Jeremiah CAMBRIDGE

Male 1857 - 1933  (~ 76 years)


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  • Name Jeremiah CAMBRIDGE 
    Birth bfr 14 Jan 1857  Cork City, Co Cork, Ireland Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Baptism 14 Jan 1857  North Cathedral, Cathedral Of St. Mary & St. Anne, Cork City, Co Cork, Ireland Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    CAUS Carcinoma Of Intestines 6 Months, Obstruction 1 ? Months - Certified 
    Residence 6 Jul 1889  Corbett's Lane, Off Cathedral Rd, Gurranabraher, Cork City, Co Cork, Ireland Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • at time of marriage to Anne Dineen
    Residence 6 Feb 1890  63 Fair Lane, Cork City, Co Cork, Ireland Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • at time of birth of son John
    Residence 3 Feb 1893  46 Kearney's Lane, Cork City, Co Cork, Ireland Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • at time of birth of son Denis
    Residence 5 Mar 1895  35 Fair Lane, Cork City, Co Cork, Ireland Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • at time of birth of daughter Margaret
    Residence 15 May 1896  35 Fair Lane, Cork City, Co Cork, Ireland Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • at time of birth of son William
    Census 31 Mar 1901  6 Mannix's Lane, Cork City, Co Cork, Ireland Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Residence 26 Dec 1904  12 Mannix's Lane, Cork City, Co Cork, Ireland Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • at time of birth of daughter Margaret
    Residence 23 Apr 1909  15 1st Burnt Lane, Off Sives Lane, Cork City, Co Cork, Ireland Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • at time of birth of son Patrick
    Census 2 Apr 1911  15 1st Burnt Lane, Off Sives Lane, Cork City, Co Cork, Ireland Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    HEIG 5' 4 3/4"  [3
    MILI Jeremiah Cambridge in the British Army WWI Service Records, 1914-1920

    Name: Jeremiah Cambridge
    Gender: Male
    Birth Date: abt 1871
    Enlistment Age: 44
    Marriage Date: 6 Jul 1899
    Marriage Place: Corsh
    Document Year: 1915
    Residence Place: 15 First Burne?? Cork??
    Regimental Number: 96342
    Regiment Name: Royal Iri??
    Number of Images: 11
    Form Title: Short Service Attestation
    Other Records: Search for 'Jeremiah Cambridge' in other WWI collections
    Family Members: Name
    Relation to Soldier
    Jeremiah Cambridge Self (Head)
    Hannah Newman Cambridge Spouse
    Margaret Cambridge Child
    Patrick Cambridge Child


    Jeremiah Cambridge in the British Army WWI Medal Rolls Index Cards, 1914-1920

    Name: Jeremiah Cambridge
    Regiment or Corps: R Ir Rig, Royal Defence Corps
    Regimental Number: G/595, 96342

    Jeremiah Cambridge in the UK, WWI Service Medal and Award Rolls, 1914-1920

    Name: Jeremiah Cambridge
    Military Year: 1914-1920
    Rank: Private
    Medal Awarded: British War Medal
    Regiment or Corps: Royal Defence Corps
    Regimental Number: 96342
    Previous Units: 1/Gr R. Ir Rif. Rfn. G/595
    Other Records: Search for 'Jeremiah Cambridge' in other WWI collections
    War Diaries (France, Belgium, Germany): Search for 'Royal Defence Corps' in the WWI War Diaries (France, Belgium, Germany) collection
    War Diaries (Gallipoli): Search for 'Royal Defence Corps' in the WWI War Diaries (Gallipoli) collection

    Record Details for Jeremiah Cambridge (Royal Irish Regiment)

    First Name: Jeremiah
    Surname: Cambridge
    Regiments served with:
    Unit Rank Service Number
    Royal Irish Regiment Private G/595
    Royal Defence Corps Private 96342
    Archive Reference: WO 372/3/243449
    (Can be found at The National Archives in Kew, and contains First World War, War Office: Service Medal and Award Rolls Index)

    Unit History:Royal Irish Regiment

    The Regiment was first formed in 1684 by Arthur Forbes the 1st Earl of Granard as the Irish Regiment of Foot, from a number of independent Irish garrison companies. Unfortunately within a year of its formation King Charles II was dead and succeeded by his unpopular Catholic brother James II and the new King set about replacing Protestant officers with ones of Catholic faith. In protest the Earl of Granard resigned his commission as Colonel of the Regiment in favour of his son Arthur Lord Forbes.

