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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Subcategories (2)


Person Profiles (16)

A

11 Dec 1878 Notting Hill, London, England - 21 Dec 1956 photo

B

19 Nov 1918 Ireland - 25 May 2012
19 Jun 1929 Paddington, London, England, United Kingdom - 17 Jan 2004
29 May 1891 St George Hanover Square, London, England, United Kingdom - 20 Sep 1943
24 Mar 1898 Denby Dale, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom - 25 Mar 1938

C

Nov 1841 Ireland - 20 Aug 1918

F

11 Feb 1915 London, England, United Kingdom - 10 Jun 2011 photo

H

1930s - 2010s Privacy Level: Private with Public Biography and Family Tree (Yellow) photo

L

14 Jan 1886 Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, United Kingdom - 26 Sep 1947 photo

M

05 Mar 1893 Kensington, London, England, United Kingdom - 01 Apr 1964

O

15 Mar 1895 Cork, County Cork, Ireland - 29 Sep 1976

P

28 Sep 1906 - 01 Jul 1979

S

03 Jun 1894 Kensington, London, England, United Kingdom - 24 Nov 1979
25 Jul 1885 Murree, Punjab, India - 1958

V

21 Dec 1885 London, England - 01 Feb 1946

Y

05 Nov 1882 Kensington, Middlesex, England, United Kingdom - 13 Mar 1926




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