The Irish Brigade web site is pleased to add the 1942/43 war diaries of the 1st Battalion, Royal Irish Fusiliers that provide a day by day narrative of the battalion's actions from their initial landings in Algeria to victory on the Sangro River.
You can click on the links below to read the diaries:
November 1942 Click here for a transcribed version.
December 1942 Click here for a transcribed version.
January 1943 - Part 1 Click here for a transcribed version.
February 1943 Click here for a transcribed version.
March 1943 - Part 1 Click here for a transcribed version.
April 1943 Click here for a transcribed version.
May 1943 Click here for a transcribed version.
June 1943 Click here for a transcribed version.
July 1943 Click here for a transcribed version.
November 1943 Click here for a transcribed version.
December 1943 Click here for a transcribed version.