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Re: Royal Irish Rifles (1Btn)
« Reply #9 on: Sunday 10 January 10 11:57 GMT (UK) »
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cannot find James on any memorial in Ireland.   

Ireland is not known for its WW1 War Memorials!!
Grant in Tipperary
Piper in Tipperary
Blong in Leix
Watson in Offaly
Pugh in North Wales
Evans in North Wales
Proctor in Edinburgh
Steedman in Stirling

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Re: Royal Irish Rifles (1Btn)
« Reply #10 on: Sunday 10 January 10 12:26 GMT (UK) »
He not on the 1911 census (Ireland) ? nor England ?

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Re: Royal Irish Rifles (1Btn)
« Reply #11 on: Sunday 10 January 10 12:43 GMT (UK) »
With the Glasgow connection he may be on the Scots one and you cant access it til 2011 :(

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Researching all Great War soldiers from the Spen Valley of West Yorkshire Especially lads from the Cleckheaton Company of 1/4th West Riding Regiment.

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Re: Royal Irish Rifles (1Btn)
« Reply #12 on: Sunday 10 January 10 18:15 GMT (UK) »
Where does the information that he enlisted Aug 1914 come from? As Ady says he was in the army before WW1. But he may have elected to spend the last part of his service in the Army Reserve. They received half pay in exchange for a two week annual camp. When WW1 started in August 1914 he may have been recalled with all the other reservists.

If his record has not survived you should research when 8777 was issued. If you have Ancestry you can search for men in the RIR with similar numbers. But they must be pre-1914 Regulars as well. Other battalions within the RIR would have used 8777 as well.

You could also try the British Medal Forum and see if they have any RIR experts who can tell you.

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Re: Royal Irish Rifles (1Btn)
« Reply #13 on: Sunday 10 January 10 23:07 GMT (UK) »
As Ken suggested lads on Ancestry with similar service numbers were between 1907 and 1912 so i would think he was a Reservist recalled in Aug 1914.(8771,8778,8774 survived the blitz but they may have been 1,2 or 3rd batts)

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Lowe(Lower Gornall-Castleford)
Blackburn (Castleford)
Sidwell(Ledsham)
Fairburn(Hartshead)
Wood(Liversedge)
Tallon (Whittington Lancs/Hartshead West Yorkshire)

Researching all Great War soldiers from the Spen Valley of West Yorkshire Especially lads from the Cleckheaton Company of 1/4th West Riding Regiment.
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