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Cheshire Regiment 1st Battalion, Cheshire Regiment 2nd Battalion, Cheshire Regiment 3rd Battalion Cheshire Regiment 4th Battalion, Cheshire Regiment 5th Battalion, Cheshire Regiment 6th Battalion, Cheshire Regiment 7th Battalion, Cheshire Regiment 22nd Battalion, Cheshire Regiment 30th (Home Defence) Battalion, Cheshire Regiment 1st Sep 1939 Orders 2nd Sep 1939 Defences 3rd Sep 1939 On the Move 3rd Sep 1939 Visit Sep 1939 Disposition 4th Sep 1939 Air Raid Warnings 5th Sep 1939 Training 8th Sep 1939 Visit 11th Sep 1939 Instruction 15th Sep 1939 Course 19th Sep 1939 Inspection 20th Sep 1939 Posting 25th Sep 1939 Orders 26th Sep 1939 Orders 28th Sep 1939 Visit 14th Oct 1939 Appendix E 23rd of November 1939 Orders Jan 1940 Move Jan 1940 On the Move 18th January 1940 Orders 30th Jan 1940 Duty 2nd Feb 1940 Storms 24th May 1940 Rear Guard 25th May 1940 Orders 25th May 1940 Rear Guard 26th May 1940 Rear Guard 27th May 1940 In Action 12th Jun 1940 Massacre 28th May 1940 Prisoners 28th May 1940 In Defence 28th Jun 1940 Reorganisation 30th June 1940 Move 21st Feb 1941 Move 22nd February 1941 In Defence 24th February 1941 Reliefs 28th February 1941 Air Raid 1st Apr 1941 Reliefs 27th July 1941 Reorganisation 30th Sep 1941 Return 17th October 1942 Blitz on Malta continues 18th October 1942 Ineffective raids 25th October 1942 Air raids on Malta resume 23rd January 1943 Reorganisation 17th February 1943 Battle Honours 25th of June 1943 Beach Intelligence 28th of June 1943 Orders 28th of June 1943 Traffic Control 28th of June 1943 Fuel 28th of June 1943 Fuel 28th of June 1943 Orders 28th of June 1943 Stores 28th of June 1943 Signals 28th of June 1943 Orders 28th of June 1943 Markings 28th of June 1943 Signage 28th of June 1943 Ferry Services 26th of June 1943 Orders July 1943 Detachment 6th August 1943 Conference 7th August 1943 Advance 7th August 1943 In Action 7th August 1943 On the Move 2nd Sep 1943 Briefing 9th Sep 1943 Advance 16th Dec 1943 Reliefs Complete 17th Dec 1943 Patrols 18th Dec 1943 Patrols 28th of February 1944 Visits 8th of March 1944 Appx "A" to 2 Cheshire Adm Planning Instr. No. 1 8th of March 1944 Planning Instr. No. 1 30th of March 1944 Appendix "A" to 2 Cheshire Adm Planning Instr No 2 30th of March 1944 2 Cheshire Adm Planning Instr No 2 31st Mar 1944 Orders 1st May 1944 Exercise 1st of May 1944 Battalion Orders No 31 2nd May 1944 Exercise 3rd May 1944 Exercise 4th May 1944 Exercise 4th of May 1944 Battalion Order No 32 5th May 1944 Exercise 6th May 1944 Exercise 7th May 1944 Exercise 8th May 1944 Recce 9th May 1944 Conference 9th of May 1944 Battalion Orders No. 35 10th May 1944 Recce 11th May 1944 Waterproofing 11th of May 1944 Battalion Orders 11th of May 1944 Appendix "C" to 2CH/2/201/S 11th of May 1944 Appendix "A" to 2CH/2/201/S 11th of May 1944 Final Concentration 11th of May 1944 Forecast of Moves 12th May 1944 Conference 13th May 1944 Desperate Straits 13th of May 1944 Battalion Order No 37 14th May 1944 Exercise 15th May 1944 Waterproofing 16th May 1944 Preparations 17th May 1944 Planning 18th May 1944 Conference 19th May 1944 Vehicles 20th May 1944 On the Move 21st May 1944 Planning 22nd May 1944 Maps 23rd May 1944 Shortages 24th May 1944 Conference 25th May 1944 Notice 26th May 1944 Quiet 27th May 1944 Briefing 28th May 1944 Briefing 29th May 1944 Briefing 30th May 1944 On the Move 31st May 1944 Ready 1st Jun 1944 Preparations 5th Jun 1944 Intelligence 5th Jun 1944 Orders 6th Jun 1944 Almost to Plan 6th Jun 1944 In Action 6th Jun 1944 Landing 6th Jun 1944 Landing 6th Jun 1944 Advance 6th Jun 1944 The Rising Tide 6th Jun 1944 Under Fire 6th Jun 1944 Objective Taken 6th Jun 1944 Difficulties 6th Jun 1944 Advance 6th Jun 1944 Into Position 6th Jun 1944 Communications 6th Jun 1944 Tides 6th Jun 1944 Digging in 6th Jun 1944 Behind Schedule 7th Jun 1944 Advance 7th Jun 1944 Advance 7th Jun 1944 Landing 7th Jun 1944 Objectives Taken 7th Jun 1944 Moves 8th Jun 1944 Consolidation 9th Jun 1944 Counter Attack 10th Jun 1944 Enemy Patrol 10th Jun 1944 Counter Attack 10th Jun 1944 Counter Attack 10th Jun 1944 Enemy Active 11th Jun 1944 Attack Made 11th Jul 1944 Mortar   4.2-inch mortar of the 2nd Cheshires supporting an attack by units of 231st Brigade, 50th Division, on the village of Hottot, south-west of Tilly-sur-Seulles, 11th of July 1944. IWM (B 6941) 1st Aug 1944 Reliefs 2nd Aug 1944 Quiet 3rd Aug 1944 Ground Gained 4th Aug 1944 Orders 5th Aug 1944 Enemy Withdraw 6th Aug 1944 Conference 7th Aug 1944 Devastation 7th September 1944 In Action 6th Oct 1944 Reliefs 24th Mar 1945 Assault   The landing from Buffaloes of the 1st Battalion Cheshire Regiment, who landed on the afternoon of 24th of March 1945, in support of No.1 S.S Commando Brigade at Wesel on the Rhine. The bridge seen in background is the smashed railway bridge at Wesel. IWM (BU 2334) April 1945 Reorganisation 7th Apr 1945 Enemy Active 8th Apr 1945 Hard Fighting 9th Apr 1945 Advance 13th Apr 1945 Bridges 15th Apr 1945 Typhus 16th Apr 1945 In Action 18th Apr 1945 Good Progress 29th Apr 1945 Wood Cleared 30th Apr 1945 Advance 1st May 1945 Reorganisation 1st May 1945 Patrols 