Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers

[Vicki Morley]

My grandad fought in this regiment in WW2. Although he never said why he joined them, my dad is convinced that to serve with them, you had to have Irish (well, Northern I would guess) ancestry.

Is this true?  Ive gone back about 4 generations in most directions from grandad and haven't found a connection to Ireland.

[km1971]

All regiments were a mix of English, Scottish, Irish and welsh. Before ww1 some Territorial regiments such as the Liverpool Scottish required a link with Scotland. But not in the Regular army.

Ken

[LimerickLad]

Hi Ken

I sent you a few PMs. Dunno if you got them but could you PM me in relation to the Inniskillings.

Regards

Tom