{"id":12292,"date":"2025-08-09T13:01:37","date_gmt":"2025-08-09T13:01:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.londonirishrifles.com\/?page_id=12292"},"modified":"2026-04-04T17:33:16","modified_gmt":"2026-04-04T17:33:16","slug":"the-emerald-from-september-1949-to-may-1954","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.londonirishrifles.com\/index.php\/regimental-history\/the-emerald-from-september-1949-to-may-1954\/","title":{"rendered":"The Emerald – from September 1949 to April 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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It is often mentioned that things used to be \u201cso much better in my day\u201d\u2026 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, \u2018The Emerald\u2019, which has been published by the LIR’s Old Comrades Association and the Regimental Association since September 1949.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We have the pleasure of share (most) of the archived copies of The Emerald for you to peruse\u2026 reading through them, it certainly stirs up so many fond memories of esteemed former members of our Regiment \u2013 and their stories remain remarkably vivid to the current day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Issues 1 to 10<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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September 1949<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n
February 1950<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n
January 1951<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n
June 1951<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n
January 1952<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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October 1952<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n
April 1953<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n
October 1953<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n
May 1954<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Issues 11 to 20<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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1955<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n
1956<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n
1957<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n
1958<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n
1960<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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1961<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n
1963<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n
1964<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Issues 21 to 30<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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1965<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n
Loos 1965<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n
1966<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n
1967<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n
1968<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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1969<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n
1970<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n
1971<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n
1972<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n
1973<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Issues 31 to 40<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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1974<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n
1975<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n
1976<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n
1977<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n
1978<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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1979<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n
1980<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n
1981<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n
1982<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n
1983<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Issues 41 to 50<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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1984<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n
1985<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n
1986<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n
1987<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n
1988<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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1989<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n
1990<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n
1991<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n
1992<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n
1993<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Issues 51 to 60<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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1994<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n
1995<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n
1996<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n
1997<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n
1998<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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1999<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n
2000<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n
2001<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n
2002<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n
2023<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Issues 61 to 70<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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2004<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n
2005<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n
2006<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n
2007<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n
2009<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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2011<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n
2012<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n
2013<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n
2014<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n
2015<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Loos Centenary – 2015<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Issues 71 to 80<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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2016<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n
2017<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n
2018<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n
2019<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n
2020<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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2021<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n
2022<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n
2023<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n
2024<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n
2025<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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It is often mentioned that things used to be \u201cso much better in my day\u201d\u2026 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, \u2018The Emerald\u2019, which has been published by […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":145,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-12292","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.londonirishrifles.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/12292","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=12292"}],"version-history":[{"count":212,"href":"https:\/\/www.londonirishrifles.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/12292\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":23481,"href":"https:\/\/www.londonirishrifles.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/12292\/revisions\/23481"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.londonirishrifles.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/145"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.londonirishrifles.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12292"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}