{"id":366,"date":"2020-06-18T14:59:06","date_gmt":"2020-06-18T13:59:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/leinster-regiment-association.org.uk\/wp\/?page_id=366"},"modified":"2020-06-29T18:32:05","modified_gmt":"2020-06-29T17:32:05","slug":"ww1-leinsters-summary-of-postings-of-all-battalions","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/leinster-regiment-association.org.uk\/wp\/the-regiment\/ww1-leinsters-summary-of-postings-of-all-battalions\/","title":{"rendered":"WW1 Leinsters: Summary of postings of all Battalions"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Prince of Wales Leinster Regiment (Royal Canadians) – 1914-1918<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Summary of movements of individual Battalions. <\/strong><\/h3>\n

1st<\/sup> BATTALION<\/strong><\/h2>\n

1914 <\/strong><\/h3>\n

August: Fyzabad, India.<\/p>\n

16 November: arrived Plymouth, England. Stationed Winchester – 82nd<\/sup> Brigade, 27th<\/sup> Division.<\/p>\n

20 December: landed at Le Havre.<\/p>\n

1915<\/strong><\/h3>\n

12 December: moved to Salonika<\/p>\n

1916<\/strong><\/h3>\n

2 November: transferred to 29th<\/sup> Brigade, 10th<\/sup> (Irish) Division.<\/p>\n

1917<\/strong><\/h3>\n

14 September: Division moved to Egypt for service in Palestine.<\/p>\n

2nd<\/sup> BATTALION\u00a0<\/strong><\/h2>\n

1914<\/strong><\/h3>\n

August: Cork – 17th<\/sup> Brigade, 6th<\/sup> Division.<\/p>\n

18 August: Cambridge and then on to Newmarket.<\/p>\n

12 September: landed at St Nazaire.<\/p>\n

1915<\/strong><\/h3>\n

14 October: transferred with Brigade to 24th<\/sup> Division.<\/p>\n

19 October: transferred to 73rd Brigade, 24th<\/sup> Division.<\/p>\n

1918<\/strong><\/h3>\n

1 February: transferred to 47th<\/sup> Brigade, 16th<\/sup> (Irish) Division. Absorbed troops from disbanded 7th<\/sup> Battalion.<\/p>\n

13 April: absorbed troops from disbanded 6th<\/sup> Connaught Rangers.<\/p>\n

23 April: transferred to 88th<\/sup> Brigade, 29th<\/sup> Division.<\/p>\n

3rd<\/sup> (RESERVE) BATTALION<\/strong><\/h2>\n

1914<\/strong><\/h3>\n

August: stationed Birr. A depot\/training Battalion and, on mobilisation, moved to Cork.<\/p>\n

1917<\/strong><\/h3>\n

November: Portsmouth as part of the Portsmouth Garrison.<\/p>\n

1918<\/strong><\/h3>\n

May: Absorbed 4th<\/sup> and 5th<\/sup> Battalions.<\/p>\n

4th<\/sup> (EXTRA RESERVE) BATTALION<\/strong><\/h2>\n

1914<\/strong><\/h3>\n

August: Maryborough. A depot\/training Battalion and, on mobilisation, moved to Crosshaven.<\/p>\n

November: Passage West<\/p>\n

1915<\/strong><\/h3>\n

May: to Devonport.<\/p>\n

September: The Curragh.<\/p>\n

1916 <\/strong><\/h3>\n

April: Limerick<\/p>\n

1917<\/strong><\/h3>\n

August: Tralee.<\/p>\n

November: Dover.<\/p>\n

1918<\/strong><\/h3>\n

May: Portsmouth where absorbed by 3rd<\/sup> Battalion.<\/p>\n

5th<\/sup> (EXTRA RESERVE) BATTALION<\/strong><\/h2>\n

1914<\/strong><\/h3>\n

August: Drogheda. A depot\/training Battalion and, on mobilisation, moved to Queenstown. October: Passage West.<\/p>\n

1915<\/strong><\/h3>\n

May: Plymouth.<\/p>\n

September: Mullingar.<\/p>\n

1916<\/strong><\/h3>\n

April: The Curragh.<\/p>\n

1917<\/strong><\/h3>\n

June: Laytown.<\/p>\n

August: Boyle.<\/p>\n

September: Birr.<\/p>\n

November: Glencorse.<\/p>\n

1918<\/strong><\/h3>\n

May: Portsmouth where absorbed by 3rd<\/sup> Battalion.<\/p>\n

6th<\/sup> (SERVICE) BATTALION<\/strong><\/h2>\n

1914<\/strong><\/h3>\n

August: Formed in Dublin and attached 29th<\/sup> Brigade, 10th<\/sup> (Irish) Division. Moved to Fermoy and then The Curragh.<\/p>\n

October: Birr<\/p>\n

1915<\/strong><\/h3>\n

February: The Curragh.<\/p>\n

May: Basingstoke.<\/p>\n

9 July: embarked at Liverpool and sailed to Gallipoli via Mudros.<\/p>\n

5 August: landed Anzac Cove.<\/p>\n

29 September: Salonika via Mudros.<\/p>\n

1917<\/strong><\/h3>\n

14 September: Egypt for service in Palestine.<\/p>\n

1918<\/strong><\/h3>\n

May: left the Division and sailed from Port Said<\/p>\n

1 June: landed Marseilles.<\/p>\n

23 July: 14th<\/sup> (Light) Division and then 34th<\/sup> Division.<\/p>\n

20 July: 198th<\/sup> Brigade, 66th<\/sup> (2nd<\/sup> East Lancashire) Division.<\/p>\n

12 September: disbanded at Abancourt.<\/p>\n

7th (SERVICE) BATTALION<\/strong><\/h2>\n

1914<\/strong><\/h3>\n

October: Formed in Fermoy and attached to 47th<\/sup> Brigade, 16th<\/sup> (Irish) Division.<\/p>\n

1915<\/strong><\/h3>\n

January: Kilworth.<\/p>\n

September: Blackdown.<\/p>\n

18 December: Le Havre.<\/p>\n

1918<\/strong><\/h3>\n

14 April: disbanded at Tincourt, troops going to 2nd<\/sup> Battalion and 19th<\/sup> Entrenching Battalion.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Prince of Wales Leinster Regiment (Royal Canadians) – 1914-1918 Summary of movements of individual Battalions. 1st BATTALION 1914 August: Fyzabad, India. 16 November: arrived Plymouth, England. Stationed Winchester – 82nd Brigade, 27th Division. 20 December: landed at Le Havre. 1915 12 December: moved to Salonika 1916 2 November: transferred to 29th Brigade, 10th (Irish) […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":96,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-366","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/leinster-regiment-association.org.uk\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/366","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/leinster-regiment-association.org.uk\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/leinster-regiment-association.org.uk\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/leinster-regiment-association.org.uk\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/leinster-regiment-association.org.uk\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=366"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"http:\/\/leinster-regiment-association.org.uk\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/366\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":434,"href":"http:\/\/leinster-regiment-association.org.uk\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/366\/revisions\/434"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/leinster-regiment-association.org.uk\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/96"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/leinster-regiment-association.org.uk\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=366"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}