin were ordered to move up to fire trenches and organise and attack to be delivered at 9.30pm. Work continued on drainage system, communication, support and new fire trenches. Sailed from Sulva and disembarked by 11pm. A fine frosty day, the men are recovering. Captains de Wolfe and Hawes directed operations and it is to their splendid efforts and courage that only 2 deaths occurred. Capt Tyrone appointed Brigade machine gun officer and attached to Bde HQ. Helles Landings, GallipolI, April 1915 The Royal Dublin Fusiliers suffered in the slaughter of the Helles Landings at Gallipoli. HQ and Coy shelters, washhouse and sanitary measures continued with. The RDFA fulfils its remit by organising public exhibitions, lectures, seminars, visits and the publication of a journal, Blue Cap. At about 5.30 am Pte Murphy, Y Coy, was shot in the left support trenches and died in a field ambulance the same morning. One hostile sniper accounted for at dawn. Work continued. it was a political decision rather than a military one and whether with the benefit of hindsight this makes any difference, is open to question. Very little firing. Enlisted in Paisley lived in Renfrew Scotland . About 5pm 2 Turkish trench mortars were fired into our lines. Abraham Thomas Alexander 21874 Private 1st Battalion The Royal Dublin Fusiliers. Work in forward fire trench had to be discontinued at 11am as one man was killed and two wounded (one since died of wounds) and one man wounded by accident. Served in Gallipoli with the 1st Battalion Royal Dublin Fusiliers. Changed camp to a more salubrious valley from the sand heap first allotted. Holiday and regimental sports with concert in the evening. 400 rounds fired by Battalion at snipers and working parties of Turks. The battalion was raised in August 1914 and allocated to 30th Brigade, 10th Irish Division. The Dubliners landed on V Beach on April 25th 1915 and were sent ashore from HMS Clyde. Denman, Terence, Ireland’s Unknown Soldiers: the 16 th Irish Division in the Great War (Dublin… Regimental diary for the Royal Dublin Fusiliers from June 1915 comes via Imperial War Museum. Hill 10 was heavily shelled between 5 and 5.30pm. Recruited in Ireland, the Royal Dublin Fusiliers were ordered to spearhead the invasion of Gallipoli in Turkey. We are now holding 700x of trench with 5 guards of 6 men each. Spotted Turkish officers dug out and a kitchen by lights and fires. The Royal Dublin Fusiliers and the Royal Munster Fusiliers were among the first to land at Helles, Gallipoli, on 25th April, 1915, suffering 637 casualties in the first thirty-six hours. 7 men to hospital, 1 rejoined. V Beach. Hostile machine gun located and reported. Heavy shell fire opened on our area from Dublin Castle. Work also done on Batt HQ. Sniping on both sides heavier than usual. Trenches in very bad state – mud and water – relief slow as a consequence. Landed at Cape Helles on 25 April 1915. Half battalion only embarked that night due to problems with lighters. Repaired damage to trenches and at night battalion was relieved by the 5th RI Fusiliers and proceeded to fire trenches two miles north to a place called Kuchuk Anafarta Ova. Our artillery opened up with HE on hostile trenches to our right with good effect. Turkish working parties stopped by machine gun fire. Hostile sniping small, also ours. This is a page dedicated to those men who served in the Royal Dublin Fusiliers until it was disbanded in 1922 Beneath a Turkish Sky: The Royal Dublin Fusiliers and the Assault on Gallipoli: Lecane, Philip: 9781845888657: Books - Amazon.ca The grim and deathly nature of the experiences of the Royal Dublin Fusiliers is all too clear from reading these first-hand accounts. It traced its origins to the East India Company's Bengal European Regiment raised in 1652, which later became the 101st Regiment of Foot. One man killed (Pte Lovatt, Z Coy) and one injured. The Royal Dublin Fusiliers at Gallipoli This is the first in a series of historic exhibitions at the Royal Hospital Kilmainham, relating to the history of the Royal Dublin Fusiliers. Battalion moved onto lines of 1/Royal Marines. Each company was issued with sterilised earth boxes for cleaning canteens as MO thought cleaning of canteens etc with surface earth was cause f dysentery to great extent. Casualties: to hospital 7. On this night W Coy marched to the beach for 24 hours rest, washing clothes and bathing. The men under Lt Tooth then rushed the hut and Capt de Wolf’s party moved up with picks and shovels to place hut in state of defence.

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