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South Staffordshire Regiment
6th Battalion, South Staffordshire Regiment was a territorial unit which served with 59th (Staffordshire) Division. They saw action in the Battle of France in 1940 and returned to France in mid 1944.
1st Battalion, South Staffordshire Regiment was in Palestine on the outbreak of war in 1939. They saw action in the Middle East and Burma and also served in India.
12th of May 1940
13th May 1940 Gaps
19th May 1940 Defensive Positions
28th May 1940 Memorial Defended
24th April 1942 Training
16th Apr 1943 On the Move
12th Dec 1943 On the Move
Feb 1944 Chindit force preparations In early February 1944 preparations began for the 2nd Chindit Expedition. The Special Force or 3rd Indian Division as it was known consisted of the following units, which were split into Columns.
3rd West African Brigade and 14th Brigade
- 6th Btn. Nigeria Regiment. (Columns 66 & 39)
- 2nd Btn. Black Watch (Columns 42 & 73)
- 7th Btn Nigeria Regiment (Columns 29 & 35)
- 1st Btn. Beds & Herts Regiment (Columns 16 & 61)
- 12th Btn. Nigeria Regt (Columns 12 & 43)
- 2nd Btn. York & Lancaster Regiment (Columns 84 & 65)
- 7th Btn Leicestershire Regiment (Columns 47 & 74)
- 54th Field Company, Royal Engineers
77 Brigade and 111 Brigade
- 3rd Btn. 6th Gurkha Rifles (Columns 36 & 63)
- 1st Btn. Cameronians (Columns 26 & 90)
- 1st Btn. Kings (Liverpool) Regiment (Columns 81 & 82)
- 2nd Btn. Kings Own Royal (Lancaster) Regiment (Columns 41 & 46)
- 1st Btn. Lancashire Fusiliers (Columns 20 & 50)
- 3rd Btn. 4th Gurkha Rifles (Column 30)
- 1st Btn. South Staffordshire Regiment (Columns 38 & 80)
- 3rd Btn. 9th Gurkha Rifles (Columns 57 & 93)
23rd Indian Infantry Brigade
- 1st Btn. Essex Regiment (Columns 44 & 56)
- 2nd Btn. Duke of Wellington's Regiment (Columns 33 & 76)
- 4th Btn. Border Regiment (Columns 34, 55)
- 60th Field Regiment, Royal Artillery, deployed as infantry, (Columns 60 & 68)
- 12th Field Company, Royal Engineers
16th Brigade Morris Force
- 1st Btn. Queens Royal West Surrey Regiment (Columns 21 & 22)
- 4th Btn. 9th Gurkha Rifles (Columns 49 & 94)
- 2nd Btn. Leicestershire Regiment (Columns 17 & 71)
- 3rd Btn. 4th Gurkha Rifles (Column 30)
- 45th Recce Regiment (Columns 45 & 54)
- 51st and 69th Field Regiments, Royal Artillery, deployed as infantry (Columns 51 & 69)
- 2nd Field Company, Royal Engineers
Dah Force
Stronghold Defences
- R S & U Troop 160th Field Regiment, Royal Artillery (25 Pounders)
- W X Y & Z Troops 69th Light Anti Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery (Bofors)
Divisional Troops
- 219th Field Park Company, Royal Engineers
- Detachment 2nd Burma Rifles
- 145th Brigade Company, R.A.S.C.
- 61st Air Supply Company, R.A.S.C.
- 2nd Indian Air Supply Company, R.I.A.S.C.
