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The South Wales Borderers
The South Wales Borderers can be traced back to Sir Edward Dering's Regiment of Foot raised in 1689.Battalions during the Second World War:
- 1st Battalion
- 2nd Battalion
- 3rd Battalion
- 4th Battalion (The Monmouthshire Regiment)
- 5th (Home Defence) Battalion
- 6th Battalion
- 7th Battalion
- 30th Battalion
- 50th (Holding) Battalion
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List of those who served with The South Wales Borderers during The Second World War
- Capt. Bert Hyde Read his Story.
- L/Cpl. Jesse William Preece Read his Story.
- Cpl. Kenneth Aubrey "Scottie" Wilkins Read his Story.
Capt. Bert Hyde South Wales Borderers
My father, Capt Bert Hyde of the SWB and Welch Regiments, was in Oflag XIIB at Hadamr, Franfurt-am-Main. He mentioned that the British prisoners knew that many people were entering the camp next door but few re-emerged. Was this the death camp of Hadamr? He also told of being marched out of the camp by the SS and then being returned to the camp.
Cpl. Kenneth Aubrey "Scottie" Wilkins Royal Signals
I am trying to put together my late fathers war history as like many others it was kept within. He was Cpl Kenneth Wilkins, known as Scottie. He enlisted in 1939 at the Barracks of the South Wales Borderers in Brecon, in 1942 he was moved to the Royal Corps of Signals and posted to the 8th army. He was in Egypt for 7 months then North Africa for 5 months until posted to Sicily and Italy, seeing service at Cassino with No 1 A.S.S.U. He was demobed at Villach in Austria in 1945. I do have a photo showing my father with two comrades possibly taken in Italy. I would like to know if any comrades might have memories they can share?
L/Cpl. Jesse William Preece South Wales Borderers
My Dad, Jes Preece, was a pow in Stalag 4b he was interned for 19 months, he was captured on the Greek isle of Leros, I would love to hear from any one who knew him, he was set free by the Russians near the end of the war. My father was a miner in the pits in the south Wales valley of Crumlin and later at Cwmtillery colliery in Monmouthshire, he used to be a very successful pigeon racer and he was well known throughout the valleys. He only ever talked about his internment twice or three times all his life, but he always said when feeding little birds such as sparrows, 'I know what its like to go hungry'.
Now that I have read a bit on the website about the camp I can understand what he went through, my heart goes out to all those soldiers who was taken from there families and for the tragic ones who never returned. I would like to thank you on behalf of my family for your hard work in making it possible for us to realize what our Dads went through for us to walk the streets as free men and women, its a pity our youth of today didn't have just a bit of their courage and pride.
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