{"id":23809,"date":"2026-04-13T12:34:55","date_gmt":"2026-04-13T12:34:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.londonirishrifles.com\/?page_id=23809"},"modified":"2026-04-13T20:35:53","modified_gmt":"2026-04-13T20:35:53","slug":"fusilier-anthony-addis","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.londonirishrifles.com\/index.php\/second-world-war\/38-irish-brigade-1942-1947\/personal-accounts\/fusilier-anthony-addis\/","title":{"rendered":"Fusilier Anthony Addis"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>We received details of the life and service career of Fusilier Anthony Addis, from William Best, the husband of Anthony\u2019s niece.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"713\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.londonirishrifles.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/image-52.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-23817\" style=\"width:441px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.londonirishrifles.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/image-52.png 713w, https:\/\/www.londonirishrifles.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/image-52-209x300.png 209w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 713px) 100vw, 713px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Fusilier Addis served with the Royal Irish Fusiliers in Italy and died in hospital of wounds suffered at the River Trigno at the end of October 1943.&nbsp; He would be re-interred a year later at Bari CWGC Cemetery.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cTony (as he in later years called himself) was born on 1st July 1915 in the Parish of Knocknadona, Lisburn, Co. Antrim.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On 17th Oct 1940, now living in Oxfordshire, England, he enlisted into the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On 12th August 1943, he embarked for North Africa, arriving there on 24th August. From this date onwards, he in a \u201cReinforcement Pool\u201d during which he was transferred to the London Irish Rifles and finally to the 1st Battalion, Royal Irish Fusiliers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>5th Oct 1943 \u2013&nbsp; Landed at Termoli on the Adriatic coast of Italy, having travelled in Landing Craft (by sea) from Barletta.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>19th Oct 1943&nbsp; \u2013 During a lull in fighting, he is able to compose and send a letter to his sister, Florence (and her husband Tommy).<\/p>\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\/10\/P1080870-Copy-2-300x193.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-101569\" style=\"width:438px;height:auto\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>22nd Oct 1943 \u2013 On this day, whilst attempting to cross the Trigno River, he is mortally wounded and is eventually transported back to an Army Hospital in Foggia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>26th Oct 1943 \u2013 Tony dies and is buried in Foggia Civil Cemetery (his first burial).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>28th Sep 1944 \u2013 Tony has been exhumed at Foggia and reburied at&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cwgc.org\/find-records\/find-war-dead\/casualty-details\/2202909\/anthony-addis\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Bari Commonwealth War Graves Commission Cemetery<\/a>&nbsp;(his second and final resting place).<\/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\/10\/20231026_0558422-2-233x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-101578\" style=\"width:477px;height:auto\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p><strong>HERE RESTS HIS HEAD UPON THE LAP OF EARTH, A YOUTH TO FORTUNE AND TO FAME UNKNOWN<\/strong><\/p>\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>We received details of the life and service career of Fusilier Anthony Addis, from William Best, the husband of Anthony\u2019s niece. Fusilier Addis served with the Royal Irish Fusiliers in Italy and died in hospital of wounds suffered at the River Trigno at the end of October 1943.&nbsp; He would be re-interred a year later [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":15527,"menu_order":54,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-23809","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.londonirishrifles.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/23809","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=23809"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.londonirishrifles.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/23809\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":23818,"href":"https:\/\/www.londonirishrifles.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/23809\/revisions\/23818"}],"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=23809"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}