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2nd Battalion, Kings Shropshire Light Infantry    2nd Battalion, Kings Shropshire Light Infantry was in Jamaica and Bermuda when war broke out in 1939. They returned to Britain to join 185th Infantry Brigade, 79th Armoured Division. 185th Brigade transferred to 3rd Division in April 1943. They saw action across North Western Europe from mid 1944 onwards.     1st Jun 1944 Preparations 6th Jun 1944 In Action 9th Jun 1944 Fighting Patrol 10th Jun 1944 Mines 11th Jun 1944 Booby Traps 1st Jul 1944 Shelling 2nd Jul 1944 Machine Guns 3rd Jul 1944 Reliefs 4th Jul 1944 Intermittent Shelling 7th Jul 1944 Bombers 23rd Sep 1944 Advance 24th Sep 1944 In Action 29th Sep 1944 Moves 30th Sep 1944 Moves 1st Oct 1944 In Action 3rd Oct 1944 Reliefs 3rd Oct 1944 Attacks Made 6th Oct 1944 Reliefs 7th Oct 1944 Orders 8th Oct 1944 Targets Engaged 8th Oct 1944 Reliefs 12th Oct 1944 Attack Made 12th Oct 1944 In Action 13th Oct 1944 Attack Made 13th Oct 1944 Attack Made   14th Oct 1944 Advance Continues 15th Oct 1944 Flank Secured 15th Oct 1944 Moonlight   16th Oct 1944 Advance Continues 17th Oct 1944 Gains 17th Oct 1944 In Action 18th Oct 1944 Defences 19th Oct 1944 Holding the Line 19th Oct 1944 Reliefs   25th Oct 1944 Preparations 26th Oct 1944 Reliefs   If you can provide any additional information, especially on actions and locations at specific dates, please add it here. Those known to have served with 2nd Battalion, Kings Shropshire Light Infantry during the Second World War 1939-1945. Fisher David. Sgt. (d.1st March 1945) 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, please Add a Name to this List Records of 2nd Battalion, Kings Shropshire Light Infantry from other sources. The Wartime Memories Project is the original WW1 and WW2 commemoration website. Announcements 1st of September 2024 marks 25 years since the launch of the Wartime Memories Project. Thanks to everyone who has supported us over this time. The Wartime Memories Project has been running for 25 years. If you would like to support us, a donation, no matter how small, would be much appreciated, annually we need to raise enough funds to pay for our web hosting and admin or this site will vanish from the web. 19th Nov 2024 - Please note we currently have a huge backlog of submitted material, our volunteers are working through this as quickly as possible and all names, stories and photos will be added to the site. If you have already submitted a story to the site and your UID reference number is higher than 264989 your information is still in the queue, please do not resubmit, we are working through them as quickly as possible. Looking for help with Family History Research?   Please read our Family History FAQs The free to access section of The Wartime Memories Project website is run by volunteers and funded by donations from our visitors. If the information here has been helpful or you have enjoyed reaching the stories please conside making a donation, no matter how small, would be much appreciated, annually we need to raise enough funds to pay for our web hosting or this site will vanish from the web. If you enjoy this site please consider making a donation. Want to find out more about your relative's service? Want to know what life was like during the War? Our Library contains an ever growing number diary entries, personal letters and other documents, most transcribed into plain text. Wanted: Digital copies of Group photographs, Scrapbooks, Autograph books, photo albums, newspaper clippings, letters, postcards and ephemera relating to WW2. We would like to obtain digital copies of any documents or photographs relating to WW2 you may have at home. If you have any unwanted photographs, documents or items from the First or Second World War, please do not destroy them. The Wartime Memories Project will give them a good home and ensure that they are used for educational purposes. Please get in touch for the postal address, do not sent them to our PO Box as packages are not accepted. World War 1 One ww1 wwII second 1939 1945 battalion Did you know? We also have a section on The Great War. and a Timecapsule to preserve stories from other conflicts for future generations. Want to know more about 2nd Battalion, Kings Shropshire Light Infantry? There are:1354 items tagged 2nd Battalion, Kings Shropshire Light Infantry available in our Library   These include information on officers, regimental histories, letters, diary entries, personal accounts and information about actions during the Second World War. Recomended Reading. Available at discounted prices. Links

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