{"id":18985,"date":"2025-12-10T08:06:50","date_gmt":"2025-12-10T08:06:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.londonirishrifles.com\/?page_id=18985"},"modified":"2025-12-11T11:02:56","modified_gmt":"2025-12-11T11:02:56","slug":"sicily-on-the-landing-beaches-10th-july-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\/sicily-on-the-landing-beaches-10th-july-1943\/","title":{"rendered":"Sicily &#8211; On the Landing Beaches, 10th July 1943"},"content":{"rendered":"\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\/2023\/07\/large_000000-1-1-300x296.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"466\" height=\"460\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.irishbrigade.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/large_000000-1-1-300x296.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.irishbrigade.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/large_000000-1-1-768x757.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.irishbrigade.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/large_000000-1-1.jpg 800w\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\" id=\"caption-attachment-100593\">(NA 4252) The Captain of LST 367, a landing craft loaded with tanks, briefs his crew before sailing to Sicily. The use of LCTs (Landing Craft Tanks) and LSTs (Landing Ship Tanks) during the invasion, enabled armour to be landed with the assaulting infantry for the first time. <\/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\/2023\/07\/large_000000-1-2-300x295.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"464\" height=\"456\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.irishbrigade.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/large_000000-1-2-300x295.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.irishbrigade.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/large_000000-1-2-768x755.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.irishbrigade.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/large_000000-1-2.jpg 800w\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\" id=\"caption-attachment-100594\">(NA 4262): A Sherman tank leaves a landing ship.<\/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\/2023\/07\/large_000000-1-3-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.irishbrigade.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/large_000000-1-3-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.irishbrigade.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/large_000000-1-3-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.irishbrigade.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/large_000000-1-3-768x766.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.irishbrigade.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/large_000000-1-3.jpg 800w\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\" id=\"caption-attachment-100597\">(NA 4139): A survivor of the airborne invasion, Lance Corporal Blaycock, boards a Royal Navy warship after being rescued from the sea. His glider landed in the sea after being blown off course and he was picked up after spending seven hours afloat. <\/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\/2023\/07\/large_NA_004343_1-2-300x275.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"418\" height=\"383\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.irishbrigade.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/large_NA_004343_1-2-300x275.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.irishbrigade.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/large_NA_004343_1-2.jpg 422w\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\" id=\"caption-attachment-100599\">(NA 4343): Civilians from Avola passing our advance troops, one woman is waving a \u2018white flag\u2019 while the woman following her given a Fascist salute. <\/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\/2023\/07\/large_NA_004354_1-2-300x291.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"403\" height=\"391\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.irishbrigade.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/large_NA_004354_1-2-300x291.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.irishbrigade.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/large_NA_004354_1-2.jpg 408w\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\" id=\"caption-attachment-100600\">(NA 4354): General view as landing craft unload.<\/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\/2023\/07\/large_NA_004323_1-2-300x293.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"420\" height=\"410\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.irishbrigade.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/large_NA_004323_1-2-300x293.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.irishbrigade.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/large_NA_004323_1-2.jpg 413w\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\" id=\"caption-attachment-100604\">(NA 4323): Types of landing craft used during the operations.<\/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\/2023\/07\/large_NA_004506_1-2-300x261.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"443\" height=\"385\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.irishbrigade.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/large_NA_004506_1-2-300x261.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.irishbrigade.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/large_NA_004506_1-2.jpg 435w\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\" id=\"caption-attachment-100605\">(NA 4506): Landing craft putting the stores and personnel ashore. <\/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\/2023\/07\/large_000000-1-4-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"423\" height=\"423\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.irishbrigade.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/large_000000-1-4-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.irishbrigade.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/large_000000-1-4-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.irishbrigade.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/large_000000-1-4-768x769.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.irishbrigade.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/large_000000-1-4.jpg 799w\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\" id=\"caption-attachment-100606\">(NA 4513): British troops go ashore from an infantry landing ship. <\/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\/2023\/07\/large_NA_004336_1-2-300x288.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"427\" height=\"410\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.irishbrigade.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/large_NA_004336_1-2-300x288.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.irishbrigade.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/large_NA_004336_1-2.jpg 427w\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\" id=\"caption-attachment-100607\">(NA 4336): A patrol from 107 Anti-Tank Battery returning from the Avola area at dawn. <\/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\/2023\/07\/large_NA_004357_1-2-300x274.