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Those known to have served with 2nd Battalion, Seaforth Highlanders during the Second World War 1939-1945. - Anderson George William. Pte.
- Atkins Sidney. Pte.
- Austin William. Pte. (d.11th Jun 1940)
- Barr Eric Forrester. WO2.
- Blair William. Lt. (d.24th October 1942)
- Carter George William Stephen. Pte. (d.25th Mar 1945)
- Cowan John. Capt
- Crawford Allan Warren. L/Sgt.
- Cundick Ernest George. L/Cpl. (d.10th January 1945)
- Devine James. Pte.
- Duffy Charles G.. L/Cpl. (d.9th Feb 1945)
- Ferguson George Bartleman. Cpl. (d.8th June 1940)
- Ferguson John. Cpl. (d.3rd Oct 1944)
- Ferrar Alexander. Sgt.
- Ferrar Alexander.
- Grant James John. Pte. (d.15 June 1940)
- Hall Edward Lawrence. Pte.
- Hamlin Harry William. Pte. (d.23rd March 1945)
- Hardiment John Dennis. Capt.
- Harrold Nathaniel. (d.17th June 1940)
- Hart Edward. Pte.
- Hastie Alexander Fyfe. Sgt. (d.22nd July 1943)
- Hawksley Eric. Pte.
- Hinton Fredrick Edward. Pte.
- Holtby Robert Leslie. Lt.
- Jardine Dougas Bell. Pte
- Johnston James Douglas. Pte.
- Jones Arthur William. Pte. (d.10th Feb 1945)
- Livingstone John. Pte. (d.31st January 1943)
- Macmillan George. Pte.
- Mathieson Donald Benjamin. Pte.
- McCorkindale James. Pte.
- McGsachie MM Henry John Leacock. Sgt
- McLean John. L/Cpl. (d.28th Mar 1945)
- Millard Edward William. Pte.
- Mullen Joseph Hughes. Pte. (d.12th Jun 1940)
- Nicol Robert Hector. Sgt.
- Paterson Alfred. Pte.
- Pinnell Alfred Jack. Pte. (d.10th Aug 1944)
- Pye George. L/Sgt. (d.23rd Sep 1943)
- Ramshaw George. Pte. (d.14th July 1943)
- Robertson Ian. Sgt. (d.8th Apr 1943)
- Russell Thomas Dobbins. L/Cpl
- Simpson James Alexander. Pte. (d.4th Jun 1940)
- Spiers Alexander. L/Cpl.
- Stewart Alexander. Cpl (d.23rd June 1944)
- Sutherland Willliam. L/Cpl.
- Walton George Geordie. Pte.
- Watson Henry Barker. Pte.
- Wilson Colin Lewis. Pte.
- Young Thomas. Pte.
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Pte. Colin Lewis "Jock" Wilson 2nd Btn. Seaforth Highlanders In 1933, at age 18, Colin Wilson (1915-1983), a farmhand, enlisted at Fort George. He met Rita Saunders whilst on manoeuvres in Ashdown Forest before WW11 and they wed in May 1945, 2 weeks after his return from captivity. He had been captured at St. Valery-en-Caux and sent to Stalag XX-B, where he was put to work on local farms.
When POW camp order broke down in 1945, he left driving a horse and cart for the fleeing farm owner, Ma Fleur. At some point, he went on foot, hitched rides etc. with one or two other soldiers and eventually reached Odessa, where after a fortnight's wait he got a lift on a Danish troop ship back to the UK in April/May. As he was on deck he acquired a good tan. He was very thin, and could speak but not write German.
He had a cheap set of cutlery which he had found on his journey which he used daily ever after, even when the fork handle had broken off. He brought back a mess tin in which Mother would make cakes. He would never drink soup or coffee after his POW experience. He was a quiet, gentle man possibly suffering from PTSD as he was somewhat monosyllabic once wed, leading Mother to issue him with, if you don't talk and buck your ideas up, we're finished. They remained married until his death from lung cancer in 1983. He did not speak of his experiences.
He was a dairy herdsman, working with pedigree herds of Jersey and Guernsey cows during which for a period of 7 years he did not take any days off for illness. He had 14 siblings and one child of his own. He lived in England and hence was called Jock.
