Dublin District of British
Army
Introduction from Chronology
Dublin District becomes a British
Army Division under Major-General Gerald Boyd (rather than a brigade of the 5th
Division).
More Detail
New Dublin District consisted of
two provisional brigades - the 24th based at Royal Barracks (covering north
Dublin and Meath) and the 25th based in Kilmainham (covering south Dublin and
north Wicklow). The two brigade HQ staffs did not come into being until April
19th 1920.
For the new division’s operational
strength in July 1920 - see Townshend (1975), pg 216.
For allocation of battalions to the BA’s Dublin District in the period of
the WoI, see Sheehan (2007), pgs
81-85. For allocation of battalions to the BA’s 5th Division
in November 1919 and Order of Battle and Location List in December, see Sheehan
(2009), pgs 143-162).
(The distribution of British army
troops in Ireland (with the O/Cs of the various divisions and brigades) in
January 1920 is given in Kautt (2014), pgs 26-30.)
Sheehan says 1st
January.