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World War 2 Two II WW2 WWII 1939 1945

South Staffordshire Regiment




12th of May 1940 

13th May 1940 Gaps

19th May 1940 Defensive Positions

28th May 1940 Memorial Defended

24th April 1942 Training

16th Apr 1943 On the Move

12th Dec 1943 On the Move

 

Feb 1944 Chindit force preparations  In early February 1944 preparations began for the 2nd Chindit Expedition. The Special Force or 3rd Indian Division as it was known consisted of the following units, which were split into Columns.

3rd West African Brigade and 14th Brigade

  • 6th Btn. Nigeria Regiment. (Columns 66 & 39)
  • 2nd Btn. Black Watch (Columns 42 & 73)
  • 7th Btn Nigeria Regiment (Columns 29 & 35)
  • 1st Btn. Beds & Herts Regiment (Columns 16 & 61)
  • 12th Btn. Nigeria Regt (Columns 12 & 43)
  • 2nd Btn. York & Lancaster Regiment (Columns 84 & 65)
  • 7th Btn Leicestershire Regiment (Columns 47 & 74)
  • 54th Field Company, Royal Engineers

77 Brigade and 111 Brigade

  • 3rd Btn. 6th Gurkha Rifles (Columns 36 & 63)
  • 1st Btn. Cameronians (Columns 26 & 90)
  • 1st Btn. Kings (Liverpool) Regiment (Columns 81 & 82)
  • 2nd Btn. Kings Own Royal (Lancaster) Regiment (Columns 41 & 46)
  • 1st Btn. Lancashire Fusiliers (Columns 20 & 50)
  • 3rd Btn. 4th Gurkha Rifles (Column 30)
  • 1st Btn. South Staffordshire Regiment (Columns 38 & 80)
  • 3rd Btn. 9th Gurkha Rifles (Columns 57 & 93)

23rd Indian Infantry Brigade

  • 1st Btn. Essex Regiment (Columns 44 & 56)
  • 2nd Btn. Duke of Wellington's Regiment (Columns 33 & 76)
  • 4th Btn. Border Regiment (Columns 34, 55)
  • 60th Field Regiment, Royal Artillery, deployed as infantry, (Columns 60 & 68)
  • 12th Field Company, Royal Engineers

16th Brigade Morris Force

  • 1st Btn. Queens Royal West Surrey Regiment (Columns 21 & 22)
  • 4th Btn. 9th Gurkha Rifles (Columns 49 & 94)
  • 2nd Btn. Leicestershire Regiment (Columns 17 & 71)
  • 3rd Btn. 4th Gurkha Rifles (Column 30)
  • 45th Recce Regiment (Columns 45 & 54)
  • 51st and 69th Field Regiments, Royal Artillery, deployed as infantry (Columns 51 & 69)
  • 2nd Field Company, Royal Engineers

Dah Force

  • Kachin Levies

Stronghold Defences

  • R S & U Troop 160th Field Regiment, Royal Artillery (25 Pounders)
  • W X Y & Z Troops 69th Light Anti Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery (Bofors)

Divisional Troops

  • 219th Field Park Company, Royal Engineers
  • Detachment 2nd Burma Rifles
  • 145th Brigade Company, R.A.S.C.
  • 61st Air Supply Company, R.A.S.C.
  • 2nd Indian Air Supply Company, R.I.A.S.C.


