Limerick Regiment Enquiry

[Ipod1608]

Happy New Year everyone,

Hoping someone can help me out here with a regiment enquiry. I need help on identifying a regiment. The chap was based in Limerick circa 1910-1920. On his son's birth certificate (1915) it reads col sergeant 5th R.M.7. Any ideas? On his marriage in 1911 it says soldier at Strand Barracks. Can anyone shed any light on this?

Thanks

Marie

[SueNSW]

I'd hazard a guess that the regiment abbreviation on the 1915 b/cert is actually R.M.F - and refers to the 5th battalion of the Royal Munster Fusiliers

They were certainly based in Limerick at the outbreak of war in 1914 - http://[url]www.
1914-1918.net/rmf.htm[/url]

It might be possible to confirm more with his name - and with the English census it is often worth cross referencing officer's names with LG entries to confirm a regiment - can't remember off hand how the Irish census is laid out

[Peter Goodey]

See if you can find him in the WW1 Medal Roll Index Cards. Otherwise try the WW1 service records (WO363 and WO364).

I don't favour guessing but one possibility is the Royal Munster Fusiliers. The 5th battalion was the Royal Limerick County Militia.

[Ipod1608]

Thanks for that - yep looking now that 7 with a cross is now of course an F! Thanks so much for the help

[SueNSW]

See if you can find him in the WW1 Medal Roll Index Cards.

I don't favour guessing

The "guess" was an educated one (must have been - as you came up with the same answer Peter! )

Bear in mind though that if he only served in Ireland (Marie says he was based in Limerick circa 1910 - 1920) he was unlikely to have been eligible for WW1 medals - so an index card may not exist for him

[Peter Goodey]

When I wrote that I was thinking that Colour Sergeant was a Warrant Officer. It wasn't!

However the Territorial Force Medal should be included in the medal roll cards. In any case, I don't think they were all volunteers, especially senior NCOs