Irish Regiments in the Great War: Discipline and Morale

252 Pages·2003·1.003 MB·English

by  Timothy Bowman

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The Irish regiments
in the Great War
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The Irish regiments
in the Great War
Discipline and morale
TIMOTHY BOWMAN
Manchester University Press
Manchester and New York
distributed exclusively in the USA by Palgrave
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Copyright © Timothy Bowman 2003
The right of Timothy Bowman to be identified as the author of this work
has been asserted by him in accordance with the Copyright, Designs and
Patents Act 1988.
Published byManchester University Press
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Distributed exclusively in the USA by
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British Library Cataloguing-in-Publication Data
A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data applied for
ISBN 0 7190 6284 5 hardback
First published 2003
11 10 09 08 07 06 05 04 03 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1
Typeset in Palatino
by Action Publishing Technology Ltd, Gloucester
Printed in Great Britain
by Bookcraft (Bath) Ltd, Midsomer Norton
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For my parents
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Contents
List of tables and figures viii
Acknowledgements xi
List of abbreviations xiii
Introduction page 1
1 Measuring discipline and morale 10
2 Regular regiments at war 39
3 Raising the Service battalions 61
4 Adjusting and adapting 100
5 Amalgamations, reductions and conscription 140
6 The final phase 166
7 Irish units on Home Service 189
Conclusion 202
Select bibliography 210
Index 225
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Tables and figures
Tables
2.1 Offences for which men serving in a sample of
units were tried by courts martial, from the units’
arrival in France to 30 September 1915 page42
2.2 Offences for which men serving in Irish units
stationed in the United Kingdom were tried by
courts martial, 1 August 1913 to 31 July 1914 47
3.1 Offences for which men serving in sample Service
battalions were tried, while training in the United
Kingdom 87
3.2 Sentences passed by courts martial, relating to
sample Service battalions while training in the
United Kingdom 88
4.1 The number of men tried by courts martial, while
serving in the 36th (Ulster) Division, 1 October 1915
to 30 September 1916 113
4.2 The number of men tried by courts martial, while
serving in the 16th (Irish) Division, 1 December 1915
to 30 September 1916 120
5.1 Offences for which men serving in sample Irish
battalions were tried by courts martial, 1 October 1916
to 28 February 1918 157
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Tables and figures ix
5.2 Sentences imposed on men serving in sample Irish
units tried by courts martial, October 1916 to
28 February 1918 158
6.1 The number of men tried by courts martial, while
serving in Irish units on the Western Front,
1 March to 11 November 1918 179
Figure
7.1 The courts martial records of selected Irish reserve
battalions, 4 August 1914 to 11 November 1918 195