The Westmeath Militia, later the Westmeath Rifles, was an Irish Militia regiment raised in County Westmeath in 1793. It saw action during the Irish Rebellion...

Forbes, 7th Earl of Granard, who was Lt-Col Commandant of the Westmeath Rifle Militia, was appointed Major in the Leitrim Rifles in 1859. He was a former...

Carrick-on-Shannon 9th Battalion – Westmeath Rifles at Mullingar Formally, the regiment became the 6th (Royal Longford Militia) Battalion, Rifle Brigade (The Prince...

the Westmeath Rifle Militia on 26 December 1855. He was granted the honorary rank of Colonel on 29 May 1878. The regiment became the 9th (Westmeath Militia)...

The King's County Royal Rifle Militia was an Irish Militia regiment in King's County (now County Offaly) dating back to 1776. It later became a battalion...

commissioned as a second lieutenant in the 6th (Royal Longford and Westmeath Militia) Battalion, Rifle Brigade in 1899, and promoted to lieutenant in the battalion...

The Royal Queen's County Rifle Militia was an Irish Militia regiment in Queen's County (now County Laois) raised in 1793. It later became a battalion of...

the numbered regiments of foot and county militia regiments. In addition, the various corps of county rifle volunteers were to be designated as volunteer...

Queen's County Rifles Westmeath Rifles Royal Meath Militia No 67 Brigade Depot was formed in April 1873 at Birr, the King's County Militia's headquarters. Although...

Militia Herefordshire Militia 1st Administrative Battalion, Worcestershire Rifle Volunteer Corps 2nd Administrative Battalion, Worcestershire Rifle Volunteer...

County Westmeath, for which each militiamen was awarded a silver medal by the county authorities. Early in 1797 the light companies of the militia were...

was finally compelled to raise militia and volunteer forces (the Bermuda Militia Artillery and the Bermuda Volunteer Rifle Corps) by Act in the 1890s (the...

more accommodation. He was J.P. for the counties of Sligo, Longford and Westmeath and Honorary Colonel of the 5th Battalion, Connaught Rangers. He published...

first Irish unit formed was in New Zealand - the Christchurch Royal Irish Rifle Volunteers were gazetted on 18 November 1868, re-designated No. 2 (Royal...

and Vimeiro clasps. Pakenham was a member of Parliament, representing Westmeath from 27 February 1808 to 1826. He sat for his brother, Thomas, 2nd Earl...

possession of "documents likely to be of use to terrorists", an automatic rifle, and membership of the Orange Volunteers. Their Orange lodge refused to...

of the population of this town, helped by the Hungarian national and militias led by József Vidos, the vice-ispán of Vas, against the Croatian occupation...

soldiers be gathered in a hurry under the command of Laval Nugent von Westmeath from the Austrian side of the Soča and from Carinthia. On 23 March, the...

diaspora. The Irish-Argentine William Bulfin remarked as he travelled around Westmeath in the early 20th century that he came across many locals who had been...

Anti-Treaty IRA men are found in hay stack at Rockview, Delvin, County Westmeath. They were killed by their own bomb while trying to blow up a bridge....

Ormonde, KP John Crichton, 4th Earl Erne, KP Anthony Nugent, 11th Earl of Westmeath Mr. Justice (John) Ross Mr. Justice (William) Kenny Jonathan Hogg Daniel...