Royal Dublin Fusiliers

Royal Dublin Fusiliers during World War 1

Formed: 1881 Disbanded: 1922 The Royal Dublin Fusiliers was an infantry regiment of the British Army. It was raised in 1881, as part of the Childers Reforms, when the Royal Madras Fusiliers and the Bombay Fusiliers amalgamated. The regiment represented the counties of Dublin, Kildare, Wicklow and Carlow. Their depot was based at Naas. The Royal Dublin Fusiliers served in the Boer War and the First World War. In the latter conflict, they saw service on the Western Front, but also in Gallipoli and the Middle East. Three members of the regiment were awarded the Victoria Cross. In 1922, the Royal Dublin Fusiliers were disbanded under the terms of the Anglo-Irish treaty.