{"id":12561,"date":"2025-08-09T19:12:05","date_gmt":"2025-08-09T19:12:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.londonirishrifles.com\/?page_id=12561"},"modified":"2025-08-27T17:51:08","modified_gmt":"2025-08-27T17:51:08","slug":"issue-61-april-2004","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.londonirishrifles.com\/index.php\/regimental-history\/the-emerald-from-september-1949-to-may-1954\/issue-61-april-2004\/","title":{"rendered":"Issue 61 &#8211; 2004"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-1 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"421\" height=\"593\" data-id=\"12562\" src=\"https:\/\/www.londonirishrifles.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/1.bmp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12562\" 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