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Gloucestershire Regiment 1st Battalion, Gloucestershire Regiment 2nd Battalion, Gloucestershire Regiment 5th Battalion, Gloucestershire Regiment 10th Battalion, Gloucestershire Regiment 1st of September 1939 Preparations 2nd of September 1939 Preparations 3rd of September 1939 Preparations 4th of September 1939 Preparations 5th of September 1939 Preparations 7th of September 1939 On The Move 18th of November 1939 Programme for Visit of Mr. Hore-Belisha to 3 Div 4th February 1940 Visit 5th February 1940 Recce 21st May 1940 Shelling 21st May 1940 Counter Attack 25th May 1940 On the Move 27th May 1940 Under Attack 27th May 1940 Enemy Attacks 28th May 1940 Consolidation 28th May 1940 Under Fire 29th May 1940 Orders to Withdraw 29th May 1940 Withdrawal 29th May 1940 Orders 30th Aug 1940 Reliefs 4th Sep 1940 Training 5th Sep 1940 Visits 7th Sep 1940 Alert 9th Sep 1940 Alert 9th Sep 1940 Alert 13th December 1941 AA Campany formed in Rangoon 25th August 1943 Orders 28th August 1943 Orders 1st September 1943 Exercise 17th September 1943 Location change 6th Apr 1944 Orders April 1944 Reliefs 28th April 1944 Reorganisation May 1944 On the Move 6th Jun 1944 Mortar Fire 6th Jun 1944 Heavy Sea 6th Jun 1944 Ashore 7th Jun 1944 Objectives 7th Jun 1944 Advance 7th Jun 1944 Moves 7th Jun 1944 In Action 10th Jun 1944 In Action 11th Jun 1944 Advance 12th Jun 1944 In Action 17th Jul 1944 Guns Move 19th Jul 1944 Patrol 26th Jul 1944 Artillery Active 3rd Sep 1944 Advance 4th Sep 1944 Artillery Exchange 7th Sep 1944 Planning 8th Sep 1944 Planning 9th Sep 1944 Bad Weather 10th Sep 1944 Attack Made 11th Sep 1944 Attack Made 12th Sep 1944 Attack Made 1st Nov 1944 Contact 2nd Nov 1944 Conference 3rd Nov 1944 Attack Made 4th Nov 1944 Pinned Down 5th Nov 1944 In Action 7th Nov 1944 Advance 15th Nov 1944 Advance 17th Nov 1944 Enemy Positions 18th Nov 1944 Advance 19th Nov 1944 Orders 21st Nov 1944 Difficult Terrain 22nd Nov 1944 Attack Made 22nd Nov 1944 On the Move 23rd Nov 1944 Shelling 24th Nov 1944 Under Fire 25th Nov 1944 Orders 26th Nov 1944 Enemy Patrol 23rd March 1945 Attck 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 Gloucestershire Regiment during the Second World War 1939-1945. Andrews William George. Sgt. Austin Arthur Raymond. Pte. Barnett L. Beattie James. Pte. Bevis LD. Billings FWI. Blaker Harold Keith. Pte. (d.17th February 1945) Bond EA. Booy JS. Boulton NR. Comley Albert Edwin. Comley Albert Edwin. Pte. Davies AL. Dawes IW. Deane Harold Douglas. Derrick KE. Dymock C. Ellis GWH. Fletcher R. Francis V. Girling MM and Bar. Edwin. Major Gough SC. Gratland T. Green George Alexander. Sgt. Grey JA. Grice John Charles. L/Cpl. Hall LH. Handley John Henry. Pte Harris CJ. Hawkins TG. Hill LH. Holborow Albert. Pte. Holloway DS. Holmes William Herbert. Cpl. Hook WT. Howells John. Pte. Howells John. Pte. Hughes Maurice James. Pte. (d.11th April 1941) Jarvis WJ. Kyte Ernest Reginald John. Cpl. (d.24th Jun 1944) Lakin L. Law William C.. Lewis GJ. Lewis W. Lucas R. Mallett Archibald. Pte. McMahon Anthony John. Pte. Morfield WJ. Neale AGF. Newman MiD WJ. Sgt. Nurse Bryan Leonard. Cpl. Parsons RS. Phillips AC. Pow William George. Pte. Richings GA. Rickets SL. Russell Buckley James. Pte. (d.29th March 1942) Sanford Cyril. Pte. (d.13th Feb 1945) Sharpe PW. Short EB. Smith Eric James Owen. C/Sgt. Smith George Charles. Cpl. Sparks MV. Stevens H. Tanner AV. Tanzell KR. Thomas Mervyn. Pte. Thomas RJ. Tong Siu Bun. Pte. (d.11th April 1946) Warre J. Watts SH. Williams Raymond. Pte. Worman Andrew Viviene. L/Cpl. 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 Gloucestershire 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 Gloucestershire Regiment? There are:1437 items tagged Gloucestershire 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. SH Watts Gloucestershire Regiment SH Watts served with the Gloucestershire 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 Warre Gloucestershire Regiment J Warre served with the Gloucestershire 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. RJ Thomas Gloucestershire Regiment RJ Thomas served with the Gloucestershire 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. KR Tanzell Gloucestershire Regiment KR Tanzell served with the Gloucestershire 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. AV Tanner Gloucestershire Regiment AV Tanner served with the Gloucestershire 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 Stevens Gloucestershire Regiment H Stevens served with the Gloucestershire 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. MV Sparks Gloucestershire Regiment MV Sparks served with the Gloucestershire 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. EB Short Gloucestershire Regiment EB Short served with the Gloucestershire 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. PW Sharpe Gloucestershire Regiment PW Sharpe served with the Gloucestershire 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. SL Rickets Gloucestershire Regiment SL Rickets served with the Gloucestershire 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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