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Duke of Wellingtons (West Riding) Regiment 1st Battalion, Duke of Wellington's (West Riding) Regiment 2nd Battalion, Duke of Wellington's (West Riding) Regiment 6th Battalion, Duke of Wellington's (West Riding) Regiment 7th Battalion, Duke of Wellington's (West Riding) Regiment 8th Battalion, Duke of Wellington's (West Riding) Regiment 9th Battalion, Duke of Wellington's (West Riding) Regiment 10th Battalion, Duke of Wellington's (West Riding) Regiment 2/6th Battalion, Duke of Wellington's (West Riding) Regiment 2/7th Battalion, Duke of Wellington's (West Riding) Regiment 12th Oct 1939 Holding the Line 13th Oct 1939 Reliefs 5th Nov 1939 Inkerman Dinner 24th Nov 1939 Aircraft Tested 26th Nov 1939 Orders 27th Nov 1939 Upto the Line 4th Dec 1939 In the Front Line 10th May 1940 Holland and Belgium invaded 10th May 1940 News 13th May 1940 On the Move 15th May 1940 In Defence 17th May 1940 Orders 18th May 1940 On the Move 19th May 1940 Withdrawal 19th May 1940 Planning 20th May 1940 Reorganisation 20th May 1940 Under Pressure 21st May 1940 Withdrawal 21st May 1940 Planning 22nd May 1940 Attacks Repulsed 23rd May 1940 Shortening the Front 24th May 1940 Air Raids 27th May 1940 Withdrawal 28th May 1940 Under Attack 1st Jun 1940 Evacuation 5th Jun 1940 Counter Attack 7th June 1940 Ground attack 9th Jun 1940 Held until the Last 9th Jun 1940 In Defence 10th Jun 1940 On the March 11th Jun 1940 Furious Fighting 11th Jun 1940 In Action 11th Jun 1940 Orders 11th Jun 1940 Enemy Advance 12th Jun 1940 Situation Hopeless 12th Jun 1940 Ultimatum 10th Jan 1941 Orders 26th Feb 1941 Exercise 27th Feb 1941 Exercise 28th Feb 1941 Exercise 3rd Mar 1941 Reliefs 5th Mar 1941 Reliefs 6th Mar 1941 Reliefs 7th Mar 1941 Reliefs Completed 8th Mar 1941 Thaw 13th Mar 1941 Reorganisation 18th Mar 1941 Exercise 19th Mar 1941 Exercise 21st Apr 1942 Exercise   After disembarking from landing craft, troops of 1st Battalion, Duke of Wellington's Regiment take cover on the beach at Cromer in Norfolk, 21st of April 1942. Live machine-gun and mortar fire was used during this exercise. © IWM (H 18927) 26th Apr 1942 On the Move 22nd January 1944 Battle of Anzio 26th Jan 1944 Ready to Move 27th Jan 1944 Postings 30th January 1944 Battle of Anzio Feb 1944 Chindit force preparations  In early February 1944 preparations began for the 2nd Chindit Expedition. The Special Force or 3rd Indian Division as it was known consisted of the following units, which were split into Columns. 3rd West African Brigade and 14th Brigade 6th Btn. Nigeria Regiment. (Columns 66 & 39) 2nd Btn. Black Watch (Columns 42 & 73) 7th Btn Nigeria Regiment (Columns 29 & 35) 1st Btn. Beds & Herts Regiment (Columns 16 & 61) 12th Btn. Nigeria Regt (Columns 12 & 43) 2nd Btn. York & Lancaster Regiment (Columns 84 & 65) 7th Btn Leicestershire Regiment (Columns 47 & 74) 54th Field Company, Royal Engineers 77 Brigade and 111 Brigade 3rd Btn. 6th Gurkha Rifles (Columns 36 & 63) 1st Btn. Cameronians (Columns 26 & 90) 1st Btn. Kings (Liverpool) Regiment (Columns 81 & 82) 2nd Btn. Kings Own Royal (Lancaster) Regiment (Columns 41 & 46) 1st Btn. Lancashire Fusiliers (Columns 20 & 50) 3rd Btn. 4th Gurkha Rifles (Column 30) 1st Btn. South