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Those known to have served with 2nd Battalion, Devonshire Regiment during the Second World War 1939-1945. - Crage George. Pte. (d.4th October 1944)
- Davey MC. Robert Charles. Lt.
- Kite Henry William James. Pte. (d.13th Jun 1940)
- McCoy DSO, DSM, James Donald. Pte. (d.10th Nov 1944)
- Powell David George. Pte.
- Rodger William Stewart. 2nd Lt.
- Seaton Richard John. Cpl.
- Sopwith Ivan Gerald. Capt. (d.17th Sep 1944)
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Want to know more about 2nd Battalion, Devonshire Regiment? There are:1378 items tagged 2nd Battalion, Devonshire Regiment available in our Library
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Cpl. Richard John Seaton 2nd Btn. Northamptonshire Regiment Richard Seaton served in both the 2nd Battalion, Northamptonshire Regiment and then later 2nd Battalion, Devonshire Regiment in WW2. He served from 1940 to 1946.
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Pte. David George Powell 2nd Btn Devonshire Regiment David Powell served with the 2nd Devonshire Regiment.
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Pte. George Crage 2nd Btn. Devonshire Regiment (d.4th October 1944) George Crage is my Uncle George.
My mother had always thought he had died at Dunkirk. I decided to search for his records Nov 2016 and I had found his service number, Regiment, Battalion and date of death within 10 minutes. Including a photo of his name on the wall at the Groesbeek Memorialin, The Netherlands, where it is understood, that he played a part in Operation Market Garden, fighting to consolidate the Eindhoven corridor through which XXX Corps would pass on their way to the bridges at Nijmegen and Arnhem.
October 1944, he spent defending The Island, the low-lying polderland between Arnhem and Nijmegen against a German thrust south - where he lost his life.
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2nd Lt. William Stewart Rodger 2nd Btn. Devonshire Regiment Stu Rodger was a CANLOAN officer and served with 2nd Btn. Devonshire Regiment
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Capt. Ivan Gerald "John" Sopwith 11th Btn. Durham Light Infantry (d.17th Sep 1944) Ivan Sopwith served with the 11th Btn. Durham Light Infantry and was posted to the 2nd Btn. Devonshire Regiment. I am his nephew and know nothing.
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Pte. Henry William James Kite 2nd Btn. Devonshire Regiment (d.13th Jun 1940) Herny Kite aged 27 and is buried in the Pembroke Military Cemetery in Malta.
Henry was the son of Henry James Kite and Rose Ellen Kite, of Weston, Bath, Somerset.
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Pte. James Donald McCoy DSO, DSM, 2nd Battalion Devonshire Regiment (d.10th Nov 1944) My grandfather told us from an early age about Great Uncle Donald and to remember him every November. It was because he felt he had let his mother down by not finding Donald when he ran away to enlist the day after Dunkirk. The papers were full of how many men had been lost and Donald aged 14 years wanted to be one of the men to answer the call for recruits. My grandfather searched for him for three days and found he had joined the Royal Devonshires having lied about his age. My Grandad unable to enlist due to pigeon chest and was a volunteer fireman, he had to accept Donald had gone to war. Donald served with distinction, and was a credit to my Grandad who had raised him from the age of eight when their mother had died. My grandad kept in a box Donald's medals he was sent after Don died. They included a DSO and DSM with bar plus others from memory. They disappeared after my Grandad died. I still remember Donald in honour of my grandad and would love to know something of how he won his medals to tell my children. The war graves still list Don as 23 when he died, but he wasn't, he was only 19.
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