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World War One and World War One and the Martin Family.

Lar Joye,National Museum of Ireland.

15th February 2012.

World War One and the Martin Family.

1. Introduction.

2. Ireland & World War One.

3. Captain Charles Martin.

4. The 1916 Rising 24th to 30th April. 4. The 1916 Rising 24th to 30th April.

5. Conclusion.

World War One and the Martin Family

• The world blundered into war in August 1914.

• Four cavalry and nine infantry Irish Regimentsin BEF.

• Corporal Thomas of the 4th Royal Irish Dragoon Guards believed to have fired the first shot of the war

• 150,000 Irishmen volunteered over 5 years of • 150,000 Irishmen volunteered over 5 years of the war, 35,00 killed.

1. 10th (Irish) Division.

2. 16th (Irish) Division.

3. 36th (Ulster) Division.



• 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 • 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.




36th Division 16th Division

1916: Battle of the Somme 1st & 2nd July.

1917: Battle of Messines; Capture of Wytschate; Third Battle of Ypres; Battle of Cambri

1918: Battles of St Quentin;

1916: German Gas Attacks,Hulloch Sector (27 and 29April); Battle of the Somme –Guillemont, Ginchy ( 3-9September)

1917: Battle of Messines;Capture of Wytschaete; ThirdBattle of Ypres (31 July to 201918: Battles of St Quentin;

Somme Crossing; Rosieres; Battle of the Lys; The Advance in Flanders.

Total casualties: 32,186 killed, wounded and missing

Battle of Ypres (31 July to 20November); Battle of Cambrai

1918: Battle of St Quentin,Battle of Rosieres.

Total casualties: 28,393 killedwounded and missing



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Gallipoli: The First Landings.

25th April 1915- Irish Involvement.

‘X’ Beach:

1st Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers.1 Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers.

‘V’ Beach:

1st Royal Munster Fusiliers.

1st Royal Dublin Fusiliers.


Gallipoli: The Second Landings.

10th Division landings at Sulva Bay, 6/7August 1915.

29th Brigade: 10th 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.


• 10th Division in Gallipoli from 6th 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 10th Division killed or injured.



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• 10th 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.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.


Captain Charles Martin.

• Joined the Royal Dublin Fusiliers in 1914.

• Member of 6th Battalion.

• Died on 6th December 1915.

• Mentioned in Irish Memorial Book.


During WWI the Royal Dublin Fusiliers Regiment (RDF) raised a total of 11 Battalions.

The 1st, 6th & 7th RDF all took part in the Gallipoli campaign.

The 2nd RDF arrived in France in the month war was declared as part of 4th Division.

The 8th & 9th RDF arrived in France in December 1915.

The 10th RDF arrived in France in August 1916.

The 3rd (Reserve),4th (Extra Reserve) & 5th (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 11th (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.


• 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 .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: • 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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Monday 24th April.

6th Reserve Cavalry Regiment 8863rd Royal Irish Regiment 403 10th Royal Dublin Fusiliers 4673rd Royal Irish Rifles 671

British Army in the Rising.

Tuesday 25th April.

Curragh Garrison 2,600Reserve Artillery Brigade 100. Templemore Garrison 500Composite Belfast Battalion 1,000


Mount Street Bridge.


Mr Francis Henry Browning. .

World War One and the Martin Family..

• On Saturday April 29th 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.

Surrender.

and 2614 wounded.

• Over 200 buildings had been destroyed and the damage has been estimated at £2 million.

Conclusion.

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