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The '''Royal Munster Fusiliers''' consisted of two regular service and two reserve [[battalion]]s prior to [[World War I]]. Subsequently it had a total of 11 raised battalions. The [[regiment]] won 51 honours in battle and three [[Victoria Cross]]es. It suffered a total of 3,070 lost casualties.

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In common with other Irish regiments of the [[British Army]], the remaining Battalions of the Royal Munster Fusiliers were disbanded in 1922 with the founding of the [[Irish Free State]]. Many of its ex-servicemen and officers helped in establishing the newly formed [[Irish Army|Free State Force]].

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====''1st Battalion''====

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At the outbreak of war the Battalion was in [[Rangoon]], [[Burma]], arriving back at [[Avonmouth]], [[United Kingdom|U.K.]] in January [[1915]]. In March it sailed for the [[Dardanelles]], [[Turkey]]. It the April [[Battle of Gallipoli]], at the failed "V" beach [[landing at Cape Helles]] it suffered severe casualties, necessitating its [[amalgamate|amalgamating]] with the [[Royal Dublin Fusiliers]] 1st Battalion, which suffered equally badly. The decimated Ballalion was withdrawn from [[Gallipoli]] in January [[1916]], arriving in [[France]] in March where it was assigned in May to the [[16th (Irish) Division]], absorbing members from the disbanded 9th Battalion, and in November the surplus of the 8th Battalion. It ended the war at [[Lille]], France.

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====''2nd Battalion''====

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It was based at [[Aldershot]], [[England]], and formed part of thr [[British Expeditionary Force]] arriving in France in September [[1914]] and helped to stop the German advance at the [[First Battle of the Marne]]. In May 1916 it absorbed the rest of the disbanded 9th Battalion, but its subsequent losses resulted in it being transfered to the 1st battalion in April 1918.

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====''3rd (Reserve) Battalion''====

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Mobilised at [[Tralee]], [[Ireland]], it was deployed to [[Berehaven]] and [[Bantry Bay]], then moved to [[Cork]]. In May 1915]] relocated to [[Cork Harbour]], in October [[1917]] to [[Ballincollig]]. Then was moved to [[Devonport]] [[England]] in November [[1917]]. In May [[1918]] it absorbed the remaining 4th and 5th Battalions, remaining at [[Plymouth]], [[England]], until the [[Armistice]].

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====''4th (Extra Reserve) Battalion''====

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This Battalion was mobilised in [[Kinsale]], [[County Kerry]], [[Ireland]]. There followed several moves to [[Cobh|Queenstown]], [[Cork Harbour]], [[South Shields]] England, from September [[1915]] back to Ireland at[[Fermoy]], followed by the [[Curragh]] in April [[1917]]. It was at [[Castlebar]] [[County Mayo]] in August. Crossed to [[Scotland]] in November. It was absorbed by the 3rd Battalion in May [[1918]] at [[Plymouth]], England,

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====''5th (Extra Reserve) Battalion''====

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Was mobilised at [[Limerick]], [[Ireland]] in August 1914 and deployed to [[Cobh|Queenstown]] followed by [[Berehaven]] then to [[Cork Harbour]] in March 1915, to [[North Shields]] in May, to the [[Curragh]] in September, on to [[Galway]] in August 1917. Moved to [[Scotland]] in November 1917, in May 1918 absorbed into the 3rd Battalion at [[Plymouth]], England.

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====''6th (Service) Battalion''====

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Formed at Tralee, Ireland in August 1914 as part of [[Horatio Kitchener|Kitchener's]] [[Kitchener's Army|First New Army]], was moved to the [[Curragh]] as the 30th [[Brigade]] of the [[10th (Irish) Division]]. In May 1915 transfered to [[Basingstoke]] [[England]], sailing in July for the [[Dardanelles]], [[Turkey]] and landing in August. After heavy losses was withdrawn to battle at [[Battle of Salonika|Salonika]] in October. In November 1916 it absorbed the remainder of the 7th Battalion, moving to [[Egypt]] in September 1917. In April 1918 left for France and in June was absorbed by the 2nd Battalion.

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====''7th (Servive) Battalion''====

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Was also formed at Tralee as part of [[Kitchener's Army|Kitchener's First New Army]], 30th Brigade of the [[10th (Irish) Division]] at the [[Curragh]]. In May 1915 it moved to [[Basingstoke]] [[England]], sailing in July for the [[Dardanelles]] [[Turkey]] campaign, landing in August. After severe losses withdrawn to [[Salonika]] in October. In November 1916 the remainder of the Battalion was transfered to the 6th Battalion.

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====''8th (Service) Battalion''====

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This Battalion was formed at [[Fermoy]] in October 1914 as part of [[British Second Army|Kitchener's Second New Army]] and was reserved for recruits from the [[Irish National Volunteers]], as the 47th Brigade in the [[16th (Irish) Division]]. It moved to [[Mitchelstown]] in November 1914, then to [[Templemore]] in February 1915. In August crossed over to [[Aldershot]], [[England]]. It landed in [[France]] in December, going straight to the front, engaged on the [[Loos]] [[salient]]. In May 1916 its ranks were replemished by men from the disbanded 9th Battalion, before itself being disbanded and drafted into the 1st Battalion.

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====''9th (Service) Battalion''====

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The Battallion was raised mostly in [[County Cork]] and its

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'''Constituencies'''

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