78th Division
The London Irish officer killed in Tunisia who lost two brothers in the Great War
On 20 January 1943, Captain Sydney Montrose Ekin was walking in the footsteps of two brothers who had fought and died in the First World War when he crossed the attack Start Line on the Bou Arada to Goubellat road, 50 miles south west of Tunis, A Cambridge University law graduate who had been commissioned…
Read MorePiper Albert Jeffrey at the Vatican
Excerpt of The Wartime Memoirs of Albert “Jeff” Jeffrey. The 2 LIR’s visit to the Pope in June 1944 is well documented but nothing has been written of the Band’s performance. On arriving we did the usual trick of counter-marching on arrival at any church, so as to be facing the following marchers who then…
Read MoreSicily filming – Day 6.
Today’s filming took us to: CWGC Cemetery, Catania. Primosole Bridge.
Read MoreSicily filming – Day 5
Today’s filming took us to: Patti. Milazzo. Piedimonte Eteno.
Read MoreSicily filming – Day 4
Today’s filming took us to: Simeto River Maletto. Randazzo.
Read MoreSicily filming – Day 3
Today’s filming took us to: Centuripe. Salso River. Carcaci.
Read MoreSicily filming – Day 2
Today’s filming took us to: Catenanuova. Centuripe.
Read MoreVisit to Tunisia – Day 3
Today’s filming took us to: Beja CWGC Cemetery. The Bridge at Beja. Jebel Mahdi.
Read MoreChristmas 1943 magazine for the 78th Division
Marion Spelman wrote to us recently and told us that she had found two magazines from Christmas 1943 and 1944 titled, “The Link” (‘By the lads for the lads’) and that her Dad, John Green, had been one of the co-editors John served with the Royal Corps of Signals, supporting 78th Division, including the Irish Brigade, during…
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