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Fife and Forfar Yeomanry 1st Fife and Forfar Yeomanry 2nd Fife and Forfar Yeomanry 19th Mar 1940 Press Photographs 22nd May 1940 On the Move 23rd May 1940 Orders 27th May 1940 In Action 27th May 1940 In Action 28th May 1940 Withdrawal 9th Jun 1940 In Bivvies 3rd Jun 1944 Loading 6th Jun 1944 Maps 7th Jun 1944 Preparations 8th Jun 1944 Delay 9th Jun 1944 Orders 10th Jun 1944 Orders 11th Jun 1944 On the Move 12th Jun 1944 On the Move 15th Jun 1944 On the Move 17th Jun 1944 Concentration 23rd Jun 1944 Good Cover 26th Jun 1944 Move 26th Jun 1944 On the Move   Men of 10th Battalion, Highland Light Infantry advance past vehicles of 15th (Scottish) Division during Operation Epsom, 26th June 1944. On the left are two Sherman Crab flail tanks. © IWM (B 6014) 26th Jun 1944 In Action 27th Jun 1944 In Action 27th Jun 1944 In Action 28th Jun 1944 Orders 28th Jun 1944 In Action 28th Jun 1944 In Action 28th Jun 1944 Advance 28th Jun 1944 Opposition 29th Jun 1944 Protection 30th Jun 1944 In Action 30th Jun 1944 Shelling 1st Jul 1944 Orders 1st Jul 1944 Shelling 2nd Jul 1944 Shelling 3rd Jul 1944 Under Fire 3rd Jul 1944 Attacks 3rd Jul 1944 Counter Attack 4th Jul 1944 Patrol 4th Jul 1944 Shelling 5th Jul 1944 Shelling 7th Jul 1944 Shelling 14th Jul 1944 Equipment 15th Jul 1944 Reliefs 16th Jul 1944 Difficult Move 17th Jul 1944 Rations 18th July 1944 In Action 18th Jul 1944 Attack Made 19th Jul 1944 Village Captured 20th Jul 1944 Move 22nd Jul 1944 Move 25th Jul 1944 Reorganisation 28th Jul 1944 Orders 29th Jul 1944 On the Move 30th Jul 1944 In Action 31st Jul 1944 In Action 1st Aug 1944 Advance 2nd Aug 1944 Advance Continues 2nd Aug 1944 Hard Fighting 3rd Aug 1944 Under Fire 4th Aug 1944 Counter Attacks 4th Aug 1944 Counter Attack 5th Aug 1944 Enemy Attack 6th Aug 1944 Heavy Attack 7th Aug 1944 Tanks in Action 8th Aug 1944 Reliefs 12th Aug 1944 On the Move 13th Aug 1944 Reinforcements 14th Aug 1944 In Action 14th Aug 1944 Hard Fighting 15th Aug 1944 Mines 16th Aug 1944 Advance 17th Aug 1944 Under Fire 18th Aug 1944 Bridges Blown 19th Aug 1944 Enemy Tanks 20th Aug 1944 Dense Forest 21st Aug 1944 Area Cleared 22nd Aug 1944 Mines 23rd Aug 1944 At Rest 24th Aug 1944 At Rest 28th Aug 1944 On the Move 29th Aug 1944 Advance 30th Aug 1944 Prisoners Taken 31st Aug 1944 Prisoners Taken 1st Sep 1944 Advance 2nd Sep 1944 On the Move 3rd Sep 1944 Opposition 4th Sep 1944 Heavy Fighting 4th Sep 1944 Mopping up 5th Sep 1944 Prisoners Taken 5th Sep 1944 Canal 6th Sep 1944 Maintenance 7th Sep 1944 Withdrawal 7th Sep 1944 Orders 8th Sep 1944 On the Move 9th Sep 1944 Orders 9th Sep 1944 Stiff Opposition 10th Sep 1944 In Action 11th Sep 1944 Opposition 12th Sep 1944 Patrols 13th Sep 1944 Shells fired into Germany 14th Sep 1944 At Rest 17th Sep 1944 At Rest 19th Sep 1944 On the Move 20th Sep 1944 Attack Made 21st Sep 1944 Bridgehead Established 22nd Sep 1944 In Action 23rd Sep 1944 Shelling 24th Sep 1944 In Action 25th Sep 1944 In Action 26th Sep 1944 On the Move 27th Sep 1944 Patrols 27th Sep 1944 Shelling 28th Sep 1944 At Rest 28th Sep 1944 Communication 29th Sep 1944 Reliefs 29th Sep 1944 At Rest 30th Sep 1944 On the Move 30th Sep 1944 On the Move 7th Oct 1944 Move 8th Oct 1944 Enemy Encountered 9th Oct 1944 Enemy Engaged 10th Oct 1944 Bridge Attacked 11th Oct 1944 Watch 12th Oct 1944 Patrols 13th Oct 1944 Prisoners Taken 14th Oct 1944 Patrols 15th Oct 1944 Advance 21st Dec 1944 On the Move 22nd Dec 1944 Bridges Held 23rd Dec 1944 Orders 23rd Dec 1944 Bridges Held 24th Dec 1944 Assalts Made 24th Dec 1944 Intelligence 3rd Jan 1945 In Action 3rd May 1945 Orders 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 Fife and Forfar Yeomanry during the Second World War 1939-1945. Bispham JP. Black James Henderson Deas. Capt. Brellisford GG. Clark Frank. L/Cpl. (d.3rd January 1945) Coates AC. L/Cpl. Deuchars IS. Dewar A. Donkersley MM Alan Harry. L/Cpl. Dorren HD. Duncan A. Edie W. Sgt. Fairweather Donald Henry Albert. Fenwick W. L.Sgt. Gray JS. Helsby DFB. Herd W. Hobson RA. Hull LB. Jones J. Jones LM. Lambourne JL. Lee Ronald. Levy P. Maccoll HD. Marshall GG. Mathers A. Oliver SK. Smith Gerrard Albert Arthur. Stranaghan B. L/Cpl. West Robert William. Cpl Wilkinson S. York Ronald Orton. Trooper (d.18th Jul 1944) 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 Fife and Forfar Yeomanry 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 Fife and Forfar Yeomanry? There are:137 items tagged Fife and Forfar Yeomanry 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. S Wilkinson 1st Fife And Forfar Yeomanry S Wilkinson served with the 1st Fife And Forfar 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. L/Cpl. B Stranaghan 1st Fife & Forfar Yeomanry L/Cpl.B Stranaghan served with the 1st Fife & Forfar 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. SK Oliver 2nd Sqd. Fife & Forfar Yeomanry SK Oliver served with the 2nd Sqd. Fife & Forfar 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. A Mathers 2nd Sqd. Fife & Forfar Yeomanry A Mathers served with the 2nd Sqd. Fife & Forfar 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. GG Marshall 2nd Sqd. Fife & Forfar Yeomanry GG Marshall served with the 2nd Sqd. Fife & Forfar 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. HD Maccoll 1st Fife & Forfar Yeomanry HD Maccoll served with the 1st Fife & Forfar 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. P Levy 2nd Sqd. Fife & Forfar Yeomanry P Levy served with the 2nd Sqd. Fife & Forfar 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. JL Lambourne 1st Fife And Forfar Yeomanry JL Lambourne served with the 1st Fife And Forfar 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. J Jones 2nd Sqd. Fife & Forfar Yeomanry J Jones served with the 2nd Sqd. Fife & Forfar 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. LM Jones 2nd Sqd. Fife & Forfar Yeomanry LM Jones served with the 2nd Sqd. Fife & Forfar 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. Recomended Reading. Available at discounted prices.

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