page_title: South Irish Horse
section_title: Formation
hierarchical_section_title: South Irish Horse / Formation
caption_attribution_description: English: These items belonged to my grandfather, Thomas Holligan, who served in the South Irish Horse Regiment as a blacksmith from 1913 to 1919. The first item is a pin with the emblem of the South Irish Horse Regiment. These were called &#34;sweetheat pins&#34;. This would have been sent to our grandmother while our grandfather was serving in France.
context_page_description: The South Irish Horse was a Special Reserve cavalry regiment of the British Army. Formed on 2 January 1902 as the South of Ireland Imperial Yeomanry. It was renamed as the South Irish Horse from 7 July 1908 and transferred to the Special Reserve. Having taken part in the fighting of the First World War, it was disbanded in 1922.
context_section_description: Following the Second Boer War, sixteen new yeomanry regiments were formed, two of them being from Ireland. King Edward VII approved the formation of the 'North of Ireland Imperial Yeomanry', and a 'South of Ireland Imperial Yeomanry' in 1901. Their formation was sanctioned and gazetted on 7 January 1902. The 'South of Ireland Imperial Yeomanry' was renamed as the 'South Irish Horse' on 7 July 1908 and transferred to the Special Reserve (Cavalry). Squadrons were formed as follows:
  HQ - Artillery Barracks, Limerick
  A Squadron - Beggars Bush Barracks, Dublin
  B Squadron - Artillery Barracks, Limerick
  C Squadron - Glen House, Ballyvolane, Cork
  D Squadron - Beggars Bush Barracks, Dublin
caption: A "Sweetheart pin" with the emblem of the South Irish Horse (SIH), sent by a soldier to his girlfriend as a memento
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