    In 1688 Prince William of Orange was invited to take the throne by the English Lords and upon his arrival in England James II abdicated. However James II remained popular in Catholic Ireland which continued to recognize him as their true King, with the exception of the English Protestant towns of Enniskillen and Derry. In 1689 James II landed in Kinsale supported by King Louis XIV and a French Army, in an attempt to reclaim his lost throne. The Regiment were part of King William's force which expelled James II and secured the throne for King William III fighting at Battle of the Boyne and then at the failed siege of Limerick, the siege of Ballymore and the assault on Athlone, the Battle of Aughrim and the successful sieges of Galway and Limerick.

    The Regiment went on to serve King William III, during the Nine Years War fighting at the Siege of Namur (1695). The King singled out the Regiment for special reward following the successful siege, bestowing on it the Royal title to become The Royal Regiment of Ireland. The Regiment spent several years on garrison duties in Gibraltar until 1767 when it was ordered to America. The main body of the Regiment remained in Philadelphia however; a small detachment was present at the Battles of Lexington Concord and Bunker Hill.

    The Royal Irish returned to Gibraltar in 1783, where they remained until the Siege of Toulon in 1793. From 1863 the Regiment went on to serve during the New Zealand Wars fighting during the Waikato and Taranaki campaigns it was the last Imperial Army unit to leave New Zealand in February 1870.

    In 1881 Childers Reforms restructured the British army infantry Regiments into a network of multi-battalion Regiments of two regular and two militia battalions. The Regiment managed to avoid amalgamation and was renamed as the Royal Irish Regiment. The Regiment went on to served during the Boer War and the First World War.
    The Regiment was disbanded in 1922 once the Irish Free State was established following the Irish War of Independence (1919-1922) along with all five British Regiments recruiting from the Irish Free States.

    Royal Irish Regiment during WW1

    Since 1815 the balance of power in Europe had been maintained by a series of treaties. In 1888 Wilhelm II was crowned 'German Emperor and King of Prussia' and moved from a policy of maintaining the status quo to a more aggressive position. He did not renew a treaty with Russia, aligned Germany with the declining Austro-Hungarian Empire and started to build a Navy to rival that of Britain. These actions greatly concerned Germany's neighbours, who quickly forged new treaties and alliances in the event of war. On 28th June 1914 Franz Ferdinand the heir to the Austro-Hungarian throne was assassinated by the Bosnian-Serb nationalist group Young Bosnia who wanted pan-Serbian independence. Franz Joseph the Austro-Hungarian Emperor (with the backing of Germany) responded aggressively, presenting Serbia with an intentionally unacceptable ultimatum, to provoke Serbia into war. Serbia agreed to 8 of the 10 terms and on the 28th July 1914 the Austro-Hungarian Empire declared war on Serbia, producing a cascade effect across Europe. Russia bound by treaty to Serbia declared war with Austro-Hungary, Germany declared war with Russia and France declared war with Germany. Germany's army crossed into neutral Belgium in order to reach Paris, forcing Britain to declare war with Germany (due to the Treaty of London (1839) whereby Britain agreed to defend Belgium in the event of invasion). By the 4th August 1914 Britain and much of Europe were pulled into a war which would last 1,566 days, cost 8,528,831 lives and 28,938,073 casualties or missing on both sides.

    The Regiment raised 3 Battalions and gained 47 battle honors during the course of the war.

    1st Battalion
    04.08.1914 Stationed at Nasirabad, India.
    13.10.1914 Embarked for England from Bombay arriving at Devonport, Plymouth and then moved to Winchester as part of the 82nd Brigade of the 27th Division.
    20.12.1914 Mobilised for war and landed at Havre and engaged in various actions on the Western Front including;
    1915
    The action of St Eloi, The Second Battle of Ypres.
    28.11.1915 Embarked for Salonika from Marseilles arriving 05.12.1915 and engaged in various actions against the Bulgarian Army including;
    1916
    The capture of Karajakois, The capture of Yenikoi.
    03.11.1916 Transferred to the 30th Brigade of the 10th Division;
    Kosturino, Retreat from Serbia, Capture of the Karajokois, Capture of Yenikoi.
    02.09.1917 Sailed to Egypt arriving 06.09.1917 and engaged in various actions against the Turkish Army including;
    Third Battle of Gaza, Capture of the Sheria Position, Capture of Jerusalem, Defence of Jerusalem, Tell 'Asure, Battle of Nablus.
    31.10.1918 Ended the war at Burka N.W. of Nablus, Palestine.

