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10th Battalion, Highland Light Infantry
10th Battalion, Highland Light Infantry was part of the 15th (Scottish) Division. They landed in Normandy a few days after D-Day. Action included the Crossing of the Odon, the advance into Belgium, the attempt to reach Arnhem, the Siegfried Line, the Rhine Crossing and the advance into Germany.
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23rd Jun 1944 Briefing
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26th Jun 1944 Move
26th Jun 1944 On the Move
 Men of 10th Battalion, Highland Light Infantry advance past vehicles of 15th (Scottish) Division during Operation Epsom, 26th June 1944. On the left are two Sherman Crab flail tanks. © IWM (B 6014)
26th Jun 1944 On the Move
26th Jun 1944 In Action
27th Jun 1944 In Action
28th Jun 1944 Orders
28th Jun 1944 Opposition
29th Jun 1944 Enemy Attacks
1st Jul 1944 Reliefs
1st July 1944 Orders
1st Jul 1944 Enemy Tanks
2nd July 1944 Reliefs
3rd Jul 1944 Locations
3rd July 1944 Relief Complete
4th July 1944 Conference
6th Jul 1944 Paswords
6th July 1944 Passwords
11th July 1944 Conference
13th July 1944 Orders
13th July 1944 Recce Patrols
14th Jul 1944 Orders
14th July 1944 Orders
14th July 1944 Preparations
15th Jul 1944 Orders
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15th July 1944 Into Position
16th Jul 1944 Shelling
16th July 1944 Air Raid
16th July 1944 In Action
17th Jul 1944 Bombs
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19th Jul 1944 Minefields
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23rd July 1944 Divisional HQ Moves
24th Jul 1944 Conference
24th July 1944 Conference
25th Jul 1944 Minefields
25th July 1944 Minefields
26th Jul 1944 Orders
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28th Jul 1944 Orders
28th July 1944 Instructions
29th Jul 1944 Preparations
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30th Jul 1944 Attack Made
30th Jul 1944 In Action
30th Jul 1944 HQ Moves
30th July 1944 Divisional HQ Moves
31st Jul 1944 Advance
31st Jul 1944 Attack Made
31st Jul 1944 HQ Moves
31st July 1944 Orders
1st Aug 1944 In Action
3rd Aug 1944 Into Position
4th Aug 1944 In Position
5th Aug 1944 On the Move
6th Aug 1944 Attacks
6th Aug 1944 In Action
6th Aug 1944 Attack Made
6th Aug 1944 Attack Made
13th Sep 1944 Canal
29th Oct 1944 Rumours
30th Oct 1944 Reliefs
31st Oct 1944 Shelling
13th Nov 1944 Objectives
14th Nov 1944 Conference
15th Nov 1944 Conference
17th Nov 1944 Planning
18th Nov 1944 Patrols
22nd Nov 1944 Advance
24th Nov 1944 Patrols
25th Nov 1944 Advance
26th Nov 1944 Shelling
11th Jan 1945 Artillery Support
18th Jan 1945 Reliefs
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Pte. J Foley 10th Btn. Highland Light Infantry Pte.J Foley served with the 10th Btn. Highland Light Infantry 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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Sergeant Ronnie Paynter 10th Battalion Highland Light Infantry My father, Ronnie Paynter, served with the 10th Bn Highland Light Infantry during the second world war. He was proud to have served in this fine Battalion, which he fondly referred to as the Best Scots Regiment full of Yorkshiremen.
I recall stories:
when they were bored bloody stupid on the Shetland Isles prior to deployment on the Invasion of Normandy.
how he hated the skirl of the pipes.
the crossing of the River Rhine.
hiding booty never to be found again.
Unfortunately my father passed away at the age of 78 in 1996. The memory of my father Sgt Ronnie Paynter 10th Bn HLI will be with me forever.
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Pte. Harry Bennett 10th Btn. Highland Light Infantry My grandfather, Harry Bennett served in India and Palestine prior to the outbreak of WW2. His service record then states he served in Egypt and Sudan up to January 1944. He was then returned to the UK for 6 months before landing in Normandy on 18th of June 1944. Research shows that it was 2nd Battalion HLI that served in India, Palestine, Egypt, Sudan and Italy at the times shown on his record. He has an Italy Star, so it is safe to assume he moved from Africa to Italy with 2nd Battalion HLI, as their records state. We get a little lost here though. Records say that 2nd Battalion HLI went right up through Italy, Yugoslavia, Albania, and Greece, taking part in the final advance into Northern Italy. However, at some point in January 1944 he returned to the UK, and then landed in Normandy on 18th of June 1944. On 8th of August 1944 he was injured and listed as missing. On August 24, he surfaced in a hospital. He recovered and re-joined 10th Battalion as they moved across Europe and into Germany.
