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Connaught Ranger
Had, short history, they started life in the 1750's were the 88th Regiment of Foot in the British Army, recruited predominantly from the Western part of Ireland, won many battle honors, during WW1 they were up to 5 Battalions, however immediate post WW1 some of the Connaught Rangers mutinied while on service in India at the perceived wrongs being inflicted on their kin folk back in Ireland by the Black & Tans, (the mutiny was mostly a sit down strike, except for a small misguided bunch who attempted to storm the Armory guarded by their officers, one shot and killed in the attempt, one an innocent bystander killed by a stray round over 30+ arrested the ringleader was Court-Martialed and sentenced to death by firing squad the others sentenced to hard Labour, in the Peace-treaty drawn up between the Irish Republicans and the British was an agreement to disband all British Regiments with Southern Irish connections, so the Connaught Rangers, The Dublin Fusileers, The Munster Fusileers, The Leinster Fusileers, The South Irish Horse laid up their colours and faded away into the annals of history.
Connaught Ranger.