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Lance Corporal Charles McGowan, G/283, who served They arrived in Mandalay in the 1st Garrison Battalion Royal Irish FusiliersMay 1917 from Bombay. In October 1917 they moved to [[Shwebo]], was based at Police Bungalow Colaba Bombay and in February 1917December 1918 they moved to [[Maymyo]].<ref>Clifton, Ron. [httphttps://www.circlecity.cogreatwarforum.ukorg/wartimetopic/board244878-regimental-districts-of-ww1-india/index.php Alan Grievson’s World ?do=findComment&comment=2464233 Regimental Districts of WW1 INDIA] ''Great War 1 Forum] contains a a query and reply dated Tuesday 26th January '' 16 November 2016 regarding Charles McGowan, which can be located via the Search facility. Accessed 15 November 2016Retrieved 25 April 2019.</ref>
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1st Garrison Battalion Royal Irish Fusiliers was raised in Dublin in September 1915. In February 1916 it sailed for India where it arrived on March 4th 1916 and remained until May 1917 when it joined the Burma Division.
Lance Corporal Charles McGowan, G/283, who served in the 1st Garrison Battalion Royal Irish Fusiliers, was based at Police Bungalow Colaba Bombay in February 1917.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20190425043935/http://www.circlecity.co.uk/wartime/board/index.php?page=36/ Alan Grievson’s World War 1 Forum], Scroll down to a query and reply dated Tuesday 26th January 2016 regarding Charles McGowan. </ref> From an existing service record, it appears that the Battalion was still in Maymyo, Burma in August 1919.<ref> kenf48. [httphttps://1914-1918www.invisionzonegreatwarforum.com/forums/index.php?org/topic/244878-regimental-districts-of-ww1-india/&?do=findComment&comment=2463475 Regimental Districts of WW1 INDIA] ''Great War Forum'' 13 November 2016. Retrieved 15 November 201625 April 2019.</ref>
Also see [[Bedfordshire Regiment]] for the type of duties which may have been undertaken in Burma by a Garrison Battalion.
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===Historical Books Onlinebooks online===*[http://www.archive.org/details/recordofeightyse00canniala ''Historical Record of the Eighty-Seventh Regiment, or the Royal Irish Fusiliers : containing an account of the formation of the regiment in 1793, and of its subsequent services to 1853''] Archive.org. Indian service commences [http://www.archive.org/stream/recordofeightyse00canniala#page/16/mode/2up page 16] in 1815 in Calcutta.*[https://archive.org/details/memoirsofextraor00shiprich/page/n7/mode/2up ''Memoirs of the extraordinary military career of John Shipp, late a lieut. in His Majesty's 87th Regiment''] written by himself. A new illustrated edition with an Introduction by H Manners Chichester 1890 Archive.org. Originally published 1829 in 3 volumes [https://archive.org/details/memoirsofextraor01shipiala/page/n9/mode/2up Volume 1] [https://archive.org/details/memoirsofextraor02shipiala/page/n7/mode/2up Volume 2] [https://archive.org/details/memoirsofextraor03shipiala/page/n7/mode/2up Volume 3] and [https://archive.org/details/memoirsofextraor00ship/page/n5/mode/2up 1843 edition] with a further chapter. Archive.org:He first enlisted in 1797 age 13 (born 1784) and was with the [[22nd Regiment of Foot]] in India, where he took part in the siege of Bhurtpore (page 99) and as a result he was promoted to be an officer in 1805. He sold out in 1808 and re-enlisted and went to India again. In 1815 he was promoted and became an ensign in the 87th Royal Irish Fusiliers, Chapter 9, commencing page 155. He left India in 1825.
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