{"id":13683,"date":"2025-09-03T17:34:35","date_gmt":"2025-09-03T17:34:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.londonirishrifles.com\/?page_id=13683"},"modified":"2025-09-04T18:11:37","modified_gmt":"2025-09-04T18:11:37","slug":"war-diaries-2-lir-september-1944","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.londonirishrifles.com\/index.php\/second-world-war\/war-diaries\/war-diaries-2-lir-september-1944\/","title":{"rendered":"War Diaries, 2 LIR \u2013 September 1944"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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1 September \u2013EGYPT.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

0730<\/strong> E and F Coys on route march.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

0930<\/strong> H Coy on 30 yards range.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

TEWT for Admin personnel on sand table of Monte Castellone.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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2 September \u2013 EGYPT.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

0730<\/strong> G and H Coys on route march.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

1000<\/strong> Reshuffle of all coys in order to conform the number of personnel to War Establishment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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3 September \u2013 EGYPT.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

0900<\/strong> Ceremonial Church Parades to commemorate 5th<\/sup> anniversary of the war.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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4 September \u2013 EGYPT.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

0730<\/strong> R Coy on route march.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

0930<\/strong> HQ Coy on 30 yards range.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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5 September \u2013 EGYPT.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

0730<\/strong> S and HQ Coys on route march.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

1200<\/strong> Movement Order No 8 issued. Bttn moving to unknown destination under operational conditions. D Day for move 8\/9\/44.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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6 September \u2013 EGYPT.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

0730<\/strong> E and F Coys on route march.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

1500<\/strong> D Day for future move to 9\/9\/44.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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7 September \u2013 EGYPT.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

0800<\/strong> Commencement of handing in of accommodation stores.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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8 September \u2013 EGYPT.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

0800<\/strong> All tents struck. Stocks and baggage handed in.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

1200<\/strong> CO\u2019s lecture on future move.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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9 September \u2013 EGYPT.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

0930<\/strong> Bttn em-bused for move to docks at Alexandria.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

1030<\/strong> Bttn began to embark on troopship, \u201cStaffordshire\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Remainder of day in port.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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10 September \u2013 EGYPT.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ship still in port.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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11 September \u2013 EGYPT.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

0630<\/strong> Ship sailed in convoy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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12 to 14 September\u2013 AT SEA.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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15 September \u2013 ITALY.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

0700<\/strong> Convoy arrives at Taranto.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

1000<\/strong> Bttn commences to disembark and embus for camp area.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

1230<\/strong> Bttn arrives at camp. Bttn transport already in camp area.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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16 September \u2013 ITALY.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Draft of 1 officer and 141 ORs, all ex members of bttn, arrived in camp area.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

1030<\/strong> CO addresses draft on bttn\u2019s future operations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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17 September \u2013 ITALY.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

0900<\/strong> CE and RC voluntary church parades.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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18 September \u2013 ITALY.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

0830<\/strong> Lines, mosquito nets and respirators inspected.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Snipers Course began under supervision of IO.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

1000<\/strong> Bttn inspection of all weapons.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

1030<\/strong> Kit inspections. Rest of day, platoon and section training.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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19 September \u2013 ITALY.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

0700<\/strong> PT Parade.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

0800<\/strong> Bathing Parades.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rest of day, platoon and section training.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Divisional Commander visited bttn area.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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20 September \u2013 ITALY.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

0700<\/strong> PT Parade.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

1030<\/strong> R Coy\u2019s move to Ancona postponed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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21 September \u2013 ITALY.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

0800<\/strong> Draft of 26 ORs, transferred to 1 RIrF.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

1700<\/strong> CO\u2019s O Group regarding future moves.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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22 September \u2013 ITALY.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

0800<\/strong> BD and winter underwear issued. KD and summer underwear handed in.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

1400<\/strong> Brigade boxing tournament.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

1500<\/strong> Bttn warned for move on 25 Sept.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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23 September \u2013 ITALY.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

1500<\/strong> B Coy and regarded personnel (X R Coy) moved off in transport for sea journey to Ancona.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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24 September \u2013 ITALY.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

0700<\/strong> Bathing parades.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

1000<\/strong> Loading of stores commenced.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2000<\/strong> Bttn ready to move at 0500 hrs the following morning<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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25 September \u2013 ITALY.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

0500<\/strong> Bttn moved off in transport to join 38 Brigade Group convoy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

1200<\/strong> 1 hour halt for tea meal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

1515<\/strong> Bttn Staging Area San Severo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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26 September \u2013 ITALY.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

0500<\/strong> Convoy moved off again.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

1200<\/strong> 1 hour halt for tea meal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

1530<\/strong> Bttn arriving at Staging Area Giulianova.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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27 September \u2013 ITALY.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

0500<\/strong> Convoy left Giulianova.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

1500<\/strong> Convoy arrived in Divisional Concentration Area near Fano.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bttn HQ in area farm 192697.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Coys bivouacking in surrounding fields.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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28 September \u2013 ITALY.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

0930<\/strong> CO\u2019s lecture to Coy Commanders on General Situation and possible future roles for bttn. Coy Commanders lectures to coys on same themes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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29 September \u2013 ITALY.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

0700<\/strong> PT parade. Coy training for rest of the day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

1400<\/strong> Bttn Commanders\u2019 conference at Brigade HQ  on Divisional future operations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

1500<\/strong> Divisional Commander visits bttn area.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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30 September \u2013 ITALY.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

0700<\/strong> PT parade. Coy training for rest of the day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

0830<\/strong> CO\u2019s O Group.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

1200<\/strong> Bttn parade for CO\u2019s lecture on future operations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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1 September \u2013EGYPT. 0730 E and F Coys on route march. 0930 H Coy on 30 yards range. TEWT for Admin personnel on sand table of Monte Castellone. 2 September \u2013 EGYPT. 0730 G and H Coys on route march. 1000 Reshuffle of all coys in order to conform the number of personnel to War Establishment. 3 September \u2013 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":13610,"menu_order":21,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-13683","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.londonirishrifles.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/13683","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=13683"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.londonirishrifles.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/13683\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13684,"href":"https:\/\/www.londonirishrifles.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/13683\/revisions\/13684"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.londonirishrifles.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/13610"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.londonirishrifles.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13683"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}