can anyone help with this silver war badge?

[will1890]

hi,does anybody know were abouts in ireland would the royal dublin fusiliers  depart for france during ww1??? would it off been dublin port or would they of went to england first??

[johnny_doyle]

this might help :

http://www.1914-1918.net/dubs.htm

[millymcb]

Hi Will -

You will need to know which Battalion you are looking for - as there were lots of them and as you will see from the website Johnny mentions - they were all over the place.

Are you looking for a particular named soldier? Do you have his service number? service records? medal card? medals?

Milly

[will1890]

william duffy ,,,, number 9352 royal dublin fusiliers .first theater of war france febuary 1915,,,,,,,,,,,no battalion anywere on his papers,,,,,,,,,,,,thanks for your help,,,,,,,,,,,,ive been lookn for wich battalion he would of served with,,,,,,,,,,,,,ive been told maybe it was 2nd battalion but no1 sure for defo,,,,,,,,,

[ainslie]

1st Battalion, RDF did not reach France until March 1916, having been in Egypt and the Dardanelles.  2nd Battalion reached France  on 22 Aug 1914. Of the Service (wartime) battalions, 6th and 7th were not in France until 1918.  8th and 9th reached Havre in Dec 1915 , 10th in Aug 1916.  The remainder did not serve overseas.
The 2nd looks the most likely as you have been told, but your man may not have been in the original party, and may have been in a later draft, hving trained in a reserve battalion.
The 2nd were at Gravesend when war broke out.  Drafts were probably sent via English channel ports, rather than from Dublin, in my opinion.

A

[johnny_doyle]

his medal card shows him Discharged 8/8/1916 and awarded a Silver War Badge on the SWB List B/147. These are available at the National Archives at Kew and I believe they carry extra info eg. Battalion.


SOme RDF with similar numbers straddle 1st and 2nd Batt.

http://www.dublin-fusiliers.com/other-ranks/9000s/9000s.html

[forester]

This one's come up before:

http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php/topic,383836.0.html
http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php/topic,416952.0.html
http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php/topic,494574.0.html

Phil

[will1890]

thanks for your help,,,,,,,,,,,,,is there any way to find out more info on a joseph duffy R.D.F 2nd battalion-number 7728,he was killed 26th april 1915 just cant find is age or adress in dublin im trying to see if he was my grandfathers brother as he had a brother killed but lied about his age singing up ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,thanks again

[johnny_doyle]

signed up 1911 aged 17yrs 9 months into the reserves. Mobilised 1914.

Prisoner of War but died of wounds in German Field Hospital. Sister Mary Duffy lived at 117 Upper Abbey St, Dublin. Father John, 5 Dorset St, Dublin.