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Rifleman George Grist
We were recently visited by Paul Grist, the nephew of Rifleman George Grist, who was killed on 31st August 1918 while serving with the 1/18th Battalion in France and is buried at Rancourt CWGC Cemetery. Rifleman Grist, who was 19 years of age when he was killed, had joined the Royal Irish Rifles in 1917 […]
CSM Richard Fuller DCM
We were delighted to be visited recently at the museum by Stephen Foot, the grandson of CSM Richard Fuller who served with the 1/18th Battalion on the Western Front during the First World War. Stephen kindly brought along his grandfather’s Distinguished Conduct Medal, which was awarded to him for his remarkable actions at “Happy Valley” […]
Lance Corporal John Gregory DCM
We have been contacted by Glenn Russell, the son-in-law of L/Cpl John Gregory, who served with the 2nd Battalion London Irish Rifles in Tunisia and Italy and where he was awarded the Distinguished Conduct Medal. John Gregory, known as Jack to his family, was born on 18th May 1922 and lived and died in Bromley, Kent […]
Rifleman George Hurdley with the 2nd Battalion, 1939-45.
We have received a note and some great photos from the son of Rifleman George William Hurdley, who served with the 2nd Battalion from 1939 to 1945. In his note to us Tony Hurdley said: “My father’s number was 7014849, and he enlisted on 27th April 1939 and was then called to the colours at […]
Memorial Plaque Unveiling in Piedimonte Etneo.
The Regimental Association was honoured to attend a Commemorative event in the town of Piedimonte Etneo on the north eastern slopes of Mt Etna that took place on the exact 75th anniversary of the date when men of the 1st Battalion, London Irish Rifles entered the town in early September 1943. The Chairman, Major Peter […]
The 38th (Irish) Brigade in the Second World War
To mark the 75th anniversaries of the London Irish Rifles’ remarkable fighting role during the Second World War, Association members, Richard and Edmund O’Sullivan, have commenced a project to film the route that their father, CQMS Edmund (“Rosie”) O’Sullivan followed with the 2nd Battalion London Irish Rifles all the way from Algiers to Austria. The […]
Lieutenant Terence Barry 1921 – 1943
We have just been contacted by Association Member Greg Barry, who has passed us some further information about his uncle, Lieutenant Terence Barry, who died on 5th December 1943, while serving in Italy with the 1st Battalion, London Irish Rifles. Terence Barry was born on 6 June 1921, the second son of Patrick Barry, an […]
Piper Alfred Jeffrey 1923-2018
We have received notification of the recent death of Piper Alfred (‘Jeff’) Jeffrey who lived in Perth, Western Australia. Piper Jeffrey served with the 2nd Battalion in Italy and Austria from 1943 to 1946 and an excerpt of his memoirs were published in a recent Emerald. You can read a full version of Alfred’s memoirs […]
Alfred Cook’s Photographs from 1942/43
Many thanks to Sergeant Alfred Cook for sharing these photos that were taken while he was serving with 1st Battalion, London Irish Rifles during 1942 and 1943 in Iraq and Egypt. Read more about Alfred here.
Major-General C W B Purdon, CBE, MC, CPM
Corran Purdon was born in Queenstown, County Cork but would spend part of his early childhood in India where his father, Major General W Brook Purdon DSO MBE MC, was serving with the Royal Army Medical Corps. He would be sent to school in London and Northern Ireland before attending Campbell College in Belfast and commented […]