Staffordshire Regiment (Columns 38 & 80) 3rd Btn. 9th Gurkha Rifles (Columns 57 & 93) 23rd Indian Infantry Brigade 1st Btn. Essex Regiment (Columns 44 & 56) 2nd Btn. Duke of Wellington's Regiment (Columns 33 & 76) 4th Btn. Border Regiment (Columns 34, 55) 60th Field Regiment, Royal Artillery, deployed as infantry, (Columns 60 & 68) 12th Field Company, Royal Engineers 16th Brigade Morris Force 1st Btn. Queens Royal West Surrey Regiment (Columns 21 & 22) 4th Btn. 9th Gurkha Rifles (Columns 49 & 94) 2nd Btn. Leicestershire Regiment (Columns 17 & 71) 3rd Btn. 4th Gurkha Rifles (Column 30) 45th Recce Regiment (Columns 45 & 54) 51st and 69th Field Regiments, Royal Artillery, deployed as infantry (Columns 51 & 69) 2nd Field Company, Royal Engineers Dah Force Kachin Levies Stronghold Defences R S & U Troop 160th Field Regiment, Royal Artillery (25 Pounders) W X Y & Z Troops 69th Light Anti Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery (Bofors) Divisional Troops 219th Field Park Company, Royal Engineers Detachment 2nd Burma Rifles 145th Brigade Company, R.A.S.C. 61st Air Supply Company, R.A.S.C. 2nd Indian Air Supply Company, R.I.A.S.C. 3rd February 1944 Battle of Anzio 1st May 1944 Patrols 2nd May 1944 Intelligence 3rd May 1944 Recce 4th May 1944 Recce 5th May 1944 Prisoners Taken 6th May 1944 Prisoners Taken 7th May 1944 Exchange of Fire 8th May 1944 Straffing 9th May 1944 New Positions 10th May 1944 Orders 11th May 1944 Under Attack 12th May 1944 On the Move 13th May 1944 On the Move 14th May 1944 On the Move 15th May 1944 Rifles 16th May 1944 On the March 17th May 1944 On the March 18th May 1944 Enemy Position 19th May 1944 Plans 20th May 1944 On the March 21st May 1944 Intentions 22nd May 1944 Ambush 24th May 1944 Move 26th May 1944 Rations 28th May 1944 Supplies 29th May 1944 Ambush 30th May 1944 Attack 31st May 1944 Intelligence 1st Jun 1944 Competition 2nd Jun 1944 Competitions 3rd Jun 1944 Fund Raising 4th Jun 1944 Church Parade 5th Jun 1944 Preparations 6th Jun 1944 Cheered on their Way 7th Jun 1944 Convoy 8th Jun 1944 Loading 9th Jun 1944 On the Move 10th Jun 1944 On the Move 11th Jun 1944 On the Move 12th Jun 1944 Busy Day 13th Jun 1944 Air Raids 14th Jun 1944 Air Raids 15th Jun 1944 Planning 16th Jun 1944 In Action 16th Jun 1944 Air Raid 17th Jun 1944 In Action 17th Jun 1944 Assembly 18th Jun 1944 Artillery Active 18th Jun 1944 Mortar Fire 18th Jun 1944 In Action 18th Jun 1944 Attack Made 19th Jun 1944 Enemy Patrol 19th Jun 1944 Patrols 20th Jun 1944 Enemy Active 20th Jun 1944 Recce 21st Jun 1944 Civilians Evcauated 22nd Jun 1944 Shelling 22nd Jun 1944 Air Raid 23rd Jun 1944 Mines 23rd Jun 1944 Reliefs 24th Jun 1944 Attack Made 24th Jun 1944 Briefing 25th Jun 1944 In Action 25th Jun 1944 Hard Fighting 26th Jun 1944 In Action 26th Jun 1944 In Action 1st Jul 1944 Hard Fighting 2nd Jul 1944 Shelling 3rd Jul 1944 Reliefs 4th Jul 1944 Enemy Aircraft 5th Jul 1944 Patrols 6th Jul 1944 Reorganisation 7th Jul 1944 Gun Positions 8th Jul 1944 Quiet 9th Jul 1944 Unexploded Ordnace 10th Jul 1944 Recces 11th Jul 1944 Reliefs Complete 12th Jul 1944 Patrols 13th Jul 1944 Fighting Patrols 14th Jul 1944 Anti Tank Obstacle 15th Jul 1944 Attack Made 16th Jul 1944 Prisoners 17th Jul 1944 