556:, enacted during a period of international tension. As before, units were raised and administered on a county basis, and filled by voluntary enlistment (although conscription by means of the Militia Ballot might be used if the counties failed to meet their quotas). Training was for 56 days on enlistment, then for 21–28 days per year, during which the men received full army pay. Under the Act, Militia units could be embodied by Royal Proclamation for full-time home defence service in three circumstances:
49:
63:
81:
503:
following years the regiments carried out garrison duties at various towns across
Ireland, attended summer training camps.They also provided volunteers to transfer to the Regular Army. In 1805 the militia establishment was raised to allow for this. The following year Lord Castlereagh stated that no less that 42 recruiting parties crossed from England to Belfast, where the Londonderry Militia was stationed, to compete for 150 volunteers from his regiment.
953:
On conversion to artillery the corps adopted the blue uniform and red facings of the Royal
Artillery. The officers wore the standard North Irish Division helmet plate and embroidered pouch, each with 'LONDONDERRY ARTILLERY' on the lower scroll. In 1907 the other ranks bore the brass titles 'RGA' over
498:
However, the Peace of Amiens was short-lived and preparations to re-embody the militia begun in
November 1802. Early in 1803 the regiments were ordered to begin re-enrolling former militiamen and new volunteers as well as using the ballot. The proclamation to embody the militia was issued on 15 March
354:
on 21 December and troops from all over
Ireland were marched towards the threatened area. Soon afterwards news arrived that the French fleet had been scattered by the winter storms. Several ships had been wrecked and none of the French troops succeeded in landing; there was no sign of a rising by the
527:
there was a long peace. Although officers continued to be commissioned into the militia and ballots might still be held, the regiments were rarely assembled for training and the permanent staffs of militia regiments were progressively reduced. Lord
Castlereagh (by then 2nd Marquess of Londonderry)
506:
An 'Interchange Act' supported by Lord
Castlereagh was passed in July 1811 permitting British and Irish militia units to volunteer for service across the Irish Sea. By the end of July 34 out of 38 Irish militia regiments had volunteered for this service, including the Londonderry, which served in
502:
Anti-invasion preparations were now put in hand and the reconstituted militia regiments underwent training, although most were not considered well enough trained to go into camp during the summer of 1804. The light battalions were reformed in
September 1803 but were discontinued in 1806. Over the
967:
drew the lots to determine an order of precedence for the whole of the United
Kingdom. Those regiments raised before 1783 took the first 69 places, followed by the 60 regiments (including those in Ireland) raised for the French Revolutionary War: the Londonderry Militia took 95th place, and this
330:
saw the
British and Irish militia embodied for a whole generation, becoming regiments of full-time professional soldiers (though restricted to service in Britain or Ireland respectively), which the regular army increasingly saw as a prime source of recruits. They served in coast defences, manned
588:
A Londonderry
Artillery Militia was formed in January 1855, but it was always small, comprising a single company of just three officers, a surgeon, and 81 other ranks (ORs). It was not a successful unit, and after training of the Irish Militia was suspended between 1866 and 1871 because of the
971:
The Londonderry Artillery Militia of 1855 was assigned the precedence of 21 among militia artillery units; this was carried over to the Mid-Ulster Artillery. When the Londonderry LI was converted to artillery in 1882 it received the precedence of 36, as one of the last such units formed. Most
740:
broke out in 1899 the militia were embodied to relieve the Regulars goung to South Africa. The Londonderry Artillery was embodied from 1 May to 3 October 1900. It did not serve overseas, but the Militia Reserve and individual volunteers did serve in South Africa. Sergeant A.W. Vyce of the
631:
of permanent staff and a number of the officers were former Regulars. Around a third of the recruits and many young officers went on to join the Regular Army. The Militia Reserve introduced in 1867 consisted of present and former militiamen who undertook to serve overseas in case of war.
371:. When the militiamen of 1793 reached the end of their four-year enlistment in 1797, most of the Irish regiments were able to maintain their numbers through re-enlistments (for a bounty). The Londonderry Militia was augmented in July 1797 and its establishment now totalled 764 all ranks.
962:
On the outbreak of the French Revolutionary War the English counties had drawn lots to determine the relative precedence of their militia regiments. In 1798 the new Irish militia regiments received their own table of precedence, in which County Londonderry came 16th. In 1833 King
721:
The Royal Artillery was being reorganised in 1882, and 11 territorial divisions of garrison artillery were formed, each with a brigade of regular artillery. The Militia Artillery was assigned to form the junior brigades of these divisions, the new Londonderry Artillery becoming
294:, while the paramilitary volunteers were essentially banned. The new Act was based on existing English precedents, with the men conscripted by ballot to fill county quotas (paid substitutes were permitted) and the officers having to meet certain property qualifications.
