{"id":19242,"date":"2025-12-11T19:05:37","date_gmt":"2025-12-11T19:05:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.londonirishrifles.com\/?page_id=19242"},"modified":"2025-12-12T12:16:23","modified_gmt":"2025-12-12T12:16:23","slug":"adriatic-coast-termoli","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\/adriatic-campaign-september-to-december-1943\/adriatic-coast-termoli\/","title":{"rendered":"Adriatic Coast &#8211; Termoli"},"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\/2021\/07\/large_NA_007787_1-2-300x277.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"277\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.irishbrigade.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/large_NA_007787_1-2-300x277.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.irishbrigade.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/large_NA_007787_1-2.jpg 399w\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\" id=\"caption-attachment-97265\">(NA 7787): British guns guard newly acquired part of Termoli after heavy but unsuccessful German counter-attacks. Sgt. Mackie of Cookham, Rye and his Bofors crew have downed one and damaged another enemy plane since their arrival at this site three days previously. <\/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\/07\/large_NA_007789_1-2-300x289.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"289\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.irishbrigade.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/large_NA_007789_1-2-300x289.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.irishbrigade.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/large_NA_007789_1-2.jpg 408w\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\" id=\"caption-attachment-97266\">(NA 7789): The important Pescara-Termoli road junction still in our hands after savage attempts by the enemy to retake it and cut off our forward troops. <\/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\/07\/large_NA_007790_1-2-300x292.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"292\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.irishbrigade.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/large_NA_007790_1-2-300x292.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.irishbrigade.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/large_NA_007790_1-2.jpg 401w\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\" id=\"caption-attachment-97267\">(NA 7790): The important Pescara-Termoli road junction still in our hands after savage attempts by the enemy to retake it and cut off our forward troops.<\/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\/07\/large_NA_007793_1-2-300x273.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"273\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.irishbrigade.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/large_NA_007793_1-2-300x273.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.irishbrigade.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/large_NA_007793_1-2.jpg 407w\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\" id=\"caption-attachment-97268\">(NA 7793): Cerio Adolfo, was a simple Italian labourer, working on his farm near Larino. He was going about his business when the Germans opened fire on him with a machine gun. He managed to escape and some 500 yards away ran into a British recce, vehicle and was able to point out to Capt. Lawson, 72 Fd. Regiment, R.A., the exact positions of the Germans and their guns.<\/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\/07\/large_NA_007794_1-2-300x285.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"285\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.irishbrigade.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/large_NA_007794_1-2-300x285.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.irishbrigade.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/large_NA_007794_1-2.jpg 411w\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\" id=\"caption-attachment-97269\">(NA 7794): A mortar platoon of \u2018S\u2019 Coy., 2 L.I.R., stand by ready for action North of Termoli.<\/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\/07\/large_NA_007795_1-2-300x291.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"291\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.irishbrigade.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/large_NA_007795_1-2-300x291.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.irishbrigade.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/large_NA_007795_1-2.jpg 402w\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\" id=\"caption-attachment-97270\">(NA 7795): Rfn. J. Furnell of Southampton, the smallest and youngest man in the 2 L.I.R. and incidentally the battalion mascot, with Rfn. Swift of Manchester, manning a machine gun built from the parts of five captured enemy guns \u2013 \u2018E\u2019 Coy. <\/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\/07\/large_NA_007796_1-2-300x287.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"287\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.irishbrigade.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/large_NA_007796_1-2-300x287.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.irishbrigade.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/large_NA_007796_1-2.jpg 405w\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\" id=\"caption-attachment-97271\">(NA 7796): Cpl. Fryar of Deptford, London, and Rfn. Cox of Storrington, stand by a Vickers machine gun post overlooking \u2018No Man\u2019s Land\u2019 North of Termoli. \u2018E\u0094 Coy.<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.irishbrigade.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/large_NA_007797_1-2-300x293.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"293\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.irishbrigade.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/large_NA_007797_1-2-300x293.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.irishbrigade.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/large_NA_007797_1-2.jpg 521w\"><\/h5>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\" id=\"caption-attachment-97272\">(NA 7797): A knocked out German Mk IV tank and a German grave on the Termoli sector.<\/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 7787): British guns guard newly acquired part of Termoli after heavy but unsuccessful German counter-attacks. 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