Irish in the Military

The Commissioned Sea Officers Of The Royal Navy 1660-1815 Volume 1

A listing of the officers who served in the Royal Navy between 1660 and 1815. Beside the name of each officer is his rank and the year in which he served in that rank. I should probably put this section under British records but I wanted cohesiveness with anything that might be added in the future.

Foley, Edward Kingston
LIEUTENANT - 3 Oct 1803

Foley, Thomas (1)
LIEUTENANT - 19 Feb 1741
COMMANDER - 3 May 1748
CAPTAIN - 2 Apr 1754

d. - 2 May 1755

Foley, Thomas (2)
LIEUTENANT - 18 June 1741
COMMANDER - 6 Aug 1756

Foley, Sir Thomas (3)

Sir Thomas Foley, 1757-1833, admiral, second son of John Foley of Ridgeway in Pembrokeshire, where the family had been settled for several centuries, a nephew of Thomas Foley, a captain in the navy (d. 1758), who had been round the world with Anson in the Centurion, was born in 1757, and entered the navy on board the Otter in 1770.

LIEUTENANT - 25 May 1778
COMMANDER - 1 Dec 1782
CAPTAIN - 21 Sept 1790
CRM 2 Oct 1807
REAR ADMIRAL BLUE - 28 Apr 1808
REAR ADMIRAL RED - 31 July 1810
VICE ADMIRAL BLUE - 12 Aug 1812
VICE ADMIRAL WHITE - 4 June 1814
KCB 12 Apr 1815
V-Adm Red 12 Aug 1819
GCB 6 May 1820
ADMIRAL BlUE 27 May 1825
ADMIRAL WHITE 22 Jul 1830
Died 9 Jan 1833

Source Information: Ancestry.com. Commissioned Sea Officers of the Royal Navy, 1660-1815 [database online]. Provo, Utah: MyFamily.com, Inc., 2003. Original data: The Commissioned Sea Officers of the Royal Navy, 1660-1815. Volume I. [S. I.], 1954[?].

Indian Army Quarterly List for 1 January 1912

The Quarterly Indian Army List for January 1, 1912 by Army Head-Quarters, India, 1 January 1912, printed by Superintendent Government Printing, India, Calcutta, 1912. This book contains a listing of over 40,000 names of British and Indian troops during the British control of India.

Surname: Foley
Given Name: J.W.
FIRST COMM: 22 May 09
DATE RANK: 7 June 10
RANK: Lieutenants
COMPANY: The Royal Irish Rifles - 1st Battalion
Page #: 248

Surname: Foley
Given Name: M.
FIRST COMM: 19 Oct. 01
DATE RANK: 19 Oct. 11
RANK: Capt. [Hony.]
COMPANY: The Cheshire Regiment
REMARKS: Quartermaster
Page #: 219
Source Information: Graden, Debra, comp. The Quarterly Indian Army List for January 1, 1912. [database online] Provo, UT: Ancestry.com, 2001-. Original data: Army Headquarters, India. The Quarterly Indian Army List for January 1, 1912. Calcutta, India: Superintendent Government Printing, 1912.