{"id":4264,"date":"2018-11-12T19:58:54","date_gmt":"2018-11-12T19:58:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.londonirishrifles.com\/?p=4264"},"modified":"2026-05-11T13:00:52","modified_gmt":"2026-05-11T13:00:52","slug":"csm-richard-fuller-dcm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.londonirishrifles.com\/index.php\/2018\/11\/12\/csm-richard-fuller-dcm\/","title":{"rendered":"CSM Richard Fuller DCM"},"content":{"rendered":"\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 loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"230\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/www.londonirishrifles.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/FullSizeRender_2-230x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4265\" style=\"width:388px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.londonirishrifles.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/FullSizeRender_2-230x300.jpg 230w, https:\/\/www.londonirishrifles.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/FullSizeRender_2-768x1002.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.londonirishrifles.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/FullSizeRender_2-785x1024.jpg 785w, https:\/\/www.londonirishrifles.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/FullSizeRender_2.jpg 909w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 230px) 100vw, 230px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We were delighted to be visited recently at the museum by Stephen Foot, the grandson of CSM Richard Fuller who served with the 1\/18th Battalion on the Western Front during the First World War.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"155\" src=\"https:\/\/www.londonirishrifles.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/FullSizeRender-2-300x155.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4266\" style=\"width:578px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.londonirishrifles.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/FullSizeRender-2-300x155.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.londonirishrifles.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/FullSizeRender-2-768x397.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.londonirishrifles.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/FullSizeRender-2-1024x529.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Stephen kindly brought along his grandfather&#8217;s Distinguished Conduct Medal, which was awarded to him for his remarkable actions at &#8220;Happy Valley&#8221; in France on 22nd August 1918.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.londonirishrifles.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/FullSizeRender_5-300x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4267\" style=\"width:582px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.londonirishrifles.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/FullSizeRender_5-300x150.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.londonirishrifles.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/FullSizeRender_5-768x383.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.londonirishrifles.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/FullSizeRender_5-1024x511.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.londonirishrifles.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/FullSizeRender_5.jpg 1088w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Rather unusually CSM Fuller was also awarded the Belgian Order of Leopold, which was only given to three men in total from the 47th London Division.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Following his distinguished service with the London Irish Rifles, Richard Fuller joined the Royal Irish Rifles and served for several years with that Regiment &#8211; he even joined up again with the Home Guard in 1939.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">A remarkable man and we have now some most remarkable memories to treasure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">Quis Separabit.<\/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\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We were delighted to be visited recently at the museum by Stephen Foot, the grandson of CSM Richard Fuller who served with the 1\/18th Battalion on the Western Front during the First World War. 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