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Transcribing the War Diaries
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The War Diaries for all North Irish Horse units are held in the National Archives at Kew, London. They have been transcribed from images of the originals kindly provided by Hugh Vaugh. The transcriptions are, to the extent possible, word-for-word, with the following exceptions. For ease of reading and clarity I have standardised capitalisation and
some punctuation, corrected obvious spelling errors, spelled-out most acronyms and replaced abbreviations with full text. In all cases where the meaning is not clear or may be subject to alternative interpretations, I have retained the original. No doubt there are some errors – these are mine alone.
The Diary transcripts include footnotes showing all men serving in those units known to have died. Where a soldier's age is shown, it is his age at death.
Phillip Tardif
Canberra, Australia
Grandson of Francis Joseph MacMahon, 1308 North Irish Horse, 41567 Royal Irish Fusiliers
Major Sources
Becke, Major A.F. Order of Battle, in History of the Great War, London, HMSO, 1945.
Chester, Gerry. North Irish Horse website.
Commonwealth War Graves Commission. Debt of Honour Register.
Doherty, Richard. The North Irish Horse: A Hundred Years of Service, Staplehurst, Spelmount, 2002.
Falls, Cyril. The History of the 36th (Ulster) Division, McCaw, Stevenson & Orr Ltd, London, 1922 (reprinted by The Naval and Military Press)
Hutchinson, Lieutenant-Colonel Graham Seton. The Thirty-Third Division in France and Flanders 1915-1919, The Naval and Military Press.
James, Brigadier E.A. British Regiments 1914-1918, Samson Books.
London Gazette
MacMahon, Francis Joseph. Recollections of his experiences with the North Irish Horse, (unpublished notes).
National Archives (UK). WWI Campaign Medals.
Naval and Military Press. Soldiers Died in the Great War 1914-19, CD ROM.
Official War Diaries WWI, Ref. WO 95/86, 95/761, 95/816, 95/874, 95/1399, 95/2413, 95/2445, 95/2854, 95/2914, 95/2496, 95/2505, The National Archives (UK).
War Office, Soldiers Died in the Great War 1914-19: Part 1 Household Cavalry and Cavalry of the Line (including Yeomanry and Imperial Camel Corps), HMSO, London, 1921 (reprinted by J.B Hayward & Son 1988).
War Office, Soldiers Died in the Great Wat 1914-19: Part 68 Princess Victoria’s (Royal Irish Fusiliers), HMSO, London, 1921 (reprinted by Picton Publishing (Chippenham) Ltd 1988
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