507:
England in 1811–13. Another Act in November 1813, promoted by Lord Castlereagh, invited the militia to volunteer for limited foreign service, primarily for garrison duties in Europe. Every man of his own regiment except one private volunteered for this service, and the
696:
from December 1875. This assigned places in an order of battle to Militia units serving Regular units in an 'Active Army' and a 'Garrison Army'. The Londonderry Militia was assigned to the Garrison Army manning a range of small forts and posts across Ireland.
811:. However, in a change of policy all the RFRA units were scrapped in 1909, the Londonderrys being disbanded on 20 October. Instead the men of the RFA Special Reserve would form Brigade Ammunition Columns for the Regular RFA brigades on the outbreak of war.
729:, on 1 April 1882. Unlike the earlier Londonderry Artillery company, this was a substantial unit, with an established strength of 619 all ranks organised as six batteries. When the North Irish Division was abolished in 1889 the title was altered to
461:
After the rebellion the Irish Militia settled down to garrison duty once more. With the diminishing threat of invasion after 1799, the strength of the militia could be reduced, and the surplus men were encouraged to volunteer for
803:, a semi-professional force whose role was to provide reinforcement drafts for Regular units serving overseas in wartime. The majority of the officers and men of the Londonderry RGA (M) accepted transfer to the Special Reserve
481:
By the end of 1801 peace negotiations with the French were progressing and recruiting and re-enlistment for the Irish Militia was stopped in October. The men received the new clothing they were due on 25 December, but the
362:
Early in 1797 the light companies of the militia were detached to join composite battalions drawn from several militia regiments. The Londonderry contingent was attached to the 2nd Light Battalion, stationed at
261:
came under statutory authority. During the 18th Century there were various Volunteer Associations and unofficial militia units controlled by the landowners, concerned mainly with internal security. During the
709:
took Cardwell's reforms further, with the militia regiments becoming numbered battalions of their linked regiments. On 1 July 1881 the 27th and 108th Regiments became the 1st and 2nd Battalions of the
1904:
553:
528:
remained colonel of the Londonderry Militia until his death by suicide in August 1822. Among the consequent promotions, Lt-Col Sir George Hill was promoted to colonel and Castlereagh's cousin
692:
Although often referred to as brigades, the sub-districts were purely administrative organisations, but in a continuation of the Cardwell Reforms a mobilisation scheme began to appear in the
435:
Rowley Miller was active in capturing rebels, apprehending a leader named Talent, for whom the government had offered a reward of £200, together with a private reward of a further £1000.
2037:
713:, and the Londonderry Light Infantry became the 4th Battalion. However, in a change of policy, the Londonderry Light Infantry was instead converted to artillery the following year,
486:
was signed in March 1802 after which the militia regiments were disembodied leaving only the permanent staff of non-commissioned officers (NCOs) and drummers under the regimental
2565:
593:
crisis the Londonderry Artillery Militia remained in abeyance, with no men enrolled. In May 1875 it was officially amalgamated with the Armagh and Tyrone units to form the
581:
The 1852 Act introduced Artillery Militia units in addition to the traditional infantry regiments. Their role was to man coastal defences and fortifications, relieving the
438:
The rebellion was effectively ended at Vinegar Hill, and although a small French invasion force landed in August and inflicted a defeat on the government troops at the
2560:
2555:
1001:
2404:
1786:, London: United Service Gazette, 1905/Ray Westlake Military Books, 1987, ISBN 0-9508530-7-0/Uckfield: Naval & Military Press, 2015, ISBN 978-1-78331171-2.
307:
County Londonderry was given a quota of 560 men to find, to be organised into a battalion of ten companies, and it was embodied for duty soon afterwards. The
2530:
1911:
644:
of 1872, militia regiments were brigaded with their local linked regular regiments. For the Donegal Militia this was in Sub-District No 64 (Counties of
1836:
1753:, Vol I, 3rd Edn, London: Macmillan,1933/Woking: Shearer, 1986, ISBN 0-946998-01-9/Uckfield: Naval & Military Press, 2021, ISBN 978-1-78331-611-3
616:
At first it was stationed at Londonderry, before moving to Enniskillen in the late summer. There it remained until after the waar was ended by the
623:
The militia now settled into a routine of annual training (though there was no training for the Irish Militia from 1866 to 1870 at the time of the
2545:
2022:
2177:
2525:
515:
in April 1814. Militia recruiting was halted and the regiments could be progressively disembodied. The Londonderrys were paid off in 1815.
