Category: Irish Guards
Categories: British Army | Irish Officers in the British Army
Formed on 1 April 1900 by order of Queen Victoria to commemorate the Irishmen who fought in the Second Boer War for the British Empire it is one of the two Irish infantry regiments still remaining in the British Army.
The Irish Guards recruit in Northern Ireland and the Irish neighbourhoods of major British cities. However, although restrictions in the Republic of Ireland's Defence Act make it illegal to induce, procure or persuade enlistment of any citizen of the Republic of Ireland into the military of another state, people from the Republic do enlist in the regiment. Today the Regiment recruits from all around the United Kingdom and Commonwealth and recently, the regiment has also seen several "non-traditional" recruits, notably Christopher Muzvuru of Zimbabwe who qualified as a piper before becoming one of the regiment's two fatal casualties in Iraq in 2003.
For the Irish Guards in WWI, see: Irish Guards in WWI.
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