    2nd Battalion
    04.08.1914 Stationed at Devonport as part of the 8th Brigade of the 3rd Division
    14.08.1914 Mobilised for war and landed at Boulogne.
    24.10.1914 Transferred to Army troops to defence the Lines of Communication.
    14.03.1915 Transferred to the 12th Brigade of the 4th Division at Le Bizet.
    26.07.1915 Transferred to the 11th Brigade of the 4th Division which engaged in various actions on the Western Front including;
    1916
    The Battle of Albert, The Battle of Le Transloy.
    22.05.1916 Transferred to the 22nd Brigade of the 7th Division.
    14.10.1916 Transferred to the 49th Brigade of the 16th Division at Kemmel;
    1917
    The Battle of Messines, The Battle of Langemark.
    23.04.1918 Transferred the 188th Brigade of the 63rd Division;
    1918
    The Battle of St Quentin, The Battle of Bapaume, The Battle of Albert, The Battle of Drocourt-Queant, The Battle of the Canal du Nord, The Battle of Cambrai 1918, The passage of the Grand Honelle, The Final Advance in Picardy.
    11.11.1918 Ended the war at Spiennes south of Mons, France.

    3rd (Reserve) Battalion
    04.08.1914 Stationed at Clonmel and the moved to Dublin.
    Sept 1916 Moved to Templemore Co. Tipperary.
    End o f 1917 Moved back to Dublin.
    April 1918 Moved to England as part of the Irish Reserve Brigade at Larkhill.

    Collection: Nominal index of all service personnel serving in a theatre of war 1914-1919

    Campaign Medals:
    British War Medal

    With the information in Jeremiah Cambridge's record, it is likely that they were entitled to the British War Medal for service in World War One. This British Empire campaign medal was issued for services between 5th August 1914 and 11th November 1918.

    The medal was automatically awarded in the event of death on active service before the completion of this period.

    Victory Medal

    With the information in Jeremiah Cambridge's record, it is likely that they were entitled to the Victory medal, also called the Inter Allied Victory Medal. This medal was awarded to all who received the 1914 Star or 1914-15 Star and, with certain exceptions, to those who received the British War Medal. It was never awarded alone. These three medals were sometimes irreverently referred to as Pip, Squeak and Wilfred.

    Eligibility for this award consisted of having been mobilised, fighting, having served in any of the theatres of operations, or at sea, between midnight 4th/5th August, 1914, and midnight, 11th/12th November, 1918. Women who served in any of the various military organisations in a theatre of operations were also eligible.

    * Medal entitlement listed above is worked out using the same methodology the MOD used for issuing them  [3
    Occupation Labourer 1889, 1890, 1893, 1895, 1896, Quay Labourer 1901, Labourer 1904, 1909, General Labourer 1911, 1918, 1922, 1933,  [1, 2
    Residence 28 Sep 1918  15 1st Burnt Lane, Off Sives Lane, Cork City, Co Cork, Ireland Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • at time of son Denis' marriage to Margaret O'Connor
    Residence 1 Mar 1919  15 1st Burnt Lane, Off Sives Lane, Cork City, Co Cork, Ireland Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Residence 25 Nov 1922  Burnt Lane, Off Sives Lane, Cork City, Co Cork, Ireland Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • at time of son Arthur's marriage to Nora Sheehan
    Residence 28 May 1926  15 1st Burnt Lane, Off Sives Lane, Cork City, Co Cork, Ireland Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • at time of death of wife Hannah
    WEIG 122 Lbs  [3
    _UID 66F78D1DDFEB40129FC7B9EA359491F87EB2 
    Death 31 May 1933  29 Corbett's Lane, Off Cathedral Rd., Gurranabraher, Cork City, Co Cork, Ireland Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Notes 
    • Jeremiah Cambridge in the Ireland, Catholic Parish Registers, 1655-1915

