{"id":10022,"date":"2024-04-14T09:21:46","date_gmt":"2024-04-14T09:21:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.londonirishrifles.com\/?page_id=10022"},"modified":"2025-08-09T15:57:46","modified_gmt":"2025-08-09T15:57:46","slug":"pilgrimage-to-cassino-may-2024","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.londonirishrifles.com\/index.php\/calendar-of-events\/review-of-recent-events\/pilgrimage-to-cassino-may-2024\/","title":{"rendered":"Pilgrimage to Cassino, May 2024"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Saturday 11 May 2024<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

2100:  Local commemorative events in Castelforte to mark the start of the Final Battle of Cassino at 11pm on 11 May 1944.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Overnight \u2013 Castelforte. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Sunday 12 May 2024<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n

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0830:  Church Service of Thanksgiving in Castelforte.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

1000:  Remembrance Service at Minturno CWGC Cemetery.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

1200-1400:  Monte Damiano Battlefield Reviews, o<\/strong>rganised by the Gustav Line Museum.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

1700-1900:  Reception at Gustav Linea Association Museum in Castelforte.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Overnight – Castelforte.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Monday 13 May 2024<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n

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0900-1000: Amazon Bridge commemorations, along with the Royal Engineers\/Monte Cassino Society.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

1400-1700: Visit to the Abbey of Monte Cassino\/Polish War Cemetery\/Snakeshead Ridge<\/strong>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Overnight – Cassino.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Tuesday 14 May 2024<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n

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1000-1100: Remembrance Service at Cassino CWGC Cemetery.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

1400-1700:  Liri Valley Battlefield review.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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  1. Congo Bridge crossings on 14 May 1944.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  2. Piopetto crossing \u2013 6 Innisks advance on 15 May 1944.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  3. \u2018O\u2019 Group for 2 LIR on 15 May 1944.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  4. Start Line for 2 LIR advance on 16 May 1944.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  5. Casa Sinagoga \u2013 Objective of 2 LIR attack on 16 May 1944.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  6. Colle Monache \u2013 Start of advance of 1 RIrF on morning of 17 May 1944.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  7. Piumarola \u2013 Fighting for 6 Innisks\/2 LIR on 17 May 1944.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  8. Route 6 \u2013 Cutting of Via Casalina on 17 May 1944.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n

    Overnight – Cassino.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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    Wednesday 15 May 2024<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n

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    1000-1100: Commemorative Service at the German War Cemetery at Caira.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

    1200: Travel to Anzio<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    1400-1500: CWGC at Anzio, Beachhead Cemeteries.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

    1600: “The Wadis\u201d\/Flyover\/\u201dThe Factory\u201d\/E.F. Waters Memorial.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Overnight – Cassino.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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    Thursday 16 May 2024<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n

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    0900-1100: Commemoration of the precise timing of 2 LIR\u2019s attack on the Gustav Line at Casa Sinagoga south of Cassino.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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    Saturday 11 May 2024 2100:  Local commemorative events in Castelforte to mark the start of the Final Battle of Cassino at 11pm on 11 May 1944. Overnight \u2013 Castelforte. Sunday 12 May 2024 0830:  Church Service of Thanksgiving in Castelforte. 1000:  Remembrance Service at Minturno CWGC Cemetery. 1200-1400:  Monte Damiano Battlefield Reviews, organised by the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":10019,"parent":141,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-10022","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.londonirishrifles.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/10022","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.londonirishrifles.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.londonirishrifles.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.londonirishrifles.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.londonirishrifles.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10022"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.londonirishrifles.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/10022\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12483,"href":"https:\/\/www.londonirishrifles.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/10022\/revisions\/12483"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.londonirishrifles.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/141"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.londonirishrifles.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10019"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.londonirishrifles.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10022"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}