2409:
2083:
576:
432:
1379:
850:
After the 1852 Reforms, no new colonels were appointed to the militia; the lieutenant-colonel became the commandant and the position of
950:
suspended from a cord with a shamrock knot, surrounded by a garter inscribed 'LONDONDERRY REGIMENT', topped by a three-towered castle.
886:
792:. Some batteries of Militia Artillery were to be converted to field artillery. However, little of Brodrick's scheme was carried out.
2098:
2440:
2292:
683:
665:
346:. Anxiety about a possible French invasion grew during the autumn of 1796 and preparations were made for field operations. A large
776:
After the Boer War, the future of the Militia was called into question. There were moves to reform the Auxiliary Forces (Militia,
458:
area into January 1799. The duty consisted of escorting prisoners, searching for arms, and scouring the neighbourhood for rebels.
2222:
1193:
2535:
785:
367:. The militia regiments were each issued with two light six-pounder 'battalion guns', with the gun detachments trained by the
2475:
2383:
996:
925:
725:
113:
2058:
2450:
831:
824:
660:
471:
308:
230:
202:
1861:
A List of the Officers of the Militia, the Gentlemen & Yeomanry Cavalry, and Volunteer Infantry of the United Kingdom
1849:, April 1850, London: British Army Despatch Press, 1850/Uckfield: Naval and Military Press, 1991, ISBN 978-1-84342-410-9.
882:
862:
347:
316:
1971:
1897:
117:
2017:
1961:
286:. When the invasion threat receded they diminished in numbers but remained a political force. On the outbreak of the
851:
2550:
2540:
2445:
1981:
1781:
843:
670:
533:
278:
passed a Militia Act, but this failed to create an effective force. However it opened the way for the paramilitary
2032:
1863:, 11th Edn, London: War Office, 14 October 1805/Uckfield: Naval and Military Press, 2005, ISBN 978-1-84574-207-2.
781:
442:
it was too late to have any real effect, and soon surrendered. There were still some disturbances in, such as in
279:
2232:
1996:
1833:, London: Royal Artillery Institution, 1959/Uckfield: Naval & Military Press, 2005, ISBN 978-1-845740-31-3.
266:, the threat of invasion by the Americans' allies, France and Spain, appeared to be serious. While most of the
2419:
2277:
2073:
2520:
2465:
2172:
2103:
991:
921:
837:
710:
475:
283:
263:
238:
1488:
2001:
754:
467:
889:, appointed major 14 April 1848, promoted 25 September 1850; continued with 9th Brigade, NI Division, RA
2202:
1946:
789:
487:
383:
finally broke out in May 1798, and during its suppression the Londonderry Militia operated in Counties
359:. The invasion was called off on 29 December, and the troop concentration was dispersed in early 1797.
2108:
1991:
1976:
800:
408:
323:
158:
2027:
2362:
2192:
2078:
1986:
1956:
1941:
986:
875:
761:
545:
529:
287:
84:
427:
and was also at Arklow and Vinegar Hill. The Light Company saw action with 2nd Light Battalion at
2490:
2347:
2297:
2237:
1951:
1920:
750:
424:
380:
271:
234:
153:
139:
249:
Although there are scattered references to town guards in 1584, no organised militia existed in
2485:
2399:
2378:
2352:
2307:
2272:
2197:
2187:
2182:
1966:
741:
Londonderry Artillery served as a volunteer with the , (formed from service companies from the
675:
617:
454:
and the Northumberland Fencibles in forming Maj-Gen Charles Barnett's brigade operating in the
451:
420:
404:
181:
1790:
1513:
946:. The Londonderry Light Infantry wore yellow facings, and the cap badge consisted of a simple
2455:
2327:
2247:
2135:
1527:
1499:
804:
416:
312:
275:
254:
241:
in 1881 but was soon converted into a militia artillery unit before being disbanded in 1909.
173:
2262:
2207:
2162:
1746:
594:
532:, MP for Londonderry, was commissioned as lieutenant-colonel in October that year. In 1839
447:
290:
In 1793, the Irish administration passed an effective Militia Act that created an official
8:
2470:
2312:
2302:
2287:
2242:
439:
364:
282:
to fill the gap. The Volunteers were outside the control of either the parliament or the
2257:
2227:
911:
645:
524:
226:
54:
2480:
2414:
2357:
2267:
2167:
2093:
2068:
1771:
1249:
746:
270:
was fighting overseas, the coasts of England and Wales were defended by the embodied
2322:
2053:
742:
706:
649:
641:
628:
483:
443:
428:
412:
343:
168:
163:
2495:
2332:
2317:
2282:
2063:
796:
737:
582:
368:
356:
327:
253:
before 1660. After that date, some militia forces were organised in the reign of
2342:
2337:
2217:
1793:
Historical Records of the 3rd and 4th Battalions of the Worcestershire Regiment
549:
400:
392:
388:
331:
garrisons, guarded prisoners of war, and carried out internal security duties.
