Foot 2nd Battalion (Regular), disbanded 1922, former 103rd (Royal Bombay Fusiliers) Regiment of Foot 3rd (Kildare Rifles Militia) Battalion (Special Reserve), disbanded 1922 4th (Queen's Own Royal Dublin City Militia) Battalion (Extra Reserve), disbanded 1922 5th (Dublin County Light Infantry Militia) Battalion (Extra Reserve), disbanded 1922 First World War 6th (Service) Battalion, raised 1914, cadre 1918, disbanded 1919 7th (Service) Battalion, raised 1914, absorbed 1918 into 2nd Btn 8th (Service) Battalion, raised 1914, amalgamated 1918 and disbanded 9th (Service) Battalion, raised 1914, amalgamated 1918 10th (Service) Battalion, raised 1915, disbanded 1918 11th (Reserve) Battalion, raised 1916, disbanded 1918 Victoria Cross recipients Sergeant Horace Augustus Curtis (2nd Battalion)- First World War, 13 October 1918 Sergeant Robert Downie (2nd Battalion) - First World War, 23 October 1916 Sergeant James Ockendon (1st Battalion) - First World War, 4 October 1917 Battle honours The regiment's battle honours were as follows: From 102nd Regiment of Foot: Arcot, Plassey, Condore1, Wandiwash, Pondicherry, Nundy Droog, Amboyna, Ternate, Banda, Maheidpoor, Ava, Pegu, Lucknow From 103rd Regiment of Foot: Plassey, Buxar, Guzerat, Carnatic, Mysore, Seringapatam, Kirkee, Beni Boo Ali, Aden, Mooltan, Goojerat, Punjaub Siege of Ladysmith, South Africa 1899–1902 First World War (11 Battalions): Le Cateau, Retreat from Mons, Marne 1914, Aisne 1914, Armentiéres 1914, Ypres 1915 '17 '18, St Julien, Frezenberg, Bellewaarde, Somme 1916 '18, Albert 1916, Guillemont, Ginchy, Le Transloy, Ancre 1916, Arras 1917, Scarpe 1917, Arleux, Messines 1917, Langemarck 1917, Polygon Wood, Cambrai 1917 and 1918, St Quentin, Bapaume 1918, Rosières, Avre, Hindenburg Line, St Quentin Canal, Beaurevoir, Courtrai, Selle, Sambre, France and Flanders 1914–18, Helles, Landing at Helles, Krithia, Suvla, Sari Bair, Landing at Suvla, Scimitar Hill, Gallipoli 1915–16, Egypt 1916, Gaza, Jerusalem, Tell 'Asur, Palestine 1917–18, Kosturino, Struma, Macedonia 1915–17 1. Awarded in error. The Regiment was not present. Regimental Colonels Colonels of the regiment were: 1881–1887 (1st Battalion): Gen. Sir Robert John Hussey Vivian, GCB (ex 102nd Foot) 1881–1891 (2nd Battalion): Gen. Sir William Wyllie, GCB (ex 103rd Foot) 1891–1895: Gen. Sir Robert Walter Macleod Fraser 1895–1903: Lt-Gen. Sir John Blick Spurgin, CSI 1903–1910: Maj-Gen. William Francis Vetch, CVO 1910–1922: Maj-Gen. Charles Duncan Cooper, CB 1922: Regiment disbanded Great War Memorials Irish National War Memorial Gardens, Dublin. Peace Park, Dublin. Island of Ireland Peace Park, Messines, Belgium. Menin Gate Memorial Ypres, Belgium. See also British Army Fusilier 102nd Regiment of Foot (Royal Madras Fusiliers) 103rd Regiment of Foot (Royal Bombay Fusiliers) References Sources