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86th Regiment styled ‘Leinster Regiment of Foot’.
A notice confirming the retitling of the 86th Regiment was gazetted by the War Office entry dated 27 October in the London Gazette of 24 - 28 October 1809. It stated:
'HIS MAJESTY has been pleased to order, that the 86th Regiment of Foot shall in future be styled,
"the 86th (or Leinster) Regiment of Foot".'
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Friday 11 Apr 1941
The 2nd Battalion The Royal Irish Fusiliers arrived in Malta before the outbreak of the Second World War and remained there throughout the island's siege until they left in June 1943. Malta was 60 miles from Sicily and not much further from enemy occupied Libya.
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On this day
11 April
Friday 11 Apr 1941
The 2nd Battalion The Royal Irish Fusiliers arrived in Malta before the outbreak of the Second World War and remained there throughout the island's siege until they left in June 1943. Malta was 60 miles from Sicily and not much further from enemy occupied Libya.
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11 April
Friday 11 Apr 1941
The 2nd Battalion The Royal Irish Fusiliers arrived in Malta before the outbreak of the Second World War and remained there throughout the island's siege until they left in June 1943. Malta was 60 miles from Sicily and not much further from enemy occupied Libya.
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