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"407\" height=\"372\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.irishbrigade.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/large_NA_004357_1-2-300x274.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.irishbrigade.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/large_NA_004357_1-2.jpg 433w\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\" id=\"caption-attachment-100608\">(NA 4357): British troops marching into Avola. <\/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\/2023\/07\/large_NA_004218_1-2-300x281.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"420\" height=\"393\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.irishbrigade.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/large_NA_004218_1-2-300x281.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.irishbrigade.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/large_NA_004218_1-2.jpg 424w\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\" id=\"caption-attachment-100609\">(NA 4218): Beach scene in Southern Sicily as the landing operations continued unhindered. <\/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\/2023\/07\/large_000000-1-5-300x297.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"399\" height=\"395\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.irishbrigade.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/large_000000-1-5-300x297.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.irishbrigade.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/large_000000-1-5-768x759.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.irishbrigade.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/large_000000-1-5.jpg 800w\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\" id=\"caption-attachment-100610\">(NA 4233): A British soldier inspects a captured Italian pillbox in the Pachino area. <\/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\/2023\/07\/large_NA_004244_1-2-300x255.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"395\" height=\"336\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.irishbrigade.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/large_NA_004244_1-2-300x255.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.irishbrigade.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/large_NA_004244_1-2.jpg 453w\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\" id=\"caption-attachment-100613\">(NA 4244): Scene on the beaches of Sicily showing LCIs and LCTs unloading. <\/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\/2023\/07\/large_NA_004573_1-2-300x265.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"391\" height=\"345\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.irishbrigade.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/large_NA_004573_1-2-300x265.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.irishbrigade.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/large_NA_004573_1-2.jpg 434w\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\" id=\"caption-attachment-100614\">(NA 4573): Infantry coming ashore from a landing craft. <\/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\/2023\/07\/large_NA_004338_1-2-300x286.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"362\" height=\"345\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.irishbrigade.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/large_NA_004338_1-2-300x286.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.irishbrigade.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/large_NA_004338_1-2.jpg 422w\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\" id=\"caption-attachment-100615\">(NA 4338): Men of the 9th Bn. D.L.I. \u2018digging in\u2019 after HQ had been established.<\/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\/2023\/07\/large_NA_004630_1-2-300x278.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"377\" height=\"349\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.irishbrigade.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/large_NA_004630_1-2-300x278.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.irishbrigade.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/large_NA_004630_1-2.jpg 425w\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\" id=\"caption-attachment-100616\">(NA 4630): Troops coming ashore from a landing craft. <\/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\/2023\/07\/large_NA_004630_1-2-1-300x278.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"382\" height=\"354\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.irishbrigade.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/large_NA_004630_1-2-1-300x278.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.irishbrigade.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/large_NA_004630_1-2-1.jpg 425w\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\" id=\"caption-attachment-100617\">(NA 4630): Troops coming ashore from a landing craft. <\/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\/2023\/07\/large_000000-1-6-296x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"390\" height=\"395\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.irishbrigade.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/large_000000-1-6-296x300.jpg 296w, https:\/\/www.irishbrigade.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/large_000000-1-6-768x779.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.irishbrigade.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/large_000000-1-6.jpg 789w\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\" id=\"caption-attachment-100621\">(NA 4183): A British Universal Carrier Mark I comes ashore during the invasion of Sicily. <\/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\/2023\/07\/large_000000-300x297.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"441\" height=\"436\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.irishbrigade.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/large_000000-300x297.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.irishbrigade.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/large_000000-768x760.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.irishbrigade.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/large_000000.jpg 800w\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\" id=\"caption-attachment-100622\">(NA 4635): General view of one of the invasion beaches, with Italian prisoners being made to remove barbed-wire in the foreground.<\/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\/2023\/07\/large_000000-3-287x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"409\" height=\"428\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.irishbrigade.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/large_000000-3-287x300.jpg 287w, https:\/\/www.irishbrigade.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/large_000000-3.jpg 765w\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\" id=\"caption-attachment-100623\">(NA 4105): A British soldier reads up on Sicily, the target for the next Allied invasion.<\/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\/2023\/07\/large_NA_004270_1-2-300x255.