{"id":14305,"date":"2025-09-11T07:25:38","date_gmt":"2025-09-11T07:25:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.londonirishrifles.com\/?page_id=14305"},"modified":"2025-09-13T08:34:51","modified_gmt":"2025-09-13T08:34:51","slug":"56th-london-division-in-pola-4-august-1945","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.londonirishrifles.com\/index.php\/second-world-war\/56th-london-division-in-pola-4-august-1945\/","title":{"rendered":"56th (London) Division in Pola, 4 August 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=\"389\" height=\"358\" data-id=\"14306\" src=\"https:\/\/www.londonirishrifles.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/large_NA_025991_1-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14306\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.londonirishrifles.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/large_NA_025991_1-2.jpg 389w, https:\/\/www.londonirishrifles.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/large_NA_025991_1-2-300x276.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 389px) 100vw, 389px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">(NA 25991): Marshal Alexander is introduced to Pipe Major J.R. Franklin and Bugle Major F.J. Taylor., both of the pipe band of 1st London Irish Rifles, who were at the airfield at Pola. With the Field Marshal are Lieut. General Sir John Harding, 13 Corps Commander, and Brigadier Scott-Elliott. IWM.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"405\" data-id=\"14310\" src=\"https:\/\/www.londonirishrifles.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/large_NA_025992_1-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14310\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.londonirishrifles.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/large_NA_025992_1-2.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.londonirishrifles.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/large_NA_025992_1-2-296x300.jpg 296w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">(NA 25992): Field Marshal Alexander takes the salute before addressing troops of 167 Brigade, in the ancient arena at Pola. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"401\" height=\"402\" data-id=\"14308\" src=\"https:\/\/www.londonirishrifles.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/large_NA_025993_1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14308\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.londonirishrifles.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/large_NA_025993_1.jpg 401w, https:\/\/www.londonirishrifles.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/large_NA_025993_1-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.londonirishrifles.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/large_NA_025993_1-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 401px) 100vw, 401px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">(NA 25993): Field Marshal Alexander inspects Guard of Honour of 9 Royal Fusiliers. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"403\" height=\"412\" data-id=\"14307\" src=\"https:\/\/www.londonirishrifles.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/large_NA_025994_1-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14307\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.londonirishrifles.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/large_NA_025994_1-2.jpg 403w, https:\/\/www.londonirishrifles.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/large_NA_025994_1-2-293x300.jpg 293w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 403px) 100vw, 403px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">(NA 25994): Field Marshal Alexander pins the ribbons of the Military Medal on the shirt of Sgt. A.L. Walker, DCM of Dartford, who is serving with the R.A.M.C.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"396\" height=\"411\" data-id=\"14309\" src=\"https:\/\/www.londonirishrifles.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/large_NA_025995_1-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14309\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.londonirishrifles.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/large_NA_025995_1-2.jpg 396w, https:\/\/www.londonirishrifles.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/large_NA_025995_1-2-289x300.jpg 289w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 396px) 100vw, 396px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">(NA 25995): Field Marshal Alexander addressing the gathering of 2,000 troops of 167 Brigade who form the garrison at Pola.<\/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":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":155,"menu_order":9,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-14305","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.londonirishrifles.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/14305","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=14305"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.londonirishrifles.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/14305\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14316,"href":"https:\/\/www.londonirishrifles.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/14305\/revisions\/14316"}],"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=14305"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}