Royal Ulster Rifles Museum Waring Street Belfast
This museum is free!
It is found tucked away behind other buildings at the end of a narrow entry on Waring Street Belfast, almost opposite the Premier Inn Hotel. It is easy to miss or walk past and many people must surely do so because of it's poor location.
Nevertheless the museum is a hidden gem. It is stuffed full of Royal Ulster Rifles memorabilia, uniforms, weaponery of all sorts, medals, badges, pictures, paintings, stories of gallantry etc etc
Come down and see it for yourself, Well worth a visit.
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Royal Ulster Rifles Museum
Royal Ulster Rifles Museum was first established in Armagh in 1935. This premises was opened by the Queen Mother 1962. It records the history of the original Royal Irish Rifles since 1793. Artefacts on display include Billy the Bulldog, Tim Collins’ uniform from the Iraq War, uniforms, badges, medals, records, diaries and regimental memorabilia.
Royal Ulster Rifles - 1954
LS of crowds at side of road waiting to watch parade. Various shots of the crowds. LS of men of the Royal Ulster Rifles march towards camera. MS of the company mascot Kevin an Irish Wolfhound. MS of soldiers marching. Pan of grandstand of VIPs watching. Parade including Lord Mayor Sir Percival Brown and other dignitaries. Lord Mayor inspects guard of honour. Ceremony in front of Town Hall. LS of crowds watching. General Sir James Steele is presented with a silver casket containing certificate of freedom. MS of register of freedom being signed by Steele. Various shots of the ceremony, crowds watching, the Lord Mayor, veterans carrying flags and the Royal Ulster Rifles marching through the city.
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Presentation to Royal Ulster Rifles
The Mayor of a French village presents new Colours to a British regiment as a token of thanks.
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Korean memorial restoration
Standing in the grounds of Belfast City Hall sits the memorial to the veterans and casualties of the Korean War, and like all things time has taken its toll.
Originally erected in Happy Valley on the site of the 1951 Battle of Happy Valley, the memorial remembers the 157 men who died during the battle as well the soldiers killed elsewhere during the campaign including the Battle of Imjin.
It was brought to Northern Ireland on board HMS Belfast in 1962 and erected in in St Patrick’s Barracks Ballymena until, with the closure of the barracks; it was moved to its Donegal Square East site in 2010.
The memorial has just received a new ‘lick-of-paint’ after the trustees of the Royal Ulster Rifles museum decided a bit of a face-lift was in order.
For more information visit:
Royal Ulster Rifles Regimental Museum
5 Waring Street
BELFAST
BT1 2EW
Tel: +44 (0) 28 9023 2086
H.M.S. Belfast
Heuten gibt es mal ein etwas anders Video, nämlich ein Vidoe von der Besichtigung des leichten Kreuzer H.M.S. Belfast, einem Schiff der Royal Navy. Hier sind noch die wichtigsten Informationen über das Schiff:
Die HMS Belfast ist ein britisches Kriegsschiff, das heute als Bestandteil des Imperial War Museums auf der Themse in London verankert ist. Die Belfast gehört zur Town-Klasse, hatte die taktische Kennung C35 und war der größte Leichte Kreuzer der Royal Navy im Zweiten Weltkrieg. Das Schiff wurde im Dezember 1936 auf der Werft Harland & Wolff in Belfast auf Kiel gelegt, am 17. März 1938 vom Stapel gelassen und im August 1939 von der Royal Navy in Dienst gestellt. Es hat eine Länge von 187 m, eine Verdrängung von 11.553 tn.l. und hatte eine Besatzung von 750 bis 850 Mann. Von den insgesamt neun Decks befinden sich sechs innerhalb des Schiffskörpers und drei in den Aufbauten. Es ist mit zwölf Kanonen in vier Drillingstürmen vom Kaliber 15,2 cm (6 Zoll). Schon kurz nach Beginn des Krieges, im November 1939, lief die Belfast auf eine deutsche Magnetmine. Die Reparaturen und Umbauten dauerten drei Jahre. Sie wurde danach unter anderem zur Begleitung der Nordmeergeleitzüge JW 53, JW 55B, JW 56A, JW 58 und RA 53 eingesetzt und spielte eine wichtige Rolle bei der Versenkung des deutschen Schlachtschiffs Scharnhorst. Bei der Landung in der Normandie im Juni 1944 (Operation Overlord) beschoss die Belfast den Küstenabschnitt, an welchem das 2. Bataillon der Royal Ulster Rifles landete.
