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Those known to have served with 2nd Battalion, South Wales Borderers during the Second World War 1939-1945. - Ashcroft Trevor. Pte (d.8th June 1944)
- Blackett Walter. Pte. (d.8th June 1944)
- John Leonard. L/Cpl. (d.28th Aug 1940)
- John Willie.
- Leach Ronald Jonas. Pte.
- Moss Thomas Neil. Pte
- Read Len. L/Cpl.
- Ricketts Frank Charles. CSM.
- Rizzo Bruno Anthony. Cpl.
- Thomas Gilbert David. Pte.
- Thomas MM Leslie. Cpl.
- Tutton Trevor. Pte.
- Tweddle Nicholas Milward. Pte. (d.8th Jul 1944)
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Want to know more about 2nd Battalion, South Wales Borderers? There are:1350 items tagged 2nd Battalion, South Wales Borderers available in our Library
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L/Cpl. Len Read 2nd Btn. South Wales Borderers My father Len Read drove a Bren carrier.
He was at Nijmegen and Zetten in Holland and at Hamburg.
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Cpl. Bruno Anthony Rizzo 2nd Battalion, C Company South Wales Borderers My father, Bruno Rizzo (now deceased) is known to have served in France, Germany and possibly Holland.
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Pte. Trevor Tutton 2nd Battalion South Wales Borderers Trevor Tutton served with the 2nd Battalion, South Wales Borderers. I do know that Trevor served in Palestine in 1936-1939
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Pte. Walter Blackett 2nd Btn. South Wales Borderers (d.8th June 1944) Walter Blackett served with the 2nd Battalion, South Wales Borderers in WW2. He was killed at Sully Chateau on the 8th of June 1944 aged 19 years. According to his mate, Bill Evans, Walter was executed with ten of his comrades on the lawn in front of the Chateau.
He is buried Bayeaux War Cemetery in France. Son of Mrs E. Blackett of Newport Pagnell, Buckinghamshire.
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Pte. Nicholas Milward Tweddle 2nd Btn. South Wales Borderers (d.8th Jul 1944) Nicholas Tweddle died in the Western Europe campaign aged 31.
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Pte Thomas Neil Moss 2nd Btn. South Wales Borderers Tommy Moss, drummer, boxer, singer and a great soldier and comrade served pre war served in Palestine, Northern Ireland and during the war in Norway, North Africa, Italy.
So many stories of laughs, starting a choir, riding back to barracks on a borrowed donkey, getting a lift in the CO's car, being starving and foraging for food, acquiring cigarettes and alcohol on night raids.
Remembered by comrades as the one who kept them going and playing a mandolin whilst bombs were dropping to calm younger soldiers. A plucky and daring soldier who never got the bravery medal promised on Anzio beachhead.
Tommy was born and bred in the Valleys which made him the tough character he was but also the gentle and caring soldier ready to help others in need. Granddaughter Alison Allen has written an account of his war, comrades, the friends lost and the years after as a special grandfather.
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Pte. Ronald Jonas "Digger" Leach 2nd Btn. South Wales Borderers My father Ronald Leach told us that he was a POW and I have now found a scanty record. We also believe he was in India at the Khyber Pass. He was a trumpet player in the band. We were also told that he was in Yugoslavia at sometime during the war.
Does anyone have any information about the South Wales Borderer's actions? We think he may have been in the second battalion as we have read another memory which states they were at the Khyber Pass.
He was later in Stalag 4b in 1942. Was he captured at Tobruk?
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Willie John 2nd Btn., Carrier Platoon, H. Q. Co. South Wales Borderers In a letter postmarked 30 Dec 1939, Willie John wrote from Bernard Castle, Co. Durham, to Christine C. A. Savery, who was a volunteer with the Sandes Soldier's and Airmen's Homes throughout World War II and after. The letter was addressed to Miss Savery c/o Sandes Soldier's Home, Waterside, L'Derry, N. Ireland.
The letter thanked Savery for toffees she sent by an unnamed messenger from soldiers identifying themselves as the "Everlasting Life Squad" and expressed appreciation for Savery's Bible classes at the Sandes Home.
Other members of the "Everlasting Life Squad" are not identified.
Savery died, aged 95, at the Resthaven Nursing Home near Stroud on 22 September 1997. She was awarded the M.B.E. in 1953.
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CSM. Frank Charles Ricketts 2nd Btn. South Wales Borderers My Late Father Frank Ricketts was educated at the Duke of York military school at Dover and then went straight into the 2nd Battalion South Wales Borderers.
At the outbreak of WW2 he was serving in the Khyber Pass. In June 1942 the Battalion was sent to Egypt where he was captured and sent to Sulmona camp 78. Unfortunately when the Italians deserted the camp and the POW's went into the Mountains my Father was recaptured and then sent into Germany to
Stalag 11A where he remained for the duration of the War. At the end of the War he returned to Germany as part of the occupation forces. My Father suffered recurring nightmares of his experiences right up until his death in 1977
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