{"id":23543,"date":"2026-04-05T17:51:24","date_gmt":"2026-04-05T17:51:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.londonirishrifles.com\/?page_id=23543"},"modified":"2026-04-05T20:08:22","modified_gmt":"2026-04-05T20:08:22","slug":"cqms-jackie-duffy-mm","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.londonirishrifles.com\/index.php\/second-world-war\/38-irish-brigade-1942-1947\/personal-accounts\/cqms-jackie-duffy-mm\/","title":{"rendered":"CQMS Jackie Duffy MM"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>We are very pleased to add further photographs showing CQMS John Joseph (Jackie) Duffy and his comrades from the Irish Fusiliers. These wonderful set of photographs have been kindly sent to us by Jackie\u2019s son, John, and are a further vivid reminder of an unheralded Warrant Officer and Sergeant group with whom CQMS Duffy served throughout the Tunisian and Italian campaigns.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.irishbrigade.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/SCAN0303-300x188.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-101609\" style=\"aspect-ratio:1.5957923444044024;width:624px;height:auto\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p><em>Faughs\u2019 WOs and Sergeants of HQ Company in North Africa during May 1943 (Sgt Duffy second row from back, six from left). Note: there was no S Company at the time, hence, the large numbers).<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.irishbrigade.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/SCAN0304-183x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-101610\" style=\"width:435px;height:auto\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><em>Sgt Jackie Duffy, HQ Company, taken in Sicily during September 1943.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.irishbrigade.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/SCAN0305-300x187.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-101612\" style=\"width:632px;height:auto\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><em>&nbsp;The Faughs in snowy Campobasso during February 1944 (CQMS Duffy 2nd Row, 6th from right).<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.irishbrigade.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/SCAN0301-183x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-101613\" style=\"width:475px;height:auto\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><em>C\/Sgt Duffy D Coy, 1 RIrF in Rome, 6th July 1944.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.irishbrigade.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/SCAN0307-300x192.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-101615\" style=\"width:570px;height:auto\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><em>CQMS Duffy (left) with two comrades in Rome, 6th July 1944.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.irishbrigade.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/SCAN0309-203x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-101616\" style=\"width:537px;height:auto\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><em>From left, Sgt Lang, Sgt Roberts, Sgt Goldie and CQMS Duffy taken near Florence.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.irishbrigade.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/SCAN0310-203x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-101617\" style=\"width:419px;height:auto\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><em>Light middleweight contest out of the line \u2013 Sgt Goldie v C\/Sgt Duffy.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Jackie Duffy\u2019s citation for a Military Medal is further evidence of his fighting qualities.<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p><em>\u201cCQMS Duffy is Colour Sergeant to D Company. On the night of 7 October 1944, D Coy attacked Pt 382 from M.CODRANCO.&nbsp;&nbsp;This attack met fierce resistance and after several hours fighting the Coy consolidated 200 yards short of Pt 382. They were then very short of ammunition and under heavy SA fire. CQMS Duffy himself led forward mules with ammunition and food to D Coy under the noses of the enemy. His column was shot up all the way and suffered severely but Duffy managed to get the essential supplies to D Coy. His action saved the day and made possible the ultimate success of the operation. His conduct has been of a similar pattern in all the actions in which he has taken part and his bearing and devotion to duty have been an inspiration at all times.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.irishbrigade.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/duffymm.bmp\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.irishbrigade.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/duffymm-300x218.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-101618\" style=\"aspect-ratio:1.3761583445793972;width:716px;height:auto\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\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>We are very pleased to add further photographs showing CQMS John Joseph (Jackie) Duffy and his comrades from the Irish Fusiliers. These wonderful set of photographs have been kindly sent to us by Jackie\u2019s son, John, and are a further vivid reminder of an unheralded Warrant Officer and Sergeant group with whom CQMS Duffy served [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":15527,"menu_order":21,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-23543","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.londonirishrifles.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/23543","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=23543"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.londonirishrifles.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/23543\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":23544,"href":"https:\/\/www.londonirishrifles.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/23543\/revisions\/23544"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.londonirishrifles.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/15527"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.londonirishrifles.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23543"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}