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Algeria\/Tunisia, November 1942 to June 1943<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n
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IWM (NA 3351): Warrant Officers and Sergeants of the 2nd Bn. London Irish Rifles at Guelama in June 1943. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

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Sicily, July to September 1943<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n
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IWM (NA 5386): Bren gun position on outskirts of Centuripe in August 1943.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

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Adriatic Coast\/Apennines, October 1943 to February 1944<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n
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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\u0094 Coy., 2 L.I.R. in October 1943.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

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Cassino\/Liri Valley\/Trasimeno, March to June 1944<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n
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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. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

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Egypt, July to September 1944<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n
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IWM (TR 2285) The Drums and Pipes of the Irish Brigade playing on the grounds of the Sporting Club at Alexandria in August 1944.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

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North of Florence, October 1944 to February 1945<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n
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IWM (NA 19784): Pack mules, and jeeps, crossing a peculiar humped-back bridge in Castle del Rio in October 1944.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

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Argenta\/Austria, March to May 1945<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

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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.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

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Algeria\/Tunisia, November 1942 to June 1943 Sicily, July to September 1943 Adriatic Coast\/Apennines, October 1943 to February 1944 Cassino\/Liri Valley\/Trasimeno, March to June 1944 Egypt, July to September 1944 North of Florence, October 1944 to February 1945 Argenta\/Austria, March to May 1945<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":155,"menu_order":30,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-13610","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.londonirishrifles.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/13610","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=13610"}],"version-history":[{"count":71,"href":"https:\/\/www.londonirishrifles.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/13610\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25307,"href":"https:\/\/www.londonirishrifles.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/13610\/revisions\/25307"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.londonirishrifles.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/155"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.londonirishrifles.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13610"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}