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Those known to have served with 2nd Battalion, Scots Guards during the Second World War 1939-1945. - Bolland Stanley. Gdsman (d.20th November 1941)
- Bryson John Huntington. L/Cpl. (d.26th Feb 1944)
- Erskine DSO MID. Ian David. Major Gen.
- Howis Francis Henry. Gdsm.
- Livingston James Govan. Pte.
- McSorley MM David James Hanvey. Gdsmn.
- Reid Adam Haddow. Gdsm. (d.15th March 1942)
- Smith Robert. Gdsm.
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Gdsm. Francis Henry Howis 2nd Btn. Scots Guards Francis Howis was a member of the 2nd Battalion, Scots Guards, Guards Armoured Division, XXX Corps, he drove a Churchill tank whilst serving in northwest Europe (France, Holland, Germany). He participated in the Battle of the Rhineland from March to May 1945.
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Gdsm. Adam Haddow Reid 2nd Battalion Scots Guards (d.15th March 1942) Adam Reid was gravely injured in North Africa. A French doctor wrote to his parents to tell them of his death. He is remembered with honour in Torbruk War Cemetery.
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Gdsm. Robert "Big Rab" Smith 1st Battalion Scots Guards My father Robert Smith was called up on the 19th of June 1940, he served in U.K, Egypt, Syria, Middle East, North Africa, and Italy. he was awarded the Africa Star, Italy Star, British War Medal and was demobbed on 21st of September 1946.
My father became very emotional when he sang The D-Day Dodgers out in Italy, around New Year time for friends and family. I am now an old man and I also become emotional when I think of those parties, and watched him sing. Luckily, I had an old cassette which I had converted to C.D, so I can hear him sing at a party when he was 61 at the time.
My dad died in 1979.
Needless to say, I am very proud of him.
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Pte. James Govan "Jock" Livingston 2nd Battalion. F Coy. Scots Guards Do not know much about my father, James Livingston's war service. Only that he was with the 8th Army in North Africa and was later in Italy and Europe.
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L/Cpl. John Huntington Bryson 2nd Btn. Scots Guards (d.26th Feb 1944) John Bryson is buried in Naples War Cemetery.
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Gdsmn. David James Hanvey McSorley MM 2nd Btn. Scots Guards Recommendation for Award. Account of Escape of 2700557 McSorley, David, 2nd Battalion Scots Guards, 201 Guards Brigade.
At 1A is a brief account of the escape from an Arbeitskommando attached to Stalag VIII B (Lamsdorf/Lambinowice), Germany, of 2700557 Gdsn. McSorley, David, of the Scots Guards.
I recommend this man for the award of M.M.
3rd of January 1945
2700557 Guardsman David McSorley, 2nd Battalion Scots Guards, 201 Guards Brigade.
Captured in Italy near Salerno on 12 September 1943, McSorley was imprisoned at Gorlitz (Stalag VIII A) and Lamsdorf (Stalag VIII B).
With the idea of escape in mind, he volunteered for work and was sent to Arbeitskommando 768 at Kumau. Three other Prisoners of War also were determined to regain their freedom, and a fortnight was spent in perfecting plans.
On 28th of June 1944 they gained access to the Red Cross stores by removing a panel from one door, securing a key to another, and climbing over a third. Previously they had removed bricks from the outer wall, merely leaving a thin layer of plaster; breaking through this aperture, they reached the outside of the camp.
For eight days they walked towards Hungary before a farmer gave them civilian clothes and promised a guide to Yugoslavia. When several weeks later the guide had not appeared, McSorley and another member of the party proceeded alone, were betrayed by a civilian and handed over to the local police. There were interned at Greneva and immediately explored the possibilities of escape. Before their arrangements were perfected, however, they were released on the approach of the Germans.
McSorley, accompanied by an American airman, walked to Rozindol, from where their journey was arranged. On 18th of September 1944 they were evacuated to Italy.
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Gdsman Stanley Bolland 2nd Btn. Scots Guards (d.20th November 1941) My uncle Stanley Bolland, Guardsman, served with 2nd Btn Scots Guards, No. 8 Commando and "L" Detachment, Special Air Service Brigade. He was killed on 20th November 1941 in a failed attack on Tmimi/Gazala landing strips in North Africa. Does anyone have any further information about my uncle?
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Major Gen. Ian David Erskine DSO MID. 2nd Btn. Scots Guards Ian David Erskine fought in the First World War and was Brigade Major of the 1st Guards Brigade between 1935 and 1939. He was mentioned in dispatches twice. He was commander of the 2nd Battalion, Scots Guards in 1940. He was commander of the 22nd Guards Brigade in 1941. He was decorated with the award of the Companion, Distinguished Service Order (D.S.O.) in 1941. He gained the rank of Brigadier in 1942. He gained the rank of Major-General in 1945.
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