ROYAL IRISH FUSILIERS
ST. PATRICK’S DAY CEREMONY [British Official Wireless] RUGBY, 17th March. The Royal Irish Fusiliers, serving with the 8.E.F., received a Shamrock to-day from General Sir John Dill, who' is himself an Irishmar. Before performing the traditional St. Patrick’s Day ceremony, Sir John, addressing the regiment, said: “To-day you will wear the emblem of Ireland —‘shamrock’—in your capes. Wear it proudly—we are proud of you Irish soldiers, who for generations have fought for King and country and played such an outstanding part in creating maintaining and defending the British Empire.”
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXXIII, 19 March 1940, Page 5
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