      Name: Jeremiah Cambridge
      Baptism Age: 0
      Event Type: Baptism
      Birth Date: 1857
      Baptism Date: 14 Jan 1857
      Baptism Place: St Mary's, Cork city, Cork, Ireland
      Parish Variants: St. Mary's, Cork
      Diocese: Cork and Ross
      Father: John Cambridge
      Mother: Margaret Callaghan

      Date - January 14th, Year - 1857
      Names - Jeremiah
      Parents - John Cambridge & Margaret Coxxxxx
      Residence -
      Date of Birth -
      Sponsors - Owen Sullivan & Ellen
      Celebrant - P Murphy.

      1901 Census of Ireland

      6 Mannix's Lane, Cork City, Co Cork, Ireland

      Jeremiah Cambridge, Head, Roman Catholic, Read & Write, Age 40, Male, Labourer Quay, Married, born Cork City.
      Hannah Cambridge, Wife, Roman Catholic, Cannot Read, Age 30, Female, House Keeper, Married, born Cork City.
      Denis Cambridge, Son, Roman Catholic, Cannot Read, Age 9, Male, Attending School, Not Married, born Cork City.
      William Cambridge, Son, Roman Catholic, Cannot Read, Age 5, Male, Attending School, Not Married, born Cork City.
      Arthur Cambridge, Son, Roman Catholic, Cannot Read, Age 1, Male, , Not Married, born Cork City.

      1911 Census of Ireland

      15 1st Burnt Lane, Cork City, Co Cork, Ireland

      Jeremiah Cambridge, Head, Roman Catholic, Cannot Read, Age 50, Male, General Labourer, Married, born Cork City.
      Hannah Cambridge, Wife, Roman Catholic, Cannot Read, Age 46, Female, House Keeper, Married, Completed years the present marriage - 29, Children born Alive - 11, Children still Living - 4, born Cork City.
      Denis Cambridge, Son, Roman Catholic, Read & Write, Age 17, Male, Shop Messenger, Single, born Cork City.
      Arthur Cambridge, Son, Roman Catholic, Read & Write, Age 10, Male, Scholar, Single, born Cork City.
      Patrick Cambridge, Son, Roman Catholic, Cannot R Write, Age 2, Male, Scholar, Single, born Cork City.
      Maggie Cambridge, Daughter, Roman Catholic, Cannot R Write, Age 6, Female, Scholar, Single, born Cork City.

      Image 3DeathCerts>Cambridge downloaded but not assigned a Source No. (D1933CambridgeJeremiahSCFull.pdf) [1, 2]
    Person ID I11233  falvey08
    Last Modified 28 Dec 2022 

