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War Diaries – 2nd Battalion

Algeria/Tunisia, November 1942 to June 1943

IWM (NA 3351): Warrant Officers and Sergeants of the 2nd Bn. London Irish Rifles at Guelama in June 1943.

Sicily, July to September 1943

IWM (NA 5386): Bren gun position on outskirts of Centuripe in August 1943.

Adriatic Coast/Apennines, October 1943 to February 1944

IWM (NA 7796): Cpl. Fryar of Deptford, London, and Rfn. Cox of Storrington, stand by a Vickers machine gun post overlooking ‘No Man’s Land’ North of Termoli. ‘E Coy., 2 L.I.R. in October 1943.

Cassino/Liri Valley/Trasimeno, March to June 1944

IWM (NA 15075) A 17-pdr anti-tank gun and crew of 2 LIR near Cassino, 17 May 1944. A Sherman tank can be seen in the background.

Egypt, July to September 1944

IWM (TR 2285) The Drums and Pipes of the Irish Brigade playing on the grounds of the Sporting Club at Alexandria in August 1944.

North of Florence, October 1944 to February 1945

IWM (NA 19784): Pack mules, and jeeps, crossing a peculiar humped-back bridge in Castle del Rio in October 1944.

Argenta/Austria, March to May 1945

IWM (NA 24080): Men of the 2nd Bn. London Irish Rifles on ‘Kangaroos’ set out from the captured village of Lavezzola to assault the river Reno in April 1945.