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World War 2 Two II WW2 WWII 1939 1945

46th Recce Regiment



   46th Reconnaissance Regiment was formed in January 1941. They saw action in North Africa, Italy and Greece.

 

16th January 1942 Postings

Apr 1942 Training

3rd of March 1943 Liaisons and conferences  location map

9th September 1943 Landing at Salerno

10th September 1943 Advance

11th September 1943 In Action

18th of September 1943 Withdrawal

24th of September 1943 Mines

28th of September 1943 Town Captured

29rd of September 1943 Patrols

30th of September 1943 At Rest


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Those known to have served with

46th Recce Regiment

during the Second World War 1939-1945.

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Want to know more about 46th Recce Regiment?


There are:440 items tagged 46th Recce 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.


LF Smith 46th Regiment Reconnaissance Corps

LF Smith served with the 46th Regiment Reconnaissance Corps 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: Unfortunately The Wartime Memories Project has lost touch 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



TG Scott 46th Regiment Reconnaissance Corps

TG Scott served with the 46th Regiment Reconnaissance Corps 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: Unfortunately The Wartime Memories Project has lost touch 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



L.Sgt. Peter Frederick Peel 46th Btn. Reconnaissance Corps

L.Sgt.Peter Peel served with the 46th Btn. Reconnaissance Corps 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: Unfortunately The Wartime Memories Project has lost touch 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



RH Newman 46th Regiment Reconnaissance Corps

RH Newman served with the 46th Regiment Reconnaissance Corps 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: Unfortunately The Wartime Memories Project has lost touch 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



R Harris 46th Regiment Reconnaissance Corps

R Harris served with the 46th Regiment Reconnaissance Corps 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: Unfortunately The Wartime Memories Project has lost touch 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



L.Sgt. EJ Boardman 46th Regiment Reconnaissance Corps

L.Sgt.EJ Boardman served with the 46th Regiment Reconnaissance Corps 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: Unfortunately The Wartime Memories Project has lost touch 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



Leonard Wheatley 46th Regiment, B Squadron Reconnaissance Corps (d.15th March 1943)

My Great Uncle Len Wheatley was killed in North Africa as part of a tank reconnaissance crew. He was captured by the Germans who then took the group back to German lines, going over one of their own land mines, killing all occupants. He was aged 23.

Janet Underhay



L/Cpl. Sidney Henry Trawley 46th Reconnaissance Corps

Sidney Trawley was my father. At the age of 23 years he was involved in the Salerno landings where he was seriously injured, afterward spending some months in hospital. I believe he was in an armoured car which received a direct hit from a German 88mm gun. He survived the war and reached the age of 76.

Steve Trawley



Trpr. Donald Haigh 46th Recce Regiment

Donald is on the right

Donald Haigh was my grandad who was enlisted on 14th August 1941. He went to the Reconnaissance Corps in Lochmaben, Lockerbie, Dumfries to do his training and afterwards was sent down to Kent.

My grandad was part of the Armoured Corps and was deployed to Algiers and then to Tunisia. After North Africa, he was deployed to Italy - Salerno - with part of the Eighth Army across Cava Bridge. He fought alongside the Gurkhas and onto Naples, Cassino. He was then redeployed to Egypt and went from there to Palestine to reinforce the Corps. From Palestine my grandad was sent back to Italy and on to Florence. From Florence he went to Greece, where there was conflict with the communists and Royalists. He was there for six months. He was then deployed to Rimini(?) Italy. From Italy they worked their way up to Austria, where they met up with the Russians and then went on to Germany.

He was eventually demobbed on 20th June 1946 from the 10th Royal Hussars RAC with military conduct saying "Exemplary" on his release leave certificate.

Neil Sutcliffe



Tpr. Sidney Thomas Hall 46th Reconnaissance Regiment, A Squadron Reconnaissance Corps

Sidney Hall was my Dad who served in the above Regiment from the forming of the 46th Recce Regiment in Scotland aged 22 till the end of the War. He fought in Tunisia with the 1st Army, then Sicily and Salerno, Monte Cassino, till the end of the Italy campaign. Like most of his ilk, he spoke very little of his WW2 experiences and was not one for Veteran Associations etc. He died aged 68.

Kenneth Hall









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