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The 2nd Battalion The Cameron Highlanders
At the out break of The Second World War, The 2nd Battalion The Cameron Highlanders were in Egypt, they served in the campaigns of North Africa from September 1940 when they were captured at Tobruk on the 22 June 1942, 24 hours after their Brigade command had capitulated. Some men were able to escape but the majority were marched into captivity led by their pipers, an awesome sight to the enemy and fellow prisoners alike.
A Royal Artillery officer was witness to the arrival of 2nd Camerons to the POW cage:
"We heard, although we could scarcely believe it, the skirl of pipes. There, in the brilliant sunshine, marching down the centre of the road from the escarpment, came a long column of men. The Jerry traffic was brought to a standstill or forced on to the verges. A strange awed murmer went up from the cage: "The Camerons!""In columns of threes they marched with a swing to the tune of their pipers - 'The March of The Cameron Men' - each company led by its company commander, just as though they were on parade. It was a supremely moving sight, although some of us could only see it hazily through our tears.
"Even the Jerry sentries sprang to attention as the battalion neared the gates. There, the Camerons halted. Their Colonel reported to the Brigadier, saluted, and dismissed his men, who had held out for twenty-four hours after the surrender order had been issued."
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List of those who served with 2nd Battalion The Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders during The Second World War
- Cpl. George Meek Matthews 2nd Battalion (d.15th Jun 1941) Read his Story.
- Sgt. George Sands MM. 5th Btn. Read his Story.
- Pte. Harold Thomas Shore 2nd Btn. (d.8th Sept 1939) Read his Story.
Cpl. George Meek Matthews 2nd Battalion Cameron Highlanders (d.15th Jun 1941)
I'm trying to find out about how my great uncle, George Matthewa died. I have just been given his medals and would like to know more about him. All I have is he died in North Africa on the 15/06/1941.
Pte. Harold Thomas Shore 2nd Btn. Queens Own Cameron Highlanders (d.8th Sept 1939)
The following is the story that my mother told me about her older brother, Harold Shore.
Harold was on duty at the Liverpool Docks at the beginning of the War. He was on night duty and when the morning came he was nowhere to be found. It was presumed that he had run away when the German fighters came and was therefore a deserter. White feathers were put through the letter box of his parents' house and people would turn their backs when the family walked down the street. When one of the docks was drained, Harold's body was found at the bottom with a German bullet in it. He was then declared one of the first victims of the war in Liverpool. The funeral hearse was pulled by black horses, his coffin covered with a Union Jack and a salute was fired over his grave. He is buried in a Commonwealth War Grave at Liverpool Allerton Cemetery.
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