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Regiments / 87th Royal Irish Fusiliers

« on: January 04, 2013, 12:24:06 am »

                                                                                                                                             

The 87th Royal Irish Fusiliers a veteran regiment from the Napoleonic wars lived on through the Anglo-Zulu War, posted in India throughout the war, the regiment fought off mostly Indian rebels, we will bring our men from our NW unit to events in the Anglo-Zulu war modification.

Organisation and ranks

The 87th Royal Irish Fusiliers dates back to the days of MM_Prussia_5 This was the mod of MM which had the dodgy experimental artillery. Once MM_Russia_3 came out the 29th Horse Artillery was born, one of the finest artillery regiments of the Mount and Musket era! The regiment grew and was reborn as the 87th Royal Irish Fusiliers.

The 87th is a Line Infantry unit which focus on fast paced line formations, crisp volleys and painful bayonet charges. Trainings focus on bettering our skills, having fun and every now and then getting drunk, that's right the 87th has regimental drunk nights which take place on Friday trainings and line battles, these have been very interesting events. Discipline is a must in the regiment, the commanding officer will kill you as much as look at you and kick your remains out the door without the blink of an eye, but having fun and of course your real life is also a priority.

If your interested in joining a disciplined, yet laid back group of individuals, head below to see how you can enlist in the 87th Royal Irish Fusiliers.

Rank Structure

Commissioned  Officers
Lt. Col - Lieutenant Colonel -- Unit Officer Commanding
Maj. - Major -- Unit second Officer Commanding
Capt. - Capitan -- Company Commander
Lt. - Lieutenant -- Company Officer
RE-Lt. - Royal Engineer Lieutenant -- Royal Engineer Detachment commander.
Ens - Ensign -- Entry rank of Officer, Company Officer

Warrant Officers
RSM - Regimental/Battalion Serjeant Major -- The Serjeant Major's job is to keep the unit running when the officers aren't looking, he cracks down on discipline and inspects the parade, he can skin officers alive and get away with it, upsetting the man with four chevrons on his arm is a poor decision.

Non-Commissioned Officers
CSjt. - Colour Serjeant -- The Colour Serjeant is the senior Serjeant in the unit, he makes sure the men are ready for parade and gets the new recruits through boot camp, alive luckily.
Sjt. - Serjeant -- Senior Rank and Infantry Platoon leader along with the Lieutenant.
Cpl. - Corporal -- First rank of leadership, will be tasked to take a class at training.
LCpl. - Lance Corporal  -- First rank of seniority, awarded to members who can show there use for the unit.

Enlisted Men
Fus. - Fusilier -- The Distinguished enlisted rank of the regiment, a Fusilier must make good use of their weapon in ranged and close combat at all times.
Rgl. - Regular -- Third rank, gained when a Private shows good attendance and performs well in training and battles.
Pte. - Private -- Second rank and main of the regiment. Achieved after passing out from Recruit phase.
Rct. - Recruit -- First rank given to all members, only once the recruit can show his worth can he be advanced to Private.

Artillery Section
Bdr. - Bombardier -- Equivalent to a Corporal, the Bombardier acts as the battery commander and leads the Artillery section in battle.
LBdr. - Lance Bombardier -- Equivalent to a Lance Corporal, the Lance Bombardiers act as a gun commander in the section.
MGnr - Master Gunner -- The Senior Gunner of the section, The master Gunner is expected to know how to utilized and achieve great accuracy with every artillery piece.   
Gnr. - Gunner -- The gunner is the main rank of the Artillery section, these men act as general crew of the artillery guns but know how to use every type of artillery there is.

None of the rest of the page will be added in due to background information about the NW unit, if interested in the 87th Royal Irish Fusiliers for NW or AZW please head to this page for more information:
https://www.fsegames.eu/forum/index.php?topic=141.msg1566#msg1566

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Servers / 87th Royal Irish Fusiliers AZW Server

« on: January 04, 2013, 12:12:47 am »

The 87th Royal Irish Fusiliers Anglo-Zulu War Server
This is a dedicated server with 30 slots hosted in Germany from our server supplier Jet Servers, switching between Battle and TDM. There is a fun atmosphere of close struggles for survival against the Zulu mob!
Also featuring a non-official Rorkes Drift map made by Rosas of the 87th. Want to help out the server? Get the slots increased for even more fun?

