{"id":3660,"date":"2018-08-23T11:44:36","date_gmt":"2018-08-23T11:44:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.londonirishrifles.com\/?p=3660"},"modified":"2026-04-12T09:15:07","modified_gmt":"2026-04-12T09:15:07","slug":"alfred-cooks-memories-from-1942-45","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.londonirishrifles.com\/index.php\/2018\/08\/23\/alfred-cooks-memories-from-1942-45\/","title":{"rendered":"Alfred Cook&#8217;s Photographs from 1942\/43"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>Many thanks to Sergeant Alfred Cook for sharing these photos that were taken while he was serving with 1st Battalion, London Irish Rifles during 1942 and 1943 in Iraq and Egypt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.londonirishrifles.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/2-1.bmp\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" 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