As with other Irish Regiments, this Regiment did not have any Territorial Force Battalions. The Territorial & Reserve Forces act of 1907 did not call for the forming of Territorial Force Battalons in Ireland.
The Commonwealth War Graves Commission has 2,784 recorded WW1 deaths for The Royal Irish Regiment.
A Soldier of the Great War.
The Royal Irish Regiment.
London Cemetery & Extension, Longueval, Somme, France.
'Known Unto God'.
LIPSETT, (CB.CMG.MiDx2) Louis James. Major General. General Staff. Commanding 4th (British) Division, (formerly Commanded 3rd Canadian Division). Late of :- The Royal Irish Regiment. Queant Communal Cemetery British Extension, Pas-de-Calais, France. 14-10-1918. Age 44. Son of Richard & Esther Lipsett of Ballyshannon, County Donegal, Ireland. Awarded the Croix de Guerre (France), Officier de la Legion D'Honneur.
Companion of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath.
Companion of the Most Distinguished Order of St.Michael & St.George.