Feb 1944 Chindit force preparations
1st of March 1944 Practice and Orders issued
5th March 1944 Landing
6th March 1944 Operation Thursday
6th of March 1944 Emplaning
7th of March 1944 Emplaning
8th March 1944 March
9th of March 1944 March and Bivouac
10th of March 1944 March and Bivouac
11th of March 1944 March
12th March 1944 On the Move
12th of March 1944 Elephants on Broadway
13th March 1944 Bivouac
14th of March 1944 March and bivouac
15th of March 1944 Local intelligence
16th of March 1944 Arrival
17th of March 1944 Attack
18th March 1944 Operation Thursday
18th of March 1944 Enemy action
19th of March 1944 Mawlu bombed
20th of March 1944 Positions improvemented
21st of March 1944 Attack
22nd of March 1944 Attack
22nd of March 1944 Consolidation
27th of March 1944 Attack
27th of March 1944 Consolidation
1st of April 1944 Patrols
6th of April 1944 Shelling
7th of April 1944 Attacks
8th of April 1944 Probing and shelling
10th of April 1944 Command change
10th of April 1944 Heavy attack
11th April 1944 Sustained attack
12th of April 1944 Shelling
13th of April 1944 More shelling
14th of April 1944 Bombing
15th of April 1944 Shelling
16th of April 1944 Enemy attack
17th of April 1944 DAS use
18th of April 1944 No enemy activity
19th of April 1944 More action
20th of April 1944 No enemy action
21st of April 1944 Patrol
22nd of April 1944 Patrols
24th of April 1944 Orders Recieved
29th of April 1944 Move preparation
30th of April 1944 Move
6th May 1944 Orders
10th May 1944 Evacuation
11th Jun 1944 Enemy Attack
30th June 1944 Reliefs
4th of July 1944 Relief
1st Sep 1944 Briefing
1st Aug 1944 Orders
2nd Aug 1944 Reliefs
3rd Aug 1944 Indications fo enemy withdrawal
4th Aug 1944 Mines
2nd Sep 1944 Preparations
3rd Sep 1944 Orders
4th Sep 1944 Entertainment
5th Sep 1944 Orders
6th Sep 1944 Orders
7th Sep 1944 Poor Weather
8th Sep 1944 Delays
9th Sep 1944 Delays
10th Sep 1944 Orders
11th Sep 1944 Recreation
12th Sep 1944 Orders
13th Sep 1944 Briefing
14th Sep 1944 Briefing
15th Sep 1944 Preparations
16th Sep 1944 Preparations
16th Sep 1944 Orders
17th Sep 1944 On the Move
17th Sep 1944 In Action
18th Sep 1944 Advance
 2nd Battalion South Staffordshire Regiment entering Oosterbeek along the Utrechtsweg on their way towards Arnhem, 18th of September 1944. © IWM (BU 1091)
18th Sep 1944 Advance
18th Sep 1944 Take offs
18th Sep 1944 In Action
18th Sep 1944 In Action
19th Sep 1944 Attacks Made
19th Sep 1944 In Action
19th Sep 1944 Strong Opposition
19th Sep 1944 Air Raid
20th Sep 1944 Orders
20th Sep 1944 Attacks
20th Sep 1944 Under Fire
21st Sep 1944 In Position
21st Sep 1944 Attacks
22nd Sep 1944 Shelling
22nd Sep 1944 Shelling
22nd Sep 1944 Tank Destroyed
23rd Sep 1944 Attacks
23rd Sep 1944 Shelling
23rd Sep 1944 Artillery
24th Sep 1944 Intermittent Shelling
24th Sep 1944 Holding Position
24th Sep 1944 Artillery in Acton
25th Sep 1944 Withdrawal
25th Sep 1944 Holding Position
25th Sep 1944 Difficult Position
26th Sep 1944 Withdrawal
26th Sep 1944 Wet Weather
26th Sep 1944 Withdrawal
27th Sep 1944 Rumours
28th Sep 1944 On the Move
29th Sep 1944 On the Move
30th Sep 1944 Reorganisation
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Those known to have served with South Staffordshire Regiment during the Second World War 1939-1945. - Alcock Bertram Victor. Pte
- Allen Wilfred. Cpl.
- Allin Cyril Gordon. Pte. (d.27th Jun 1943)
- Amos Henry James. Pte.
- Ash C.. Pte. (d.25 September 1944)
- Baskeyfield VC John Daniel. L/Sgt. (d.20 September 1944)
- Boynton Richard Godfrey. Pte. (d.21st Sept 1944)
- Brooks Joseph John. L/Cpl.
- Brown Samuel. Sgt.
- Busby Vincent Charles. Pte. (d.7th Aug 1944)
- Bushnell Donald. Sgt.
- Cain VC. Robert Henry. Maj.
- Cairns VC. George. Lt. (d.19th March 1944)
- Catlin John Edward. Pte.
