April 5, 2024
WW1 BRITISH CONNAUGHT RANGERS SHOULDER TITLE ORIGINAL!
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THIS AND THE RANGERS CAP BADGE BELONGED TO A LOCAL VET WHOSE FATHERS THEY WERE. T IS A SLIGHT BEND TO THE TITLEBETWEEN THE 2 NsBUT DOES NOT DETRACT AT ALL. A RARE PIECE. OVERSEAS SHIPPING $8.00 THE FOLLOWING IS A BRIEF HISTORY OF THE RANGERS IN WW1 In August the 1st Battalion, stationed in Ferozepore , India was part of the Ferozepore Brigade , 3rd (Lahore) Division of the Indian Army . It arrived in Marseilles , France on the 26 September .The 2nd Battalion meanwhile was part of the 5th Brigade , 2nd Division that was part of the British Expeditionary Force (BEF). It arrived in Boulogne , France in the month that war was declared, and its marching song It's A Long Way To Tipperary made the song famous.The 3rd (Reserve) Battalion was based in Galway , Ireland upon the declaration of war and would remain in Ireland until November 1917 when it moved to England. The 4th (Extra Reserve) Battalion had been based in Boyle , Ireland in August and would remain t until November 1917 when it relocated to Scotland . In May 1918 the 4th Battalion was absorbed into the 3rd Battalion. The battalion ended its war at Dover .The 5th (Service) Battalion was a battalion of Kitchener's Army , a term coined after the Secretary of State for War Lord Kitchener. He had called for the expansion of the Army due to Kitchener's belief that the war would not
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