Ground Gained 18th Jul 1944 Orders 19th Jul 1944 Awaiting Orders 20th Jul 1944 Awaiting Orders 21st Jul 1944 Awaiting Orders 22nd Jul 1944 Recce 23rd Jul 1944 Advance Party 24th Jul 1944 Reliefs 25th Jul 1944 Reliefs Complete 26th Jul 1944 Heavy Shelling 27th Jul 1944 Prisoner Taken 28th Jul 1944 Enemy Weapons 29th Jul 1944 Attack Made 30th Jul 1944 Less Air Activity 31st Jul 1944 Patrols 17th August 1944 Reorganisation 18th August 1944 Enemy Withdrawal 11th Sep 1944 Orders 11th Sep 1944 Ground Gained 28th Sep 1944 Orders 29th Sep 1944 In Action 2nd Oct 1944 Orders 2nd Oct 1944 Situation 3rd Oct 1944 Orders 3rd Oct 1944 Support 21st Nov 1944 Orders 24th Nov 1944 Reliefs 25th Nov 1944 Shelling 24th March 1945 Sports 26th March 1945 Reliefs 26th March 1945 Reliefs 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 Duke of Wellingtons (West Riding) Regiment during the Second World War 1939-1945. Addyman S. Tpr. Allen JB. Allen John William. (d.11th June 1940) Appleyard C. Askin TW. Baines S. Barker HD. Bennett WH. Best K. Bickle T. Bird L. Blackburn J. Bodsworth E. Tpr. Bonser W. Bower JH. Boynton George. L/Cpl. (d.23rd Feb 1942) Bradford E. Bradshaw E. Bradshaw G. Brazendale Arthur. Pte. Brennan Laurence Patrick. Sgt. Broadbent Jack. Pte. (d.11th June 1940) Brown A. Brunskill JH. Calpin AE. Carroll L. Casper James. L/Sgt. (d.29th May 1940) Colley FA. Coningham William Donald Meryck. Capt. (d.30th March 1942) Cook J. Cott George. Cottington SR. Cowburn R. Cox John William. Pte. Coy T. Craven C. Craven GE. Cripps GH. Croney Charles David. Pte. (d.1st Feb 1944 ) Crossley Alfred. Sgt. (d.12th July 1944) Crowther J. Crump R. Cruse EP. Curnow G. D.. Pte. Cutts D. Daniel J. Davey AJ. Davies E. Davis LEA. Day H. Deacon RF. Denison A. Denney WE. Dent H. Dick JA. Dickinson J. Dixon C. Dixon W. Dormer EW. Downes L. Dransfield E. Dunford T. Dunning T. Eastwood B. Edwards AL. Egan J. Ellis W. Ellis W . Emmett CR. English W. Eno H. Fairclough AE. Fairs Albert Victor. Pte. (d.8th Oct 1944) Farnell SC. Farr LH. Farrar Artrhur. Pte. (d.6th June 1944) Farrar D. Farrar E. Farrington RH. Fawcett H. Fawcett T. Fleming E. Fletcher G. Fletcher JS. Foley EJ. Foster JT. Found FHA. Fricker GGT. Furnell Albert Edward. Sgt. Gabbitas HL. Gallagher AE. Gallagher Thomas. Pte. Garrad G. Garside H. Garth S. Gibbard CE. Gillott John. Pte. Gillott John. Pte. Goodall W. Goodwin LA. Graham DM. Grayson T. Green SB. Greenwood H. Gregory A. Grocock H. Grundy J. Guest A. Haigh W . Hall C. Hanson A. Hardwick Thomas Herbert. Cpl. (d.30th March 1942) Harker BE. Harling L. Harney G. Harper T. Harris C. Harris JW. Harris W. Harrison GA. Hartley J. Hartley J. Hastings W. Hatton R. Hawkhead SB. Hawksworth D. Heargren A. Heels G. Heppleston L. Hepworth J. Hextall L. Hickey J. Hicks Cpl BO. Hicks H. Higgins Cpl CC. Hill G. Hill H. Hill H. Hill JG. Hill W. Hind I. Hirst HG. Hirst JS. Hiscock HM. Holland Sidney James. Pte. Holt N. Holtby LF. Hooper AM. Horsman RD. Howden A. Hoyle E. Hoyle HA. Hudson JF . Hudson RH. Hughes Robert. Pte. (d.10th June 1940 ) Humpage J. Hurcombe Tpr G. Jackson H. James E. Jewitt CW. Kaye G. Keithley RW. Kelly EH. Kershaw F. Kett R. Kirk GW. Knight C. Lambert W. Lambourne R. Laughlin J. Lee CS. Lee F. Leedham