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World War 2 Two II WW2 WWII 1939 1945

1/7th Battalion, Royal West Surrey (Queens) Regiment



   1/7th Battalion, Royal West Surrey (Queens) Regiment was a Territorial unit which served with 131st Brigade, 44th (Home Counties) Division. They saw action in the Battle of France in 1940, transferred to 7th Armoured Division and saw action in North Africa, Italy and North Western Europe.

 

8th of January 1941 Postings

15th of January 1941 New postings

18th of May 1941 Deliveries

22nd of May 1941 Change in personnel

1st Aug 1942 Course

9th Aug 1942 Visit

10th Aug 1942 Exercise

11th Aug 1942 Exercise

12th Aug 1942 Visit

14th Aug 1942 On the Move

15th Aug 1942 On the Move

16th Aug 1942 Difficult Ground

17th Aug 1942 Positions

18th Aug 1942 Positions

19th Aug 1942 Positions

20th Aug 1942 Visit

21st Aug 1942 Posting

22nd Aug 1942 Recce

23rd Aug 1942 Improving Defences

24th Aug 1942 Orders Issued

25th Aug 1942 Death

27th Aug 1942 Instructions

28th Aug 1942 Defensive Positions

29th Aug 1942 Defences Improved

30th Aug 1942 Orders

31st Aug 1942 Attack Made

13th Jun 1944 Hard Fighting  location map

26th Sep 1944 In Action

13th Nov 1944 Orders  location map

14th Nov 1944 In Action  location map


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Those known to have served with

1/7th Battalion, Royal West Surrey (Queens) Regiment

during the Second World War 1939-1945.

  • Lewis Claude John. Pte. (d.3rd August 1944)
  • Teather Horace Leslie. Pte.

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Want to know more about 1/7th Battalion, Royal West Surrey (Queens) Regiment?


There are:1348 items tagged 1/7th Battalion, Royal West Surrey (Queens) Regiment 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.


Pte. Horace Leslie "Button" Teather 1/7th Btn. Queen's Royal West Surrey Regiment

All I know about my late uncle Horace Teather, known as Button, is he liked a beer and was a bit of a larrikin. He sometimes used his middle name Les. He served in the Queen's from 1939 to 1945 and transferred to the East Surrey's and then to the 662 H.H RA till 1947. I am his last surviving nephew.

Peter Teather



Pte. Claude John Lewis 7th Battalion Queen's Royal Regiment (West Surrey) (d.3rd August 1944)

Jack Lewis was killed in action in the fighting round Caen. He is buried in the British Military Cemetery in Bayeux, France.

John Lewis









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