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2nd Battalion, Northamptonshire Regiment
2nd Battalion, Northamptonshire Regiment were part of 17th Brigade, 5th Division. They saw action with the BEF in 1940, in East Africa, the Middle East, Sicily, Italy and North Western Europe during the Second World War.
28th of October 1939 Operational Order 
2nd of December 1939 Operation Order No. 2
2nd of December 1939 Appendices A and B Operation Order No 2
11th of March 1940 Orders
3rd Apr 1940 Visit
4th Apr 1940 Visit
9th Apr 1940 Reorganisation
11th Apr 1940 Stand Fast
13th Apr 1940 Orders
28th Apr 1940 Warning
30th Apr 1940 Orders
1st May 1940 On the Move
2nd May 1940 On the Move
3rd May 1940 Move Cancelled
4th May 1940 Preparations
6th May 1940 On the Move
7th May 1940 Concentration
8th May 1940 Training
9th May 1940 Training
10th May 1940 Orders
11th May 1940 Orders
12th May 1940 Divisional HQ Moves
13th May 1940 Recce
14th May 1940 Orders
16th May 1940 On the Move
17th May 1940 In Action
18th May 1940 On the Move
19th May 1940 On the Move
20th May 1940 Air Raids
20th May 1940 Orders
21st May 1940 Hard Fighting
21st May 1940 Orders
21st May 1940 Orders
21st May 1940 Intelligence
22nd May 1940 Under Pressure
23rd May 1940 Surrounded
24th May 1940 On the Move
25th May 1940 Congestion
25th May 1940 Orders
25th May 1940 Conference
25th May 1940 Defence
25th May 1940 Orders
26th May 1940 In Defence
26th May 1940 Line Held
26th May 1940 Bombing
26th May 1940 In Defence
26th May 1940 Into Positions
27th May 1940 Under Pressure
27th May 1940 In Action
27th May 1940 Air Attacks
27th May 1940 In Action
27th May 1940 Heavy Shelling
27th May 1940 In Action
28th May 1940 Heavy Shelling
28th May 1940 Air Attacks
28th May 1940 Rear Guard
28th May 1940 In Action
29th May 1940 Shelling
29th May 1940 Withdrawal
29th May 1940 Rear Guard
29th May 1940 Positions Held
30th May 1940 On the March
30th May 1940 Rear Guard
30th May 1940 Defences
30th May 1940 Withdrawal
30th May 1940 Withdrawal
30th May 1940 Withdrawal
31st May 1940 Enemy Aircraft
31st May 1940 Heavy Shelling
31st May 1940 Withdrawal
1st Jun 1940 Evacuation
1st Jun 1940 Safety
21st May 1942 On the Move
2nd Sep 1943 Preparations
 2nd Battalion, The Northamptonshire Regiment wait to board landing craft at Catania, Sicily, for the invasion of Italy, 2nd September 1943. © IWM (NA 6283)
2nd Sep 1943 Preparations
2nd Sep 1943 Planning
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Those known to have served with 2nd Battalion, Northamptonshire Regiment during the Second World War 1939-1945. - Bourke Brendan Francis. Capt.
- Campbell James. Sgt.
- Clark Alfred.
- Clark Alfred.
- Clarke George Thomas. Pte. (d.10th May 1940)
- Cotterill James Patrick. Pte. (d.23rd May 1940)
- Cox Noel. Pte.
- Crowther Leslie Harry Edward. Sgt.
- Daley Robert. Pte. (d.30th Jan 1944)
- Davies David Afon. (d.21st June 1940)
- Embrey Robert Arnold. (d.1st May 1944)
- Goodall MBE. George Albert. Major.
- Harris Edward Richard Thomas. Bombardier Gunner
- Howe Christopher Arthur.
- Humphries Eric Roy. Pte.
- Keogh Michael. Pte. (d.30th Jan 1944)
- McTighe John Henry. L/Sjt. (d.3rd May 1944)
- Mitchell Aldwyn. Cpl.
- Robins Leonard William. Pte. (d.11th September 1942)
- Roe Thomas Edward. Cpl.
- Seaton Richard John. Cpl.
- Sheen John Oliver. W/Sgt.
