1st Battalion, Irish Guards, British Army

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1st Battalion, Irish Guards, British Army
Years active:	unknown – unknown
Country:	United Kingdom
Service:	British Army
Branch:	Regular Army (British Army)
Type:	Infantry
Specific type:	Infantry battalion
Full size:	1,000
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Created:	unknown.
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Name1:	1st Battalion Irish Guards
Name1 Start:	unknown
Name1 End:	unknown
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Disbanded:	unknown.
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For more information on what infobox fields mean, see documentation at military unit, command structure and theatre of war.

Command structure
Relationship type:	Administrative
Parent unit:	Irish Guards, UK
Parent level:
Start date:	unknown
End date:	unknown
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Command structure
Relationship type:	Tactical
Parent unit:	4th Guards Brigade, UK
Parent level:	Brigade
Start date:	01/08/1914
End date:	31/07/1915
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Command structure
Relationship type:	Tactical
Parent unit:	1st Guards Brigade, UK
Parent level:	Brigade
Start date:	01/08/1915
End date:	31/01/1919
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Theatre of war
Theatre name:	France, Belgium and Germany
Date entered:	01/08/1914
Date left:	31/01/1919
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Personal narratives

Leonard Lewis Kilcoin, 2587

Leonard Lewis Kilcoin kept a diary while serving with this unit in 1914. It has been published online by David F. Marks at A Soldier of the Great War blog.

Leonard Kilcoin does not yet have a profile at Lives of the First World War because his medal card is missing from TNA's index.

Official sources

Unit war diaries

• The National Archives of the UK (TNA): WO 95/1342/4 (01/08/1914–31/07/1915)
• The National Archives of the UK (TNA): WO 95/1216/1 (01/08/1915–31/01/1919)

References

This page contains data imported from the UK National Archives Discovery catalogue, licensed under Open Government Licence v2.0.