dante Posted June 25, 2015 Share Posted June 25, 2015 Recent visit to the military museum in Dublin, interesting uniform of the Irish legion of the German army appears the legion had 55 members.....I would guess rare would be an understatement anyone got any more details Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Boonzaier Posted June 25, 2015 Share Posted June 25, 2015 Did they serve actively? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dante Posted June 25, 2015 Author Share Posted June 25, 2015 No idea, never heard of them until seeing this uniform this morning, quick Google search has Roger Casement involved in trying to recruit a brigade.....hope someone has more information on them Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoss Posted June 26, 2015 Share Posted June 26, 2015 (edited) Maybe something to do with Roger Casement he was hanged in 1916 at Pentonville Prison. He tried to recruit prisoners in Germany "Irish Brigade'.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roger_CasementEric Edited June 26, 2015 by Hoss Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoss Posted June 26, 2015 Share Posted June 26, 2015 MoreIreland and World War 1https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ireland_and_World_War_IEric Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul wood Posted June 26, 2015 Share Posted June 26, 2015 This site gives amazing details about the Irish Legion during the war and what happened to many of them afterhttp://www.irishbrigade.eu/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Boonzaier Posted June 26, 2015 Share Posted June 26, 2015 Interesting, seems to be rather similar in size, effect and importance to the war cause as the WW2 British SS Unit.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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