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Devonshire Regiment 1st Battalion, Devonshire Regiment 2nd Battalion, Devonshire Regiment 4th Battalion, Devonshire Regiment 6th Battalion, Devonshire Regiment 8th Battalion, Devonshire Regiment 9th Battalion, Devonshire Regiment 12th Battalion, Devonshire Regiment 50th (Holding) Battalion, Devonshire Regiment 23rd Jan 1940 Barracks 2nd May 1940 Warning 20th May 1940 Move 10th June 1940 Defence 10th Jun 1940 Defences 13th Jun 1940 Air Raid 29th Jul 1940 Accident 7th Aug 1940 Reorganisation 18th Dec 1940 Defences 10th April 1941 Postings 20th July 1942 Posting 26th October 1942 Three air raids on Malta but no losses 2nd Apr 1944 Orders 3rd Apr 1944 Enemy Attack 4th Apr 1944 Road Blocks 8th Apr 1944 Recce 9th Apr 1944 Recce 10th Apr 1944 Recce 11th Apr 1944 Attack Made 12th Apr 1944 Enemy Dead 13th Apr 1944 Wounds 15th Apr 1944 Reliefs 16th Apr 1944 Posting 17th Apr 1944 Reliefs 18th Apr 1944 Attacks 19th Apr 1944 Heavy Shelling 20th Apr 1944 Attacks 21st Apr 1944 Under Fire 22nd Apr 1944 Heavy Attack 23rd Apr 1944 Withdrawal 24th Apr 1944 Some Shelling 25th Apr 1944 Reliefs 27th Apr 1944 Quiet 28th Apr 1944 Patrols 29th Apr 1944 Patrols 30th Apr 1944 Quiet 1st May 1944 Planning 24th May 1944 Orders 31st May 1944 On the Move 4th June 1944 Entertainment 5th Jun 1944 Briefing 5th June 1944 On the Move 5th Jun 1944 Intelligence 5th Jun 1944 Orders 6th Jun 1944 Almost to Plan 6th June 1944 Pathfinders 6th June 1944 Landings 6th June 1944 Landings 6th Jun 1944 Landing 6th June 1944 Progress Difficult 6th Jun 1944 In Action 6th Jun 1944 Difficult Landing 6th Jun 1944 Difficulties 6th Jun 1944 Digging in 6th Jun 1944 Behind Schedule 6th Jun 1944 12th Devons Glide in 6th Jun 1944 On the Move 7th Jun 1944 Advance 7th Jun 1944 Objectives 7th Jun 1944 Prisoners Taken 7th Jun 1944 Coast Cleared 7th June 1944 Objectives Taken 7th Jun 1944 Assault Made 7th Jun 1944 Snipers 7th Jun 1944 In Action 7th Jun 1944 In Action 7th Jun 1944 In Action 7th Jun 1944 Attack 8th Jun 1944 Consolidation 8th Jun 1944 Attack Made 8th Jun 1944 Air Raid 8th Jun 1944 In Action 9th Jun 1944 Patrols 10th Jun 1944 Patrol 11th Jun 1944 Communication 12th Jun 1944 Attack 12th Jun 1944 Reliefs 13th Jun 1944 Attack Made 13th Jun 1944 Patrols 14th Jun 1944 Defence 14th Jun 1944 Attack Made 15th Jun 1944 Quiet 16th Jun 1944 Shelling 17th Jun 1944 Intermittent Shelling 17th Jun 1944 Enemy Aircraft 18th Jun 1944 Reliefs 19th Jun 1944 Under Shellfire 19th Jun 1944 Quiet 19th Jun 1944 Advance 20th Jun 1944 Under Shellfire 20th Jun 1944 Reliefs 21st Jun 1944 Machine Guns 22nd Jun 1944 Mortar Fire 23rd Jun 1944 Contact 24th Jun 1944 Quiet 25th Jun 1944 Exchange of Fire 26th Jun 1944 Raid 28th Jun 1944 Enemy Guns 30th November 1944 Reorganisation 2nd Jul 1944 In Action 4th Jul 1944 In Action 27th Jul 1944 Bombing 10th Aug 1944 Orders 11th Aug 1944 Hard Day 12th Aug 1944 Advance 13th Aug 1944 Attack Made 14th Aug 1944 In Action 16th Aug 1944 Intelligence 17th Aug 1944 Advance 18th Aug 1944 Advance 19th Aug 1944 Advance 21st Aug 1944 Advance 22nd Aug 1944 Forwards 23rd Aug 1944 Forwards 14th Sep 1944 Exchange of Fire 15th Sep 1944 Reliefs 24th Sep 1944 Reliefs 25th Sep 1944 Defence 29th Sep 1944 Patrols Push Forward 1st Oct 1944 Advance 2nd Oct 1944 Shelling 4th Oct 1944 Orders 5th Oct 1944 Artillery Active 7th Oct 1944 Orders Cancelled 8th Oct 1944 Moves 11th Oct 1944 Orders 13th Oct 1944 Reliefs Completed 15th Oct 1944 Very Wet 16th Oct 1944 Orders 7th Dec 1944 On the Move 20th Dec 1944 Reorganisation 26th Dec 1944 Enemy Raid 2nd Jan 1945 Reliefs 13th Jan 1945 Orders 17th Jan 1945 Advance 18th Jan 1945 Advance 21st February 1945 Preparations 1st Mar 1945 Preparations 12th Mar 1945 