Wars

Click on the war's name to obtain a list of memorials associated with it.

Name of the war Full Name Dates Notes
WW I  World War 1  1914 - 1918/19  Europe, Middle East and Africa.
WW II  World War II  1939 - 1945  World-wide
Boer 1  Anglo-Boer Wars  1880 - 1881  South Africa, to confirm British rule.
Korean  Korean War  1950 - 1953  U.N. campaign (22 nations) to repel invasion of South Korea by North Korea.
India  British Army campaigns in India  1744 - 1932  Wars during colonisation of India.
Crimea  Crimean War  1854 - 1856  Britain and France against Russia, to limit Russian power.
1916  Easter Rising  1916  Irish Republican rebellion against British rule in Ireland, led by Patrick Pearse, James Connolly and others.
Civil War  Irish Civil War  1922 - 1923  War between forces for and against the Anglo-Irish Treaty.
W. of I.  War of Independence  1919 - 1921+  Guerilla fight against British rule in Ireland.
Cyprus  Cypriot War of Independence  1955 - 1959  Guerilla war by Greek Cypriots against British rule.
Palestine  Palestinian Revolt  1936 - 1939  Arab guerilla war against British Mandate (from League of Nations) and Jewish immigration.
Napoleonic  French & Napoleonic Wars  1793 - 1815  
Boer II  Anglo-Boer Wars  1899 - 1902  South Africa, to confirm British rule
Burma  Anglo-Burma Wars  1824 - 26, 1852 - 53, 1885 - 87  British colonisation of Bengal, then part of India.
U.N.  United Nations duties  1960 to present  Irish Army forces on United Nations duty
W.Africa      
S.Africa      
1798  1798 Rebellion  1798  Irish Republican rebellion against British rule in Ireland. led by Wolfe Tone and others.
New Zealand  Maori Wars  1845-47 and 1860-66  British campaigns of colonisation of new Zealand.
American Indian wars  American Indian wars  c.1750 - 1890  Series of wars and battles between American Indians (native Americans) and settlers.
Zulu  Anglo-Zulu War  1879  
Falklands  Falklands War  1982  Falklands War (Spanish: Guerra de las Malvinas), was a war between Argentina and the United Kingdom over the Falkland Islands (also known in Spanish as the Islas Malvinas) and South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands, between March and June of 1982.
1803  Rebellion of United Irishmen  1803  Irish Republican rebellion against British rule in Ireland, led by Robert Emmet
1848  1848 Rebellion  1848  Irish Republican rebellion against British rule in Ireland.
1867  1867 Rebellion (Fenian Rising)  1867  Irish Republican rebellion against British rule in Ireland.
Afghanistan  Afghanistan  1879 - 80  British colonisation of northern India.
Egypt & Sudan  Campaigns in north and central Africa  19th century  British colonisation of Africa.
7YW  Seven Years War  1756/1763  War by Engand against French and Spanish for control of north America.
Williamite  Williamite or Jacobite War  1688-1690  War between Catholic King James II of England, who had been deposed, and his son-in-law, Protestant William III (William of Orange) who ruled jointly with his wife, Queen Mary II, James’s daughter.
Risings  Various small actions in Ireland  18th and 19th centuries  
China  China Wars  1839-42 and 1857-62  War between Britain and China, which wanted to ban the import of opium.
OAS  On active service  [-]  Deaths of military personnel on active service, not during a war.
Spain  Spanish Civil War  1936 - 1939  
9YW  Nine Years War  1594 - 1603  War between Irish and English, ending in the Flight of the Earls.
E. Africa  East Africa  1898  Colonial war.

 
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