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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.
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.
The 7th Light Mechanised Brigade Combat Team is a formation in the British Army with a direct lineage to 7th Armoured Brigade and a history that stretches back to the Napoleonic Wars. It saw active service in the Crimean War, the Second Boer War and both the First and the Second World Wars. In 2014, the 7th Armoured Brigade was re-designated as 7th Infantry Brigade, thereby ensuring that the famed "Desert Rats" continue in the British Army's Order of battle.
Tactical recognition flash (2017) harks back to "Desert Rats" badge of 7th Armoured Brigade
Men of the 20th (Service) Battalion, Manchester Regiment resting by a tank (serial number 9891), disabled by side-slipping down a railway embankment, near Premont, 8 October 1918.
Guardsmen of King's Company, 1st Battalion, Grenadier Guards go 'over the top' during training at Annappes, France, 8 April 1940.