{"id":14290,"date":"2025-09-11T07:12:03","date_gmt":"2025-09-11T07:12:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.londonirishrifles.com\/?page_id=14290"},"modified":"2025-09-13T08:35:02","modified_gmt":"2025-09-13T08:35:02","slug":"1st-battalion-at-rest-in-trieste-2-july-1946","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.londonirishrifles.com\/index.php\/second-world-war\/1st-battalion-at-rest-in-trieste-2-july-1946\/","title":{"rendered":"1st Battalion at rest in Trieste, 2 July 1946"},"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=\"413\" height=\"383\" data-id=\"14295\" src=\"https:\/\/www.londonirishrifles.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/large_NA_026936_1-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14295\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.londonirishrifles.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/large_NA_026936_1-2.jpg 413w, https:\/\/www.londonirishrifles.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/large_NA_026936_1-2-300x278.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 413px) 100vw, 413px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">R(NA 26936): Men of the 1st Btn. London Irish Rifles take a little leisure time after a patrol. IWM. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"397\" height=\"392\" data-id=\"14291\" src=\"https:\/\/www.londonirishrifles.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/large_NA_026937_1-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14291\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.londonirishrifles.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/large_NA_026937_1-2.jpg 397w, https:\/\/www.londonirishrifles.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/large_NA_026937_1-2-300x296.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 397px) 100vw, 397px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">(NA 26937): L\/Cpl. Andrew Nicholl of Coleraine  joined the Army 4 1\/2 years ago from school.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"393\" height=\"402\" data-id=\"14294\" src=\"https:\/\/www.londonirishrifles.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/large_NA_026938_1-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14294\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.londonirishrifles.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/large_NA_026938_1-2.jpg 393w, https:\/\/www.londonirishrifles.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/large_NA_026938_1-2-293x300.jpg 293w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 393px) 100vw, 393px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">(NA 26938): &#8216;Off Duty&#8217; for the afternoon, these London Irish Riflemen take a stroll over the hills surrounding Trieste.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"409\" height=\"408\" data-id=\"14292\" src=\"https:\/\/www.londonirishrifles.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/large_NA_026939_1-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14292\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.londonirishrifles.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/large_NA_026939_1-2.jpg 409w, https:\/\/www.londonirishrifles.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/large_NA_026939_1-2-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.londonirishrifles.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/large_NA_026939_1-2-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 409px) 100vw, 409px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">(NA 26939) : Resting in their &#8216;carrier&#8217; Rfm. Stanley Gibson of Londonderry, and his pal L\/Cpl. Andrew Nicholl of Coleraine.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"415\" height=\"399\" data-id=\"14293\" src=\"https:\/\/www.londonirishrifles.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/large_NA_026940_1-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14293\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.londonirishrifles.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/large_NA_026940_1-2.jpg 415w, https:\/\/www.londonirishrifles.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/large_NA_026940_1-2-300x288.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 415px) 100vw, 415px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">(NA 26940): With his &#8216;bivvy&#8217; pitched beneath a pine tree, Rfm. Robert Johnston of  Larne, who has been in the Army for 2 1\/2 years, enjoys the scenery.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"414\" height=\"400\" data-id=\"14296\" src=\"https:\/\/www.londonirishrifles.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/large_NA_026941_1-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14296\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.londonirishrifles.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/large_NA_026941_1-2.jpg 414w, https:\/\/www.londonirishrifles.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/large_NA_026941_1-2-300x290.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 414px) 100vw, 414px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">(NA 26941): L\/Cpl. John Dalzell of 53 Brownlow Street, Belfast with 2 years service.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"396\" height=\"394\" data-id=\"14297\" src=\"https:\/\/www.londonirishrifles.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/large_NA_026942_1-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14297\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.londonirishrifles.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/large_NA_026942_1-2.jpg 396w, https:\/\/www.londonirishrifles.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/large_NA_026942_1-2-300x298.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.londonirishrifles.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/large_NA_026942_1-2-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 396px) 100vw, 396px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">(NA 26942): At their wireless post in the hills, Rfn. George Patrick and Rfn. Thomas Wallace, both of Belfast, keep in contact with their Company H.Q.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\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":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":155,"menu_order":9,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-14290","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.londonirishrifles.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/14290","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\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.londonirishrifles.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14290"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.londonirishrifles.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/14290\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14301,"href":"https:\/\/www.londonirishrifles.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/14290\/revisions\/14301"}],"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=14290"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}