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South Lancashire Regiment 1st Battalion, South Lancashire Regiment 2nd Battalion, South Lancashire Regiment 4th Battalion, South Lancashire Regiment 9th Battalion, South Lancashire Regiment 10th Battalion, South Lancashire Regiment 50th Battalion, South Lancashire Regiment 2/4th Battalion, South Lancashire Regiment 3rd Sep 1939 On the Move 10th Sep 1939 Equipment 12th Sep 1939 Training 14th Sep 1939 Excerise 15th Sep 1939 Exercise 16th Sep 1939 Reliefs 16th Sep 1939 Orders 19th Sep 1939 Visit 19th Sep 1939 Orders 20th Sep 1939 Orders 21st Sep 1939 Ammunition 21st Sep 1939 Advance Party 22nd Sep 1939 Road Party 22nd Sep 1939 Advance Party 23rd Sep 1939 Recce 23rd Sep 1939 Lack of Transport 24th Sep 1939 On the Move 25th Sep 1939 Billets 26th Sep 1939 Conference 26th Sep 1939 Billets 27th Sep 1939 Billets 27th of September 1939 Kings Visit 27th of September 1939 Kings visit 28th Sep 1939 Reliefs 28th Sep 1939 Billets 28th Sep 1939 On the Move 29th Sep 1939 Billets 30th Sep 1939 Transport Issues 2nd Oct 1939 Orders 3rd Oct 1939 Advance Party 4th Oct 1939 Advance Parties 5th Oct 1939 Conference 5th Oct 1939 Orders 6th Oct 1939 Preparations 7th Oct 1939 Conference 8th Oct 1939 Rail Parties 9th Oct 1939 Divisional HQ 10th Oct 1939 Arrivals 11th Oct 1939 Espionage 12th Oct 1939 Recconaissance 13th Oct 1939 Reliefs 14th Oct 1939 Front Line 15th Oct 1939 Entrenching 16th Sep 1939 Orders 16th Oct 1939 Digging in 17th Oct 1939 Difficulties 18th Oct 1939 News 19th Oct 1939 Poor Weather 20th Oct 1939 Recconaissance 21st Oct 1939 Recreation 22nd Oct 1939 Recreation 23rd Oct 1939 Front Line 24th Oct 1939 Recconaissance 25th Oct 1939 Visit 26th Oct 1939 Shortages 27th Oct 1939 Conference 28th Oct 1939 Work Required 29th Oct 1939 Exercise 30th Oct 1939 Exercise 31st Oct 1939 Exercise 14th of November 1939 Cutting of Brushwood 14th of November 1939 Preparations 16th of November 1939 Preparations 17th of November 1939 Preparations 18th of November 1939 Memorandum 18th of November 1939 Machinery 20th of November 1939 Defences 21st of November 1939 Preparations 22nd of November 1939 Air raid 23rd of November 1939 Conference 24th of November 1939 Recce 26th of November 1939 Church parades 27th of November 1939 Conference 30th of November 1939 Bad weather 3rd December 1939 Air Raid Warning 13th December 1939 Exercise 14th December 1939 Exercise 15th December 1939 Exercise 21st Dec 1939 Reliefs 29th December 1939 Visits 31st of December 1939 Reliefs 31st December 1939 Recce Jan 1941 On the Move 7th January 1940 Move 14th January 1940 Message 16th January 1940 Preparations 18th January 1940 Orders 19th January1940 Orders 19th January1940 Instructions 24th Jan 1940 A Curious Line 30th January 1940 Orders 2nd February 1940 Rail Parties 1st March 1940 Moves 1st March 1940 Instructions 1st March 1940 Orders 1st March 1940 Orders 2nd March 1940 Orders 2nd March 1940 Operational Order 5th March 1940 Conference 6th March 1940 Exercise 7th March 1940 Exercise 7th March 1940 Exercise 7th March 1940 Orders 8th March 1940 Move 10th March 1940 Training 11th March 1940 Conference 16th March 1940 3rd Division H.Q. 19th March 1940 Exercise 20th March 1940 Conference 20th March 1940 Precautions 22nd March 1940 3rd Division H.Q. 25th March 1940 Orders Amended 25th March 1940 3rd Division H.Q. 