Battle of Graveney Marsh
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The Battle of Graveney Marsh, on the night of 27 September 1940 in the county of Kent, England, was the last ground engagement involving an organized foreign force to take place on the mainland of Gre
Another Junkers Ju 88A-1, following a crash landing in England in 1940
London Irish Rifles
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The London Irish Rifles was a reserve infantry regiment and then company of the British Army. The unit's final incarnation was as D Company, the London Regiment. On 1 April 2022 soldiers in the compan
Battle of Graveney Marsh
…The fighting took place between the crew of a shot-down German Junkers Ju 88A-1 bomber from KG 77 and a detachment of soldiers from the 1st Battalion, London Irish Rifles (1 LIR), in Seasalter on the north Kent coast. The Ju 88, W.Nr 088 8099, 3Z+EL, and nicknamed Eule ("Owl") by its crew, was a new model and had only…
16th Middlesex Rifle Volunteers (London Irish), c1895
Cap badge variations between WW1 (Left) and WW2 (Right)
The Pipe Band of the London Irish Rifles on parade with their Irish Wolfhound mascot, near Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent, 31 December 1940.
A casualty is brought back across the River Reno during operations by 'C' Company of the 1st Battalion, London Irish Rifles to establish a bridgehead across the river, 6 April 1945.