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General => Armed Forces => World War One => Topic started by: Kingalfredstower on Monday 04 June 18 14:27 BST (UK)
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My Grandfather was in the Kings RR 1WW wounded in the trenches 1917 and then transferred to the Scotts guards and sent to Ireland 17/18. Any advice on researching this bit of history especially the Scotts guards.
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Hello and welcome to RootsChat. Your enquiry seems to have been overlooked.
There's any amount of stuff on the Irish War of Independence period. If you live in Britain your public library should have books on the topic.
A recent book is "Atlas of the Irish Revolution". See atlasirishrevolution.ie
Some websites.
The Irish War of Independence - A Brief Overview
www.theirishstory.com/2012/09/18/the-irish-war-of-independence-a-brief-overview/#Wx1R8fZFyM9
History Hub - connecting past and present (podcasts)
historyhub.ie/theirishrevolution
Welcome to Century Ireland - RTE (online historical newspaper)
https://www.rte.ie/centuryireland
RTE is the state broadcasting corporation.
BBC News/History/1917-20: The road to partition
The Irish Revolution 1911-1923 Oxford Bibliographies
www.oxfordbibliographies.com/view/document/obo-9780199791279/obo-9780199791279-0110.xml
This site has brief reviews of some books about the period.
If you want a very brief introduction look up Irish War of Independence and/or Irish Revolutionary Period in Wikipedia.
Googling those terms will lead to more sources but beware bias of writers/contributors.
Other people may have more suggestions.
You could post a specific enquiry on the military history board for information about your GF's service in the Scots Guards in Ireland.
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Looking at Regimental History Scots Guards didn't serve in Ireland in that period have you got his name and number? It's possible he went to Ireland after the Great War and served with another unit a lot of men did.
Guards records survived the Blitz and are available for £30
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And luckily, although 3 of the Guards regiments no longer hold their own service records, the Scots Guards still do, see:
https://scotsguards.org/history/archives/
However, following up Maiden Stone's and mmm45's posts, have you looked to see if his WW 1 record is on line. Might be worth doing that as a first step if not.
MaxD
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http://ww2talk.com/index.php?threads/may-2018-update-scots-guards-records-at-nrs-edinburgh-remainder-at-mod-glasgow.72156/
Here's latest on Scots Guards records May 2018
Ady