68:
872:
Sir George Hill, 2nd Baronet, appointed 13 July 1800, promoted to colonel 1822
560:
1. 'Whenever a state of war exists between Her Majesty and any foreign power'.
2514:
2435:
2212:
981:
943:
653:
463:
396:
384:
291:
258:
222:
1889:
605:
Meanwhile, the infantry of the Londonderry Militia had been reformed as the
2252:
1873:
915:
267:
80:
1821:
Ernest J. Martin, 'Order of Precedence of Irish Militia Regiments, 1798',
610:
148:
1820:
1817:, Dublin: Clonmore & Reynolds/London: Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1949.
1723:
1708:
1697:
1751:
History of the Great War: Military Operations, France and Belgium, 1914
964:
508:
351:
1878:
511:
was prepared to accept them, but the war ended with the abdication of
947:
455:
1808:
The Militia Artillery 1852–1909 (Their Lineage, Uniforms and Badges)
423:. The Grenadier Company of the Londonderry Militia was in action at
777:
512:
335:
94:
1767:, Vol II, Wakefield: Microform Academic, 1984, ISBN 1-85117-009-X.
1760:, Vol I, Wakefield: Microform Academic, 1984, ISBN 1-85117-007-3.\
688:
No 64 Brigade Depot was formed at Omagh, the Tyrone Fusiliers' HQ.
1803:, London: Allen Lane, 2013/Penguin, 2014, ISBN 978-0-141-03894-0.
577:
Mid-Ulster Artillery Militia § Londonderry Artillery Militia
250:
942:
The uniform of the Londonderry Militia was a red coat with blue
640:
Under the 'Localisation of the Forces' scheme introduced by the
1883:
1801:
Britain Against Napoleon: The Organization of Victory 1793–1815
1784:
An Epitomized History of the Militia (The Constitutional Force)
624:
590:
908:
Sir Robert Ferguson, 2nd Baronet, from colonel 1855, died 1860
869:
Viscount Castlereagh, appointed 1793, promoted to colonel 1800
700:
563:
2. 'In all cases of invasion or upon imminent danger thereof'.
954:'DONEGAL' on the shoulder straps of the khaki service dress.
339:
127:
403:. Most of the regiment was engaged at the battles of Gorey,
2088:
1002:
Militia Artillery units of the United Kingdom and Colonies
620:
in March 1856. It was disembodied on 20 August that year.
1724:
W.Y. Baldry, 'Order of Precedence of Militia Regiments',
1839:
A Short History of the Royal Longford Militia, 1793–1893
1815:
The Irish Militia 1793–1816: A Social and Military Study
784:) to take their place in the six Army Corps proposed by
716:
1810:, Nottingham: Sherwood Press, 1987, ISBN 0-9508205-1-2.
1489:
Fermanagh–Londonderry–Tyrone–Donegal Militia at Milweb.
334:
By April 1794 the Londonderry Militia was quartered at
968:
remained unchanged when the list was updated in 1855.
2566:
Military units and formations disestablished in 1909
846:, appointed 24 June 1839; honorary colonel from 1855
1823:
Journal of the Society for Army Historical Research
1726:
Journal of the Society for Army Historical Research
1194:
Hon Robert Stewart at History of Parliament Online.
1884:Royal Irish: The Irish Soldier in the British Army
1831:The History of Coast Artillery in the British Army
1412:
1410:
1408:
1406:
536:became the colonel after Sir George Hill's death.
311:(Viscount Castlereagh from 1798), a member of the
2561:Military units and formations established in 1793
2556:Military units and formations in Northern Ireland
1189:
1187:
1185:
1183:
1181:
1179:
2512:
2128:
1847:The Royal Militia and Yeomanry Cavalry Army List
1380:Sir George Hill at History of Parliament Online.
635:
570:
1464:
1462:
1460:
1458:
1403:
972:regiments took little notice of the numeral.
760:The militia artillery units became part of the
566:3. 'In all cases of rebellion or insurrection'.
1176:
1919:
1905:
1856:, London: Longmans, 1980, ISBN 0-582-48565-7.
