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12th Battalion, Devonshire Regiment    12th Battalion, Devonshire Regiment was formed in 1940 from the 12th Holding Battalion and 50th Battalion. The served in a coastal defence role in the UK and went to France in mid 1944 and saw also saw action in Holland, Germany and the Baltic.     1st May 1944 Planning   5th Jun 1944 Briefing   6th June 1944 Pathfinders 6th June 1944 Landings 6th June 1944 Landings 6th Jun 1944 12th Devons Glide in 6th Jun 1944 On the Move   7th June 1944 Objectives Taken   7th Jun 1944 Assault Made   7th Jun 1944 Snipers   7th Jun 1944 In Action   7th Jun 1944 Attack   8th Jun 1944 Air Raid   8th Jun 1944 In Action 9th Jun 1944 Patrols   10th Jun 1944 Patrol   11th Jun 1944 Communication   12th Jun 1944 Attack   13th Jun 1944 Attack Made   14th Jun 1944 Defence   15th Jun 1944 Quiet   16th Jun 1944 Shelling   17th Jun 1944 Intermittent Shelling   18th Jun 1944 Reliefs   19th Jun 1944 Quiet   20th Jun 1944 Reliefs   21st Jun 1944 Machine Guns   22nd Jun 1944 Mortar Fire   23rd Jun 1944 Contact   24th Jun 1944 Quiet   25th Jun 1944 Exchange of Fire   26th Jun 1944 Raid   28th Jun 1944 Enemy Guns 2nd Jul 1944 In Action 4th Jul 1944 In Action 27th Jul 1944 Bombing 16th Aug 1944 Intelligence 17th Aug 1944 Advance 18th Aug 1944 Advance 19th Aug 1944 Advance 21st Aug 1944 Advance 22nd Aug 1944 Forwards 23rd Aug 1944 Forwards 2nd Jan 1945 Reliefs 1st Mar 1945 Preparations 12th Mar 1945 Orders 18th Mar 1945 Preparations 20th Mar 1945 On the Move 23rd Mar 1945 Preparations 24th Mar 1945 In Action 25th Mar 1945 In Action 25th Mar 1945 In Action 26th Mar 1945 Reliefs Completed 27th Mar 1945 Advance 28th Mar 1945 Advance 29th Mar 1945 Orders 29th Mar 1945 Under Fire 30th Mar 1945 Advance 31st Mar 1945 Advance 1st Apr 1945 Bridgehead 2nd Apr 1945 Shelling 3rd Apr 1945 Attack Made 4th Apr 1945 Attack Made 5th Apr 1945 Bridges 6th Apr 1945 Enemy Active 7th Apr 1945 Advance 7th Apr 1945 Enemy Active 8th Apr 1945 Advance 9th Apr 1945 Consolidation 10th Apr 1945 Moving Forward 11th Apr 1945 Advance Resumes 12th Apr 1945 Forwards 13th Apr 1945 Forwards 14th Apr 1945 On the Move 15th Apr 1945 On the Move 16th Apr 1945 Advance 17th Apr 1945 Advance 18th Apr 1945 Advance 18th Apr 1945 Advance 19th Apr 1945 Moves 20th Apr 1945 On the Move 21st Apr 1945 Area Cleared 22nd Apr 1945 Preparations 23rd Apr 1945 On the Move 27th Apr 1945 Orders 29th Apr 1945 Wood Cleared 30th Apr 1945 Advance 1st May 1945 Reorganisation 2nd May 1945 Reorganisation 3rd May 1945 Reorganisation 4th May 1945 Reorganisation 19th May 1945 On the Move If you can provide any additional information, especially on actions and locations at specific dates, please add it here. Those known to have served with 12th Battalion, Devonshire Regiment during the Second World War 1939-1945. Hodge Roburt John. Cpl. 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, please Add a Name to this List Records of 12th Battalion, Devonshire Regiment from other sources. The Wartime Memories Project is the original WW1 and WW2 commemoration website. Announcements The Wartime Memories Project has been running for 24 years. If you would like to support us, a donation, no matter how small, would be much appreciated, annually we need to raise enough funds to pay for our web hosting and admin or this site will vanish from the web. 22nd April 2024 - Please note we currently have a huge backlog of submitted material, our volunteers are working through this as quickly as possible and all names, stories and photos will be added to the site. 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There are:1410 items tagged 12th Battalion, Devonshire 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. Cpl. Roburt John Hodge 12th Btn. Jack Hodge served with the 12th Battalion, Devonshire Regiment. Graham Hodge Add to this record. Recomended Reading. Available at discounted prices. Links

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