Curragh Camp. Regiments

[cailin]

I believe that my great-grandad, John Wilson, may have been stationed at the Curragh Camp during WW1, although it is only family history - I have no exact dates or information to back it up.  Originally from South Dublin City Centre, my Dad believes John first joined the South Irish Horse when they were based at Beggars Bush Barracks, which would have been just down the road. The Wilsons were farriers by trade, and by the end of the war, apparently John had been promoted to Farrier Serjent.

Can anyone confirm if some of the South Irish Horse were stationed at the Curragh, or would he have been dispatched to join another regiment / battalion to be at the Curragh??

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[aj44]

For anyone who is interested in the British Army stationed in the Curragh Camp, you should read Con Costello's - "A Most Delightful Station: The British Army On The Curragh Of Kildare 1855 - 1922".

[Mick_Dolan86]

Can anyone confirm if some of the South Irish Horse were stationed at the Curragh, or would he have been dispatched to join another regiment / battalion to be at the Curragh??

The SIH was in France in WW1. They became 7th Bn, Royal Irish Regiment in 1917. The Curragh was home to a few Reserve Cavalry Regiments during the war so he could have been in one of them.

[guildford]

My Gt Grandfather who was in the Army Service Corps as a Corporal, was at the camp when my grandmother was born - she was baptised there on 25.7.1869 her name was Louisa Maria Ross - her father was George  (Ogilvie) - mother Ellen nee Mahon. The clergyman was Edward Hillman.
They married at Ballsax Church Kildare on 6th September 1868.   Any information or assistance would be gratefully appreciated, they had another son George - then cam to Camberwell in London England when George disappeard

Would love to hear from anyone

[pompeylad]

My gr gr grandfather John McInnes attested as a Sapper in 1855 in Glasgow. In 1865 he was at the Curragh where my gr grandfather Edward Wells McInnes was born. There is no civil registration for Edward apparently (I spoke to the Irish GRO), but the army birth/baptism certificate was available. The baptism was performed by Rev J Molony, R.C. Chaplain to the Forces, and the Adjutant certifying the entry was correct was E. Simm, Capt. R.E. This baptism was our first indication of the family's Roman Catholic faith. More recently I found the transcription of Edward's church baptism, on the brsgenealogy web site. Having wondered where Edward's middle name came from, the baptism provided a possible clue in that one of the sponsors/informants was John Wells. Nothing further is known of this person.
By September 1867 the family were in Canterbury, Kent.
I'd be interested in information about sappers/engineers at the Curragh at this time.

[oldhack]

As a newcomer, I am not sure if anyone has raised the fact that at least one troop of 3 RHA was at Curragh Camp from some time in 1911. I know this because both my uncle and my father were born at the Curragh Military Hospital. The troop then went to France in 1914.

[mokel]

 Hi I am new to this. My grandfather Alfred Croft was based at the Curragh Camp after returning from the Boer War in 1902 until 1908. He was in the 19th Hussars. His first wife, Fanny Mason sadly died there in 1907, not long after the birth of her second son. What I would like to know is whether she is buried in the Curragh Cemetery - perhaps Mike Dolan might be able to point me in the right direction. Thank you.

[Mick_Dolan86]

If she's not on the list of transcriptions I provided then she is either buried elsewhere- Newbridge or Kildare for instance, or her tombstone is illegible or disappeared.

[mokel]

Thank you Mike. I did go through your transcriptions from the military cemetery but wondered if there was another for non military personnel. Do you know if the two cemeteries you mentioned have had their gravestones transcrjbed? Thanks again.