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4th (Hallamshire) Battalion, York and Lancaster Regiment    4th (Hallamshire) Battalion, York and Lancaster Regiment served with 49th (West Riding) Infantry Division and saw action in Norway, Iceland and across North Western Europe during the Second World War.   11th Jun 1944 Reliefs 15th Jun 1944 Planning   16th Jun 1944 In Action 17th Jun 1944 Assembly   18th Jun 1944 Artillery Active 25th Jun 1944 In Action   25th Jun 1944 Hard Fighting 26th Jun 1944 In Action   1st Sep 1944 On the March 2nd Sep 1944 Difficult Move 3rd Sep 1944 Advance 4th Sep 1944 Artillery Exchange 5th Sep 1944 Air Raid 6th Sep 1944 Recces 7th Sep 1944 Patrol 8th Sep 1944 Recce 9th Sep 1944 Orders 10th Sep 1944 Attack Made 11th Sep 1944 Ground Gained 12th Sep 1944 Advance 13th Sep 1944 Refitting 14th Sep 1944 Awards 15th Sep 1944 At Rest 16th Sep 1944 At Rest 17th Sep 1944 Collaborator 18th Sep 1944 At Rest 19th Sep 1944 On the Move 20th Sep 1944 At Rest 21st Sep 1944 Drums 22nd Sep 1944 Enemy Withdrawal 23rd Sep 1944 Bridge Erected 24th Sep 1944 Advance 25th Sep 1944 Good Progress 26th Sep 1944 Infiltration 27th Sep 1944 Hard Fighting 28th Sep 1944 Orders 29th Sep 1944 In Action 30th Sep 1944 A Missunderstanding 2nd Oct 1944 Orders 2nd Oct 1944 Situation 3rd Oct 1944 Orders 3rd Oct 1944 Support 1st Nov 1944 Contact 2nd Nov 1944 Conference   3rd Nov 1944 Attack Made   4th Nov 1944 Pinned Down   5th Nov 1944 In Action   6th Nov 1944 In Position 7th Nov 1944 At Rest 8th Nov 1944 Sports 9th Nov 1944 Entertainment 10th Nov 1944 Training 11th Nov 1944 Advance Party 12th Nov 1944 Training 13th Nov 1944 Training 14th Nov 1944 On the Move 15th Nov 1944 Planning 16th Nov 1944 Planning 17th Nov 1944 Area Cleared 18th Nov 1944 Area Cleared 19th Nov 1944 Advance 20th Nov 1944 Advance 21st Nov 1944 Slow Progress 22nd Nov 1944 In Action 23rd Nov 1944 Advance 24th Nov 1944 Mines Cleared 25th Nov 1944 Prisoner Taken 26th Nov 1944 At Rest 27th Nov 1944 At Rest 28th Nov 1944 Training 29th Nov 1944 On the Move 30th Nov 1944 Advance Party 1st Dec 1944 On the Move 2nd Dec 1944 On the Move   3rd Dec 1944 Flooding 4th Dec 1944 Flooding 5th Dec 1944 Training 6th Dec 1944 Training 7th Dec 1944 Preparations   8th Dec 1944 Reliefs   9th Dec 1944 Preparations 10th Dec 1944 Quiet 11th Dec 1944 Some Shelling 12th Dec 1944 Shelling 13th Dec 1944 Quiet 14th Dec 1944 Reliefs 1st Jan 1945 Raid 2nd Jan 1945 Raid   8th Jan 1945 Snow   9th Jan 1945 Snow   10th Jan 1945 Snow Still Falling   13th Jan 1945 Raids   14th Jan 1945 Outpost Attacked   15th Jan 1945 Fighting Patrol   23rd Jan 1945 Harassing Fire   24th Jan 1945 Harassing Fire   25th Jan 1945 Reliefs Completed   9th Feb 1945 Preparations 10th Feb 1945 Enemy Targetted 11th Feb 1945 Flooding 13th Feb 1945 Night Firing 14th Feb 1945 Recce 15th Feb 1945 Enemy Raid 19th Feb 1945 Night Firing 20th Feb 1945 Air Attack 22nd Feb 1945 Accurate Fire   24th Feb 1945 Night Firing   27th Feb 1945 Harassing Fire   1st March 1945 Light Shone 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 4th (Hallamshire) Battalion, York and Lancaster Regiment during the Second World War 1939-1945. Ashby Bill. Lt. Mackintosh Charles William. Pte. (d.16th Jun 1944) Parkin Edward. Pte. Shorrock George Orson. Pte. (d.16th July 1944) 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 4th (Hallamshire) Battalion, York and Lancaster Regiment 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 4th (Hallamshire) Battalion, York and Lancaster Regiment? There are:1427 items tagged 4th (Hallamshire) Battalion, York and Lancaster 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. Edward Parkin 4th (Hallamshire) Btn. York and Lancaster Regiment My grand-dad, Edward Parkin served with the York and Lancaster Regiment. He has the 1939-1945 star and the Italy star. Records we have suggest he was in the Hallamshire Battalion, but war records suggest it was the 6th Battalion that were in Italy. Simon Parkin Add to this record. Lt. Bill Ashby 4th (Hallamshire) Battalion York & Lancaster Regiment Lieutenant Bill Ashby, my father, served as leader of East Sussex Scout Section in Auxiliary Units 1940 to 1943. He and his men were all from the Queens Royal Regiment. He then became adjutant of the Hallamshire Battalion of the York and Lancs Regiment until wounded with a bullet in his spine in Normandy in 1944. Bill Ashby Add to this record. Pte. Charles William "Sunny" Mackintosh 4th (Hallamshire) Btn. York and Lancaster Regiment (d.16th Jun 1944) Charles Mackintosh served with the 4th (Hallamshires, York and Lancaster Regiment. I have no photos or story only I was 11months old when he was killed. Add to this record. Pte. George Orson Shorrock 4th (Hallamshire) Btn. York and Lancaster Regiment (d.16th July 1944) George Shorrock served with The Hallamshire Battalion, York and Lancaster Regiment. I would love to hear from anyone with any information regarding this soldier. George Shorrock Add to this record. Recomended Reading. Available at discounted prices. Links

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