Donate to our paypal by sending donations to the following email address: andy_gysels@hotmail.com All donations will go to the upkeep of the server and slots increasing


Rules

• All rules are the same as NW Official servers
• 87th Server admins have the final decision on every matter, if you don't like it leave
• Only Play as mod based units, for example don't take Horse Guards heavy cavalry as the British or sapper as the Zulu nation
• Recruiting is only allowed for Anglo-Zulu War regiments
• No Sappers for Britain on Rorke's Drift map

Hope to see you on the battlefield ZULU style

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Regiments / 87th Royal Irish Fusiliers ♦ THREE YEARS OLD ♦ Always Recruiting ♦

« on: November 11, 2012, 05:10:40 pm »

                                                                                                                                             

History of the unit, Battle honours and the eagle of Barrosa

The Regiment was raised in Ireland as a response to the Napoleonic crisis in 1793. This war took them around the globe, fighting through Europe, Egypt, South America, West Indies and Canada.  In 1809 both Battlaions of the Regiment went to Portugal and took part in the Peninsular War. While the Regiment was serving in Portugal and Spain The Regiment took part in many battles and light engagements throughout their time of service, including the defence of Cadiz, the Battle of Talavera - where the regiment's casualties mounted up to 40%-, The Battle of Vitoria and the Battle of Barrosa where it gained a great honour.

The Capture of the Eagle

This great honour was the envy of all other British Regiments in the Peninsular War. After a attack from the the 2nd Kings Legion Hussars the 8th regiment de Ligne started to retreat to the remainder of the French force, however the 87th Royal Irish Fusiliers gave chase, firing a volley at near point blank range from its double ranked line and this was followed by a devastating Bayonet charge. The Irishmen surged forward with fury in there eyes, 'Faugh A Ballegh!' (Irish Gaelic for Clear the way) went a cry, throughout the ranks it was echoed as the Fusiliers charged ever closer to their foe, the two battalions clashed and the French with low morale didn't stand a chance.

During this engagement a young redcoat officer, Ensign Edward Keogh spotted the eagle and gathered a few men to come with him, including Serjeant Patrick Masterson, who with his spontoon spear was encouraging the fusiliers alike with crys of "In the belly lads, Come on now in the belly! Lunge! Twist! Recover! show the frogs the steel!" The small group of fusiliers led by Keogh started to fight through the French ranks making their way to where the eagle was being defended. Keogh, ordering the capture of the Eagle charged forward slaying any French man which got in the way of his prize, he came face to face with the French officer carrying the eagle and as he grasped the staff, a young French Soldier aimed at the Ensign and fired, the round pieced the Ensign's heart killing him instantly. He was followed by Sergeant Patrick Masterson who rammed his spontoon killing the French solider responsible, left it in the body of the Frenchman and turned towards the eagle bearer. He grabbed the eagle from the French ensign, giving him a punch in the jaw to make him release. The Serjeant raised the eagle to the sky reputedly with the cry "By Jaysus, boys, I have the Cuckoo!". Every Fusilier in range yelled out in unison "HUZZAH!" and pressed on forward with the attack.

This made the 87th Royal Irish Fusiliers the first ever British Regiment to capture a French Imperial Eagle during the Napoleonic Wars! Serjeant Masterson was promoted to the rank of Ensign, taking over command in the place of Ensign Keogh.

Sjt Masterson, raising the eagle in the air during the Battle

About the Napoleonic Wars gaming community

The 87th Royal Irish Fusiliers dates back to the days of MM_Prussia_5 This was a mod for Mount & Blade: Warband, which had the dodgy experimental artillery and no Russians or Austrians on the field. Once MM_Russia_3 came out the 29th Horse Artillery was born, one of the finest artillery regiments of the Mount and Musket era! The regiment grew and was reborn as the 87th Royal Irish Fusiliers a few months later due to our growth.

The 87th is a Line Infantry unit which focus on fast paced line formations, crisp volleys and painful bayonet charges. Trainings focus on bettering our skills, having fun and every now and then getting drunk, that's right the 87th has regimental drunk nights which take place on Friday trainings and line battles, these have been very interesting events. Discipline is a must in the regiment, the commanding officer will kill you as much as look at you and kick your remains out the door without the blink of an eye, but having fun and of course your real life is also a priority. Our roster is updated regularly and inactive members are kicked out after around a month of not showing up, this means our roster will always show the true numbers of the regiment.

The 87th has a place for you from what ever path of life you lead, from current and ex-serving military members to computer programmers. College students to shop assistants. Reenactors and long boarders to musicians and casual gamers, joining our group will find you friends not just to play Mount & Blade or Napoleonic wars but a variety of games from ArmA: II to Dota 2 or even games like Minecraft and Garry's Mod.

The 87th Royal Irish Fusiliers is proud to introduce our newest company which we call the dedicated company. This company prides itself on its activity as well as being a disciplined and motivated to get the 87th Royal Irish Fusiliers name back into the community.

If your interested in joining a disciplined, yet laid back group of individuals, head below to see how you can enlist in the 87th Royal Irish Fusiliers.

Rank Structure - Line Companies

Officers Lieutenant Colonel     LtCol Major     Maj Captain     Cpt Lieutenant     Lt Ensign     Ens

NCOs Company Serjeant Major     CSM Colour Serjeant     CSjt Serjeant     Sjt Corporal     Cpl Lance Corporal     LCpl

Enlisted Fusilier     Fus Regular     Rgl Private     Pte Recruit     Rct

Rank Structure - Horse Artillery Detachment

Officers Lieutenant     Lt

NCOs Bombadier Serjeant     BSjt Bombardier     Bdr Lance Bombardier     LBdr

Enlisted Master Gunner     MGnr Gunner     Gnr Gunnery Recruit     GRct

Weekly timings and events

The regiment hosts two hours of training a week and attends a number of different events.

