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Royal Scots Fusiliers 1st Battalion, Royal Scots Fusiliers 2nd Battalion, Royal Scots Fusiliers 6th Battalion, Royal Scots Fusiliers 8th Battalion, Royal Scots Fusiliers 10th Battalion, Royal Scots Fusiliers 11th Royal Scots Fusiliers 4/5th Battalion, Royal Scots Fusiliers 20th Oct 1939 Digging in 27th Oct 1939 Tank Traps 28th of October 1939 Operational Order 11th of March 1940 Orders 3rd Apr 1940 Visit 4th Apr 1940 Visit 9th Apr 1940 Reorganisation 11th Apr 1940 Stand Fast 13th Apr 1940 Orders 28th Apr 1940 Warning 30th Apr 1940 Orders 1st May 1940 On the Move 2nd May 1940 On the Move 3rd May 1940 Move Cancelled 4th May 1940 Preparations 6th May 1940 On the Move 7th May 1940 Concentration 8th May 1940 Training 9th May 1940 Training 10th May 1940 Orders 11th May 1940 Orders 12th May 1940 Divisional HQ Moves 13th May 1940 Recce 14th May 1940 Orders 16th May 1940 On the Move 17th May 1940 In Action 18th May 1940 On the Move 19th May 1940 On the Move 20th May 1940 Air Raids 20th May 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26th Jun 1944 In Action 26th Jun 1944 In Action 26th Jun 1944 In Action 26th Jun 1944 Orders 26th Jun 1944 In Action 27th Jun 1944 Advance Continues 28th Jun 1944 Orders 28th Jun 1944 In Action   Men of 12 Platoon, B Company, 6th Royal Scots Fusiliers advance into St Manvieu during Operation Epsom, 26th of June 1944. © IWM (B 5962) 28th Jun 1944 Opposition 29th Jun 1944 Counter Attacks 29th Jun 1944 Strong Opposition 30th Jun 1944 In Defence 1st Jul 1944 In Action 1st Jul 1944 Attack Made 1st July 1944 Orders 2nd Jul 1944 Reliefs 2nd Jul 1944 Reliefs 2nd July 1944 Reliefs 3rd Jul 1944 Locations 3rd Jul 1944 At Rest 3rd Jul 1944 Recce 3rd July 1944 Relief Complete 4th Jul 1944 Air Attack 4th July 1944 Conference 5th Jul 1944 Counter Battery Work 6th Jul 1944 Paswords 6th Jul 1944 Inspection 6th July 1944 Passwords 7th Jul 1944 Reliefs 8th Jul 1944 Reliefs Complete 9th Jul 1944 Quiet 10th Jul 1944 Shelling 11th Jul 1944 Reliefs 11th Jul 1944 Reliefs 11th July 1944 Conference 13th July 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Action 3rd Dec 1944 In Action Jan 1945 Operation Blackcock underway  In January 1945 the 4th/5th Scots Fusiliers took part in 'Operation Blackcock', clearing of the Roer Triangle formed by the towns of Roermond, Sittard and Heinsberg. The operation was carried out under command of the XII Corps. 10th Jan 1945 Orders 11th Jan 1945 Reliefs 18th Jan 1945 Reliefs 8th of March 1945 Attack 9th of March 1945 De Leucht Forest - Attack 15th of March 1945 Patrol ends in casualties 17th of March 1945 Preparations for move 18th of March 1945 Relief and move 23rd March 1945 Reliefs 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 Royal Scots Fusiliers during the Second World War 1939-1945. Agnew D. Allan MM. John. Cpl. (d.27th Mar 1941) Ashbridge Joseph. Sjt. (d.29th Jul 1942) Barrett John Francis. L/Cpl. (d.22nd Oct 1944) Beeden William Henry. Fus. Beeden William Henry. Fus. Bell Herbert William. (d.6th July 1944) Bowles Peter J H. Fus. (d.30th May 1944) Calderwood Jimmy. Cameron H.. Fus. Clegg MM. Norris. Sgt. Creery John Alexander. Fus. Cummings Henry. Fus. Cunningham D. Davenport Stephen Augustus. Fus. (d.21st Apr 1945) Dawson John Lyle. Sgt. Dawson Wilfred Eric. Donnelly Patrick Joseph. Cpl. (d.11th September 1944) Donnini VC. Dennis. Fus. (d.18th January 1945) Farrar MiD. Irwin. Pte. Flack RW. Foley Thomas Edward. Fus (d.22nd April 1945) Fox Charles James. Fus. Grindell William. Sgt. Hartley John Oliver. Hill D. Holmes H. Johnson AC. Kaighin William. Pte. Kay M. Knight Bertram. L/Cpl. Lamb Albert Thomas. Pte. Lapsley J. Lawrence Henry Northall. Sgt. Lawson R. MacConnachie Thomas Finlay. Lt. Macdonald AW. Mallatratt George William. Fus Matthews George Henry. Lt. Miskimmin Robert. Fus. Miskimmin Robert. Fus. Miskimmin Robert. Fus. Mulree J.. Pte. Norman Robert Hansel. Pte. O'Neill George Edward. (d.16th July 1944) Palmer MM Harry David. Cpl Parker Richard Stanley. Fus. (d.24th October 1944) Robertson S. Sinclair J. Smith William Ernest. Pte. Steel Thomas McClymont. Fus Steele T. Stephens David James. L/Cpl. Stewart J. Stocks Denis. L/Cpl Stone William Henry. Fus. (d.11th July 1944) Summers James. Fslr. (d.6th July 1944) Toase Noel. (d.5th Nov 1944) Warden John. Cpl. Williams MM. Emrys Rees. Fus. 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 Royal Scots Fusiliers 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. 18th 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:1605 items tagged Royal Scots Fusiliers 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. J Stewart Royal Scots Fusiliers J Stewart served with the Royal Scots Fusiliers British Army. I have his unissued dogtags, made in preparation for deployment to the Far East and would love to get them home to his family. I am happy to cover all costs. If you are a family member or can put me in touch with them please get in touch. Update: Unfortunately The Wartime Memories Project has lost touch with Dan, his website, facebook page and email have all ceased to function. But if you can add any details about the person listed, please use the add to record link below. Dan Add to this record. T Steele Royal Scots Fusiliers T Steele served with the Royal Scots Fusiliers British Army. I have his