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Those known to have served with South Lancashire Regiment during the Second World War 1939-1945. Biggs Thomas William. Sgt.Major. Brown James Alan. Sgt. (d.23rd June 1944) Byrne John Christopher. Cameron William. Carter Jack. Cpl. Coffin George. Pte. Condron Alan Peter. Pte. Condy Archibald Thompson. Maj. Cooper James. Pte. Croke Thomas Joseph. Pte. (d.24th July 1947) Crook Horace. Pte. Curnow Ford Beverley. Pte. (d.31st May 1940) Curtis Manny. Pte. D'Arcy George. Pte. Dawson Raymond. Sgt. Deakin G. Dean Ernest. (d.14th June 1944) Denbow EA. Doodson Norman. Pte. (d.4th April 1945) Douglass JJ. Duck DSG. Duffy Thomas. Pte. (d.21st July 1944) Evans Herbert Leslie. Pte. (d.18th Apr 1945) Farrar S. Fleming Harold James. Pte. Gallagher George. Goodier Thomas. RSM Hacking R. Healy Jeremiah. Pte. (d.17th January 1944) Hepworth H. Heslin Thomas. Pte. (d.26th Jan 1943) Holding Wilfred. Cpl. Honeysett Herbert George. Pte. (d.18th April 1945) Hughes Eric. Sgt. (d.23rd August 1944) Irwin JC. Jones GW. Pte. King John. Pte. Lancaster George Carlyle. Cpl. Layzell Gordon Edward. Maj. (d.2nd Feb 1944) Little W. McCarthy Michael Francis. Sgt. McLean William. W/Cpl Meyrick Walter Henry . Pte. Molyneux J. Mooney Thomas Terence. Cpl. Mullins M.M. Frank Vivien. Sergeant Oldfield A. Paitison JG. Petfield Malcolm. RQMS. Pierce TC. Rafferty Patrick. Pte. Ratcliffe AT. Rogers Sydney Thomas. 2nd Lt. Rowbottom GT. Ryding Joseph Herbert. Pte Sharples A. Shaw E. Sinnott Ted. Cpl. Stacey Reginald Fredrick. Sgt. Sutton J. Taylor John Gerard. Pte. Thomas Desmond. Sgt. Thompson Richard Rutledge. Gnr. Vickers George. Pte. (d.12th Oct 1944) Walton Aaron Bamford. Cpl. Watkinson J. Pte. Watson Roland. Pte. Watson RWA. Welsh John. Pte. (d.29th June 1944) Westwood Albert. Pte. Wharton William. Pte. Whittaker Thomas. Pte. 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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 South Lancashire Regiment ? There are:1653 items tagged South Lancashire 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. RWA Watson 1st Btn. South Lancashire Regiment RWA Watson served with the 1st Btn. South Lancashire 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. Pte. J Watkinson 9th Btn. King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry Pte.J Watkinson served with the 9th Btn. King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry 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 Sutton South Lancashire Regiment J Sutton served with the South Lancashire 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 Shaw South Lancashire Regiment E Shaw served with the South Lancashire 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 Sharples South Lancashire Regiment A Sharples served with the South Lancashire 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. GT Rowbottom South Lancashire Regiment GT Rowbottom served with the South Lancashire 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. AT Ratcliffe South Lancashire Regiment AT Ratcliffe served with the South Lancashire 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. TC Pierce South Lancashire Regiment TC Pierce served with the South Lancashire 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. JG Paitison South Lancashire Regiment JG Paitison served with the South Lancashire 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 Oldfield South Lancashire Regiment A Oldfield served with the South Lancashire 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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