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4th/7th Dragoon Guards    4th/7th Dragoon Guards converted to tanks in 1938, they were the first British armoured unit to arrive in France with the British Expeditionary Force, partially equipped with Mark IV light tanks and Bren gun carriers. After seeing action in Belgium, they were evacuated via Dunkirk and joined 1st Armoured Reconnaissance Brigade, 9th Armoured Division. In 1943 they transferred to 79th Armoured Division. They landed in Normandy as part of 8th Armoured Brigade, on D-Day and saw action across North Western Europe. 5th Jan 1940 Vehicle Repairs 12th Mar 1940 Training 27th of April 1940 Training 11th May 1940 Defence Work 13th May 1940 Enemy Active 13th May 1940 Evacuation 14th May 1940 Enemy Active 18th May 1940 Withdrawal 19th May 1940 Withdrawal 20th May 1940 In Action 21st May 1940 In Defence 22nd May 1940 Withdrawal 23rd May 1940 In Action 24th May 1940 On the Move 3rd Jun 1940 Evacuation 15th Jun 1940 Reorganisation 25th Jan 1944 Training 26th Jan 1944 Training 27th Jan 1944 Training 28th Jan 1944 Exercise 31st Jan 1944 Conferences 4th Feb 1944 Reorganisation 4th Feb 1944 Inspection 5th Feb 1944 Bad Weather 12th Feb 1944 Conference 13th Feb 1944 Conference 1st Apr 1944 Training 2nd Apr 1944 Preparations 3rd Apr 1944 On the Move 4th Apr 1944 Exercise 4th Apr 1944 Exercise 4th Apr 1944 Exercise 5th Apr 1944 Conference 6th Apr 1944 On the Move 7th Apr 1944 On the Move 8th Apr 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11th Aug 1944 Hard Day 12th Aug 1944 Advance 13th Aug 1944 At Rest 13th Aug 1944 On the Move 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 4th/7th Dragoon Guards during the Second World War 1939-1945. Anderson AS. Blakeley E . Braid MR. Brennan S. Brierley N. Cartwright J. Couch CWB. Craig G. Crichton D. Cummings KS. Cutts KA. Dalley SH. Cpl. Dawson NW. Dickinson GR. Don RL. Cpl. Draper Daniel Francis. Dunn J. Edwards WF. Cpl. Ellis K . Ferguson AR. Cpl. Fisher RH. Hale JC. Hayward FJ. Sgt. Hazel NA. Hemmings LG. Smith Thomas Leonard. Tpr. Taylor EJ. Tyler HW. Weir JA. L/Cpl. Wilford RA. Witt JEA. 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 4th/7th Dragoon Guards 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. 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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 4th/7th Dragoon Guards? There are:633 items tagged 4th/7th Dragoon Guards 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. JEA Witt 4/7th Dragoon Guards JEA Witt served with the 4/7th Dragoon Guards 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. RA Wilford 4/7th Dragoon Guards RA Wilford served with the 4/7th Dragoon Guards 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. JA Weir 4/7th Dragoon Guards L/Cpl.JA Weir served with the 4/7th Dragoon Guards 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. HW Tyler 4/7th Dragoon Guards HW Tyler served with the 4/7th Dragoon Guards 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. EJ Taylor 4/7th Dragoon Guards EJ Taylor served with the 4/7th Dragoon Guards 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 Hemmings 4/7th Dragoon Guards LG Hemmings served with the 4/7th Dragoon Guards 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. NA Hazel 4/7th Dragoon Guards NA Hazel served with the 4/7th Dragoon Guards 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. Sgt. FJ Hayward 4/7th Dragoon Guards Sgt.FJ Hayward served with the 4/7th Dragoon Guards 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. JC Hale 4/7th Dragoon Guards JC Hale served with the 4/7th Dragoon Guards 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 Fisher 4/7th Dragoon Guards RH Fisher served with the 4/7th Dragoon Guards 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. Cpl. AR Ferguson 4/7th Dragoon Guards Cpl.AR Ferguson served with the 4/7th Dragoon Guards 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. K Ellis 4/7th Dragoon Guards K Ellis served with the 4/7th Dragoon Guards 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. Cpl. WF Edwards 4/7th Dragoon Guards Cpl.WF Edwards served with the 4/7th Dragoon Guards 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 Dunn 4/7th Dragoon Guards J Dunn served with the 4/7th Dragoon Guards 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. Daniel Francis Draper MM 4/7th Dragoon Guards Daniel Draper served with the 4/7th Dragoon Guards 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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