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The Royal Munster Fusiliers was a regular infantry regiment of the British Army. One of eight Irish regiments raised largely in Ireland, it had its home depot in Tralee. It was originally formed in 1881 by the amalgamation of two regiments of the former East India Company. It served in India and in the Great War. Following establishment of the independent Irish Free State in 1922, the five regiments that had their traditional recruiting grounds in the counties of the new state were disbanded. The regiment won three Victoria Crosses in the Great War.

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  • Royal Munster Fusiliers
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  • The Royal Munster Fusiliers was a regular infantry regiment of the British Army. One of eight Irish regiments raised largely in Ireland, it had its home depot in Tralee. It was originally formed in 1881 by the amalgamation of two regiments of the former East India Company. It served in India and in the Great War. Following establishment of the independent Irish Free State in 1922, the five regiments that had their traditional recruiting grounds in the counties of the new state were disbanded. The regiment won three Victoria Crosses in the Great War.
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Garrison
  • RHQ: Tralee Barracks co. Kerry
Branch
  • Army
Role
  • now defunct
identification symbol
  • The Bengal Tiger
Nickname
  • Old Contemptibles;
  • The Dirty Shirts
Type
  • Infantry
Caption
  • "The Kaiser knows the Munsters,
  • And all his big battalions, Prussian Guards and grenadiers,
  • by the Shamrock on their caps,
  • And the famous Bengal Tiger, ever ready for a scrap,
  • Fear to face the flashing bayonets of the Munster Fusiliers."
Dates
  • 1881(xsd:integer)
Unit Name
  • The Royal Munster Fusiliers
battle honours
  • see text
March
  • The British Grenadiers
  • Quick: St. Patrick's Day
  • Won't You Come Home to Bom-Bombay
Motto
  • Spectamur Agendo
Mascot
  • "Garry", an Irish wolfhound
Size
  • 2(xsd:integer)
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  • The Royal Munster Fusiliers was a regular infantry regiment of the British Army. One of eight Irish regiments raised largely in Ireland, it had its home depot in Tralee. It was originally formed in 1881 by the amalgamation of two regiments of the former East India Company. It served in India and in the Great War. Following establishment of the independent Irish Free State in 1922, the five regiments that had their traditional recruiting grounds in the counties of the new state were disbanded. The regiment won three Victoria Crosses in the Great War.
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