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2nd Battalion in Sicily


Officers of the 2nd Bn London Irish Rifles under the command of Lt Colonel Harry Rogers relax on the beach near Patti during September 1943.

Back Row: Capt. Pat Giles, Lt Michael Rowlette, Capt. Mervyn Davies, Major Gerald Fitzgerald, Capt. Seamus Samuels, Major Diarmond Conroy, Capt. Michael Tasker, Capt. Peter Grannell, Capt. James Maur-Sheil.

Middle Row: Capt. Bill Westcott, Major Colin Gibbs, Capt. Ken Neely, Lt Col. Harry Rogers, Major Kevin O’Connor, Lt David Aitkenhead, Capt. Rodney Rockburn.

Front Row: Rev. Harry Graydon, Lt. Frank Lyness, Lt. Ken Lovatt, Lt. Ivan Yates, Lt. Tom. Osborne.