The Irish Brigade web site is pleased to add the 1942/43 war diaries of the 2nd Battalion, London Irish Rifles 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 :
December 1942 - Goubellet Plain. Click here for a transcribed version.
January 1943 - Bou Arada. Click here for a transcribed version.
February 1943 - German counterattack. Click here for a transcribed version.
March 1943 - Rest and recovery. Click here for a transcribed version.
April 1943 - Heidous. Click here for a transcribed version.
May 1943 - Victory parade in Tunis. Click here for a transcribed version.
June 1943 - Resting at Sousse. Click here for a transcribed version.
July 1943 - Preparing for the invasion of Sicily. Click here for a transcribed version.
August 1943 - Centuripe / Simeto / Salso / Maletto. Click here for a transcribed version.
September 1943 - On the beach at Patti. Click here for a transcribed version.
October 1943 - Part 1 : Termoli. Click here for a transcribed version.
November 1943 - Part 1 : San Salvo. Click here for a transcribed version.
December 1943 - Part 1 : To the Moro River. Click here for a transcribed version.
- Part 2 : New Year in Montenero.