Posts Tagged ‘Charles Reidy’
Second World War heroes who scrummed for Ireland
There was a roar of excitement for the first scrum of the Ireland versus Wales international at Belfast’s Ravenhill Stadium on the afternoon of Saturday 3rd April 1937. England had already been declared that year’s champions having successively defeated Wales, Ireland and Scotland. Ireland was playing to be runners up; Wales to avoid the wooden…
Read MoreCaptain Charles Reidy- London Irishman wounded in Tunisia who changed athletics
We have been contacted by the daughter of Captain Charles Reidy, who served with the 2nd Battalion London Irish Rifles, and who was seriously wounded during the battalion’s action on Stuka Ridge near to Bou Arada on 26th February 1943. Gemma Utting, who currently lives in New Zealand said in her note to us: “My…
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