ww1 cap badge Connaught Rangers Irish regiment J.R.Gaunt 1906-1922 original

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ww1 cap badge Connaught Rangers Irish regiment J.R.Gaunt 1906-1922 original:
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A superb original Connaught Rangers cap badge maker mark J.R.Gaunt.London.Can combine postage with other items.
The Regiment raised 6 Battalions and received 42 Battle Honours and one Victoria Cross during the course of the war, losing 2,050 men.

1st Battalion
04.08.1914 Stationed at Ferozepore as part of the Ferozepore Brigade of the 3rd (Lahore) Division
28.08.1914 Mobilised for war and embarked for France from Karachi via Egypt arriving at Marseilles 26.09.1914 and engaged in various actions on the Western Front including;
The Battles of La Bassee, the 1st Messines and Armentieres.
05.12.1914 Amalgamated with the 2nd Battalion at Le Touret N.E. of the Bethune;
The Battles of Neuve Chapelle, Aubers Ridge, Festubert and Loos in 1915.
11.12.1915 Embarked for Mesopotamia from Marseilles arriving at Basra.
10.01.1916 Transferred to the 9th Indian brigade of the 3rd Indian Division.
Feb 1916 Returned to the 7th Brigade of the 3rd (Lahore) Division.
03.04.1918 Embarked for Egypt from Kuwait arriving at Suez 15.04.1918 and took part in the Palestine Campaign.
31.10.1918 Ended the war at Nazareth, Palestine.

2nd Battalion
04.08.1914 Stationed at Barrosa Barracks, Aldershot as part of the 5th Brigade of the 2nd Division.
14.08.1914 Mobilised for war and landed at Boulogne and engaged in various actions on the Western Front including;
The Battle of Mons and the subsequent retreat, The Battle of the Marne, The Battle of the Aisne, First Battle of Ypres.
26.11.1914 Transferred to the Ferozepore Brigade of the 3rd (Lahore) Division and amalgamated with the 1st Battalion;
The Battles of Neuve Chapelle, Aubers Ridge, Festubert and Loos in 1915.
11.12.1915 Embarked for Mesopotamia from Marseilles arriving at Basra.
10.01.1916 Transferred to the 9th Indian brigade of the 3rd Indian Division.
Feb 1916 Returned to the 7th Brigade of the 3rd (Lahore) Division.
03.04.1918 Embarked for Egypt from Kuwait arriving at Suez 15.04.1918 and took part in the Palestine Campaign.
31.10.1918 Ended the war at Nazareth, Palestine.

3rd (Reserve) Battalion
04.08.1914 Stationed at Galway and then moved to Crosshaven, Cork Harbour and then to Kinsale.
Nov 1917 Moved to England and stationed at Newcastle.
May 1918 Moved to Dover and absorbed the 4th Battalion.

4th (Extra Reserve) Battalion
04.08.1914 Stationed at Boyle and then moved to Queenstown.
Mar 1915 Moved to Bere Island.
Feb 1916 Moved to Fermoy and then Crosshaven.
Nov 1917 Moved to Scotland and stationed at Nigg, Perthshire.
1918 Moved to Fort George.
May 1918 Moved to Dover and absorbed by the 3rd Battalion.

5th (Service) Battalion
Aug 1914 Formed at Dublin as part of the First New Army (K1) and then moved to Kilworth to join the 29th Brigade of the 10th Division and then back to Dublin.
Jan 1915 Moved to Curragh.
May 1915 Moved to England and stationed at Hackwood Park, Basingstoke.
09.07.1915 Embarked for Egypt from Devonport, Plymouth arriving at Mudros.
05.08.1915 Landed at Anzac and then 29th Brigade attached to the Australian & N.Z. Corps and engaged in various actions against the Turkish Empire including;
The landing at Suvla, Battle of Sari Bair, Capture of Chocolate Hill, Hill 60.
30.09.1915 Deployed to Mudros.
05.10.1915 Embarked for Salonika and engaged in various actions against the Serbian Army including;
Actions at Kosturino, Capture of the Karajokois and Capture of Yenikoi.
Sept 1917 Deployed back to Egypt and engaged in various actions of the Palestine Campaign.
April 1918 Embarked for France leaving the 10th Division arriving at Marseilles.
28.06.1918 Attached to the 14th Division
22.07.1918 Transferred to the 197th Brigade of the 66th Division.
25.08.1918 Transferred to the 199th Brigade of the 66th Division and engaged in various actions on the Western Front including;
The Battle of Cambrai, The Pursuit to the Selle, The Battle of the Selle, a phase of the Final Advance in Picardy.
11.11.1918 Ended the war near Sivry east of Avesnes, France.

6th (Service) Battalion
Sept 1914 Formed at Kilworth as part of the Second New Army (K2) and then moved to Fermoy to join the 47th Brigade of the 16th Division.
Sept 1915 Moved to England and stationed at Blackdown.
18.12.1915 Mobilised for war and landed at Havre and engaged in various action on the Western Front including;
1916
The Battle of Guillemont, The Battle of Ginchy.
1917
The Battle of Messines, The Battle of Langemark.
1918
The Battle of St Quentin, The Battle of Rosieres.
13.04.1918 Reduced to training cadre remaining personnel of 5 officer and 281 men transferred to the 2nd Battalion of the Leinster Regiment.
17.06.1918 Cadre transferred to the 34th Division.
27.06.1918 Transferred to the 117th Brigade of the 39th Division.
03.08.1918 Cadre disbanded.