John Norman Hughes - Royal Irish Fusiliers B Coy, 11 Paltoon, 2nd Battalion Palastine - 1945. ... My father was also in World War 1 1914-1918 and served in WW2 1939-1945.

Madam, - After finding accounts describing the heroic actions fought by the Irish Guards, Royal Irish Fusiliers, Royal Ulster Rifles, Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers and Dragoon Guards in Boulogne ...

I joined the Army, the Royal Irish Fusiliers, when I was seventeen and a half, in 1936. After twelve weeks training we were kitted out in tropical gear and sent off to the Middle East, Palestine.