You may well be aware that the London Irish Rifles Museum at Connaught House has been closed for the past few months as we await updated developments in respect of the future location of our Regimental Collection so please watch this space for all the latest on this matter. We shall, of course, be maintaining a London based presence for our regular parades – the next Association events will take place at the time of Remembrance Sunday.
We are certainly looking forward to the Association’s Pilgrimage to Loos-en-Gohelle to commemorate the 110th anniversary of the first day of the Battle of Loos in September 1915. Our trip to France will take place from 26 to 28 September 2025 and a detailed itinerary has now been shared with attendees.
There will be no parade on Loos Sunday this year at Connaught House.
We also look forward to assembling a marching contingent for the RBL National Parade at the Cenotaph on Remembrance Sunday when we expect to see 30 former London Irish Riflemen on parade.
Please do also note that we have set up a web-site based process for the ordering of a small number of Association items and you can find more details via this link.
QUIS SEPARABIT
Lieutenant Colonel (Retd) Ant Maher VR,
Chairman of the London Irish Rifles Association
webmaster@londonirishrifles.com
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Email: membershipsec@londonirishrifles.com
You can view the full history of The Emerald which has been published since 1949 via this link.
Photographs from Recent Events
THE PIPES AND DRUMS
The Pipes and Drums perform at Association parades to commemorate St Patrick’s Day, Loos Sunday and Remembrance Sunday and also in support of the Combined Irish Regiments at their parade at the Cenotaph in June.
Read more about the Pipes and Drums of the Association
LONDON IRISH RIFLES MUSEUM
As of August 2025, the Museum is closed but if you do have any questions or to want learn more about the history of the London Irish Rifles please contact us on: webmaster@londonirishrifles.
Find out more about the Museum’s activities
REGIMENTAL HISTORY
Find out more about the history of the London Irish Rifles
THE LONDON REGIMENT, 1993 TO 2022
Following the incorporation of the London Irish Rifles as a company of the London Regiment in 1993, men from D Company company served in The Falkland Islands, Bosnia, Kosovo, Sierra Leone, Northern Ireland, Iraq, Afghanistan and Cyprus over the subsequent 30 years.
During Operation Telic, the company contributed to the formation of Cambrai Company (Operation Telic 3) and Messines Company (Operation Telic 4) alongside numerous individual postings and there were also a number of small group mobilisations throughout the conflict in Iraq.
Soldiers from D Company also deployed to Afghanistan with Somme Company in 2007 (Operation Herrick 7), Amiens Company in 2010 (Operation Herrick 12) and Arras Company in 2011 (Operation Herrick 13) as formed units within Guards’ Division formations.
NO 15 (LOOS) COMPANY, IRISH GUARDS
On 1st May 2022, the London Regiment became 1st Battalion, London Guards and D (London Irish Rifles) Company now forms No 15 (Loos) Company, Irish Guards.
You can find an MoD link for the London Guards here
