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| Gorget of the Portavoe Fuziliers |
The Gorget was originally a piece of armour that was designed to protect the throat. From the 18th century the gorget gradually went out of use and was abolished in 1830. The Portavoe Fuziliers were yeomanry raised in the 1790s in response to the threat of invasion by France.
'I turned over one poor chap on a rocky, bloody crag on Tanngoucha. He was facing the right way, the last round of a clip in the breech and three dead Germans in front of him. His name was Duff. After all is over - and the remainder of the Empire is understandably irritated with Ireland - I hope these countless Duffs, from both the North and the South, and in all three services, will be remembered.
(Brigadier Nelson Russell, Commander 38 (Irish) Brigade, 1942-44)
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