The Curragh incidentJuly 20, 1914 is also known as the Curragh Mutiny.
57 out of the 70 British Army Officers based in the Curragh camp, many of them Irish Protestants, resigned their commissions in the British Army rather than enforce the Third Irish Home Rule Bill in Ulster. This followed the British government's decision to send 800 soldiers to Ulster to enforce the Bill, which was thought necessary since the illegal importation of thousands of German rifles by the UVF. Asquith's government backed down, claiming an "honest misunderstanding" and the men were reinstated. The event contributed to the growing Irish separatist movement, convincing nationalists that they could not expect impartiality from the British army in Ireland.
A mutiny in the British fleet there, shortly after the Spithead mutiny in 1797, failed to achieve its goals of a...
In 1797 a celebrated wartime mutiny occurred in the fleet stationed at Spithead: the crews sent the officers ashore, ran the ships by committee, and won their demands for better wages and working conditions.
The British Garrison in Australia 1788-1841: the mutiny of the 80th regiment at Norfolk Island.
Mutiny is the crime of conspiring to disobey an order that a group of similarly-situated individuals (typically members of the military; or the crew of any ship, even if they are civilians) is legally obliged to obey.
While many mutinies were carried out in response to backpay and/or poor conditions within the military unit or on the ship, some, such as the Connaught Rangers mutiny and the Wilhelmshaven mutiny, were part of larger movements or revolutions.
The Mutiny Act legislated for offences in respect of which death or penal servitude could be awarded, and the Articles of War, while repeating those provisions of the act, constituted the direct authority for dealing with offences for which imprisoument was the maximum punishment as well as with many matters relating to trial and procedure.
Feeds |
Contact