{"id":14209,"date":"2025-09-09T15:12:51","date_gmt":"2025-09-09T15:12:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.londonirishrifles.com\/?page_id=14209"},"modified":"2025-09-14T11:22:45","modified_gmt":"2025-09-14T11:22:45","slug":"senio-floodbanks-march-1945","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.londonirishrifles.com\/index.php\/second-world-war\/senio-floodbanks-march-1945\/","title":{"rendered":"Senio Floodbanks, March 1945"},"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=\"428\" height=\"393\" data-id=\"14211\" src=\"https:\/\/www.londonirishrifles.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/large_NA_023032_1-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14211\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.londonirishrifles.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/large_NA_023032_1-2.jpg 428w, https:\/\/www.londonirishrifles.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/large_NA_023032_1-2-300x275.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 428px) 100vw, 428px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"> (NA 23032): A young German prisoner is brought into our positions in an exhausted condition after being buried alive. IWM.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"419\" height=\"373\" data-id=\"14210\" src=\"https:\/\/www.londonirishrifles.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/large_NA_023033_1-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14210\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.londonirishrifles.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/large_NA_023033_1-2.jpg 419w, https:\/\/www.londonirishrifles.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/large_NA_023033_1-2-300x267.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 419px) 100vw, 419px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">(NA 23033): Infantrymen of &#8216;E&#8217; Coy. 2 London Irish Rifles, on patro pass a large German S.P. gun.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"421\" height=\"391\" data-id=\"14212\" src=\"https:\/\/www.londonirishrifles.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/large_NA_023034_1-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14212\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.londonirishrifles.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/large_NA_023034_1-2.jpg 421w, https:\/\/www.londonirishrifles.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/large_NA_023034_1-2-300x279.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 421px) 100vw, 421px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">(NA 23034): One of our dug-in positions on the River Senio bank.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"403\" height=\"393\" data-id=\"14213\" src=\"https:\/\/www.londonirishrifles.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/large_NA_023035_1-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14213\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.londonirishrifles.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/large_NA_023035_1-2.jpg 403w, https:\/\/www.londonirishrifles.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/large_NA_023035_1-2-300x293.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 403px) 100vw, 403px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">(NA 23035): Rfn. Bernard Brister of Isleworth keeps watch from a dugout. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"429\" height=\"400\" data-id=\"14215\" src=\"https:\/\/www.londonirishrifles.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/large_NA_023036_1-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14215\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.londonirishrifles.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/large_NA_023036_1-2.jpg 429w, https:\/\/www.londonirishrifles.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/large_NA_023036_1-2-300x280.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 429px) 100vw, 429px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">(NA 23036): Rfn. Leslie Byrlanson of Sunderland, platoon signaller, sends a message back to HQ.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"425\" height=\"388\" data-id=\"14214\" src=\"https:\/\/www.londonirishrifles.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/large_NA_023037_1-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14214\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.londonirishrifles.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/large_NA_023037_1-2.jpg 425w, https:\/\/www.londonirishrifles.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/large_NA_023037_1-2-300x274.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 425px) 100vw, 425px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">(NA 23037): Infantrymen move up to positions in the stop bank. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"425\" height=\"409\" data-id=\"14217\" src=\"https:\/\/www.londonirishrifles.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/large_NA_023038_1-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14217\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.londonirishrifles.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/large_NA_023038_1-2.jpg 425w, https:\/\/www.londonirishrifles.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/large_NA_023038_1-2-300x289.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 425px) 100vw, 425px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">(NA 23038): Men of 10 Platoon, &#8216;F&#8217; Coy., 2 London Irish Rifles in positions on the stop bank.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"413\" height=\"358\" data-id=\"14216\" src=\"https:\/\/www.londonirishrifles.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/large_NA_023039_1-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14216\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.londonirishrifles.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/large_NA_023039_1-2.jpg 413w, https:\/\/www.londonirishrifles.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/large_NA_023039_1-2-300x260.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 413px) 100vw, 413px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">(NA 23039): The area around the River Senio is so heavily mined.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":155,"menu_order":8,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-14209","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.londonirishrifles.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/14209","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=14209"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.londonirishrifles.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/14209\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14221,"href":"https:\/\/www.londonirishrifles.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/14209\/revisions\/14221"}],"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=14209"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}