to the web site of the LONDON IRISH RIFLES ASSOCIATION.
We now look forward to the parade for Remembrance Sunday, which will take place on the morning of 10 November. The parade will step off at 1045am in time for Two Minutes of contemplative reflection at 11am.
Representatives of the Regimental Association will also attend the opening day of the Field of Remembrance at Westminster Abbey before joining the Combined Irish Regiments for their Service of Remembrance at Westminster Cathedral with both events taking place on Thursday 7 November.
See photographs from recent Events
Looking further ahead, we are now taking bookings for the pilgrimage to Loos-en-Gohelle in September 2025 to commemorate the 110th anniversary of the start of the Battle of Loos in 1915 – this will take place from 26 to 28 September 2025 and any Association members family, who would like to join the trip should contact us by eMail: webmaster@londonirishrifles.com.
I look forward to seeing some of you at our Remembrance Sunday parade on 10 November.
Lieutenant Colonel (Retd) Ant Maher VR
Chairman of the London Irish Rifles Association
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10 November 2024 – Remembrance Sunday at Connaught House.
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WELFARE
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Memories of The London Regiment – 1993 to 2022
Following the incorporation of the London Irish Rifles as a company of the London Regiment in 1993, men from D Company company served in The Falkland Islands, Bosnia, Kosovo, Sierra Leone, Northern Ireland, Iraq, Afghanistan and Cyprus.
During Operation Telic, the company contributed to the formation of Cambrai Company (Operation Telic 3) and Messines Company (Operation Telic 4) alongside numerous individual and there were a number of small group mobilisations throughout the conflict in Iraq.
Soldiers from the company also deployed to Afghanistan with Somme Company in 2007 (Operation Herrick 7), Amiens Company in 2010 (Operation Herrick 12) and Arras Company in 2011 (Operation Herrick 13) as formed units within Guards Division formations.
NO 15 (LOOS) COMPANY, IRISH GUARDS
On 1st May 2022, the London Regiment became 1st Battalion, London Guards and D (London Irish Rifles) Company now forms No 15 (Loos) Company, Irish Guards.