1st of March 1944 Practice and Orders issued

5th March 1944 Landing

6th March 1944 Operation Thursday

6th of March 1944 Emplaning

7th of March 1944 Emplaning

8th March 1944 March

9th of March 1944 March and Bivouac

10th of March 1944 March and Bivouac

11th of March 1944 March

12th March 1944 On the Move

12th of March 1944 Elephants on Broadway

13th March 1944 Bivouac

14th of March 1944 March and bivouac

15th of March 1944 Local intelligence

16th of March 1944 Arrival

17th of March 1944 Attack

18th March 1944 Operation Thursday

18th of March 1944 Enemy action

19th of March 1944 Mawlu bombed

20th of March 1944 Positions improvemented

21st of March 1944 Attack

22nd of March 1944 Attack

22nd of March 1944 Consolidation

27th of March 1944 Attack

27th of March 1944 Consolidation

1st of April 1944 Patrols

6th of April 1944 Shelling

7th of April 1944 Attacks

8th of April 1944 Probing and shelling

10th of April 1944 Command change

10th of April 1944 Heavy attack

11th April 1944 Sustained attack

12th of April 1944 Shelling

13th of April 1944 More shelling

14th of April 1944 Bombing

15th of April 1944 Shelling

16th of April 1944 Enemy attack

17th of April 1944 DAS use

18th of April 1944 No enemy activity

19th of April 1944 More action

20th of April 1944 No enemy action

21st of April 1944 Patrol

22nd of April 1944 Patrols

24th of April 1944 Orders Recieved

29th of April 1944 Move preparation

30th of April 1944 Move

6th May 1944 Orders

10th May 1944 Evacuation

11th Jun 1944 Enemy Attack

30th June 1944 Reliefs

4th of July 1944 Relief

1st Sep 1944 Briefing

1st Aug 1944 Orders

2nd Aug 1944 Reliefs

3rd Aug 1944 Indications fo enemy withdrawal

4th Aug 1944 Mines

2nd Sep 1944 Preparations

3rd Sep 1944 Orders

4th Sep 1944 Entertainment

5th Sep 1944 Orders

6th Sep 1944 Orders

7th Sep 1944 Poor Weather

8th Sep 1944 Delays

9th Sep 1944 Delays

10th Sep 1944 Orders

11th Sep 1944 Recreation

12th Sep 1944 Orders

13th Sep 1944 Briefing

14th Sep 1944 Briefing

15th Sep 1944 Preparations

16th Sep 1944 Preparations

16th Sep 1944 Orders

17th Sep 1944 On the Move

17th Sep 1944 In Action

18th Sep 1944 Advance  


OPERATION 'MARKET GARDEN' - THE BATTLE FOR ARNHEM, SEPTEMBER 1944

2nd Battalion South Staffordshire Regiment entering Oosterbeek along the Utrechtsweg on their way towards Arnhem, 18th of September 1944. © IWM (BU 1091)



18th Sep 1944 Take offs

18th Sep 1944 In Action

18th Sep 1944 In Action

19th Sep 1944 Attacks Made

19th Sep 1944 In Action

19th Sep 1944 Strong Opposition

19th Sep 1944 Air Raid

20th Sep 1944 Orders

20th Sep 1944 Attacks

20th Sep 1944 Under Fire

21st Sep 1944 In Position

21st Sep 1944 Attacks

22nd Sep 1944 Shelling

22nd Sep 1944 Shelling

22nd Sep 1944 Tank Destroyed

23rd Sep 1944 Attacks

23rd Sep 1944 Shelling

23rd Sep 1944 Artillery

24th Sep 1944 Intermittent Shelling

24th Sep 1944 Holding Position

24th Sep 1944 Artillery in Acton

25th Sep 1944 Withdrawal

25th Sep 1944 Holding Position

25th Sep 1944 Difficult Position

26th Sep 1944 Withdrawal

26th Sep 1944 Wet Weather

26th Sep 1944 Withdrawal

27th Sep 1944 Rumours

28th Sep 1944 On the Move

29th Sep 1944 On the Move

30th Sep 1944 Reorganisation


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

South Staffordshire Regiment

during the Second World War 1939-1945.