Im Koreakrieg beschoss sie 1951 im Verband mit anderen UNO-Einheiten nordkoreanische Stellungen und unterstützte damit wieder Einheiten der Royal Ulster Rifles. Sie verschoss in kurzer Zeit mehr Granaten als im gesamten Zweiten Weltkrieg -- sämtliche Geschützrohre waren ausgeschossen und mussten ersetzt werden.
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Forgotten Battle of 'The Forgotten War' 23.07.13
The Battle of Happy Valley is known as the forgotten battle of the forgotten war.
It saw the Royal Ulster Rifles defending the city of Seoul on the night of the 3rd January 1951 from Chinese attack. It allowed thousands of residents to flee the city before it fell to the Chinese the next day.
One hundred and fifty seven members of the Ulsters were killed that night. In the second of our special reports in the build up to the 60th anniversary on Saturday, we report on a group of veterans who went back to Korea to revisit the battlefield.
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Hitler honoured British troops and nurses for saving German sailors - Daily News
Hitler honoured British troops and nurses for saving German sailors - Daily News
How,Hitler,honoured,British,troops,nurses,saving,lives,German,sailors The British military hospital personnel who saved 50 foreign servicemen in Gibraltar were honoured by the dictator they would be warring with in a matter of months.
Adolf Hitler awarded German Red Crosses emblazoned with the Nazi swastika to those who treated 55 of his wounded sailors injured in the Spanish Civil War.
The Deutschland ship was hit by two bombs off Ibiza when it was targeted by republicans in 1937 as they resisted Spanish dictator General Franco.
The UK Army personnel saved all but five, inspiring high praise from the Fuhrer himself.
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Four of the medals given by the fascist leader are still held in British museums, two at Ash Vale's Museum of Military Medicine in Surrey.
One is at Belfast's Royal Ulster Rifles Museum and another is at Lincolnshire's Spalding Gentlemen's Society. Others have been auctioned off.
They hark back to an era in which the British establishment was keen to appease Hitler.
The monarch's permission is required for service personnel to receive foreign medals and the King allowed them to be accepted and worn in the interests of political expediency.
Colony governor General Charles 'Tim' Harrington told German Admiral Rolf Carls at the time: 'I shall always treasure the fact that the last honour I can receive comes from the nation for which I have the most profound respect.
'I hope that you will express to Der Führer my deepest thanks for this great honour,' he added.
The Germans awarded Red Cross medals to 37 Brits, 20 of whom were awarded the Ladies Cross.
Pat Robins, now 87, was a schoolgirl at the time. The daughter of the Royal Army Medical Corps' Major Charles Anderson, she told The Times: 'It was a posh day.'
She recalls the 'ferociously capable matron' Margaret Russell 'Madge' Casswell from Gosberton, Lincolnshire.
Winston Churchill himself signed the documents that acknowledged Madge's gallantry when he was a government minister. She was mentioned three times dispatches during the Great War.
Hitler ordered that she be awarded the German Red Cross, making her one of the few people commended by the Nazi leader as well as his greatest wartime adversary.
Twenty-three people died instantly and 100 were wounded in the air bombing. Two years later it sank the Stonegate, a British merchant vessel, in the north Atlantic.
