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Orrs
who gave their lives in World War I and their
Regiments
Irish Regiments.
They served with the
Royal Irish Rifles, the Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers ,
the Royal Ulster Rifles, and The Irish Guards. It is
noteworthy that a number of those killed were amongst
the first to join up as gauged by their low serial
number - such as
Rifleman John Orr, Ser.
No 358 11th Bn Royal Irish Rifles
Sergeant William Orr, Ser
No. 432 10 Bn Royal Irish Rifles
Rifleman Nicholas Orr,
Ser. No. 741, 15th Bn Royal Irish Rifles
Rifleman John Orr, Ser.
No. 774, 12 Bn Royal Irish Rifles.
Sergeant James Orr, Ser.
No 3777, 1st Bn Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers
Rifleman William James
Orr, Ser. No 4735, 2nd Bn Royal Irish Rifles.
Rifleman R. Orr, Ser. No
5380, 6th Bn Royal Irish Rifles.
Rifleman Hamilton Orr,
Ser. No 6795, 1st Bn Royal Irish Rifles.
[ see Claims to Fame ]
Rifleman F Orr, Serial
No. 8298 1st Bn Royal Irish Rifles.
The number killed in
action, by Regiment, were :
Royal Irish Rifles.
1 Bn 2nd Bn 3rd Bn 6th Bn
10th Bn 11th Bn 12 Bn 13th Bn 15th Bn
4
2
1
1
1 2
1
2
1
Royal Inniskilling
Fusiliers
1st Bn 9th Bn 10th Bn
11th Bn 70th Bn
2
5
2
2
1
Royal Ulster Rifles
Irish Guards
1st Bn 2nd Bn
2nd Bn.
1
3
1
The principal Scottish
regiments in which Orrs served were:
Royal Scottish Fusiliers
21
Highland Light Infantry
17
Argyll & Sutherland
Highlanders 13
Seaforth Highlanders 12
Black Watch 11
Gordon Highlanders 7
Scots Guards 6
Cameronians 5
Queens Own Cameron
Highlanders 5
Kings Own Scottish
Borderers 3
The (nominal) English
regiments in which they served were:
Royal Artillery 21
Royal Engineers 8
Dragoons / Royal Armoured
Corp 5
Kings Regiment (Liverpool
) 5
Northumberland Fusiliers
5
Royal Army Service Corps
5
Pioneer Corps 3
Kings Own Royal Lancaster
Regiment 3
Royal Fusiliers 3
East Lancashire Regiment
2
Durham Light Infantry 2
Royal Army Medical Corps
2
Cheshire Regiment 2
Royal Marine Light
Infantry 2
Machine Gun Corps 2
Hampshire Regiment 2
The Fliers were:
RAF / RAFVR 25
Royal Flying Corps 1
Army Air Corps 1
Royal Australian Air
Force 4
Royal Canadian Air Force
8
Royal New Zealand Air
Force 2
The Sailors were :
Merchant Navy 6
RN / RNVR 21
Royal Australian Navy 1
Other Commonwealth
Forces in which they served were:
Australian Infantry 23
Australian Artillery 3
Australian Pioneers 1
Australian Army Medical
Corps 1
Australian Army Service
Corps 1
Canadian Infantry 23
Canadian Artillery 4
Canadian Army Medical
Corps 2
Canadian Pioneers 1
Canadian Engineers 1
Black Watch of Canada 1
Cameron Highlanders of
Canada 2
South African Infantry 2
South African Engineers 1
Pretoria Regiment 1
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