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Pte. Thomas Young 2nd Btn. Seaforth Highlanders    Tom Young, (my father) joined the Seaforth Highlanders on 11th of August 1939 and was initially posted to 7th Battalion.
In July/August 1940, he volunteered for the No.11 (Scottish) Commando and on 7th of September 1940 was accepted and went for further training on the Isle of Arran, before sailing to Egypt via Cape Town. He served with this Commando unit until August 1941, being involved in the Battle of Litani River, Lebanon in June 1941.
When the 11th Commando was disbanded, he volunteered for and was accepted into the Long Range Desert Group (LRDG) on 3rd of September 1941. He served with the LRDG until 19th of January 1943, mostly behind enemy lines.
He was then posted back to the 2nd Battalion, Seaforth Highlanders, in Libya and Tunisia and was involved in the Sicily landings, being wounded in the battle for Sferro Hills.
He then returned to the UK and was involved in Operation Overlord, being evacuated back to the UK and treated in a Glasgow Hospital.
Tom's medals include the Africa Star with 8th Army clasp, the Italy Star, and the France/Germany Star.
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Cpl Alexander Stewart 2nd Battalion Seaforth Highlanders (d.23rd June 1944) Alexander was the youngest brother in my dad's family.
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Pte. James Alexander "Tufty" Simpson 2nd Btn. Seaforth Highlanders (d.4th Jun 1940) James Simpson was born in 1914 in Elgin, Morayshire. He was the eldest of three boys to Alexander and Elsie Simpson.
James enlisted into the 2nd Battalion, Seaforth Highlanders aged 14yrs at Fort George and was a drummer boy. James re-enlisted in 1938 for a further 12 years and returned home immediately before the outbreak of war. James was still serving in the 2nd Battalion Seaforth Highlanders at that time.
On 18th of January 1940 the Battalion was at Aldershot and was inspected by King George V1.
On the 26th of January the 4th Battalion sailed for France and was moved into position in the Maginot Line in the Saar Valley, France. The German advance in May 1940 bypassed the Maginot Line and the 51st Highland Division fell back to a new position on the Somme at Abbeville.
It was stationed in front of the Ouvrage Hackenberg fortress of the Maginot Line and had thus escaped being encircled with the rest of the British Expeditionary Force at Dunkirk. It was then pulled back to a new line roughly along the River Somme, where it was attached to the French Tenth Army.
For some time, it was forced to hold a line four times longer than that which would normally be expected of a division. The Division was attacked very heavily over 4th to 6thof June and it was on 4th June that James was reported missing in action believed killed during the attack on bridgeheads opposite Abbeville on the Somme.
James is remembered on the Elgin War Memorial
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L/Sgt. George Pye 2nd Btn. Seaforth Highlanders (d.23rd Sep 1943) George Pye was my Grandfather's brother, who originated from Blyth, Northumberland.
I understand that George was a Lance Serjeant in the Seaforth Highlanders and was killed in action on the island of Sicily on 23rd of September 1943. He is buried at Catania Cemetery in Sicily.
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Pte. George William Stephen Carter 2nd Btn. Seaforth Highlanders (d.25th Mar 1945) George Carter was shot and killed by a sniper.
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Pte. William Austin 2nd Btn. Seaforth Highlanders (d.11th Jun 1940) William Austin joined up to be with his brother John, but was killed in action in France. He is named on Dunkirk Memorial, son of Mr. and Mrs. Peter Austin, of Glasgow.
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Pte. James Douglas Johnston 2nd Btn Seaforth Highlanders James Johnston served with the 2nd Seaforth Highlanders.
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Pte. Alfred Paterson 2nd Btn. Seaforth Highlanders Unfortunately, father, Alfred Paterson never spoke a lot about his time in the PoW camp. He had a tin with photos which could have been taken there but he destroyed them shortly before he died aged 97. We think he escaped 2 or 3 times and ended up in other camps which we are trying to trace.
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Pte. Arthur William Jones 2nd Btn. Seaforth Highlanders (d.10th Feb 1945) Arthur Jones died the day my mum was born, I am trying to find more information.
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