Private rOBert DaNBY, 20, Royal
Inniskilling Fusiliers, of Hebburn-on-Tyne, Co.
Mr Blakey enlisted in January 1915 in the Royal
Inniskilling Fusiliers, which ran a series of recruitment adverts in the Gateshead press.
A skilled rugby player, Mr Blakey enlisted in January 1915 in the Royal
Inniskilling Fusiliers, which ran a series of recruitment adverts in the Gateshead press.
They included about 25 former Army comrades of Billy, who served with the
Inniskilling Dragoon Guards.
Robert James Bennett, V.D., retired in 1887, with the honorary rank of major-general, after commanding the 27th Regimental District (Royal
Inniskilling Fusiliers), 1882-1887: The Times, July 13, 1887, p.
He was commissioned on 1st April 1949 and completed his National Service with the 5th
Inniskilling Dragoon Guards whom he immediately re-joined on hearing they were to be sent to Korea.
They included the Royal Dublin Fusiliers, Royal Munster Fusiliers, Royal
Inniskilling Fusiliers, Connaught Rangers, Leinster Regiment, Royal Irish Fusiliers, Royal Irish Regiment and Royal Irish Rifles.
Henry, a Birmingham boy, joined the Royal
Inniskilling Fusiliers on February 6, 1917 -on his 18th birthday.
The names of the dead were added to the memorial for war casualties from the Enniskillenbased
Inniskilling Fusiliers and Dragoons, who fought in both world wars.
(3) For example, in 1914 he smuggled weapons for the Ulster Volunteer Force across the Irish Sea in his luggage (Amory 103) and in 1916, as a member of the Royal
Inniskilling Fusiliers, he was shot in the face by an Irish rebel during the Easter Rising (Maume 16).
The Royal Dragoon Guards was formed on August 1, 1992, as a result of the amalgamation of the 4th/7th Royal Dragoon Guards and the 5th Royal
Inniskilling Dragoon Guards.