- Cawsey Aubrey Conrad. Capt. (d.7th Aug 1944)
- Coleman John. Pte.
- Cooke Harry.
- Copplestone Wilfred Charles.
- Cotterill A.
- Cowley EF.
- Dagnan Bernard. Pte (d.26th August 1944)
- Dalby Albert. L/Cpl. (d.28th Jul 1944)
- Dapper KO.
- Davies FG.
- Davies L.
- Day William Henry Leonard.
- Doman Frederick Leslie. Pte.
- Eardley HL.
- Edwards Bill Vernon. Pte.
- Emery John. Pte.
- Emery John. Pte.
- Garfield Frank.
- Gilbert MC. Frank William. Maj. (d.7th Aug 1944)
- Glover Richard.
- Grice William Henry. Pte. (d.9th Jul 1943)
- Guildford Ernest. Pte.
- Hall Thomas . Pte.
- Hambly R .
- Hancock HL.
- Hancock Kenneth. Pte.
- Hancock Kenneth. Pte.
- Harper Leonard William. Sgt. (d.18th July 1943)
- Harris SH.
- Havard Maldwyn Douglas. Pte
- Hewins NH.
- Howarth L.
- Hubbard MT.
- Hussey Frederick Victor. Pte. (d.6th Aug 1944)
- Jeffries William Thomas. Pte. (d.14th May 1941)
- Jeffs George William. L/Cpl.
- Johnson William. Pte.
- Jones W.
- Kehoe Frank. Pte. (d.24th July 1944)
- Kendrick Frank Edwin. Pte.
- Kindon George. Pte.
- Kyte JM.
- Lambert WJ.
- Lenton Henry. Pte.
- Marsh Ronald. Lt.
- McCardie William Derek Hessin. Lt.Col.
- Miles George Henry. Cpl.
- Morgan MID. Charles Wallace. Major
- Mullender FR.
- Naish Bernard. Pte.
- Obrien T.
- Paddock Edward Phillip. Pte. (d.6th Aug 1944)
- Paddock Edward Phillip. Pte. (d.6th Aug 1944)
- Payne S.
- Ratcliff Wilfred Ernest. L/Sgt.
- Roebuck Ernest. Lt. (d.19th Sep 1944)
- Rogers Alfred Ernest.
- Rogers Clifford James. Pte. (d.21st September 1944)
- Ross John Henry. Pte.
- Russon Eric George. Pte.
- Rutter MC MID Richard Gordon. L/Sgt.
- Shaw Harold. Pte. (d.16th July 1944)
- Sheppard James Bert. Pte. (d.11th June 1944)
- Simmons Frederick Edmund. Cpl.
- Smith Terence Roy. Sgt.
- Smith Thomas Alfred. L/Cpl. (d.7th July 1944)
- Stanford Jonathon. Pte.
- Stanton William Charles. CSM. (d.6th Aug 1944)
- Storey Sidney Joseph .
- Sumner Terence Edward .
- Sutton Herbert Frank.
- Tallent Edward Francis. Pte.
- Thomas Henry Raymond. Pte.
- Tolcher T.
- Truin Albert Charles. Pte.
- Turner Geoffrey Arthur. Pte. (d.19th April 1944)
- Turner Stanley Horace. CQMS.
- Vernon Charles Thomas. Pte (d.6th June 1944)
- Vincent Albert. Pte. (d.24th Sep 1943)
- Wales Arthur Sydney. Pte (d.27th July 1944)
- Walker Samuel George. Pte. (d.8th June 1940)
- Warrington MC. Lance Greville. Mjr. (d.20th Nov 1944)
- Williams George Francis. Pte.
- Wilson Charles Clement. Pte.
- Woodcock James William. Cpl.
- Woollhouse Robert John. CSM. (d.9th July 1943)
- Worrall Reginald John. Pte.
- Wright MM. Walter. Pte.
- Wright William Alfred. Cpl
The names on this list have been submitted by relatives, friends, neighbours and others who wish to remember them, if you have any names to add or any recollections or photos of those listed,
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T Tolcher South Staffordshire Regiment T Tolcher served with the South Staffordshire Regiment British Army. I have his unissued dogtags, made in preparation for deployment to the Far East and would love to get them home to his family. I am happy to cover all costs. If you are a family member or can put me in touch with them please get in touch. Update: The Wartime Memories Project is no longer in contact with Dan , his website, facebook page and email have all ceased to function. But if you can add any details about the person listed, please use the add to record link below.