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Sgt. Thomas Houlton 10th Btn. Highland Light Infantry    Thomas Houlton was my grandfather and a Sergeant in the 10th Battalion, Highland Light Infantry.
Some of my fondest memories as a child growing up in the 80s, as part of what I reckon is the last generation of little boys that still dressed up as soldiers and ran around the streets playing army with toy rifles, are those of listening to his tales of his time in service during World War 2.
Looking back now the realisation is that I never heard him tell a story that didn't end in a laugh; there were never any harsh details of battles, lives lost and other awful realities of war; all the anecdotes involved the times with his pals and usually ended up with one of them doing something clumsy with their rifle, misjudging a ditch, banging their head on something etc which to a four/five year old was hilarious. It was only ever about the time spent with friends and in retrospect it just shows that for certain audiences you need to find the good in every situation. Now I'm older of course and know where he was, what he took part in and the things he would have seen.
He passed away in 1990 when I was 10, having had three boys with his wife Edith, and then later on his grandchildren. My overriding memory will always be of his big winning grin. I'm his namesake, and my daughter is named after his beloved Edith.
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Pte. Thomas Earnest Valler 10th Btn. Highland Light Infantry (d.24th August 1944) We would like to remember Thomas Valler who fought with the 10th Battalion, Highland Light Infantry in WW2. He went to Normandy to defend his country and sadly lost his life at a young age on the 24th of August 1944. Thomas is buried Dunstable Cemetery in Bedfordshire.
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Lt. Stanley George Rumble 10th Btn. Highland Light Infantry Stan Rumble was my father.
He was a Canadian Officer who volunteered to serve with the British Army in World War II. He was Canloan officer number 498 (Canloan was a scheme in which Canada loaned officers to serve in the British Army.)
He crossed the Channel into Normandy on 16th of July 1944, was posted to the 10th HLI on 20th of July 1944.
He was wounded in action on 6th of August 1944 in Operation Bluecoat, and was evacuated back to England, where he received treatment for his wounds at No. 24 Canadian General Hospital in Smallfield, Surrey.
His nurse was Audrey Murdoch, whom he married on 31st of March 1945, before being transferred back to the continent. They were my parents.
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Joseph Blease 10th Battalion Highland Light Infantry My father, Joseph Blease, from Warrington was enlisted into the 10th Battalion, Highland Light Infantry on 18th of May 1944.
He was reported missing on 30th December 1944, on the Western Front.
This was reported in our local newspaper, the Warrington Guardian.
I am struggling to find out what happened when he was captured by the Germans.
After the war, I think that he served in Palestine, but again can find very little detail. Dad died in 2006.
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Pte William James Mackie King 10th Btn. Highland Light Infantry William King was a proud member of 10th HLI during WW2 and association member until his death in 1999.
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Pte. Daniel Williamson 10th Battalion Highland Light Infantry (d.28th June 1944) Daniel Williamson was my Grandfather this is in memory to him as I never had a chance to meet him, and my father didn't know him either as he was only a baby himself when he fell in battle. Tragically, my Grandmother struggled to get over the death of her new husband and never married again and to the best of my knowledge, didn't even take another man into her life at all.
My grandmother found it difficult to talk about our grandfather and we knew very little about him until she, herself, passed away and on clearing the house of it's contents we came across a box of letters and a few medals which were my grandfathers. The letters themselves were written very well and it was clear he adored my grandmother and longed for the day he returned to raise his family, as it happens my dad was the only child, but if my grandfather had returned I have no doubt they would likely have had more children.
We also came across letters from friends of my grandfather who he had served with expressing their sympathy and sorrow at his demise - truly sad reading but a part of history that all the family are very proud of and thank all servicemen for their bravery, service and sacrifice for us all today.
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Pte. John Keven Mulhall 10th Btn. Highland Light Infantry (d.28th June 1944) John Mulhall served with the 10th Battalion, Highland Light Infantry.
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