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"407\" height=\"346\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.irishbrigade.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/large_NA_004270_1-2-300x255.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.irishbrigade.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/large_NA_004270_1-2.jpg 460w\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\" id=\"caption-attachment-100624\">(NA 4270): Troops cheering General Montgomery after he had addressed them at a camp in Malta. <\/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\/2023\/07\/A-17959-300x218.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"369\" height=\"268\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.irishbrigade.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/A-17959-300x218.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.irishbrigade.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/A-17959-768x557.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.irishbrigade.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/A-17959.jpg 800w\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\" id=\"caption-attachment-100627\">(A 17959) Troops dashing ashore from landing craft.<\/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\/2023\/07\/large_NA_004230_1-2-300x289.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"383\" height=\"369\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.irishbrigade.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/large_NA_004230_1-2-300x289.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.irishbrigade.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/large_NA_004230_1-2.jpg 422w\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\" id=\"caption-attachment-100628\">(NA 4230).<\/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\/2023\/07\/large_000000-1-7-286x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"372\" height=\"390\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.irishbrigade.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/large_000000-1-7-286x300.jpg 286w, https:\/\/www.irishbrigade.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/large_000000-1-7.jpg 763w\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\" id=\"caption-attachment-100629\">(NA 4411): British troops advance through Pachino during the Allied invasion of Sicily. <\/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\/2023\/07\/large_000000-1-8-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"422\" height=\"422\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.irishbrigade.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/large_000000-1-8-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.irishbrigade.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/large_000000-1-8-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.irishbrigade.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/large_000000-1-8-768x767.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.irishbrigade.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/large_000000-1-8.jpg 800w\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\" id=\"caption-attachment-100630\">(NA 4275) Troops wade ashore from landing ships. <\/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\/2023\/07\/large_NA_004207_1-2-300x258.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"413\" height=\"355\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.irishbrigade.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/large_NA_004207_1-2-300x258.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.irishbrigade.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/large_NA_004207_1-2.jpg 433w\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\" id=\"caption-attachment-100631\">(NA 4207): Self-propelled \u2018Priests\u2019 the gun that surprised the Axis Armies in North Africa, coming ashore from the landing craft. <\/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\/2023\/07\/large_NA_004510_1-2-300x267.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"439\" height=\"391\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.irishbrigade.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/large_NA_004510_1-2-300x267.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.irishbrigade.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/large_NA_004510_1-2.jpg 432w\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\" id=\"caption-attachment-100632\">(NA 4510): The first batch of Italian prisoners arriving at the beach for interrogation. <\/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\/2023\/07\/large_NA_004234_1-2-300x268.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"384\" height=\"343\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.irishbrigade.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/large_NA_004234_1-2-300x268.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.irishbrigade.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/large_NA_004234_1-2.jpg 456w\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\" id=\"caption-attachment-100633\">(NA 4234): Tommies get their first view of Sicily from the bows of a landing craft. <\/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\/2023\/07\/large_NA_004272_1-2-300x280.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"418\" height=\"390\" 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Seaforth Highlanders. Left to right \u2013 front row:- Lieut. T.H. Bremner, Lieut. J. Dent Lieut. A.D. Cochrane Lieut. J.A. Latta Lieut A.C. McLeish Left to right \u2013 2nd Row Lieut G.A.D. Inches Lieut K. Robertson Capt. J. Roberts Major G.L. Andrews, Lieut. Col. J.H.Walford, DSO (CO)., Major G. Green, Capt. D. Findley Shirras, Lieut J.G. Angus. <\/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\/2023\/07\/large_NA_004216_1-2-300x280.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"408\" height=\"381\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.irishbrigade.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/large_NA_004216_1-2-300x280.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.irishbrigade.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/large_NA_004216_1-2.jpg 431w\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\" id=\"caption-attachment-100635\">(NA 4216): British troops embarking on L.C.Is at Sousse. <\/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\/2023\/07\/large_NA_004364_1-2-300x296.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"427\" height=\"421\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.irishbrigade.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/large_NA_004364_1-2-300x296.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.irishbrigade.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/large_NA_004364_1-2.jpg 417w\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\" id=\"caption-attachment-100636\">(NA 4364): Units of the R.A.C. advancing inland. <\/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 4252) The Captain of LST 367, a landing craft loaded with tanks, briefs his crew before sailing to Sicily. 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