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S Payne South Staffordshire Regiment S Payne served with the South Staffordshire Regiment British Army. I have his unissued dogtags, made in preparation for deployment to the Far East and would love to get them home to his family. I am happy to cover all costs. If you are a family member or can put me in touch with them please get in touch. Update: The Wartime Memories Project is no longer in contact with Dan , his website, facebook page and email have all ceased to function. But if you can add any details about the person listed, please use the add to record link below.
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T Obrien South Staffordshire Regiment T Obrien served with the South Staffordshire Regiment British Army. I have his unissued dogtags, made in preparation for deployment to the Far East and would love to get them home to his family. I am happy to cover all costs. If you are a family member or can put me in touch with them please get in touch. Update: The Wartime Memories Project is no longer in contact with Dan , his website, facebook page and email have all ceased to function. But if you can add any details about the person listed, please use the add to record link below.
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FR Mullender South Staffordshire Regiment FR Mullender served with the South Staffordshire Regiment British Army. I have his unissued dogtags, made in preparation for deployment to the Far East and would love to get them home to his family. I am happy to cover all costs. If you are a family member or can put me in touch with them please get in touch. Update: The Wartime Memories Project is no longer in contact with Dan , his website, facebook page and email have all ceased to function. But if you can add any details about the person listed, please use the add to record link below.
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WJ Lambert 9th Lancers WJ Lambert served with the 9th Lancers British Army. I have his unissued dogtags, made in preparation for deployment to the Far East and would love to get them home to his family. I am happy to cover all costs. If you are a family member or can put me in touch with them please get in touch. Update: The Wartime Memories Project is no longer in contact with Dan , his website, facebook page and email have all ceased to function. But if you can add any details about the person listed, please use the add to record link below.
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JM Kyte 4/7th Dragoon Guards JM Kyte served with the 4/7th Dragoon Guards British Army. I have his unissued dogtags, made in preparation for deployment to the Far East and would love to get them home to his family. I am happy to cover all costs. If you are a family member or can put me in touch with them please get in touch. Update: The Wartime Memories Project is no longer in contact with Dan , his website, facebook page and email have all ceased to function. But if you can add any details about the person listed, please use the add to record link below.
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W Jones South Staffordshire Regiment W Jones served with the South Staffordshire Regiment British Army. I have his unissued dogtags, made in preparation for deployment to the Far East and would love to get them home to his family. I am happy to cover all costs. If you are a family member or can put me in touch with them please get in touch. Update: The Wartime Memories Project is no longer in contact with Dan , his website, facebook page and email have all ceased to function. But if you can add any details about the person listed, please use the add to record link below.
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MT Hubbard South Staffordshire Regiment MT Hubbard served with the South Staffordshire Regiment British Army. I have his unissued dogtags, made in preparation for deployment to the Far East and would love to get them home to his family. I am happy to cover all costs. If you are a family member or can put me in touch with them please get in touch. Update: The Wartime Memories Project is no longer in contact with Dan , his website, facebook page and email have all ceased to function. But if you can add any details about the person listed, please use the add to record link below.
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L Howarth South Staffordshire Regiment L Howarth served with the South Staffordshire Regiment British Army. I have his unissued dogtags, made in preparation for deployment to the Far East and would love to get them home to his family. I am happy to cover all costs. If you are a family member or can put me in touch with them please get in touch. Update: The Wartime Memories Project is no longer in contact with Dan , his website, facebook page and email have all ceased to function. But if you can add any details about the person listed, please use the add to record link below.
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NH Hewins Royal Armoured Corps NH Hewins served with the Royal Armoured Corps British Army. I have his unissued dogtags, made in preparation for deployment to the Far East and would love to get them home to his family. I am happy to cover all costs. If you are a family member or can put me in touch with them please get in touch. Update: The Wartime Memories Project is no longer in contact with Dan , his website, facebook page and email have all ceased to function. But if you can add any details about the person listed, please use the add to record link below.
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