36th Ulster Division
COMMANDERS:
Maj-Gen. C. Powell (23/9/1914)
Maj-Gen. O. Nugent (14/9/1915)
Maj-Gen. C.Coffin VC (6/5/1918)
DIVISIONS:
107th Infantry Brigade
8th Bn Royal Irish Rifles (East Belfast Volunteers)
9th Bn Royal Irish Rifles (West Belfast Volunteers)
10th Bn Royal Irish Rifles (South Belfast Volunteers)
15th Bn Royal Irish Rifles (North Belfast Volunteers)
108th Infantry Brigade
11th Bn Royal Irish Rifles (South Antrim Volunteers)
12th Bn Royal Irish Rifles (Central Antrim Volunteers)
13th Bn Royal Irish Rifles (1st County Down Volunteers)
9th Bn Royal Irish Fusiliers (Armagh, Monaghan and Cavan Volunteers)
109th Infantry Brigade
9th Bn Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers (Tyrone Volunteers)
10th Bn Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers (Derry Volunteers)
11th Bn Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers (Donegal & Fermanagh Volunteers)
14th Bn Royal Irish Rifles (Young Citizen Volunteers)
Pioneer Battalion
16th Bn Royal Irish Rifles (2nd County Down Volunteers)
Artillery
153rd Brigade Royal Field Artillery
154th Brigade Royal Field Artillery
172nd Brigade Royal Field Artillery
173rd Brigade Royal Field Artillery
Divisional Ammunition Column, Royal Field Artillery
Royal Engineers
121st Field Company
122nd Field Company
150th Field Company
Service Squadron Royal Inniskilling Dragoons
36th Divisional Signal Company: Royal Engineers
Divisional Cyclist Company
Royal Army Medical Corps
108th Field Ambulance
109th Field Ambulance
110th Field Ambulance
76th Sanitary Section, R.A.M.C
Divisional Train, R.A.S.C
48th Mobile Veterinary Section
WHAT NEXT FOR KOREA'amp;reg;
First pictures of the re-occupation of Seoul by South Koreans show Marines of the Republic engaged in street actions following the brilliant work of the American advance guards. Resistance had been strong and every street has been defended by the enemy. At Liverpool, the Royal Ulster Rifles have embarked for Korea and in spite of the swift victory there would surely be work for the famous regiment, as Mr Strachey pointed out. The Gloucesters, too, have left for Korea from Southampton aboard the Empire Windrush. There was a lucky break for one of them, reservist Bandsman Wagstaff, who was released from the draft, just before the ship sailed.
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VALOUR
LONGSHADOW FILMS in association with OPEN EYE TELEVISION presents VALOUR
...in March 1915 elements of the Royal Irish Rifles took part in the allied assault on heavily defended German positions outside the French town of Neuve Chappelle....
....what followed was a slaughter
VALOUR
DAVE DUFFY
MORGAN C.JONES
JONATHAN RYAN
NORMAN KEATING
BRENDAN RING
JOHN VAUGHAN
JAMES DUTTON
ROBERT MURPHY
CIARAN CREEDON
written and directed by JOHN VAUGHAN
LONGSHADOW FILMS (c)2004
How did my Uncle DIE? Looking into the circumstances of how Paul's uncle was killed during WWII
In this week, Paul embarks on a personal journey to discover how his uncle died in World War Two. It takes him to Belfast where the story only just begins.
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The Royal Ulster Rifles Museum
British Troops In Londonderry (1972)
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Londonderry / Derry - Northern Ireland.
Various shots of British soldiers patrolling along a street in Londonderry. The troops carry rifles and riot shields. A few locals are standing watching them walk past. LS of man walking down round talking to people - Possibly politician John Hume. VS Graffiti painted on wall including 'Dad's Army' and 'Go Home' and 'Join The IRA'. Various other Republican / Nationalist slogans painted on different walls. - 'Ireland For the Irish'. VS of run down housing areas Pan to show British soldiers on patrol along street. VS of man with donkey pulled cart collecting kitchen waste from houses. More anti-English and anti-RUC graffiti. High angle shot of housing area - people chatting in streets. More rooftop views of parts of Londonderry. Signs of new flats being built. Travelling shots along road showing abandoned / derelict houses and burnt out cars. Piles of rubbish - possibly a barricade. Boys pretend pieces of wood are guns. More troops on patrol - possibly Royal Marines. Ls of children in streets. CU sign calling for a Rent Strike. Children play in the street. CU Poster - 'Strike Now against Internment'. More shots of troops.
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Armagh Fighting Men of the Royal Irish Fusiliers
I'm in the Mall area of Armagh to visit the Museum of the Royal Irish Fusiliers. I am particularly interested in looking at some of the local Armagh men who served and the theatres of war they fought in. The Royal Irish Fusiliers Museum is bursting with a variety of weaponery, uniforms, medals, paintings, photographs, memorabilia and items of local historical interest. Come and see it for yourself. It is all free. Check visiting times because it is run by volunteers.
