Below are some interesting sites connected with the
5th Royal Irish Lancers, Irish Regiments in the service
of the British Army and World War One links in general.
The History
of the 5th Royal Irish Lancers
Part of the Queens Royal
Lancers website which deal with the 5th Royal Irish.
Also Includes all the lancer regiments.
5th Royal Irish Lancers Regimental Summary
A rather limited summary
of the history of the 5th Royal Irish Lancers
16th/5th
Lancers
Summary of the history of
the 16th/5th Lancers, the amalgamation of the 16th Queens
Royal Lancers and the 5th Royal Irish Lancers.
The
Queens Royal Lancers
The history of all the lancer regiments which were amalgamated
in 1993 to form the Queens Royal Lancers.
The
Queens Royal Lancers Factfile
Part of a BBC article dealing with the Queens Royal
Lancers Regiment during the recent Gulf War.
The Lancers
Museum, Grantham
The museum of the lancer
regiments which includes the 5th Royal Irish Lancers.
Irish Regimental Links
Complete
List of Irish Regiments
Complete list of
Irish Regiments including the many Irish and South African
Irish regiments.
Ballymena
Memorial Site
A Site constructed by Desmond
Blackadder, dedicated to the War Dead of Ballymena,
Northern Ireland.
The
Royal Dublin Fusiliers Asscoiation
Excellent site dealing with
all Irish regiments who served during the Great War
South Belfast Freinds of the Somme Association
The Primary objective for this site is to allow the
visitor to gain some understanding into the role of
the 36th (Ulster) Division in the Great War of 1914-1918
and in particular to expose the awful reality of that
tragic and bloody summer of 1916 on the fields of the
Somme and the devastating impact it had on a tight-knit
community that has since become a core theme in the
Ulster Protestant tradition and mythology.
Irish
Soldiers of the British Army
An interesting article dealing
with the Irish Regiments and Soldiers who fought with
the British Army.
The
Combined Irish Regiments Association
A site whose objective is to perpetuate and honour the
memory of all who made the supreme sacrifice whilst
serving in an Irish Regiment of the British Army, including
those Regiments disbanded in 1922.
The
Dungarvin Museum
A site dealing with, The Royal Irish Regiment, The Connaught
Rangers, The Royal Dublin Fusiliers, The Royal Munster
Fusiliers and The Leinster Regiment.
Royal
Munster Fusiliers Webpage
An interesting site dealing with the above regiments.
The
Irish in Uniform
A site dealing with the Irish fighting man in all theatres
of war.
Military
Heritage Tours
A site dealing with tours to the battlefields where
Irish soldiers fought during the two World Wars. The
site is run by two former Irish Defence Force officers
- Captain Donal Buckley (Retd) and Capt Tony Martin
RDF (Retd).
Other
Useful Links
List
of Irish Regiments
List
of regiments whose Victoria Crosses are on Public display
The Long, Long Trail
1914 - 1918.net
A truly remarkable site dealing
with the Great War. Also has an excelent discussion
forum.
Battlefields
of the Great War
This is a web site dedicated
to the history and battlefields of the Great War 1914-1918.
It aims to provide you with information about the war
itself and on how to visit the battlefields in France
and Flanders - and what to see.
Commonwealth
War Graves Commission
An invaluable site for those
researching relatives who fell during World War One
and World War Two.
