117th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery
The 117th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery, was an air defence unit of the British Army during World War II. Initially raised as an infantry battalion of the Royal Ulster Rifles (RUR) in 1940, it transferred to the Royal Artillery in 1942. It served in Tunisia, Malta, Sicily and Italy before being broken up in 1944 and the gunners converted back into infantrymen.
Cap badge of the Royal Ulster Rifles
Bofors anti-aircraft gun of 117th LAA (Light Anti-Aircraft) Regiment at Billingham, County Durham, 21 January 1942; note the RUR badge on the side of the helmet.
Bofors gun and crew in action near Tunis, May 1943.
Allied ships burn after the raid on Bari.
The Royal Irish Rifles was an infantry rifle regiment of the British Army, first created in 1881 by the amalgamation of the 83rd Regiment of Foot and the 86th Regiment of Foot. The regiment saw service in the Second Boer War, the First World War, the Second World War, and the Korean War.
Cap badge
Monument to the men of the Royal Irish Rifles who died in the Second Boer War in the grounds of Belfast City Hall
Infantry of the Royal Irish Rifles during the Battle of the Somme in the First World War
Men of the 16th (Service) Battalion, Royal Irish Rifles, the pioneer battalion of the 36th (Ulster) Division, moving to the frontline 20 November 1917.
