Irish Regiments in the Great War: Discipline and Morale PDF
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2471Prelims 6/2/03 12:03 pm Page i The Irish regiments in the Great War 2471Prelims 6/2/03 12:03 pm Page ii 2471Prelims 6/2/03 12:03 pm Page iii The Irish regiments in the Great War Discipline and morale TIMOTHY BOWMAN Manchester University Press Manchester and New York distributed exclusively in the USA by Palgrave 2471Prelims 6/2/03 12:03 pm Page iv Copyright © Timothy Bowman 2003 The right of Timothy Bowman to be identified as the author of this work has been asserted by him in accordance with the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988. Published byManchester University Press Oxford Road, Manchester M13 9NR, UK andRoom 400, 175 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10010, USA www.manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk Distributed exclusively in the USA by Palgrave, 175 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10010, USA Distributed exclusively in Canada by UBC Press, University of British Columbia, 2029 West Mall, Vancouver, BC, Canada V6T 1Z2 British Library Cataloguing-in-Publication Data A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data applied for ISBN 0 7190 6284 5 hardback First published 2003 11 10 09 08 07 06 05 04 03 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 Typeset in Palatino by Action Publishing Technology Ltd, Gloucester Printed in Great Britain by Bookcraft (Bath) Ltd, Midsomer Norton 2471Prelims 6/2/03 12:03 pm Page v For my parents 2471Prelims 6/2/03 12:03 pm Page vi 2471Prelims 6/2/03 12:03 pm Page vii Contents List of tables and figures viii Acknowledgements xi List of abbreviations xiii Introduction page 1 1 Measuring discipline and morale 10 2 Regular regiments at war 39 3 Raising the Service battalions 61 4 Adjusting and adapting 100 5 Amalgamations, reductions and conscription 140 6 The final phase 166 7 Irish units on Home Service 189 Conclusion 202 Select bibliography 210 Index 225 2471Prelims 6/2/03 12:03 pm Page viii Tables and figures Tables 2.1 Offences for which men serving in a sample of units were tried by courts martial, from the units’ arrival in France to 30 September 1915 page42 2.2 Offences for which men serving in Irish units stationed in the United Kingdom were tried by courts martial, 1 August 1913 to 31 July 1914 47 3.1 Offences for which men serving in sample Service battalions were tried, while training in the United Kingdom 87 3.2 Sentences passed by courts martial, relating to sample Service battalions while training in the United Kingdom 88 4.1 The number of men tried by courts martial, while serving in the 36th (Ulster) Division, 1 October 1915 to 30 September 1916 113 4.2 The number of men tried by courts martial, while serving in the 16th (Irish) Division, 1 December 1915 to 30 September 1916 120 5.1 Offences for which men serving in sample Irish battalions were tried by courts martial, 1 October 1916 to 28 February 1918 157 2471Prelims 6/2/03 12:03 pm Page ix Tables and figures ix 5.2 Sentences imposed on men serving in sample Irish units tried by courts martial, October 1916 to 28 February 1918 158 6.1 The number of men tried by courts martial, while serving in Irish units on the Western Front, 1 March to 11 November 1918 179 Figure 7.1 The courts martial records of selected Irish reserve battalions, 4 August 1914 to 11 November 1918 195
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