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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.