{"id":18914,"date":"2025-12-09T17:18:50","date_gmt":"2025-12-09T17:18:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.londonirishrifles.com\/?page_id=18914"},"modified":"2025-12-11T11:18:14","modified_gmt":"2025-12-11T11:18:14","slug":"first-army-thanksgiving-service-in-carthage-may-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\/tunisian-campaign-november-1942-to-may-1943\/first-army-thanksgiving-service-in-carthage-may-1943\/","title":{"rendered":"North African Campaign &#8211; First Army Thanksgiving Service in Carthage, May 1943"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"427\" height=\"390\" src=\"https:\/\/www.londonirishrifles.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/image-15.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-18917\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.londonirishrifles.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/image-15.png 427w, https:\/\/www.londonirishrifles.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/image-15-300x274.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 427px) 100vw, 427px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\">(NA 3075): The improvised altar on what was once the stage of the Amphitheatre. <\/h5>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.irishbrigade.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/large_NA_003076_1-2-300x287.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"424\" height=\"405\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.irishbrigade.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/large_NA_003076_1-2-300x287.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.irishbrigade.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/large_NA_003076_1-2.jpg 433w\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\" id=\"caption-attachment-96611\">(NA 3076): Men of the First Army HQ who constituted the choir. <\/h5>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.irishbrigade.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/large_NA_003077_1-2-300x285.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"419\" height=\"398\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.irishbrigade.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/large_NA_003077_1-2-300x285.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.irishbrigade.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/large_NA_003077_1-2.jpg 437w\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\" id=\"caption-attachment-96612\">(NA 3077):&nbsp;Original wartime caption: Close-up of two of the choir. <\/h5>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.irishbrigade.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/large_NA_003078_1-2-294x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"430\" height=\"439\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.irishbrigade.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/large_NA_003078_1-2-294x300.jpg 294w, https:\/\/www.irishbrigade.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/large_NA_003078_1-2.jpg 423w\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\" id=\"caption-attachment-96613\">(NA 3078)&nbsp;Original wartime caption: The band of the 87th Anti-Tank Regiment.<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.irishbrigade.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/large_NA_003079_1-2-300x284.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"433\" height=\"410\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.irishbrigade.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/large_NA_003079_1-2-300x284.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.irishbrigade.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/large_NA_003079_1-2.jpg 423w\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\" id=\"caption-attachment-96614\">(NA 3079): General Anderson shaking hands with another officer on arrival. <\/h5>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.irishbrigade.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/large_NA_003080_1-2-300x290.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"426\" height=\"412\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.irishbrigade.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/large_NA_003080_1-2-300x290.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.irishbrigade.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/large_NA_003080_1-2.jpg 435w\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\" id=\"caption-attachment-96615\">(NA 3080): Close-up of officers during the Service. <\/h5>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.irishbrigade.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/large_NA_003081_1-2-300x291.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"437\" height=\"423\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\" id=\"caption-attachment-96616\">(NA 3081): General Anderson reading the lesson from the stage of the Amphitheatre. <\/h5>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.irishbrigade.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/large_NA_003082_1-2-300x289.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"446\" height=\"430\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.irishbrigade.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/large_NA_003082_1-2-300x289.jpg 300w, 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Steele at the microphone during the Service. <\/h5>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.irishbrigade.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/large_NA_003083_1-2-300x275.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"443\" height=\"406\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.irishbrigade.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/large_NA_003083_1-2-300x275.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.irishbrigade.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/large_NA_003083_1-2.jpg 441w\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\" id=\"caption-attachment-96618\">(NA 3083): General Anderson and senior officers leaving at the end of the Service. <\/h5>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.irishbrigade.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/large_NA_003084_1-2-300x261.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"466\" height=\"406\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.irishbrigade.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/large_NA_003084_1-2-300x261.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.irishbrigade.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/large_NA_003084_1-2.jpg 459w\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\" id=\"caption-attachment-96619\">(NA 3084): General Anderson photographed after the Service. <\/h5>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.irishbrigade.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/large_NA_003085_1-2-300x273.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"451\" height=\"410\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.irishbrigade.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/large_NA_003085_1-2-300x273.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.irishbrigade.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/large_NA_003085_1-2.jpg 427w\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\" id=\"caption-attachment-96620\"><strong>(<\/strong>NA 3085): General view in the Amphi-Theatre as senior officers were leaving.<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.irishbrigade.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/large_NA_003090_1-2-300x295.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"430\" height=\"423\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.irishbrigade.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/large_NA_003090_1-2-300x295.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.irishbrigade.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/large_NA_003090_1-2.jpg 437w\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\" id=\"caption-attachment-96621\">(NA 3090): Standing before the recording microphone, General Anderson reads the Lesson from Peter, Chapter 5, Verses 6 to 11. \u2018Be sober, be vigilant, because your adversary the Devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour\u2019. <\/h5>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.irishbrigade.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/large_NA_003093_1-2-300x293.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"419\" height=\"409\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.irishbrigade.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/large_NA_003093_1-2-300x293.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.irishbrigade.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/large_NA_003093_1-2.jpg 434w\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\" id=\"caption-attachment-96622\">(NA 3093): Officers and men leaving after the Service. <\/h5>\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":"<p>(NA 3075): The improvised altar on what was once the stage of the Amphitheatre. 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