1765:Lineage Book of British Land Forces 1660–1978
1758:Lineage Book of British Land Forces 1660–1978
1740:The Development of the British Army 1899–1914
600:
27:Londonderry Artillery (Southern Division, RA)
1455:
1234:
1107:
1105:
1103:
1101:
1099:
1097:
1095:
1093:
1091:
932:
731:Londonderry Artillery (Southern Division) RA
466:. In July 1800 Lord Castlereagh, by now the
2531:Defunct Irish regiments of the British Army
1285:
1283:
1281:
1279:
1123:
1121:
1119:
1117:
1051:
1049:
1047:
1045:
1043:
701:4th Battalion, Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers
446:, where the Londonderry Militia joined the
302:
274:, but Ireland had no equivalent force. The
1912:
1898:
1776:The New Annual Army List, and Militia List
1733:Burke's Peerage, Baronetage and Knightage,
1375:
1373:
1371:
937:
904:The following served as Honorary Colonel:
1484:
1482:
1480:
1478:
1476:
1474:
1426:
1424:
1422:
1169:
1167:
1165:
1135:
1133:
1088:
887:88th Regiment of Foot (Connaught Rangers)
809:Londonderry Royal Field Reserve Artillery
799:of 1908, the Militia was replaced by the
45:
1728:, Vol 15, No 57 (Spring 1936), pp. 5–16.
1558:
1276:
1231:Richey, pp. 18–9; Appendices IV & V.
1163:
1161:
1159:
1157:
1155:
1153:
1151:
1149:
1147:
1145:
1114:
1040:
892:D.W. Stevenson, promoted 3 November 1897
666:108th (Madras Infantry) Regiment of Foot
609:and embodied in January 1855 during the
1556:
1554:
1552:
1550:
1548:
1546:
1544:
1542:
1540:
1538:
1393:
1391:
1389:
1387:
1368:
764:in 1902, and the unit was redesignated
627:crisis). Each militia unit had a large
2546:Military history of County Londonderry
2513:
1471:
1419:
1130:
1081:
857:
297:
1893:
1577:
1142:
1079:
1077:
1075:
1073:
1071:
1069:
1067:
1065:
1063:
1061:
997:North Irish Division, Royal Artillery
926:Lord Lieutenant of County Londonderry
895:Stewart Bruce, promoted 2 August 1899
717:9th Brigade, North Irish Division, RA
684:Prince of Wales's Own Donegal Militia
431:. A detachment of the regiment under
114:North Irish Division, Royal Artillery
25:9th Brigade, North Irish Division, RA
1825:, Vol 34, No 138 (June 1956), p. 86.
1795:, London: Kegan, Paul, Trench, 1887.
1535:
1384:
899:
832:Robert Stewart, Viscount Castlereagh
661:27th (Inniskilling) Regiment of Foot
203:Robert Stewart, Viscount Castlereagh
2526:Irish regiments of the British Army
1867:
1213:McAnally, pp. 96–102; Appendix III.
883:William Fitzwilliam Lenox-Conyngham
257:but it was not until 1715 that the
13:
1058:
834:, promoted 12 July 1800, died 1822
493:
374:
118:Southern Division, Royal Artillery
14:
2577:
1610:Litchfield, p. 57 and Appendix 8.
1320:McAnally, pp. 179–94, 198–9, 216.
1127:Litchfield, Appendices 1 & 7.
474:of the Londonderry Militia, with
1204:Knight, pp. 78–9, 111, 255, 411.
844:Sir Robert Ferguson, 2nd Baronet
534:Sir Robert Ferguson, 2nd Baronet
79:
61:
47:
1841:, Dublin: Hodges, Figgis, 1894.
1702:
1691:
1682:
1673:
1664:
1652:
1640:
1631:
1622:
1613:
1604:
1595:
1586:
1568:
1521:
1507:
1493:
1446:
1433:
1359:
1350:
1341:
1332:
1323:
1314:
1305:
1296:
1267:
1258:
1243:
1225:
1216:
1207:
1198:
539:
338:, with one company detached to
1854:The Army and Society 1815–1914
1583:Maurice-Jones, pp. 150, 161–2.
1031:
1022:
1013:
771:
1:
2536:Militia of the United Kingdom
1716:
957:
814:
636:Cardwell and Childers Reforms
571:Londonderry Artillery Militia
518:
499:and carried out on 25 March.
244:
229:in 1793 under the command of
1874:History of Parliament Online
992:Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers
922:Sir Henry Bruce, 3rd Baronet
838:Sir George Hill, 2nd Baronet
711:Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers
476:Sir George Hill, 2nd Baronet
284:Dublin Castle administration
264:War of American Independence
239:Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers
7:
1592:Dunlop, pp. 131–40, 158-62.
1222:McAnally, pp. 102–9, 121–6.
975:
928:, appointed 10 January 1878
827:of the regiment included:
819:
755:Distinguished Conduct Medal
544:The long-standing national
478:as his lieutenant-colonel.
468:Chief Secretary for Ireland
233:. It saw action during the
10:
2582:
1778:(various dates from 1840).