Weekly Training: Fridays 00:00 GMT/ 19:00 EST-- Training (NA) 
                                         

Weekly Events:  Friday  02:00 GMT / 21:00 EST -- Line Battle
                                 Thursday  01:00 GMT / 20:00 EST -- Line Battle
                              Saturday  20:00 GMT / 17:00 EST -- Conquest
                                                      Wedn. Sat. or Sun.  01:00 GMT / 20:00 EST -- 1v1 Skirms ( Depends on arangement with other regs) (NA League)

Expectations and Rules

All members of the 87th Royal Irish Fusiliers are expected to followed a few ground rules to make the gaming environment fun for all.
1 ) Respect for all members, do not insult others in any way
2 ) Respect for other regiments
3 ) Be relatively active and attend trainings when possible
4 ) Do not over talk other people on Team Speak, wait your turn
5 ) Listen to line commanders and all officers, their normally saying something important.
6 ) Conduct yourself in a mature manor.
7 ) Have fun but if your not, talk to someone, were all friends and can cheer you up
8 ) Get drunk on drunk nights. (If you are of age to drink that is!)

How to join

So you fancy taking the kings shilling, wearing his red coats and fighting for him and your fellow countrymen against Napoleon and the people of France?
If so you should enlist today with the 87th Regiment of Foot, otherwise known as the Royal Irish Fusiliers! Join the few that can say "We took the first eagle from the frogs!"

Unsure on how to get in contact?

Its quite simple, just follow all or a number of these 3 simple steps:

Do not PM Stewart, he is in the Navy and it deployed a lot of the time, it may take him a long time to respond

1) Send Maj. POTUS or Lt. Beech a PM on these forums and we will get back to you.
2) Reply below and we will get in contact with you.
3) Go to our website and post an enlistment form there http://87thfusiliers.enjin.com/

87th Royal Irish Fusiliers forming up before the Friday Linebattle

Roster book of the 87th Regiment of Foot

Officers Lieutenant. Colonel Bell Major. Potus Captain. Robinson Lieutenant. Michaud Lieutenant. Beech Company Serjeant Major. Palmer Company Serjeant Major. Giorlando

NCOs Colour Serjeant. Hall Serjeant. Dott Serjeant. Perry Corporal. Griff Lance Corporal. Professor

Enlisted Fusilier. Alexander Fusilier. Brett Fusilier. Chabaan Fusilier. Crowey Fusilier. Hegeman Fusilier. Khan Fusilier. Mageer Fusilier. Spoff Fusilier. Weather Regular. Confer Regular. Derry Regular. Garacho Regular. Hooper Regular. Paullo Regular. Rocker Regular. Sev Regular. Telford Private. Cadfael Private. Cairo Private. Donelly Private. Mcdonald Private. Macky Private. Meck Private. Mitch Private. Monarchy Private. Jose Private. Robert Private. Skeleton Private. Snow Private. Timpany Private. Turn

Recruit pool Recruit. Alex Recruit. Ardenos Recruit. Cox Recruit. Dominic Recruit. Donny Recruit. Dotoshiro/ Allistair Recruit. Noniac Recruit. NormalDeath Recruit. Olsen Recruit. Ruffs Recruit. SpilledCoffee Recruit. Teach Recruit. Zach

Roster book of the Line Companies 2nd Battalion, 87th Regiment of Foot (Dedicated Company)

Officers Lieutenant. Colonel Bell Major. Potus Lieutenant. Beech Company Serjeant Major. Giorlando

NCOs Colour Serjeant. Hall Corporal. Griff Lance Corporal. Professor

Enlisted Fusilier. Brett Fusilier. Chabaan Fusilier. Crowey Fusilier. Hegeman Fusilier. Mageer Fusilier. Spoff Regular. Derry Regular. Garacho Private. Cadfael Private. Donelly Private. Mcdonald Private. Macky Private. Mitch Private. Monarchy Private. Jose Private. Snow Private. Timpany Private. Turn

Recruit pool Recruit. Dominic Recruit. NormalDeath Recruit. Olsen Recruit. Teach Recruit. Zach

Roster book of the Artillery Detachment, 87th Regiment of Foot

Officers Lieutenant. Hall

NCOs Bombadier Serjeant. Sharpe Bombadier. P.Smith Bombardier. Wickham

Enlisted Master Gunner. Lewis Gilmore Master Gunner. McGucci Gunner. Hanley Gunner. Durso Gunner. Helfy Gunner. Evens Gunner. Lucania Gunnery Recruit. Blakeney Gunnery Recruit. McTavish Gunnery Recruit. Martiny

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