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Those known to have served with 1/5th Battalion, Royal West Surrey (Queens) Regiment during the Second World War 1939-1945. - Fairs Thomas James. Pte. (d.26th April 1943)
- Fairs Thomas James. Pte (d.26 Apr 1943)
- Farnden Richard Derwas. Pte.
- Francis Ronald Albert. Pte. (d.22nd Oct 1944)
- Page Arthur Edward. Pte. (d.28th Sep 1943)
- Page MiD. Harry. Sgt. (d.29th May 1940)
- Priestnall John. Pte. (d.31st Oct 1942)
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Want to know more about 1/5th Battalion, Royal West Surrey (Queens) Regiment? There are:1352 items tagged 1/5th Battalion, Royal West Surrey (Queens) Regiment available in our Library
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Pte. Richard Derwas Farnden 1/5 Btn. Queens Royal Regiment (West Surrey) Richard Farnden was captured in France in 1940 and sent to Stalag 20b Marienburg. He took part in the long march and survived the war.
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Sgt. Harry Page MiD. 5th Btn. Queens Royal West Surrey Regiment (d.29th May 1940) Harry Page, was a Batman, a sergeant who perished at Dunkirk. A serving soldier under arms. I am the eldest Grandson and have his service medals which includes an oakleaf mentioned in despatches and will pass this on to my son, along with other information as I research him.
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Pte. Thomas James Fairs 1/5th Btn. Royal West Surrey (Queens) Regiment (d.26th April 1943) My uncle Thomas Fairs served with the 1/5th Btn. Royal West Surrey (Queens) Regiment. All I know about was that he was injured early on in the war somewhere on the canals (The Albert Canal seems to stick in my mind). From there he was taken to South Africa for R and R. After that he went through North Africa, only to be killed at the Battle of Enfida. His body is buried in the Enfidaville War Cemetery, a quite well kept cemetery in a busy industrial district.
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Pte. Arthur Edward Page 1/5th Btn. Queen's Royal Regiment (d.28th Sep 1943) My uncle Arthur Page served with 5th Queen's Royal Regiment, we can find no reference to him, all we know is he died in Italy during WWII.
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Pte. John Priestnall 5th Btn. Queens Royal Regiment (West Surrey) (d.31st Oct 1942) John Priestnall died on an Italian POW ship in a North African port.
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