840:, promoted 1822, died 1839
790:Secretary of State for War
680:Londonderry Light Infantry
607:Londonderry Light Infantry
601:Londonderry Light Infantry
574:
348:French expeditionary force
219:Londonderry Light Infantry
23:Londonderry Light Infantry
2428:
2392:
2371:
2155:
2148:
2121:
2046:
2010:
1934:
1927:
1921:British Militia Regiments
1829:Col K. W. Maurice-Jones,
933:Heritage & ceremonial
918:, appointed 12 April 1871
766:Londonderry RGA (Militia)
585:(RA) for active service.
196:
191:
133:
123:
109:
101:
90:
75:
41:
33:
20:
1837:Henry Alexander Richey,
1806:Norman E.H. Litchfield,
1782:Col George Jackson Hay,
1742:, London: Methuen, 1938.
1735:100th Edn, London, 1953.
1240:McAnally, Appendix VIII.
1055:Frederick, pp. 167, 260.
1007:
987:Militia (United Kingdom)
876:Alexander Robert Stewart
762:Royal Garrison Artillery
726:North Irish Division, RA
671:Fermanagh Light Infantry
530:Alexander Robert Stewart
303:French Revolutionary War
288:French Revolutionary War
105:10 companies/6 batteries
2551:History of Derry (city)
2541:Irish Militia regiments
2420:Forfar & Kincardine
2033:Forfar & Kincardine
1649:: 'Hill of Brook Hall'.
1601:Spiers, pp. 243–2, 254.
938:Uniforms & insignia
751:Mentioned in dispatches
652:in Belfast District of
235:Irish Rebellion of 1798
154:Battle of Tubberneering
140:Irish Rebellion of 1798
37:April 1793–October 1909
1679:McAnally, Appendix IV.
1661:: "Bruce of Downhill'.
1452:Maurice-Jones, p. 161.
1139:McAnally, Appendix VI.
1111:Litchfield, pp. 111–2.
676:Royal Tyrone Fusiliers
648:, Donegal, Tyrone and
452:Worcestershire Militia
182:Battle of Vinegar Hill
1670:Litchfield, pp. 9–35.
1302:McAnally, pp. 164–72.
1273:McAnally, pp. 148–53.
805:Royal Field Artillery
464:regiments of the line
419:, Blackmore Hill and
313:Parliament of Ireland
276:Parliament of Ireland
174:Battle of Foulksmills
1813:Sir Henry McAnally,
1791:Capt Robert Holden,
1738:Col John K. Dunlop,
1416:Litchfield, pp. 1–7.
1329:McAnally, pp. 246–8.
1311:McAnally, pp. 172–8.
595:Mid-Ulster Artillery
324:French Revolutionary
2521:Londonderry Militia
1688:Richey, Appendix I.
1028:McAnally, pp. 1–31.
863:Lieutenant-Colonels
858:Lieutenant-Colonels
795:Under the sweeping
554:Militia Act of 1852
552:was revived by the
440:Battle of Castlebar
365:Bandon, County Cork
298:Londonderry Militia
225:regiment raised in
215:Londonderry Militia
97:/Garrison Artillery
29:Londonderry RGA (M)
21:Londonderry Militia
1852:Edward M. Spiers,
1763:J.B.M. Frederick,
1756:J.B.M. Frederick,
1628:Spiers, pp. 270–7.
1619:Dunlop, pp. 270–2.
1574:Spiers, pp. 195–6.
1468:Frederick, p. 984.
1441:Army & Society
912:Robert Peel Dawson
525:Battle of Waterloo
470:, was promoted to
317:Lieutenant-Colonel
309:Hon Robert Stewart
227:County Londonderry
159:Battle of New Ross
2508:
2507:
2504:
2503:
2400:Argyll & Bute
2156:England and Wales
2144:
2143:
2129:England and Wales
2117:
2116:
2018:Argyll & Bute
1935:England and Wales
1529:Edinburgh Gazette
1517:, 2 October 1855.
1515:Edinburgh Gazette
1501:Edinburgh Gazette
1430:Dunlop, pp. 42–5.
1365:McAnally, p. 264.
1347:McAnally, p. 256.
1264:Holden, pp. 82–9.
1250:Richard Doherty,
900:Honorary colonels
878:, 11 October 1822
747:Donegal Artillery
319:of the regiment.
208:
207:
2573:
2153:
2152:
2126:
2125:
2089:Londonderry (II)
1932:
1931:
1914:
1907:
1900:
1891:
1890:
1868:External sources
1747:James E. Edmonds
1711:
1706:
1700:
1695:
1689:
1686:
1680:
1677:
1671:
1668:
1662:
1656:
1650:
1644:
1638:
1635:
1629:
1626:
1620:
1617:
1611:
1608:
1602:
1599:
1593:
1590:
1584:
1581:
1575:
1572:
1566:
1565:, various dates.
