1st / 18th Foot Irish Regiment

1870 -1870

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The Regiments

Known as (nickname)................................................... " Paddy's Blackguards"

Facings............................................................................ BLUE

Braided Lace.................................................................. Gold

Service in Australia ....................................................... The 2nd Battalion of the Regiment arrived from New Zealand in March of 1870 seeing service in Tasmania, Sydney, Victoria & South Australia. The Regiment began its return to England in August of 1870 with the last of the Regiment leaving on the 6th of September 1870

Commanding Officer.......................................................Lieut. Colonel G. A. Elliot.

This was the last British Foot Regiment to serve in Australia

Surnames of the 1/18th Regiment soldiers who stayed

Weapons used by the 1/18th Regiment

Representation of the 18th Regiment Uniform

Ships the 18th sailed on

18^th regiment  based in Taranaki, and smaller companies of the regiment engaged in various skirmishes throughout the southern North Island. As war declined the primary purpose of the British soldiers was to provide protection for the colonists. Commencing in 1866 the New Zealand Government adopted a “self-reliant” policy to gradually increase the local forces and auxiliaries, and dispense with the Imperial troops.

1684.....The Colonel the Lord Granard's Regiment of Foot.

1683.....known by the Commanding Colonel

1695.....The Royal Regiment of Ireland

1751.....18th (The Royal Irish) Regiment of Foot.

1881.....The Royal Irish Regiment

1922.....Disbanded

References

Family Members, Military records  ,Pay rolls, Pay Musters, Cemetery Records, Church Records & General Muster Records, Mitchell Library ,Sydney Australia