We are pleased to confirm that we have now completed the re-location of the London Irish Rifles War Memorial to Belfast. The Chairman and General Management Committee have worked tirelessly over the past 12 months to ensure that the move went very well indeed and we look forward to a formal re-dedication of the War Memorial within a short period.
Back in London we had excellent first half of the year with well attended and enjoyable parades at the Royal Hospital Chelsea for St Patrick’s Day and along with the Combined Irish Regiments at the Cenotaph in June.
Looking ahead for the rest of the year, we shall be holding our annual Loos Parade in central London on Sunday 4 October and we shall also be fielding an LIR marching contingent at the Royal British Legion National Remembrance Parade in November. Full details of the parades will be provided directly to members well beforehand.
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Lieutenant Colonel (Retd) Ant Maher VR
Chairman of the London Irish Rifles Association.
We have a thriving Regimental Association, which is open to all former members of the London Irish Rifles and who take part in regular events in the UK as well as occasional battlefield tours.
Associate Membership is also available for family members of London Irish Riflemen or anyone who supports the Aims and Objectives of the Regimental Association and has its interests at heart.
As of 1 December 2025, please note that we have relocated from the Army Reserve Centre at Connaught House and our postal address is now:
London Irish Rifles Association, PO Box 6306, Windsor, SL4 9JD.
Members of the Pipes and Drums perform at Association parades and events including those to commemorate St Patrick’s Day, Loos Sunday and Remembrance Sunday and leading the Combined Irish Regiments’ Annual Parade at the Cenotaph in June.
You can contact the Pipes and Drums by eMail:
bandpresident@londonirishrifles.com
The London Irish Rifles Museum at Connaught House is now closed as we move to pastures new in coordination with the ‘UNTOLD’ Museum in Belfast.
If you do have any questions or want to learn more about the storied history of the London Irish Rifles, please contact us on:
webmaster@londonirishrifles.
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 over the subsequent 30 years.
During Operation Telic, the company contributed to the formation of Cambrai Company (Operation Telic 3) and Messines Company (Operation Telic 4) alongside numerous individual postings and there were also a number of small group mobilisations throughout the conflict in Iraq.
Soldiers from D 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.
In May 2022, the London Regiment became the 1st Battalion, London Guards and D Company was re-named as No 15 (Loos) Company, Irish Guards.
Laying Up of the Colours of the London Regiment, April 2024
