Tunisia
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 MoreSergeant Thomas Renshaw
We have recently been contacted by the grandson of Sergeant Thomas Renshaw, who served with both the Royal Irish Fusiliers and the London Irish Rifles during the Second World War. In his note to us, Darren Russell explained that his grandfather had served with the 2nd Battalion London Irish Rifles throughout the Tunisian campaign but…
Read MoreRemembering Rifleman Albert Fitzgibbon
We have recently received a remarkably moving note from Paul Fitzgibbon in connection with his father, Albert, who was killed in Tunisia during February 1943 while serving with the London Irish Rifles. “A twisting pathway of discovery has led me to this amazing website. A letter dated 20.11.1945 from Edmund O’Sullivan was found quite recently…
Read MoreVisit to Tunisia – Day 6
Today’s filming in Tunis took us to: Avenue Habib Bourguiba. Bay of Tunis. Carthage. Mohammad V Avenue. St George’s Anglican Church.
Read MoreVisit to Tunisia – Day 5
Today’s filming took us to: Sousse. Kairouan. Hammamet.
Read MoreVisit to Tunisia – Day 4
Today’s filming took us to: Longstop Hill. Heidous. Jebel Bettiour Jebel Ang Kef el Tior. Tanngoucha. British Ambassador’s Residence in Tunis.
Read MoreVisit to Tunisia – Day 3
Today’s filming took us to: Beja CWGC Cemetery. The Bridge at Beja. Jebel Mahdi.
Read MoreVisit to Tunisia – Day 2
Our filming today took us to: Stuka Farm/Ridge. Bou Arada. El Aroussa. Steamroller Farm. Medjez-el-Bab CWGC Cemetery.
Read MoreVisit to Tunisia – Day 1
Our filming today took us to: Goubellat. Grandstand Hill. Hills 286/279. Two Tree Hill.
Read MoreRobert Hogan’s war in Tunisia and Sicily with the LIR and the Faughs
The Irish Brigade web site is delighted to have been contacted by the son of Lieutenant Robert Hogan MM, who served with the London Irish Rifles and the Royal Irish Fusiliers in North Africa and Italy from 1942 to 1945. Robert had received a field commission at the end of the Tunisian campaign before joining…
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