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Brigadier Nelson Russell	Brinckman OBE, Rowland	Bugle	Bulgarian Armistice signed	Bulgarians attack 10th (Irish) Division, the Balkans.
Burial of the No 4 Lee Enfield Rifle.	BURMA 1942-43	Buttons and Whistles	Cap badge of The Royal Irish Regiment	Captain John Millar and his Waterloo Medal
Captain Thomas Charlton Smith's sword	Captain Waldron's Duel to the Death, Battle of Castalla.	Cartridges and the Indian Mutiny	Castles on Collars	Chaegunghyon - 1 RUR in 'Happy Valley'.
Charles Huxtable KCB CBE DL, General Sir	Chinese attack 1 RUR, Hill 194, Korea.	Chinese First Phase Offensive	Christmas Truce, The Royal Irish Rifles.	Cigar Box
Colonel in Chief visits Op HERRICK 13	Colonel-in-Chief of The Royal Irish Rangers.	Colonel-in-Chief visits 1 R IRISH	Colours presented to two Home Service Battalions.	Commander 38 (Irish) Brigade frowns on Cairo Rioters.

Welcome to the Royal Irish Virtual Military Gallery, The Irish Soldier in The British Army

'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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