L. Lingard HC. Lipman EG. Lister B. Lister CF. Lodge R. Lord Cpl J. Lowe F. Lund WJ. Lynch William. Pte Mallinson H. Manning DW. Marsh JA. Martindale CF. Maw A. McHarg Kenneth Wilis. Major. (d.16th June 1944) Milburn Robert. Pte. Mitchell A. Mitchell E. Mitchell WA. Moger C. Monday A. Morrell HG. Morris Francis Joseph. Pte. Mortimer Arthur. Pte Murphy T. Oram ER. Outram JM. Palmer AG. Pickard CdG Stanley John. Pickles John. Pte. Plunkett 4627217 Bert. Cpl. Race David Joseph. Pte. Roche Denis John. Capt. (d.24th July 1943) Rogers C. Sayer GH. Scott EG. Seddon MM. Peter. Pte. Sellers C. Senior J. Sharp A. Sharples Vincent. L/Cpl. Shaw Sgt J. Shilleto Reginald John. CSM. (d.6th May 1943) Shorrocks James . (d.10th Aug 1944) Skinner BAY. Smith C. Smith H. Smith J. Smith R. Southern N . Speight GW. Spencer Ernest. Spencer F. Staples H. Stewart JAG. Stott R. Studley IF. Sutcliffe G. Sutton A. Swygart H. Thirkil L. Thornton Arthur. Tingey CA. Tucker GW. Tucker RJ. Turner E. Turner TG. Turner TG. Tyreman A. Umpleby A. Underwood S. Vine LG. Wall H. Warburton Allan. Pte. Ward F. Watson H. Weeks MG. White GV. Whitehead R.. Willey Maurice Moore. L/Cpl Williamson JJ. Winstanley Arthur. Pte. (d.10th Jun 1940) Yeadon N. 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 Duke of Wellingtons (West Riding) 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 Duke of Wellingtons (West Riding) Regiment? There are:2051 items tagged Duke of Wellingtons (West Riding) 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. N Yeadon 6th Airborne Armoured Regiment Reconnaissance Corps N Yeadon served with the 6th Airborne Armoured Regiment Reconnaissance Corps 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. JJ Williamson Duke of Wellingtons West Riding Regiment JJ Williamson served with the Duke of Wellingtons West Riding 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. GV White Duke of Wellingtons West Riding Regiment GV White served with the Duke of Wellingtons West Riding 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. MG Weeks Duke of Wellingtons West Riding Regiment MG Weeks served with the Duke of Wellingtons West Riding 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 Watson Duke of Wellingtons West Riding Regiment H Watson served with the Duke of Wellingtons West Riding 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 Ward 4th Sqd (Sharpshooters) County Of London Yeomanry F Ward served with the 4th Sqd (Sharpshooters) County Of London Yeomanry 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 Wall Duke of Wellingtons West Riding Regiment H Wall served with the Duke of Wellingtons West Riding 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. LG Vine Duke of Wellingtons West Riding Regiment LG Vine served with the Duke of Wellingtons West Riding 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. S Underwood Duke of Wellingtons West Riding Regiment S Underwood served with the Duke of Wellingtons West Riding 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 Umpleby Duke of Wellingtons West Riding Regiment A Umpleby served with the Duke of Wellingtons West Riding 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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