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4th Battalion, Coldstream Guards 17th Mar 1944 Inspection 30th May 1944 Church Parade 31st May 1944 Orders 30th Jul 1944 In Action 30th Jul 1944 Attack Made 30th Jul 1944 In Action 31st Jul 1944 Advance 1st Aug 1944 In Action 12th Aug 1944 Advance 13th Aug 1944 Attack Made 15th Aug 1944 Advance 16th Aug 1944 Enemy Scattered 1st Sep 1944 Move Expected 3rd Sep 1944 Awaiting Orders 4th Sep 1944 Orders 7th Sep 1944 On the Move 8th Sep 1944 On the Move 9th Sep 1944 Enemy Presence 10th Sep 1944 Wood Cleared 11th Sep 1944 River Crossed 12th Sep 1944 On the Move 13th Sep 1944 On the Move 14th Sep 1944 Concentration 15th Sep 1944 HQ Moves 17th Sep 1944 Airbourne Landings 18th Sep 1944 Investigations 21st Sep 1944 Search 23rd Sep 1944 Awaiting Orders 24th Sep 1944 Orders Received 25th Sep 1944 Recce 26th Sep 1944 Preparations 27th Sep 1944 On the Move 28th Sep 1944 On the Move 30th Sep 1944 On the Move 11th Oct 1944 Operations   12th Oct 1944 In Action   13th Oct 1944 In Action   14th Oct 1944 Air Attacks 15th Oct 1944 Preparations 18th Oct 1944 Objective Gained   19th Oct 1944 Poor Conditions   30th Oct 1944 Reliefs 19th Nov 1944 Orders 20th Nov 1944 In Action 23rd Nov 1944 Attack Made 27th March 1945 In Action 28th March 1945 Advance 29th March 1945 Enemy Artillery 30th March 1945 In Action 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 Battalion, Coldstream Guards during the Second World War 1939-1945. Brind Thomas George. L/Cpl. (d.15th April 1945) East William Henry. Gdsm. (d.6th Apr 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 4th Battalion, Coldstream Guards 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 Battalion, Coldstream Guards? There are:1379 items tagged 4th Battalion, Coldstream Guards 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. L/Cpl. Thomas George Brind 4th Btn. Coldstream Guards (d.15th April 1945) My great uncle Tom, Thomas Brind, was my grandmother's brother. He served with the 4th Battalion, Coldstream Guards in WW2. My grandmother said he had been killed in the war but never spoke about him. He died 15th of April 1945 aged 33 years and is buried in the CWWGC cemetery in Hanover, Germany. We went there 7th of April 2019 to pay our respects as the only members of the family to ever visit him. His family were all from the East end of London. I don't know why or when he moved to Southampton. Tom was a plumber by trade and joined up in 1940 and was sadly killed 3 weeks before the end of the war. Add to this record. Gdsm. William Henry East 4th Btn. Coldstream Guards (d.6th Apr 1945) William East was my uncle Bill, he was wounded on 29th of March 1945, suffering burns to face arms and legs. He died of his wounds on 6th of April 1945, 2 days after his 25th Birthday. He is buried in Reichswald Forest War Cemetery. Michael East Add to this record. Recomended Reading. Available at discounted prices. Links

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