It is often mentioned that things used be “so much better in my day”… in the case of the London Irish Rifles, that may very well be true and it’s clear that one element of the sharing of our storied history has always been the Regimental Journal, ‘The Emerald’, which has been published by the LIR’s Old Comrades Association and the Regimental Association since September 1949.
We have the pleasure of starting to share (most) of the archived copies of The Emerald for you to peruse… reading through them, it certainly stirs up so many fond memories of esteemed former members of our Regiment – and their stories remain remarkably vivid to thie current day.
Issue 1 – September 1949
Issue 2 – February 1950
Issue 3 – 1950
Issue 4 – January 1951
Issue 5 – June 1951
Issue 6 – January 1952
Issue 7 – October 1952
Issue 8 – April 1953
Issue 9 – October 1953
Issue 10 – May 1954
Issue 11 – May 1955
Issue 12 – September 1956
Issue 13 – June 1957
Issue 14 – September 1958
Issue 15 – September 1959
Issue 16 – September 1960
Issue 17 – September 1961
Issue 18 – September 1962
Issue 19 – September 1963
Issue 20 – September 1964
Issue 21 – July 1965
Issue 22 – December 1965
Issue 23 – July 1966
Issue 24 – August 1967
Issue 25 – September 1968
Issue 26 – September 1969
Issue 27 – September 1970
Issue 28 – September 1971
Issue 29 – September 1972
Issue 30 – September 1973
Issue 31 – September 1974
Issue 32 – September 1975
Issue 33 – September 1976
Issue 34 – September 1977
Issue 35 – September 1978
Issue 36 – July 1979
Issue 37 – July 1980
Issue 38 – September 1981
Issue 39 – July 1982
Issue 40 – July 1983
Issue 41 – July 1984
Issue 42 – July 1985
Issue 43 – July 1986
Issue 44 – August 1987
Issue 45 – August 1988
Issue 46 – August 1989
Issue 47 – August 1990
Issue 48 – August 1991
Issue 49 – August 1992
Issue 50 August 1993
Issue 51 – August 1994
Issue 52 – September 1995
Issue 53 – September 1996
Issue 54 – September 1997
Issue 55 – September 1998
Issue 56 – September 1999
Issue 57 – September 2000
Issue 58 – September 2001
Issue 59 – September 2002
Issue 60 – October 2003
Issue 61 – 2004
Issue 62 – 2005
Issue 63 – 2006
Issue 64 – 2007
Issue 65 – 2009
Issue 66 – 2011
Issue 67 – 2012
Issue 68 – 2013
Issue 69 – 2014
Issue 70 – 2015
Loos Centenary – September 2015
Issue 71 – 2016
Issue 72 – 2017
Issue 73 – 2018
Issue 74 – 2019
Issue 75 – 2020
Issue 76 – 2021
Issue 77 – 2022
Issue 78 – 2023
Issue 79 – 2024
Issue 80 – 2025
