ROYAL INNISKILLING FUSILIERS IN THE WORLD WAR

An account of the Inniskilling battalions that served on the Western Front, at Gallipoli, in Salonika and Palestine. Roll of Honour and list of Honours and Awards. This book is subtitled A Record of the War as seen by The Royal Inniskilling Regiment of Fusiliers, thirteen battalions of which served, of these ten saw active service abroad. Total deaths numbered just over 5,500, seven VCs were awarded and 46 Battle Honours. An eighth VC was awarded to Lt Col John Sherwood-Kelly of the Norfolks who was commanding the 1st Battalion R Innis F when he won the award. At the end of the book there is a most useful summarised, chronological record of each battalion showing theatre of operations in which they served and battles in which they were involved together with a list of their COs. Two appendices provide the Roll of Honour with the officers grouped together in alphabetical order and the other ranks alphabetically by battalions, and the list of Honours and Awards. These are headed by the VCs with citations and the others are grouped according to the award - in all cases the names are in alphabetical order. Battalions of the regiment served on the Western Front, in Gallipoli, Salonika and Palestine; two of them were with the 10th (Irish) Division, two with the 16th (Irish ) Division - the North and the South. The book is arranged in three parts: the first provides the background to the war and the that of the Inniskillings and the type of man who served in the regiment; the second part, which takes up most of the book, is about the war on the Western Front and the part played by the battalions; the third section deals with the Eastern theatres - Gallipoli, Salonika and Palestine. It is a well-written and descriptive account by one who has a number of books to his credit, including “GHQ Montreuil sur Mer” written under the pseudonym “GSO”. Reprint of the 1928 original edition.