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Those known to have served with 3rd Battalion, Scots Guards during the Second World War 1939-1945. - Fergus David. Sgt
- French Stanley. Grdsmn. (d.19th November 1944)
- Malcolm Alexander. L/Sgt. (d.14th December 1944)
- Shiells John. Guardsman (d.21st November 1944)
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Guardsman John "Jock" Shiells 3rd Btn Scots Guards (d.21st November 1944)     A recce troop of 3rd Battalion Scots Guards went on patrol on 21st November 1944 (the day before the liberation of Sevenum, Netherlands) to explore "De Vorst", a hamlet of Sevenum. On the Saardijk, Lance Sergeant Brown's tank ran over a mine and the tank driver, John Shiells, was killed. He was only 21 years old at the time.
His comrade, guardsman James Gordon (also 21 years old) sustained very serious permanent injury. He was a man with a very strong character and enjoyed life in spite of his injury. Unfortunately, he was only 52 years old when he died. Sergeant Brown and a third (as yet unknown) guardsman remained unharmed.
John was buried on the spot where he died in a grave between the houses of the Pauwels family and the Janssen family. The current house numbers are 6 and 7 on the Saardijk in Sevenum. John was buried there until 1st August 1947 when his mortal remains were taken to Mook War Cemetery. Until that day, his grave was adopted and tended by the widow Mrs. Pauwels who lived at the Saardijk in Sevenum.
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Grdsmn. Stanley French 3rd Btn. Scots Guards (d.19th November 1944) Guardsman Stanley French was the Son of Harry and Ethel French, of St. Augustine's, Chesterfield, Derbyshire.
He was aged 23 when he died and is buried in the Helmond Protestant Cemetery, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands.
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L/Sgt. Alexander Malcolm 3rd Btn. Scots Guards (d.14th December 1944) Lance Serjeant Alexander Malcolm was 30 when he died and is buried in the Helmond Protestant Cemetery, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands.
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