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7th Battlion of The Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders (Princess Louise's)
The 7th Battlion of The Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders went to France in early 1940 with the British Expeditionary Force, along with the 8th Battalion, forming part of the 51st Highland Division. Both battalions suffered grievous casualties in the retreat to Dunkirk with many men lost or taken as prisoners of war. The remainer of the battaion eventually escaped through Le Havre. The 7th and 8th were re-formed from men of the 10th and 11th Battalions who were still in Scotland. The 7th Battalion remained in the 51st Highland Division for the rest of the war seeing action in North Africa and Sicily before returning to take part in the Normandy Landings, across Western Europe to the Baltic.
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List of those who served with 7th Battlion of The Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders during The Second World War
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Pte. Robert Morris 7th Btn. Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders
These photos belong to Bobby Morris of 7th Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders who was captured in France near Dunkirk.
Bobby is still living, he is in his 90s. I don't know any of the other people in the photographs but would be interested to know who they were |
Pte. Robert Dalrymple 7th Btn. Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders Robert Dalrymple was captured near Dunkirk in 1940, along with Bobby Morris and spent the rest of the war as a POW in Stalag XXID and Stalag IXc, his POW number was 648. |
L/Cpl. Archibald Robert Tuckey 7th Battalion (d.20th November 1944) My brother Archie Tuckey died, aged 24 from injuries sustained, I believe from a land mine. He is buried in Woensel Cemetery, Eindhoven, Holland, I think he was taken to hospital in Eindhoven, as my parents were initially informed that he would be repatriated. |
Pte. Frank Naylor 7th Battalion Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders Frank Naylor was my Grandfather and was in the 7th Battalion, 15 Platoon, C Company between 1942 and 1945. Unfortunately, he died around 1954, so I never met him, but I do possess some of his wartime letters to my Grandmother, along with various bits and pieces related to the Regiment (HD and 3 stripes sleeve insignia, glengarry, TOS cap badge, webbing belt and a silver "For King & Country Services Rendered" badge, which I assume was issued when he caught malaria in Sicily?). I understand from reading the letters and photographs, that he served in North Africa, Sicily and finally Northern Europe.
I would be very interested if anyone has any further information related to him and his friends and what they would have experienced at the time. |
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