    Father John CAMBRIDGE,   b. Abt 1834   d. 18 Jul 1897, 29 Corbett's Lane, Off Cathedral Rd., Gurranabraher, Cork City, Co Cork, Ireland Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 63 years) 
    Mother Margaret CALLAGHAN,   b. Abt 1831   d. 17 Feb 1878, 20 Corbett's Lane, Off Cathedral Rd, Gurranabraher, Cork City, Co Cork, Ireland Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 47 years) 
    Marriage 2 Aug 1850  North Cathedral, Cathedral Of St. Mary & St. Anne, Cork City, Co Cork, Ireland Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F8371  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Hannah DINEEN AKA NEWMAN,   b. bfr 1868, Cork City, Co Cork, Ireland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 28 May 1926, 15 1st Burnt Lane, Off Sives Lane, Cork City, Co Cork, Ireland Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 58 years) 
    Marriage 6 Jul 1889  North Cathedral, Cathedral Of St. Mary & St. Anne, Cork City, Co Cork, Ireland Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    _UID E48D820B06DD48FD820CD11DDD4145ABB0F1 
    Children 
     1. John CAMBRIDGE,   b. 6 Feb 1890, 63 Fair Lane, Cork City, Co Cork, Ireland Find all individuals with events at this location
     2. Denis CAMBRIDGE,   b. 3 Feb 1893, 46 Kearney's Lane, Cork City, Co Cork, Ireland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 18 Feb 1952, 86 Gurranabraher Ave., Cork City, Co Cork, Ireland Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 59 years)
     3. Margaret CAMBRIDGE,   b. 5 Mar 1895, 35 Fair Lane, Cork City, Co Cork, Ireland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 28 Jun 1895, 35 Fair Lane, Cork City, Co Cork, Ireland Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 0 years)
     4. William CAMBRIDGE,   b. 15 May 1896, 35 Fair Lane, Cork City, Co Cork, Ireland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 2 Mar 1907, Cork Fever Hospital, Cork City, Co Cork, Ireland Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 10 years)
     5. Arthur CAMBRIDGE,   b. 1900, Cork City, Co Cork, Ireland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 7 Feb 1955, 23 Killeens Place, Fairhill, Cork City, Co Cork, Ireland Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 55 years)
     6. Michael CAMBRIDGE,   b. 17 Jun 1902, 6 Mannix's Lane, Cork City, Co Cork, Ireland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. bfr 2 Apr 1911 (Age 8 years)
     7. Margaret (Maggie) CAMBRIDGE,   b. 26 Dec 1904, 12 Mannix's Lane, Cork City, Co Cork, Ireland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 16 Aug 1973, 15 Rathmore Park, Popes Rd., Cork City, Co Cork, Ireland Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 68 years)
     8. Daniel CAMBRIDGE,   b. 17 Jan 1907, 15 1st Burnt Lane, Off Sives Lane, Cork City, Co Cork, Ireland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 15 May 1909, 15 1st Burnt Lane, Off Sives Lane, Cork City, Co Cork, Ireland Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 2 years)
     9. Patrick (Paddy) CAMBRIDGE,   b. 23 Mar 1909, 15 1st Burnt Lane, Off Sives Lane, Cork City, Co Cork, Ireland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 27 Mar 1986, 22 St Rita's Ave., Gurranabraher, Cork City, Co Cork, Ireland Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 77 years)
    Family ID F8372  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 20 Mar 2021 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - bfr 14 Jan 1857 - Cork City, Co Cork, Ireland Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBaptism - 14 Jan 1857 - North Cathedral, Cathedral of St. Mary & St. Anne, Cork City, Co Cork, Ireland Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 6 Jul 1889 - Corbett's Lane, Off Cathedral Rd, Gurranabraher, Cork City, Co Cork, Ireland Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 6 Jul 1889 - North Cathedral, Cathedral of St. Mary & St. Anne, Cork City, Co Cork, Ireland Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 6 Feb 1890 - 63 Fair Lane, Cork City, Co Cork, Ireland Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 3 Feb 1893 - 46 Kearney's Lane, Cork City, Co Cork, Ireland Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 5 Mar 1895 - 35 Fair Lane, Cork City, Co Cork, Ireland Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 15 May 1896 - 35 Fair Lane, Cork City, Co Cork, Ireland Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCensus - 31 Mar 1901 - 6 Mannix's Lane, Cork City, Co Cork, Ireland Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 26 Dec 1904 - 12 Mannix's Lane, Cork City, Co Cork, Ireland Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 23 Apr 1909 - 15 1st Burnt Lane, Off Sives Lane, Cork City, Co Cork, Ireland Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCensus - 2 Apr 1911 - 15 1st Burnt Lane, Off Sives Lane, Cork City, Co Cork, Ireland Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 28 Sep 1918 - 15 1st Burnt Lane, Off Sives Lane, Cork City, Co Cork, Ireland Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 1 Mar 1919 - 15 1st Burnt Lane, Off Sives Lane, Cork City, Co Cork, Ireland Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 25 Nov 1922 - Burnt Lane, Off Sives Lane, Cork City, Co Cork, Ireland Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 28 May 1926 - 15 1st Burnt Lane, Off Sives Lane, Cork City, Co Cork, Ireland Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 31 May 1933 - 29 Corbett's Lane, Off Cathedral Rd., Gurranabraher, Cork City, Co Cork, Ireland Link to Google Earth
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  • Documents
    CambridgeJeremiah_1901IreCen_SC2589
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    CambridgeJeremiah_1911IreCen_SC2590
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    CambridgeJeremiah_ArmyRecord01SC2592
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  • Sources 
    1. [S2589] 1901 Census of Ireland.

    2. [S2590] 1911 Census of Ireland.

    3. [S2592] Jeremiah Cambridge in the British Army WWI Service Records, 1914-1920.