  • Alcock Bertram Victor. Pte
  • Allen Wilfred. Cpl.
  • Allin Cyril Gordon. Pte. (d.27th Jun 1943)
  • Amos Henry James. Pte.
  • Ash C.. Pte. (d.25 September 1944)
  • Baskeyfield VC John Daniel. L/Sgt. (d.20 September 1944)
  • Boynton Richard Godfrey. Pte. (d.21st Sept 1944)
  • Brooks Joseph John. L/Cpl.
  • Brown Samuel. Sgt.
  • Busby Vincent Charles. Pte. (d.7th Aug 1944)
  • Bushnell Donald. Sgt.
  • Cain VC. Robert Henry. Maj.
  • Cairns VC. George. Lt. (d.19th March 1944)
  • Catlin John Edward. Pte.
  • Cawsey Aubrey Conrad. Capt. (d.7th Aug 1944)
  • Coleman John. Pte.
  • Cooke Harry.
  • Copplestone Wilfred Charles.
  • Cotterill A.
  • Cowley EF.
  • Dagnan Bernard. Pte (d.26th August 1944)
  • Dalby Albert. L/Cpl. (d.28th Jul 1944)
  • Dapper KO.
  • Davies FG.
  • Davies L.
  • Day William Henry Leonard.
  • Doman Frederick Leslie. Pte.
  • Eardley HL.
  • Edwards Bill Vernon. Pte.
  • Emery John. Pte.
  • Emery John. Pte.
  • Garfield Frank.
  • Glover Richard.
  • Grice William Henry. Pte. (d.9th Jul 1943)
  • Guildford Ernest. Pte.
  • Hall Thomas . Pte.
  • Hambly R .
  • Hancock HL.
  • Hancock Kenneth. Pte.
  • Hancock Kenneth. Pte.
  • Harper Leonard William. Sgt. (d.18th July 1943)
  • Harris SH.
  • Havard Maldwyn Douglas. Pte
  • Hewins NH.
  • Howarth L.
  • Hubbard MT.
  • Hussey Frederick Victor. Pte. (d.6th Aug 1944)
  • Jeffries William Thomas. Pte. (d.14th May 1941)
  • Jeffs George William. L/Cpl.
  • Johnson William. Pte.
  • Jones W.
  • Kehoe Frank. Pte. (d.24th July 1944)
  • Kendrick Frank Edwin. Pte.
  • Kindon George. Pte.
  • Kyte JM.
  • Lambert WJ.
  • Lenton Henry. Pte.
  • Marsh Ronald. Lt.
  • McCardie William Derek Hessin. Lt.Col.
  • Miles George Henry. Cpl.
  • Morgan MID. Charles Wallace. Major
  • Mullender FR.
  • Naish Bernard. Pte.
  • Obrien T.
  • Paddock Edward Phillip. Pte. (d.6th Aug 1944)
  • Paddock Edward Phillip. Pte. (d.6th Aug 1944)
  • Payne S.
  • Ratcliff Wilfred Ernest. L/Sgt.
  • Roebuck Ernest. Lt. (d.19th Sep 1944)
  • Rogers Alfred Ernest.
  • Rogers Clifford James. Pte. (d.21st September 1944)
  • Ross John Henry. Pte.
  • Russon Eric George. Pte.
  • Rutter MC MID Richard Gordon. L/Sgt.
  • Shaw Harold. Pte. (d.16th July 1944)
  • Sheppard James Bert. Pte. (d.11th June 1944)
  • Simmons Frederick Edmund. Cpl.
  • Smith Terence Roy. Sgt.
  • Smith Thomas Alfred. L/Cpl. (d.7th July 1944)
  • Stanford Jonathon. Pte.
  • Stanton William Charles. CSM. (d.6th Aug 1944)
  • Storey Sidney Joseph .
  • Sumner Terence Edward .
  • Sutton Herbert Frank.
  • Tallent Edward Francis. Pte.
  • Thomas Henry Raymond. Pte.
  • Tolcher T.
  • Truin Albert Charles. Pte.
  • Turner Geoffrey Arthur. Pte. (d.19th April 1944)
  • Turner Stanley Horace. CQMS.
  • Vernon Charles Thomas. Pte (d.6th June 1944)
  • Vincent Albert. Pte. (d.24th Sep 1943)
  • Wales Arthur Sydney. Pte (d.27th July 1944)
  • Walker Samuel George. Pte. (d.8th June 1940)
  • Warrington MC. Lance Greville. Mjr. (d.20th Nov 1944)
  • Williams George Francis. Pte.
  • Wilson Charles Clement. Pte.
  • Woodcock James William. Cpl.
  • Woollhouse Robert John. CSM. (d.9th July 1943)
  • Worrall Reginald John. Pte.
  • Wright MM. Walter. Pte.
  • Wright William Alfred. 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

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There are:1450 items tagged South Staffordshire 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.


T Tolcher South Staffordshire Regiment

T Tolcher served with the South Staffordshire Regiment 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



S Payne South Staffordshire Regiment

S Payne served with the South Staffordshire Regiment 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



T Obrien South Staffordshire Regiment

T Obrien served with the South Staffordshire Regiment 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



FR Mullender South Staffordshire Regiment

FR Mullender served with the South Staffordshire Regiment 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



WJ Lambert 9th Lancers

WJ Lambert served with the 9th Lancers 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.

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Dan



JM Kyte 4/7th Dragoon Guards

JM Kyte served with the 4/7th Dragoon Guards 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



W Jones South Staffordshire Regiment

W Jones served with the South Staffordshire Regiment 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



MT Hubbard South Staffordshire Regiment

MT Hubbard served with the South Staffordshire Regiment 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



L Howarth South Staffordshire Regiment

L Howarth served with the South Staffordshire Regiment 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



NH Hewins Royal Armoured Corps

NH Hewins served with the Royal Armoured Corps 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









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