- Shellard Ralph Victor. Sgt.
- Shens Albert Arthur. Pte. (d.8th June 1940 )
- Snape Arthur Richard. L/Dpl
- Stephens Albert Arthur. Pte. (d.27th May 1940)
- Stephens Albert Arthur. Pte. (d.27th May 1940)
- Taylor Denis Charles. Pte.
- Thomas Harry. Pte. (d.24th May 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,
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Records of 2nd Battalion, Northamptonshire Regiment from other sources.
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Want to know more about 2nd Battalion, Northamptonshire Regiment? There are:1393 items tagged 2nd Battalion, Northamptonshire Regiment available in our Library
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Alfred Clark 2nd Northamptonshire Regiment My father, Alfred Clark, was in the 2nd Northamptonshire Regiment and was captured at Arras in 1940. He was then sent to Stalag V111B for the rest of the war. Was anybody in the same regiment in Arras who could tell me how they were captured?
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Major. George Albert Goodall MBE. 2nd Battalion Northampton Regiment I have all of my grandfather's war paperwork including his Military MBE Oakleaf etc. His name was George Goodall, he was wounded in France by shelling as part of the BEF but on recovery went back to war. He put down a full chronology which I also have.
I would love to learn more about him. I was very close to granddad as a kid but he never spoke of the war.
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Cpl. Richard John Seaton 2nd Btn. Northamptonshire Regiment Richard Seaton served in both the 2nd Battalion, Northamptonshire Regiment and then later 2nd Battalion, Devonshire Regiment in WW2. He served from 1940 to 1946.
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Sgt. Ralph Victor Shellard 2nd Btn. Northamptonshire Regiment Vick Shellard was my grandfather. He told me he was at Dunkirk and India then later became Sergeant Major or Drill Sergeant at Wootton Barracks.
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Robert Arnold Embrey 2nd Btn. Northamptonshire Regiment (d.1st May 1944) Arnold Embrey is buried in Beach Head War Cemetery, Anzio.
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Pte. Leonard William Robins 2nd Battalion Northamptonshire Regiment (d.11th September 1942) Len Robins was my uncle (my mother's brother). He died in India of malaria and I didn't know too much about him except my mother would get very emotional as he was the youngest of five children. His father, William, served in the Boer War in SA and also WW1.
Sadly, there are no living members of the family to recall any information about Len but on going through some papers recently a letter was found from Capt. RCR Roche of 2nd Battalion Northamptonshire Regiment dated 5th of November 1942 and sent by Air Mail on 30th of January 1943, informing Len's wife of his death. The letter said that Len was buried in Ranchi War Cemetery in India, Plot 4, Row J, Grave No.7.
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Sgt. James Campbell 2nd Battalion Northamptonshire Regiment My father James Campbell joined the Northamptonshire Regiment in April 1933 aged 20. He was with BEF in France and Belgium and was one of the lucky few of his Battalion who made it back to the UK via Dunkirk.
In 1942 he transferred to the Royal Warwickshire Regiment and with them was posted to India and Burma. He left the army in 1945 but never spoke of his experiences. He passed away in 1989.
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W/Sgt. John Oliver Sheen 2nd Btn. Northamptonshire Regiment John Sheen was myhmusband. We married in September 1976 when he was 60 and I was 28, we had a blissful but short marriage. My daughter remembers Jack's elder sister saying he was one of the last men picked up at Dunkirk, and later, one of the first to land on D Day. He never talked much about his war service when he was alive, but now the grandson he never met would love to know more about his exploits, especially having seen the latest Dunkirk film.
Can anyone help?
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Pte. Eric Roy Humphries 2nd Btn. Northamptonshire Regiment My half brother, Eric Humphries was at Dunkirk. He was reported missing but turned up at my parents front door. He'd been picked up by a different Battalion at Dunkirk.
He went on to be a Sergeant within the Northampton Police force.
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Pte. George Thomas Clarke 2nd Btn. Northamptonshire Regiment (d.10th May 1940) George Clarke would have been my uncle had he lived. My mother told me that he was only 19 years old when he was killed. I feel such great sadness that I never met him.
CWGC has his date of death between 10th May 1940 and 24th September 1940.
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