{"id":18095,"date":"2025-12-05T17:13:18","date_gmt":"2025-12-05T17:13:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.londonirishrifles.com\/?page_id=18095"},"modified":"2026-04-02T10:34:17","modified_gmt":"2026-04-02T10:34:17","slug":"sicilian-campaign-july-august-1943","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.londonirishrifles.com\/index.php\/second-world-war\/38-irish-brigade-1942-1947\/38-irish-brigade-photographic-memories\/a-pictorial-history-from-algeria-to-austria\/sicilian-campaign-july-august-1943\/","title":{"rendered":"Sicilian Campaign \u2013 July\/August 1943"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-16018d1d wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" 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