unissued dogtags, made in preparation for deployment to the Far East and would love to get them home to his family. I am happy to cover all costs. If you are a family member or can put me in touch with them please get in touch. Update: Unfortunately The Wartime Memories Project has lost touch with Dan, his website, facebook page and email have all ceased to function. But if you can add any details about the person listed, please use the add to record link below. Dan Add to this record. J Sinclair Royal Scots Fusiliers J Sinclair served with the Royal Scots Fusiliers British Army. I have his unissued dogtags, made in preparation for deployment to the Far East and would love to get them home to his family. I am happy to cover all costs. If you are a family member or can put me in touch with them please get in touch. Update: Unfortunately The Wartime Memories Project has lost touch with Dan, his website, facebook page and email have all ceased to function. But if you can add any details about the person listed, please use the add to record link below. Dan Add to this record. S Robertson Royal Scots Fusiliers S Robertson served with the Royal Scots Fusiliers British Army. I have his unissued dogtags, made in preparation for deployment to the Far East and would love to get them home to his family. I am happy to cover all costs. If you are a family member or can put me in touch with them please get in touch. Update: Unfortunately The Wartime Memories Project has lost touch with Dan, his website, facebook page and email have all ceased to function. But if you can add any details about the person listed, please use the add to record link below. Dan Add to this record. AW Macdonald Royal Scots Fusiliers AW Macdonald served with the Royal Scots Fusiliers British Army. I have his unissued dogtags, made in preparation for deployment to the Far East and would love to get them home to his family. I am happy to cover all costs. If you are a family member or can put me in touch with them please get in touch. Update: Unfortunately The Wartime Memories Project has lost touch with Dan, his website, facebook page and email have all ceased to function. But if you can add any details about the person listed, please use the add to record link below. Dan Add to this record. R Lawson Royal Scots Fusiliers R Lawson served with the Royal Scots Fusiliers British Army. I have his unissued dogtags, made in preparation for deployment to the Far East and would love to get them home to his family. I am happy to cover all costs. If you are a family member or can put me in touch with them please get in touch. Update: Unfortunately The Wartime Memories Project has lost touch with Dan, his website, facebook page and email have all ceased to function. But if you can add any details about the person listed, please use the add to record link below. Dan Add to this record. J Lapsley Royal Scots Fusiliers J Lapsley served with the Royal Scots Fusiliers British Army. I have his unissued dogtags, made in preparation for deployment to the Far East and would love to get them home to his family. I am happy to cover all costs. If you are a family member or can put me in touch with them please get in touch. Update: Unfortunately The Wartime Memories Project has lost touch with Dan, his website, facebook page and email have all ceased to function. But if you can add any details about the person listed, please use the add to record link below. Dan Add to this record. M Kay Royal Scots Fusiliers M Kay served with the Royal Scots Fusiliers British Army. I have his unissued dogtags, made in preparation for deployment to the Far East and would love to get them home to his family. I am happy to cover all costs. If you are a family member or can put me in touch with them please get in touch. Update: Unfortunately The Wartime Memories Project has lost touch with Dan, his website, facebook page and email have all ceased to function. But if you can add any details about the person listed, please use the add to record link below. Dan Add to this record. AC Johnson Royal Scots Fusiliers AC Johnson served with the Royal Scots Fusiliers British Army. I have his unissued dogtags, made in preparation for deployment to the Far East and would love to get them home to his family. I am happy to cover all costs. If you are a family member or can put me in touch with them please get in touch. Update: Unfortunately The Wartime Memories Project has lost touch with Dan, his website, facebook page and email have all ceased to function. But if you can add any details about the person listed, please use the add to record link below. Dan Add to this record. H Holmes Royal Scots Fusiliers H Holmes served with the Royal Scots Fusiliers British Army. I have his unissued dogtags, made in preparation for deployment to the Far East and would love to get them home to his family. I am happy to cover all costs. If you are a family member or can put me in touch with them please get in touch. Update: Unfortunately The Wartime Memories Project has lost touch with Dan, his website, facebook page and email have all ceased to function. But if you can add any details about the person listed, please use the add to record link below. Dan Add to this record. Recomended Reading. Available at discounted prices.

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