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Wiltshire Regiment (Duke of Edinburghs) 1st Battalion, Wiltshire Regiment (Duke of Edinburghs) 2nd Battalion, Wiltshire Regiment (Duke of Edinburghs) 4th Battalion, Wiltshire Regiment (Duke of Edinburghs) 5th Battalion, Wiltshire Regiment (Duke of Edinburghs) 6th Battalion, Wiltshire Regiment (Duke of Edinburghs) 7th Battalion, Wiltshire Regiment (Duke of Edinburghs) 1st Apr 1940 Exercise 3rd Apr 1940 Visit 4th Apr 1940 Visit 5th Apr 1940 Visit 9th Apr 1940 Reorganisation 10th Apr 1940 Orders 11th Apr 1940 Stand Fast 13th Apr 1940 Orders 28th Apr 1940 Warning 1st May 1940 On the Move 2nd May 1940 On the Move 3rd May 1940 Move Cancelled 4th May 1940 Preparations 7th May 1940 Concentration 8th May 1940 Training 9th May 1940 Training 10th May 1940 Orders 11th May 1940 Orders 12th May 1940 Divisional HQ Moves 13th May 1940 Recce 14th May 1940 Orders 16th May 1940 On the Move 17th May 1940 In Action 18th May 1940 On the Move 19th May 1940 On the Move 20th May 1940 Air Raids 20th May 1940 Orders 21st May 1940 Hard Fighting 21st May 1940 Orders 21st May 1940 Orders 21st May 1940 Intelligence 22nd May 1940 Under Pressure 23rd May 1940 Surrounded 24th May 1940 On the Move 25th May 1940 Congestion 26th May 1940 Bombing 27th May 1940 Air Attacks 28th May 1940 Air Attacks 29th May 1940 Withdrawal 30th May 1940 Withdrawal 21st May 1942 On the Move 1st Jul 1942 Depot Coy Formed 5th Jul 1942 Reinforcements 9th Jul 1942 Orders 10th Jul 1942 Orders 14th Jul 1942 Orders 17th Jul 1942 Reliefs 19th Jul 1942 Reliefs Complete 7th Aug 1942 Visit 8th Aug 1942 Information 9th Aug 1942 Recce 10th Aug 1942 Crowd 11th Aug 1942 Unrest 12th Aug 1942 Unrest 13th Aug 1942 Damage 14th Aug 1942 Enforcement 15th Aug 1942 Unrest 16th Aug 1942 Sabotage 17th Aug 1942 Orders 18th Aug 1942 Shots 19th Aug 1942 Crowd 20th Aug 1942 Quieter 21st Aug 1942 Patrols 22nd Aug 1942 Patrols 23rd Aug 1942 Escort Duty 2nd Sep 1943 Planning 26th Jun 1944 In Action 28th Jun 1944 In Position 10th Jul 1944 Orders 10th July 1944 Reorganisation 12th July 1944 Recce 16th Jul 1944 Liberty Trips 8th Aug 1944 Reliefs 25th Aug 1944 Advance 1st Sep 1944 Move 2nd Sep 1944 Reorganisation 3rd Sep 1944 Preparations 4th Sep 1944 Awards 20th Sep 1944 Inter Battalion Exercise 26th Sep 1944 Exercise 3rd Oct 1944 Reliefs 28th Oct 1944 Reliefs 23rd Nov 1944 Reliefs 6th Dec 1944 Reliefs 13th Dec 1944 Rifle Meeting 1st Jan 1945 Training 10th Jan 1945 Training 11th Jan 1945 Reliefs 12th Jan 1945 Snipers 13th Jan 1945 Patrols 14th Jan 1945 Patrols 15th Jan 1945 Orders 16th Jan 1945 Reliefs 19th Jan 1945 Preparations 20th Jan 1945 Reliefs 21st Jan 1945 Advance 22nd Jan 1945 Stand Down 15th Feb 1945 Counter Attack 16th Feb 1945 In Action 26th Feb 1945 Reliefs 8th Mar 1945 Attack Made 31st Mar 1945 Advance 19th May 1945 On the Move 21st May 1945 In Action 22nd May 1945 Advance 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 Wiltshire Regiment (Duke of Edinburghs) during the Second World War 1939-1945. Adcock William Alfred. Pte. Ball Frederick. Brading Arthur James. WO1. (d.23rd Jul 1944) Brock A G. Burnett Ernest Roy. Pte. Carter Frank William. Pte. Clark Harry. L/Cpl. Cowley George Frederick. Pte. (d.21st May 1940) Curtis D B. Davies E. Dicker Wallace George. Pte. Eldridge E R. Farr R M. Francis J. Fry Arthur. L/Cpl. Futter Jack H.D.. Pte. Gosnell Georgs Thomas. Pte. Griffiths Sidney Ellis. Pte. Gulliver DSO. Esau John. Pte. Hacker H E. Hammond F E. Haskell Bertram. Pte. (d.30th May 1940) Hurkett F H H. Inchley James Edward . King Alfred. Pte. Kyte Ernest Reginald John. Cpl. (d.24th Jun 1944) Lyons H T . Manners A R. Nessling Edward. Pte. Pelling Albert Edgard. Pte. Reeves K R. Richards W E. Semmens Donald. Pte. Sims A C. Stamp A.. Pte. Such E T . Suttle J C. Voce Sidney Edward. Watson A H. Williams Kenneth. 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 Wiltshire Regiment (Duke of Edinburghs) 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 Wiltshire Regiment (Duke of Edinburghs)? There are:1436 items tagged Wiltshire Regiment (Duke of Edinburghs) 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. A H Watson Wiltshire Regiment A Watson served with the Wiltshire Regiment British Army. I have his unissued dogtags, made in preparation for deployment to the Far East and would love to get them home to his family. I am happy to cover all costs. If you are a family member or can put me in touch with them please get in touch. Update: The Wartime Memories Project is no longer in contact with Dan , his website, facebook page and email have all ceased to function. But if you can add any details about the person listed, please use the add to record link below. Dan Add to this record. J C Suttle Wiltshire Regiment J Suttle served with the Wiltshire Regiment British Army. I have his unissued dogtags, made in preparation for deployment to the Far East and would love to get them home to his family. I am happy to cover all costs. If you are a family member or can put me in touch with them please get in touch. Update: The Wartime Memories Project is no longer in contact with Dan , his website, facebook page and email have all ceased to function. But if you can add any details about the person listed, please use the add to record link below. Dan Add to this record. E T Such Wiltshire Regiment E Such served with the Wiltshire Regiment British Army. I have his unissued dogtags, made in preparation for deployment to the Far East and would love to get them home to his family. I am happy to cover all costs. If you are a family member or can put me in touch with them please get in touch. Update: The Wartime Memories Project is no longer in contact with Dan , his website, facebook page and email have all ceased to function. But if you can add any details about the person listed, please use the add to record link below. Dan Add to this record. A C Sims Wiltshire Regiment A Sims served with the Wiltshire Regiment British Army. I have his unissued dogtags, made in preparation for deployment to the Far East and would love to get them home to his family. I am happy to cover all costs. If you are a family member or can put me in touch with them please get in touch. Update: The Wartime Memories Project is no longer in contact with Dan , his website, facebook page and email have all ceased to function. But if you can add any details about the person listed, please use the add to record link below. Dan Add to this record. W E Richards Wiltshire Regiment W Richards served with the Wiltshire Regiment British Army. I have his unissued dogtags, made in preparation for deployment to the Far East and would love to get them home to his family. I am happy to cover all costs. If you are a family member or can put me in touch with them please get in touch. Update: The Wartime Memories Project is no longer in contact with Dan , his website, facebook page and email have all ceased to function. But if you can add any details about the person listed, please use the add to record link below. Dan Add to this record. K R Reeves 8th Kings Royal Irish Hussars K Reeves served with the 8th Kings Royal Irish Hussars British Army. I have his unissued dogtags, made in preparation for deployment to the Far East and would love to get them home to his family. I am happy to cover all costs. If you are a family member or can put me in touch with them please get in touch. Update: The Wartime Memories Project is no longer in contact with Dan , his website, facebook page and email have all ceased to function. But if you can add any details about the person listed, please use the add to record link below. Dan Add to this record. A R Manners Wiltshire Regiment A Manners served with the Wiltshire Regiment British Army. I have his unissued dogtags, made in preparation for deployment to the Far East and would love to get them home to his family. I am happy to cover all costs. If you are a family member or can put me in touch with them please get in touch. Update: The Wartime Memories Project is no longer in contact with Dan , his website, facebook page and email have all ceased to function. But if you can add any details about the person listed, please use the add to record link below. Dan Add to this record. H T Lyons Wiltshire Regiment H Lyons served with the Wiltshire Regiment British Army. I have his unissued dogtags, made in preparation for deployment to the Far East and would love to get them home to his family. I am happy to cover all costs. If you are a family member or can put me in touch with them please get in touch. Update: The Wartime Memories Project is no longer in contact with Dan , his website, facebook page and email have all ceased to function. But if you can add any details about the person listed, please use the add to record link below. Dan Add to this record. F H H Hurkett 12th Btn. Royal Tank Regiment F Hurkett served with the 12th Btn. Royal Tank Regiment British Army. I have his unissued dogtags, made in preparation for deployment to the Far East and would love to get them home to his family. I am happy to cover all costs. If you are a family member or can put me in touch with them please get in touch. Update: The Wartime Memories Project is no longer in contact with Dan , his website, facebook page and email have all ceased to function. But if you can add any details about the person listed, please use the add to record link below. Dan Add to this record. F E Hammond Wiltshire Regiment F Hammond served with the Wiltshire Regiment British Army. I have his unissued dogtags, made in preparation for deployment to the Far East and would love to get them home to his family. I am happy to cover all costs. If you are a family member or can put me in touch with them please get in touch. Update: The Wartime Memories Project is no longer in contact with Dan , his website, facebook page and email have all ceased to function. But if you can add any details about the person listed, please use the add to record link below. Dan Add to this record. Recomended Reading. Available at discounted prices.

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