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 Cheshire Regiment during the Second World War 1939-1945. Ashley Neville Leonard. Sgt. Atkinson DCM Ernest. A.Sgt. Barratt Joseph. S/Sgt. Bremnan Michael. Cpl. Burgess Edwin John. Cpl. Cattrell Albert. CQMS. Copeman Edward. Coulson Alfred. W/O Derbyshire George. Pte (d.25th March 1945) Elkin A. Evans Charlie Herbert. Fisher John William. Pte. Fisher William. Pte. (d.14th November 1942) Forgan Thomas Hungerford Keith. Capt. Futer MAT. Tpr. Greenwood TH. Gregson M . Greig CVK. William Christie. Pte. Hadley Albert Ernest. Pte. Harding John. Pte. Harding John. Pte. Hawkes DJ. Hazlewood Thomas. Pte. Hoare GG. Holten TGP. Hulme Richard. Pte Ireland George. James Richard. Johnson W. Jones Alfred. L/Cpl. Jones JE. Jones Thomas. Cpl. Kirby Arthur. L/Cpl (d.28th May 1940 ) Lee Joseph. Lewis Norman Edgar. Cpl. Lishman A.. Pte. Lucas William Henry. McHugh John. Pte. McKenzie James. W/Sgt. Mernagh Thomas. Moreton Laurence Anthony. Mugeli Charles Claude. Sgt. Noble JC. Norton James. Pte. Nursaw George. Cpl. (d.19th May 1940) Owens James. Pte. Renshaw DSO. Harold Henry. Sgt. Scott A. Shaw FN. Simpson EB. Skidmore Harry. Pte. Smith IM. Smith Robert Howard. L/Cpl. Snary Jack. Pte. (d.13th September 1944) Speirs F. Surtees RE. Tattersall George Harvey. Pte. (d.5th March 1944) Thomas James W.. A/Sgt. Tilley Lawrence. Turner E. Waight MC. Dennis Edward. Capt. Watson Louis Reginald. Private 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 Cheshire 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. 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. If you have already submitted a story to the site and your UID reference number is higher than 263925 your information is still in the queue, please do not resubmit, we are working through them as quickly as possible. Looking for help with Family History Research?   Please read our Family History FAQ's The free to access section of The Wartime Memories Project website is run by volunteers and funded by donations from our visitors. If the information here has been helpful or you have enjoyed reaching the stories please conside making a donation, no matter how small, would be much appreciated, annually we need to raise enough funds to pay for our web hosting or this site will vanish from the web. If you enjoy this site please consider making a donation. Want to find out more about your relative's service? Want to know what life was like during the War? Our Library contains an ever growing number diary entries, personal letters and other documents, most transcribed into plain text. We are now on Facebook. Like this page to receive our updates. If you have a general question please post it on our Facebook page. Wanted: Digital copies of Group photographs, Scrapbooks, Autograph books, photo albums, newspaper clippings, letters, postcards and ephemera relating to WW2. We would like to obtain digital copies of any documents or photographs relating to WW2 you may have at home. If you have any unwanted photographs, documents or items from the First or Second World War, please do not destroy them. The Wartime Memories Project will give them a good home and ensure that they are used for educational purposes. Please get in touch for the postal address, do not sent them to our PO Box as packages are not accepted. World War 1 One ww1 wwII second 1939 1945 battalion Did you know? We also have a section on The Great War. and a Timecapsule to preserve stories from other conflicts for future generations. Want to know more about Cheshire Regiment? There are:1524 items tagged Cheshire 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. E Turner Cheshire Regiment E Turner served with the Cheshire 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 Add to this record. RE Surtees Cheshire Regiment RE Surtees served with the Cheshire 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 Add to this record. F Speirs Cheshire Regiment F Speirs served with the Cheshire 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 Add to this record. IM Smith Cheshire Regiment IM Smith served with the Cheshire 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 Add to this record. EB Simpson Cheshire Regiment EB Simpson served with the Cheshire 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 Add to this record. FN Shaw Cheshire Regiment FN Shaw served with the Cheshire 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 Add to this record. A Scott Cheshire Regiment A Scott served with the Cheshire 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 Add to this record. JC Noble Cheshire Regiment JC Noble served with the Cheshire 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 Add to this record. Laurence Anthony Moreton Cheshire Regiment Laurence Moreton served with the Cheshire 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 Add to this record. JE Jones 33rd Armoured Brigade Headquarters Sqd Royal Armoured Corps JE Jones served with the 33rd Armoured Brigade Headquarters Sqd 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 Add to this record. Recomended Reading. Available at discounted prices.

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