1560:
1533:
1525:
1519:
1511:
1505:
1497:
1491:
1486:
1469:
1466:
1453:
1450:
1444:
1437:
1431:
1428:
1417:
1414:
1401:
1400:, various dates.
1395:
1382:
1377:
1366:
1363:
1357:
1354:
1348:
1345:
1339:
1336:
1330:
1327:
1321:
1318:
1312:
1309:
1303:
1300:
1294:
1287:
1274:
1271:
1265:
1262:
1256:
1247:
1241:
1238:
1232:
1229:
1223:
1220:
1214:
1211:
1205:
1202:
1196:
1191:
1174:
1171:
1140:
1137:
1128:
1125:
1112:
1109:
1086:
1083:
1056:
1053:
1038:
1037:Richey, pp. 3–6.
1035:
1029:
1026:
1020:
1017:
852:Honorary Colonel
807:, becoming the
786:St John Brodrick
753:and awarded the
743:Antrim Artillery
707:Childers Reforms
642:Cardwell Reforms
484:Treaty of Amiens
444:County Westmeath
344:Kilcullen Bridge
280:Irish Volunteers
237:. It joined the
231:Lord Castlereagh
169:Battle of Arklow
164:Battle of Antrim
83:
67:
65:
64:
57:
53:
51:
50:
18:
17:
2581:
2580:
2576:
2575:
2574:
2572:
2571:
2570:
2511:
2510:
2509:
2500:
2424:
2388:
2372:Channel Islands
2367:
2298:Nottinghamshire
2278:Montgomeryshire
2243:North Hampshire
2238:Gloucestershire
2198:Caernarvonshire
2193:Carmarthenshire
2178:Buckinghamshire
2140:
2113:
2084:Londonderry (I)
2042:
2006:
1923:
1918:
1888:
1870:
1845:Arthur Sleigh,
1719:
1714:
1707:
1703:
1696:
1692:
1687:
1683:
1678:
1674:
1669:
1665:
1657:
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1591:
1587:
1582:
1578:
1573:
1569:
1561:
1536:
1526:
1522:
1512:
1508:
1503:, 6 March 1855.
1498:
1494:
1487:
1472:
1467:
1456:
1451:
1447:
1438:
1434:
1429:
1420:
1415:
1404:
1396:
1385:
1378:
1369:
1364:
1360:
1355:
1351:
1346:
1342:
1337:
1333:
1328:
1324:
1319:
1315:
1310:
1306:
1301:
1297:
1288:
1277:
1272:
1268:
1263:
1259:
1254:at Royal Irish.
1248:
1244:
1239:
1235:
1230:
1226:
1221:
1217:
1212:
1208:
1203:
1199:
1192:
1177:
1173:Sleigh, p. 132.
1172:
1143:
1138:
1131:
1126:
1115:
1110:
1089:
1085:Hay, pp. 211–2.
1084:
1059:
1054:
1041:
1036:
1032:
1027:
1023:
1019:Hay, pp. 146–7.
1018:
1014:
1010:
978:
960:
940:
935:
902:
860:
822:
817:
801:Special Reserve
797:Haldane Reforms
774:
738:Second Boer War
719:
703:
638:
618:Treaty of Paris
603:
583:Royal Artillery
579:
573:
542:
521:
496:
494:Napoleonic Wars
381:Irish Rebellion
377:
375:Irish Rebellion
369:Royal Artillery
357:United Irishmen
328:Napoleonic Wars
315:was appointed
305:
300:
255:King Charles II
247:
211:
198:
116:
62:
60:
59:
48:
46:
28:
26:
24:
22:
12:
11:
5:
2579:
2569:
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2553:
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2528:
2523:
2506:
2505:
2502:
2501:
2499:
2498:
2493:
2488:
2483:
2478:
2476:Queen's County
2473:
2468:
2463:
2458:
2453:
2448:
2443:
2438:
2432:
2430:
2426:
2425:
2423:
2422:
2417:
2412:
2407:
2402:
2396:
2394:
2390:
2389:
2387:
2386:
2381:
2375:
2373:
2369:
2368:
2366:
2365:
2360:
2355:
2353:Worcestershire
2350:
2345:
2340:
2335:
2330:
2325:
2320:
2315:
2310:
2305:
2300:
2295:
2293:Northumberland
2290:
2285:
2280:
2275:
2273:Merionethshire
2270:
2265:
2260:
2255:
2250:
2245:
2240:
2235:
2230:
2225:
2220:
2215:
2210:
2205:
2200:
2195:
2190:
2185:
2183:Cambridgeshire
2180:
2175:
2173:Brecknockshire
2170:
2165:
2159:
2157:
2150:
2146:
2145:
2142:
2141:
2139:
2138:
2132:
2130:
2123:
2119:
2118:
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2035:
2030:
2025:
2020:
2014:
2012:
2008:
2007:
2005:
2004:
1999:
1994:
1989:
1984:
1982:Northumberland
1979:
1974:
1969:
1964:
1959:
1954:
1949:
1944:
1938:
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1866:
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1864:
1857:
1850:
1843:
1834:
1827:
1818:
1811:
1804:
1799:Roger Knight,
1797:
1788:
1779:
1768:
1761:
1754:
1743:
1736:
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1718:
1715:
1713:
1712:
1701:
1690:
1681:
1672:
1663:
1651:
1639:
1637:Edmonds, p. 5.
