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Description: Formed in 1793 as the 87th (The Prince of Wales's Irish) Regiment of Foot. They were renamed the 87th (The Prince of Wales's Own Irish) Regiment of Foot. They were renamed the 87th (Royal Irish Fusiliers) Regiment of Foot. They saw action in the Napoleonic war, fighting in the Peninsular Wars. In 1881 they formed the Princess Victoria's Royal Irish Fusiliers by amalgamating with the 89th (The Princess Victoria's) Regiment of Foot. They saw action in the Boer Wars, fighting at Ladysmith, Spionkop, Talana Hill and Valkrantz and Pieters. During the Frist World War they fought across the Western, Turkish, Greek and Middle-Eastern fronts at battles such as Mons, Le Cateau, Marne, Aisne, Messines, the 1st battle of Ypres, the 2nd battle of Ypres, Loos, the Somme (1916), the Hindenburg Line, Arras, the 1st battle of the Somme (1918), Lys, the advance in Flanders, the 2nd battle of Arras (1917), Selle, Valenciennes, Passchendaele, Gallipoli, Salonika and the 3rd battle of the Gaza. They lost 3,181 men during the war. In 1920 they were renamed The Royal Irish Fusiliers (Princes Victoria's). In 1968 they were amalgamated with the Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers (27th & 108th) and the Royal Ulster Rifles, forming The Royal Irish Rangers (27th (Inniskilling), 83rd and 87th). In 1999 they formed the Royal Irish Regiment. Their nickname is the Faugh-a-Ballagh-Boys.

Military actions:

• Napoleonic war: Peninsular Wars
• Boer war: Ladysmith
• Boer war: Spionkop
• Boer war: Talana Hill
• Boer war: Valkrantz and Pieters
• WWI: Mons
• WWI: Le Cateau
• WWI: Marne
• WWI: Aisne
• WWI: Messines
• WWI: 1st battle of Ypres
• WWI: 2nd battle of Ypres
• WWI: Loos
• WWI: Somme (1916)
• WWI: Hindenburg Line
• WWI: Arras
• WWI: 1st battle of the Somme (1918)
• WWI: Lys
• WWI: Advance in Flanders
• WWI: 2nd battle of Arras (1917)
• WWI: Selle
• WWI: Valenciennes
• WWI: 3rd battle of Ypres
• WWI: Gallipoli
• WWI: Salonika
• WWI: 3rd battle of the Gaza

Websites:

• Wikipedia: 87th (Royal Irish Fusiliers) Regiment of Foot

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