{"id":143,"date":"2017-12-12T06:55:27","date_gmt":"2017-12-12T06:55:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.londonirishrifles.com\/?page_id=143"},"modified":"2026-04-11T10:08:20","modified_gmt":"2026-04-11T10:08:20","slug":"latest-news-articles","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.londonirishrifles.com\/index.php\/latest-news-articles\/","title":{"rendered":"Articles"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\">Corporal Sidney Swift<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed aligncenter is-type-wp-embed is-provider-london-irish-rifles-association wp-block-embed-london-irish-rifles-association\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"EXcLPtA9P3\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.londonirishrifles.com\/index.php\/regimental-history\/notices-obituaries\/sidney-swift\/\">Sidney Swift<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; clip: rect(1px, 1px, 1px, 1px);\" title=\"&#8220;Sidney Swift&#8221; &#8212; London Irish Rifles Association\" src=\"https:\/\/www.londonirishrifles.com\/index.php\/regimental-history\/notices-obituaries\/sidney-swift\/embed\/#?secret=u2f2iPGWax#?secret=EXcLPtA9P3\" data-secret=\"EXcLPtA9P3\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.londonirishrifles.com\/index.php\/593171-rifleman-leonard-burnett\/\">The photo memories of Rifleman Leonard Burnett <\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"741\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.londonirishrifles.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Image-59-741x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7419\" style=\"width:205px;height:256px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.londonirishrifles.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Image-59-741x1024.jpg 741w, https:\/\/www.londonirishrifles.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Image-59-217x300.jpg 217w, https:\/\/www.londonirishrifles.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Image-59-768x1061.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.londonirishrifles.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Image-59.jpg 898w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 741px) 100vw, 741px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.londonirishrifles.com\/index.php\/2021\/01\/26\/the-london-irish-rifleman-who-walked-to-freedom\/\">The London Irish Rifleman who walked to freedom<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.londonirishrifles.com\/index.php\/2021\/01\/26\/the-london-irish-rifleman-who-walked-to-freedom\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"226\" height=\"176\" src=\"https:\/\/www.londonirishrifles.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Noname1.bmp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7085\" style=\"width:322px;height:286px\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n<h3 class=\"title-header\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.londonirishrifles.com\/index.php\/latest-news-articles\/lady-butler-war-artist-and-traveller\/\">\u2018Lady Butler, War Artist and Traveller 1846 \u2013 1933\u2019.<\/a><\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.londonirishrifles.com\/index.php\/latest-news-articles\/lady-butler-war-artist-and-traveller\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-5279 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.londonirishrifles.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/ladybutler-1-246x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"431\" height=\"526\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.londonirishrifles.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/ladybutler-1-246x300.jpg 246w, https:\/\/www.londonirishrifles.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/ladybutler-1-768x938.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.londonirishrifles.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/ladybutler-1-839x1024.jpg 839w, https:\/\/www.londonirishrifles.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/ladybutler-1.jpg 1696w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 431px) 100vw, 431px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<hr>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.londonirishrifles.com\/index.php\/latest-news-articles\/the-london-irish-rifles-in-palestine-1917\/\">The London Irish Rifles in Palestine.<\/a><\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.londonirishrifles.com\/index.php\/latest-news-articles\/the-london-irish-rifles-in-palestine-1917\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-2820 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.londonirishrifles.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/jerusalemphoto-300x189.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"568\" height=\"358\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.londonirishrifles.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/jerusalemphoto-300x189.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.londonirishrifles.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/jerusalemphoto-768x485.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.londonirishrifles.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/jerusalemphoto-1024x646.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.londonirishrifles.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/jerusalemphoto.jpg 1924w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 568px) 100vw, 568px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<hr>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.londonirishrifles.com\/index.php\/latest-news-articles\/sergeant-alfred-cook\/\">Sergeant Alfred Cook.<\/a><\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.londonirishrifles.com\/index.php\/latest-news-articles\/sergeant-alfred-cook\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.londonirishrifles.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/trieste-300x218.jpg\" width=\"610\" height=\"443\"><\/a><\/p>\n<hr>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.londonirishrifles.com\/index.php\/latest-news-articles\/lance-sergeant-william-donaldson\/\">Lance Sergeant William Donaldson<\/a>.<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.londonirishrifles.com\/index.php\/latest-news-articles\/lance-sergeant-william-donaldson\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.londonirishrifles.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/img_0748-587x1024.jpg\" width=\"467\" height=\"815\"><\/a><\/p>\n<hr>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.londonirishrifles.com\/index.php\/latest-news-articles\/drawings-of-rifleman-herbert-bick\/\">Drawings of Rifleman Herbert Bick<\/a>.<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.londonirishrifles.com\/index.php\/latest-news-articles\/drawings-of-rifleman-herbert-bick\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.londonirishrifles.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/ginger1-e1513079938687.jpg\" width=\"405\" height=\"543\"><\/a><\/p>\n<hr>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.londonirishrifles.com\/index.php\/latest-news-articles\/rifleman-ernest-miles\/\">Rifleman Ernest Miles<\/a>.<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.londonirishrifles.com\/index.php\/latest-news-articles\/rifleman-ernest-miles\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.londonirishrifles.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/miles.jpg\" width=\"425\" height=\"641\"><\/a><\/p>\n<hr>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.londonirishrifles.com\/index.php\/latest-news-articles\/2nd-battalion-in-north-africa\/\">2nd Battalion in North Africa<\/a>.<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.londonirishrifles.com\/index.php\/latest-news-articles\/2nd-battalion-in-north-africa\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.londonirishrifles.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/emerald1959d.jpg\" width=\"827\" height=\"595\"><\/a><\/p>\n<hr>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">Archive<\/h2>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.londonirishrifles.com\/index.php\/lieutenant-colonel-ion-goff\/\">Lieutenant Colonel Ion Goff.<\/a><\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.londonirishrifles.com\/index.php\/latest-news-articles\/lieutenant-colonel-ion-goff\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.londonirishrifles.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/goff2-Copy-Copy-280x300.jpg\" width=\"512\" height=\"549\"><\/a><\/p>\n<hr>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.londonirishrifles.com\/index.php\/comune-of-piedimonte-etneo-27th-july-2014\/\">Piedimonte Etneo, 27th July 2014.<\/a><\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.londonirishrifles.com\/index.php\/calendar-of-events\/archive-of-events\/comune-of-piedimonte-etneo-27th-july-2014\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-2841 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.londonirishrifles.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/IMG_5047-300x246.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"571\" height=\"469\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.londonirishrifles.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/IMG_5047-300x246.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.londonirishrifles.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/IMG_5047-768x629.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.londonirishrifles.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/IMG_5047.jpg 938w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 571px) 100vw, 571px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<hr>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.londonirishrifles.com\/index.php\/calendar-of-events\/archive-of-events\/pilgrimage-to-italy-may-2014\/\">Pilgrimage to Italy, May 2014.<\/a><\/h3>\n<p><a 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The London Irish Rifles in Palestine. Sergeant Alfred Cook. Lance Sergeant William Donaldson. Drawings of Rifleman Herbert Bick. Rifleman Ernest Miles. 2nd Battalion in North Africa. 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