August 1944 was a contrasting month for the two battalions.<\/p>\n
Whilst the 2nd Battalion (2 LIR) was at rest in Egypt, moving from Qassassin to Sidi Bishr to the north east of Alexandria at the start of the month, the end of the month saw the 1st Battalion (1 LIR) starting its northward movement to join the 8th Army’s assault on the Gothic Line, which had commenced on the night of 25th\/26th August 1944.<\/p>\n
1 LIR’s Officer’s Roll at the end of August 1944 as it readied itself again for battle was:<\/p>\n
Battalion HQ.<\/strong><\/p>\n Lt-Col JL Baucher \u2013 Commanding Officer.<\/p>\n Major DAT Brett \u2013 Second in Command.<\/p>\n Captain AP Mace, MC \u2013 Adjutant.<\/p>\n Captain SH Sharp \u2013 Intelligence Officer.<\/p>\n HQ Company.<\/strong><\/p>\n Captain H St. G Gallagher \u2013 Company Commander.<\/p>\n Lieut HD Miller (in hospital) \u2013 Signals Officer.<\/p>\n Lieut GK Birkenhead \u2013 Transport Officer.<\/p>\n Lieut EB Gardner \u2013 Quartermaster.<\/p>\n Support Company.<\/strong><\/p>\n Capt EM Grace \u2013 Company Commander.<\/p>\n Captain J Gates \u2013 Carrier Platoon Commander.<\/p>\n Lieut W Foley (Battle Patrol Commander) \u2013 Second in Command Carrier Platoon.<\/p>\n Captain HG McClennan \u2013 A\/Tk Platoon Commander.<\/p>\n Lieut AW Denley \u2013 Second in Command, A\/Tk Platoon.<\/p>\n Lieut JV Reynolds \u2013 Mortar Platoon Commander.<\/p>\n 2\/Lieut FW Briant \u2013 Pioneer Platoon Commander.<\/p>\n A Company.<\/strong><\/p>\n Major JK Cantopher GM \u2013 Company Commander.<\/p>\n Captain M van S Boswell \u2013 Second in Command.<\/p>\n Lieut C Cropper \u2013 7 Platoon Commander.<\/p>\n Lieut NW Dorrity \u2013 8 Platoon Commander.<\/p>\n Lieut RJ Goodall \u2013 9 Platoon Commander.<\/p>\n B Company.<\/strong><\/p>\n Major D Neill \u2013 Company Commander.<\/p>\n Captain AS Blake \u2013 Second in Command.<\/p>\n Lieut WEW Martin \u2013 10 Platoon Commander.<\/p>\n Lieut BG Johns \u2013 11 Platoon Commander (Reserve A\/Tk Officer).<\/p>\n Lieut EE Little \u2013 12 Platoon Commander (Reserve Mortar Officer).<\/p>\n C Company.<\/strong><\/p>\n Major DA Gibson – Company Commander.<\/p>\n Captain HF Andrews \u2013 Second in Command.<\/p>\n Lieut J Willeard \u2013 13 Platoon Commander.<\/p>\n Lieut RM Haigh, MC \u2013 14 Platoon Commander.<\/p>\n Lieut J Prosser \u2013 15 Platoon Commander.<\/p>\n D Company.<\/strong><\/p>\n Major TJ Sweeney \u2013 Company Commander.<\/p>\n Captain R Hedger, MC \u2013 Second in Command.<\/p>\n Lieut AW Soutar \u2013 16 Platoon Commander (Reserve A\/Tk Officer).<\/p>\n Lieut MM Spiller \u2013 17 Platoon Commander (Reserve IO).<\/p>\n Lieut J Kitcher \u2013 18 Platoon Commander.<\/p>\n Lieut A Hunter \u2013 Assistant Adjutant.<\/p>\n 1<\/strong>st<\/strong>\u00a0Reinforcement Company (with 3 CRU).<\/strong><\/p>\n Captain SW McCabe \u2013 Company Commander.<\/p>\n Lieut L Rue, MC.<\/p>\n Lieut SB Culliford.<\/p>\n Lieut RW Newman.<\/p>\n Lieut D Hutchison.<\/p>\n Lieut JB Duigan.<\/p>\n Lieut GE Sherry (as PRI).<\/p>\n Attached.<\/strong><\/p>\n Captain TK Whaley\u00a0 – RAMC, Medical Officer.<\/p>\n Reverend Father Treacey \u2013 RAChD, RC Padre.<\/p>\n Key Dates:<\/strong><\/p>\n 7th August:\u00a0<\/strong>2 LIR move from Qassassin to Sidi Bishr.<\/p>\n 8th August:\u00a0<\/strong>1 LIR move to Perugia area.<\/p>\n 19th August:\u00a0<\/strong>1 LIR arrive in Torentino area.<\/p>\n 29th – 31st August:\u00a0<\/strong>1 LIR moved to staging area at Albacina, then to Sassoferata and finally to Fossombrone.<\/p>\n Roll of Honour: August 1944.<\/strong><\/p>\n No deaths were reported in the month.<\/p>\n August 1944 was a contrasting month for the two battalions. Whilst the 2nd Battalion (2 LIR) was at rest in Egypt, moving from Qassassin to Sidi Bishr to the north east of Alexandria at the start of the month, the end of the month saw the 1st Battalion (1 LIR) starting its northward movement to […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":1641,"menu_order":21,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1723","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.londonirishrifles.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1723","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=1723"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/www.londonirishrifles.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1723\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5599,"href":"https:\/\/www.londonirishrifles.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1723\/revisions\/5599"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.londonirishrifles.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1641"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.londonirishrifles.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1723"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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\nRead The London Irish at War – August 1944.<\/a><\/strong><\/h4>\n
Read September 1944.<\/a><\/strong><\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"