Orders 18th Mar 1945 Preparations 20th Mar 1945 On the Move 23rd Mar 1945 Preparations 24th Mar 1945 In Action 25th Mar 1945 In Action 25th Mar 1945 In Action 26th Mar 1945 Reliefs Completed 27th Mar 1945 Advance 28th Mar 1945 Advance 29th Mar 1945 Orders 29th Mar 1945 Under Fire 30th Mar 1945 Advance 31st Mar 1945 Advance 1st Apr 1945 Bridgehead 2nd Apr 1945 Shelling 3rd Apr 1945 Attack Made 3rd Apr 1945 Hard Fighting 4th Apr 1945 Attack Made 5th Apr 1945 Bridges 6th Apr 1945 Enemy Active 7th Apr 1945 Advance 7th Apr 1945 Enemy Active 8th Apr 1945 Advance 9th Apr 1945 Consolidation 10th Apr 1945 Moving Forward 11th Apr 1945 Advance Resumes 12th Apr 1945 Forwards 13th Apr 1945 Forwards 14th Apr 1945 On the Move 15th Apr 1945 On the Move 16th Apr 1945 Advance 17th Apr 1945 Advance 18th Apr 1945 Advance 18th Apr 1945 Advance 19th Apr 1945 Moves 20th Apr 1945 On the Move 21st Apr 1945 Area Cleared 22nd Apr 1945 Preparations 23rd Apr 1945 On the Move 27th Apr 1945 Orders 29th Apr 1945 Wood Cleared 30th Apr 1945 Advance 1st May 1945 Reorganisation 2nd May 1945 Reorganisation 3rd May 1945 Reorganisation 4th May 1945 Reorganisation 19th May 1945 On the Move 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 Devonshire Regiment during the Second World War 1939-1945. Alexander Aaron. Cpl. Aston Benjamin William. Major Berman T. Boult L. Cole Charles Henry. Pte. Cook Wilfred Bernard. Gnr. (d.4th May 1945) Copp FA. Coxhead WJ. Crage George. Pte. (d.4th October 1944) Dance A. Davey MC. Robert Charles. Lt. Dearden AA. Edwards HG. Evans DL. Falla EC. Falla Edwin. Cpl. Gove Raymond. L/Cpl. Gowlland Richard John. 2nd Lt Hamilton Ernest Alexander Douglas. Sgt. Heslop RH. Hodge Roburt John. Cpl. Hunter AAE. Isaac JL. Jolly A. Kessler HL. Kite Henry William James. Pte. (d.13th Jun 1940) Lane Edward George. Pte. (d.2nd Jul 1940) McCoy DSO, DSM, James Donald. Pte. (d.10th Nov 1944) Mitchell Owen. Pte. (d.2nd Jul 1940) Mugridge Leonard. Norman R. Pack Harry Edward Clifton. L/Cpl. Peachey LJ. Peters EHJ. Powell David George. Pte. Richman William Horace. Pte. (d.12th Sep 1940) Rodger William Stewart. 2nd Lt. Seaton Richard John. Cpl. Sopwith Ivan Gerald. Capt. (d.17th Sep 1944) Squance FWG. Stone Reginald Thomas. Summerell AW. 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 Devonshire 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 Devonshire Regiment? There are:1523 items tagged Devonshire 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. AW Summerell Devonshire Regiment AW Summerell served with the Devonshire 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. FWG Squance Devonshire Regiment FWG Squance served with the Devonshire 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. EHJ Peters Devonshire Regiment EHJ Peters served with the Devonshire 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. LJ Peachey Devonshire Regiment LJ Peachey served with the Devonshire 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. R Norman Devonshire Regiment R Norman served with the Devonshire 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. HL Kessler Devonshire Regiment HL Kessler served with the Devonshire 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 Jolly Devonshire Regiment A Jolly served Devonshire 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. JL Isaac Devonshire Regiment JL Isaac served with the Devonshire 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. AAE Hunter Devonshire Regiment AAE Hunter served with the Devonshire 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. RH Heslop Devonshire Regiment RH Heslop served with the Devonshire 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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