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Those known to have served with Raiding Support Regiment during the Second World War 1939-1945. - Astell Mid. Norman. Mjr. (d.24th Dec 1944)
- Gamman William George. Pte.
- Goddard MID Denis George. S/Sgt.
- Jones Walter. Cpl
- Threlkeld Ronald Calvin.
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Pte. William George Gamman Raiding Support Regiment I have my dad's AB64 book. William Gamman was in the Royal West Kent Regiment. He then volunteered for the Raiding Support Regiment in 1944, but I can't find any info. He was issued the Italy Star.
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Mjr. Norman Astell Mid. att. Raiding Support Regiment Green Howards (d.24th Dec 1944) My grandfather was in the raiding support regiment, he took this photograph of Norman Astell's original grave.
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Cpl Walter Jones Raiding Support Regiment The diary of Walter Jones, Raiding Support Regiment
This is the story of Walter Jones's service and the operations of the Raiding Support Regiment. A precursor to the modern SAS the Raiding Support Regiment fought alongside the commandos and Tito's partisan in Yugoslavia. Based on the Island of Vis in the Adriatic they provided heavy weapons support to British and partisan forces trying to drive the Germans out of Yugoslavia. Later they served in Albania and Italy. This is a brutally honest account of one man's service with the Regiment and a neglected period of European history. It documents the transformation of a young man into a combat veteran as he witnesses the effects of bombing, the deliberate killing of POW's and partisan savagery against those who transgress the partisan code.
Walter Jones 'Raiding Support Regiment: The Diary of a Special Forces Soldier 1943-45'
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S/Sgt. Denis George "Lofty" Goddard MID Royal Artillery My Father Denis George "Lofty" "Badgie" Goddard joined the Royal Artillery Boys Service in Woolwich in 1938. His early wartime service 1939-42 included being a very young staff sergeant training anti tank crews in Wales, most of whom ended up in North Africa.
Overseas wartime service from 1943-45 included Special Operations Executive (SOE) attachment as radio operator in various Greek Islands followed by special forces operations in the Balkans, Northern Italy and Southern France in the following units:-
Special Raiding Squadron (SRS), Raiding Support Regiment (RSR), and Special Air Service (SAS)
He finished the back end of the war in a 25 pounder RA unit (the Ayeshire Yeomanry) in Northern Italy (Argenta gap etc.) and Southern Austria where he was part of the operation that handed back to the Soviet Red Army the White Russian Cossacks who fought for the Nazis.
Post WW2 Lofty continued as a professional soldier until 1972. Units included 33rd RA, 66th RA, 7th RHA, 17 RA. Postings included:- India 1945/6
, Palestine 1946/7, Malaya 1950/52, Singapore 1952/53, Dusseldorf 1954/56?
, Cyprus 1956?/60 then was UK based after that.
Lofty faded away in June 2007.
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Raiding Support Regiment: The Diary of a Special Forces Soldier 1943-45Walter Jones
The Second World War in Yugoslavia is an area neglected by historians and other commentators. This is perhaps surprising as Yugoslavia was the only country in Europe to be conquered by the Germans and then, later, to free itself solely as a result of guerilla activity. Other countries had to be liberated by Allied armies. The British played an important role in supporting the activities of Tito s guerilla army. This is the story of Walter Jones s service and the operations of the Raiding Support Regiment. A precursor to the modern SAS the Raiding Support Regiment fought alongside the commandos and Tito s partisan in Yugoslavia. Based on the Island of Vis in the Adriatic they provided heavy weapons support to British and partisan forces trying to drive the Germans out of Yugoslavia. Later they served in Albania and Italy. This is a brutally honest account of one man s service with the Regiment and a neglected period of European history. It documents the transformation of a young man int
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