Annual Re-Union Dinner of Local Comrades The orchestra of the Fourth Marine Band played stirring airs of id army and navy days on Tuesday Jan, 16 evening when the members nghai Camp No. under all the grent commanders and Of the moderns hes served with Roberts, Kitchener and Buller South Africa, Lockhart in the Tiral Smith-Dorrien at Lo Cateau, Frenct Haig, Allenby, Milne and THamilto wax born at the defence of Inniskilling and is one of two. regimonts descended from that force, the other being the Sth Inniskilling: Dragoon Guards," When Trish regiments were disbanded on the formation of the Free State the Tnniskilling lost its second battalion as did the Trish Fusiliers and the two remaining Ist Battalions are now linked to form one, corps but each retains its title as The Royal Taniskilling Fusiliers and The Royal Irish Fusiliers. The old number of the Tnniskilling was the 27th and the 2nd Battalion had been the 108th of Madrax, The original facings wore buff but Royal blue is now the colour and as an Irish regiment, it has the distinction of bearing the colour of St. George among its insignia, The regiment has produced many athletes including Tient. Strachan who. was an" Amateur Athletic champion, Private Carey, the Army light weight boxing champion, Corporal Pierce the heavy Weight champion, Lieut. Maenamara, the Rugby blue, still with the regiment, Young the Rugby international, and among marksmen Capt. H. Young of the 'Army Eight, Captain' Jasper Mayne the old ALR. A, secretary. Corporal Firnn and Captain Unincke. Captain Young was one of the best marks. ian en of the Nineties and was second for. the (Army Championship one The 28rd for Hongkong 'The 2nd Royal Welch Fusiliers is the next, battalion for Hongkong. hears the et Dragon and retains to the scene of former exploits as 10 was at Hongkong. in 1808, 1899 and 1900. including' the operations Of the latter year. Tt was at the! falief of Peking and 'Tientsin and "Pekin ig a scroll. bore on the Golours. "Seiges and their reliefs figure' largely. in the innate of the 28rd Foot, including the defence of 'Minorca, Sevastopol and (Frederickstadt, relief. of Peking, Tientsin, Lucknow, Ladysmith and Kut. The Dattalfon' plays" football in' both codes anil has been in the final tie Of the Army" Association Cup, Boxing tome Army and open champions have been produced in Willis, atones, Pritchard, Rawlins and others, Lieut, Martin was a cham-plan quarter miler, and: there wae Eiewe Lloyd and other athletes of Dost war years who kept and Keep The fag. fyinge The Ty W. F. has had ite jarkman in he' Army Shoots of" whom one Tecalls Col. Sit
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