Talk:Irish in the British Armed Forces

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Off topic[edit]

This article means well, but quickly goes off topic. It purports to be about the history of Irish people serving in the British Armed Forces, but drifts into a history of the Anglo-Irish conflict which is well covered elsewhere. There is no mention of Irishmen who served and died in the British Army, such as Paul Reece who was killed in The Troubles in Armagh or Bryan Budd, who was awarded a posthumous VC in Afghanistan, the highest award for gallantry that can be awarded. --Bermicourt (talk) 13:04, 13 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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Numbers[edit]

There are some figures in the article, it would be nice to have a table giving the numbers of Irish and percentage of total for army, navy etc. over time. Mtmoore321 (talk) 21:59, 18 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Referring to Irish north and South.[edit]

See this paragraph

During World War II, Ireland was now officially neutral and independent from the UK. However, over 80,000 Irish-born men and women (north and south) joined the British armed forces, with between 5,000 and 10,000 being killed during the conflict.

Referring to Ireland as "North and South" is a insult to what the Rep. of Ireland fought for.

It gives the impression that there is a South Ireland, there isn't. Marccarran (talk) 15:06, 13 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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