We have received a set of very evocative photographs from 2014 during the deployment of members of the London Regiment to Iraq. They show Messines Company carrying out their duties in the southern sector of Iraq near Basra and Kuwait and have been kindly passed over to us by Geraint “Taff” Hughes, who has been a stalwart member of the London Irish Rifles for many years.
We would like to pay tribute to all the men and women who served in Iraq over many years and would particularly like to thank Taff Hughes for sharing some of the memories from his time in the country.
Quis Separabit.
Umm Qasr – August 2004. 
Operation Centurion – August 2004. 
C4 Platton, Messines Company and UANBAT troops in Basra, – September 2004. 
State Building, Basra – September 2004. 
Camp Naustar – September 2004. 
Joint Helicopter Force, HQ Basra Air Station. 
Visiting the First World War Memorial in Basra – September 2004. 
4 Platoon, Tactical Support Unit of Iraqi Police HQ. 
Basra – July 2004. 
Convoy carrying water pipeline to Basra Air Station. 
4 Platoon, Messines Company departing Basra Air Station. 
Accompanying LEGADs to Basra Court – July 2004. 
Outside PUCP Alpha, Basra Air Station. 
Patrol accompanying Intelligence Section disposing of UXO – July 2004. 
RAF Fuel Convoy. 
UXO – July 2004. 
Supply Route to Kuwait – June 2004.
