Keogh was deployed with the Royal Irish Regiment to France upon the outbreak of World War I. Due to his service during the retreat from Mons , he was awarded the 1914 Star , and following this he was captured and sent as a prisoner of war to Sennelager Camp , Westphalia . Keogh resumed contact with Casement at this point , who was also in Germany attempting to build an Irish Brigade of Irish POWs to fight on the German side . Keogh led the recruitment drive , which intended to enlist 1500 Irish POWs . In early 1915 , the now Sergeant Major Keogh had successfully recruited only 56 men for the Brigade . These men were moved to the more comfortable Zossen Camp , south of Berlin , on Casement 's suggestion , although due to the lack of success of the Irish Brigade the Irish POWs did not receive much preferential treatment . All plans for the Brigade ended with the arrest and execution of Casement in 1916
1914 Star
1914 Star
Michael Keogh (soldier)