The Royal Irish Fusiliers (Princess Victoria's) was an Irish line infantry regiment of the British Army, formed by the amalgamation of the 87th (Prince of Wales's Irish) Regiment of Foot and the 89th (The Princess Victoria's) Regiment of Foot in 1881. The regiment's first title in 1881 was Princess Victoria's (Royal Irish Fusiliers), changed in 1920 to the Royal Irish Fusiliers (Princess Victoria's). Between the time of its formation and Irish independence, it was one of eight Irish regiments.
In 1968 the Royal Irish Fusiliers (Princess Victoria's) was amalgamated with the other regiments of the North Irish Brigade, the Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers and the Royal Ulster Rifles to become the Royal Irish Rangers.
The Date; July 1st 1916. The battlefield; Somme. The outcome; Tragedy! July the 1st cost the British Army approximately 57,000 casualties, more than any other day in their entire history. This infamous day in The Great War, was the first day of a battle that would rage on through to November. The Royal Irish Fusiliers 1st, 7th, 8th and 9th Battalions were part of this long campaign, fighting with the 10th Irish and 36th Ulster Divisions. Friends were lost, memories were ingrained but often rarely talked about and families throughout Ireland paid the price of war!
'I must confess I do love to be on duty on any kind of service with the Irish. There is a promptness to obey, a hilarity, a cheerful obedience, and willingness to act, which I have rarely met with in any other body of men ... and as for fighting they were [the] very devils.'
Memoirs of John Shipp
Lieutenant, 87th Regiment, 1815-25
Royal Visit To Ulster - Special - No Sound - 1945
Their Majesties were accompanied by Princess Elizabeth on their visit to Ulster. The Royal party went first to Stormont and then onto the Botanic Gardens, large crowds greeted them in both places. They travelled along the River Foyle aboard the patrol yacht Henisesta and alighted at Londonderry where another large crowd greeted them in Guildhall Square.
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William Frederick Billy McFadzean VC Belfast
I'm down at Belfast City Hall July 2016, to film a major travelling photographic exhibition dealing with many of the WW1 battle sites in France.
This is the WW1 Fields of Battle, Lands of Peace, exhibition.
Photo-jounalist Michael St Maur Sheil has pursued a long term labour of love, to document how time and nature has changed and softened, battle ravaged landscapes, the Somme in particular, ravaged by war.
Here Michael St Maur Sheil pays tribute to WW1 war hero Billy McFadzean VC .
William Frederick Billy McFadzean VC (9 October 1895 – 1 July 1916) was born in Lurgan, County Armagh. From Ulster, he was a recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.
McFadzean was a 20-year-old rifleman in the 14th Battalion, The Royal Irish Rifles, British Army during the First World War. On 1 July 1916, during the Battle of the Somme near Thiepval Wood, France, a box of hand grenades slipped into a crowded trench. Two of the safety pins in the grenades were dislodged. McFadzean threw himself on top of the grenades, which exploded, killing him but injuring only one other.
His citation read:
No. 14/18278 Pte. William Frederick McFadzean, late R. Ir. Rif.
For most conspicuous bravery. While in a concentration trench and opening a box of bombs for distribution prior to an attack, the box slipped down into the trench, which was crowded with men, and two of the safety pins fell out. Private McFadzean, instantly realising the danger to his comrades, with heroic courage threw himself on the top of the Bombs. The bombs exploded blowing him to pieces, but only one other man was injured. He well knew his danger, being himself a bomber, but without a moment's hesitation he gave his life for his comrades.
McFadzean's father was presented with his son's VC by King George V in Buckingham Palace, London on 28 February 1917.
His Victoria Cross is displayed at The Royal Ulster Rifles Museum, Belfast, Northern Ireland.
McFadzean played rugby for Collegians RFC. He was also a member of the East Belfast Regiment of the Ulster Volunteers and the Young Citizens Volunteers
Combined Irish Regiments parade 2010
Photographys of the veterans taken in Whitehall last June for the Irish regiments.