3rd June 1922 - ON THIS DAY IN ROYAL WELCH HISTORY
The 2nd Battalion, The Royal Welch Fusiliers trooped their colours at Phoenix Park, Dublin on King George the V’s Birthday 3 June 1922.
The 2nd Battalion had been reformed in Ireland following the end of hostilities in France at the end of the First Work War. They had spent difficult few years in Limerick during which time they were involved in countering the IRA. During this time Maj Compton-Smith was kidnapped and then murdered by the IRA. Irish Independence was authored in January 1922 and the 2nd Battalion moved from Limerick to Dublin on 21 March 1922.
The battalion finally left Ireland and arrived in Pembroke Dock West Wales on 15 December 1922.
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