1630:
1621:
1612:
1603:
1594:
1585:
1576:
1567:
1534:
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1506:
1492:
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1358:
1349:
1340:
1331:
1322:
1313:
1304:
1295:
1275:
1266:
1257:
1252:Tyrone Militia
1242:
1233:
1224:
1215:
1206:
1197:
1175:
1141:
1129:
1113:
1087:
1057:
1039:
1030:
1021:
1011:
1009:
1006:
1005:
1004:
999:
994:
989:
984:
977:
974:
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939:
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919:
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893:
890:
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873:
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856:
848:
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835:
821:
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773:
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715:
702:
699:
690:
689:
686:
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673:
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663:
637:
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602:
599:
575:Main article:
572:
569:
568:
567:
564:
561:
550:United Kingdom
541:
538:
520:
517:
495:
492:
376:
373:
304:
301:
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246:
243:
209:
206:
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194:
193:
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188:
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178:Blackmore Hill
176:
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111:
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92:
88:
87:
77:
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69:United Kingdom
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6:
4:
3:
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2567:
2564:
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2472:
2469:
2467:
2464:
2462:
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2451:King's County
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2329:
2328:Staffordshire
2326:
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2308:Pembrokeshire
2306:
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2248:Hertfordshire
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2231:
2229:
2226:
2224:
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2219:
2216:
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2211:
2209:
2206:
2204:
2201:
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2188:Cardiganshire
2186:
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2171:
2169:
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2160:
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2147:
2137:
2136:Monmouthshire
2134:
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2107:
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2100:
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1937:
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1926:
1922:
1915:
1910:
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1892:
1885:
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1773:
1769:
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1759:
1755:
1752:
1748:
1745:Brig-Gen Sir
1744:
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1737:
1734:
1731:
1729:
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1541:
1539:
1532:
1531:, 6 May 1856.
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1510:
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1502:
1496:
1490:
1485:
1483:
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1100:
1098:
1096:
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1092:
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1080:
1078:
1076:
1074:
1072:
1070:
1068:
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1052:
1050:
1048:
1046:
1044:
1034:
1025:
1016:
1012:
1003:
1000:
998:
995:
993:
990:
988:
985:
983:
982:Irish Militia
980:
979:
973:
969:
966:
955:
951:
949:
945:
927:
923:
920:
917:
913:
910:
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906:
905:
894:
891:
888:
884:
880:
877:
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871:
868:
867:
866:
864:
855:
854:was created.
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845:
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839:
836:
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829:
828:
826:
812:
810:
806:
802:
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769:
767:
763:
758:
756:
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748:
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739:
734:
732:
728:
727:
724:9th Brigade,
714:
712:
708:
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695:
687:
685:
682:
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664:
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654:Irish Command
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621:
619:
614:
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608:
598:
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469:
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430:
426:
425:Tubberneering
422:
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398:
394:
390:
386:
382:
379:The expected
372:
370:
366:
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358:
353:
349:
345:
341:
337:
332:
329:
325:
320:
318:
314:
310:
295:
293:
292:Irish Militia
289:
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273:
269:
265:
260:
259:Irish Militia
256:
252:
242:
240:
236:
232:
228:
224:
223:Irish Militia
220:
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210:Military unit
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78:
74:
70:
56:
44:
40:
36:
32:
19:
16:
2460:
2405:Berwickshire
2208:Denbighshire
2163:Bedfordshire
1860:
1859:War Office,
1853:
1846:
1838:
1830:
1822:
1814:
1807:
1800:
1792:
1783:
1775:
1764:
1757:
1750:
1739:
1732:
1725:
1704:
1693:
1684:
1675:
1666:
1658:
1654:
1646:
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1633:
1624:
1615:
1606:
1597:
1588:
1579:
1570:
1562:
1528:
1523:
1514:
1509:
1500:
1495:
1448:
1440:
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