Connaught Rangers
| Connaught Rangers (88th Foot & 94th Foot) | |
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Connaught Rangers Cap Badge
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| Active | 1881–1922 |
| Country |
 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
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| Branch |
 British Army
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| Type | Line infantry |
| Role | Infantry |
| Size |
2 Regular Battalions |
| Garrison/HQ | RHQ – Renmore Barracks, Galway |
| Nickname(s) | The Devil's Own |
| Motto(s) | Quis Separabit (Who will separate us) (Latin) |
| March |
(1) – Saint Patrick's Day |
| Engagements | Egypt 1801; India; South America; The Peninsula; The Crimea; Indian Mutiny; South Africa 1877–1882; Egypt 1884–86; South Africa 1899–1902; The Great War – France & Flanders; Mesopotamia; Macedonia; Gallipoli; Bulgaria |
2 Regular Battalions
2–4 Militia and Special Reserve Battalions
(1) – Saint Patrick's Day
The Connaught Rangers ("The Devil's Own") was an Irish line infantry regiment of the British Army formed by the amalgamation of the 88th Regiment of Foot (Connaught Rangers) (which formed the 1st Battalion) and the 94th Regiment of Foot (which formed the 2nd Battalion) in July 1881. Between the time of its formation and Irish independence, it was one of eight Irish regiments raised largely in Ireland, its home depot in Galway. It was disbanded with the Partition of Ireland following establishment of the independent Irish Free State in 1922 when the five regiments that had their traditional recruiting grounds in the counties of the new state were disbanded.
The regiment was formed by the amalgamation of the 88th Regiment of Foot (Connaught Rangers) (which formed the 1st Battalion) and the 94th Regiment of Foot (which formed the 2nd Battalion) in July 1881. The amalgamation of the two regiments into one with the title The Connaught Rangers, was part of the United Kingdom government's reorganization of the British Army under the Childers Reforms, a continuation of the Cardwell Reforms implemented in 1879.
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