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The Worcestershire Regiment
The Worcestershire Regiment was raised in 1694 when Colonel Thomas Farrington, an officer of the Coldstream Guards raised a new regiment in London.
Battalions during the Second World War.
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List of those who served with The Worcestershire Regiment during The Second World War
- Sergeant Arthur Henry Lee 1st Batalion Read his Story.
- L/Cpl Harold Astbury. 1/7 Royal Warwickshire Regiment
- Ernest Cameron. 7th Btn. Royal WorcestersRead his Story
- Bill Clifton. Worcestershire Regiment Read his story
- Ernest John "Jack" Hartley. company runner. Read his story
Sergeant Arthur Henry Lee 1st Batalion Worcestershire Regiment
Can you add my late fathers name to your list of POWs at Lamsdorf. He was captured at the fall of Tobruk. His POW number was 221445 and he was a sergeant number 5249432. Also a request for any memories/knowledge. His certificate of service is as follows.
Enlisted 9 August 1932 aged 18years and 16 days
China 22/9/33 until 13/11/36
India 14/11/36 until 13/2/39
Home until 1/9/39
Sudan 2/9/39 until 19/6/42
POW until 14/4/45
I know that he had two wounds, one in the upper thigh and one in his shoulder.
My father, Jack Hartley, (Ernest John) was a company runner. He was from Stretford in Manchester and was 19. I think his regiment was the Worcesters. His first action was at Dunkirk where he was wounded badly in the leg by shrapnel. In the confusion his ambulance went to the German lines and he was taken prisoner.
He spent some time in hospital where the skill of the German surgeons saved his leg. Then, he was moved into hotels to recuperate, including a large one in Le Touquet. Eventually he spent some time recovering in hotels in Belgium before walking into Poland to Stalag 20 A. He spent the rest of the war there, I believe, as a POW, and often worked in a cheese factory. He was a very good singer and good at football so may have joined in these activities.
He was liberated by the Americans and hitchhiked across Europe to the Belgian coast where he experienced his first flight lying in a gunner's cockpit.(He never flew again!) On arrival in Manchester he was shocked to find there were no all night buses! A man took pity on him on hearing where he had come from and got a bus out to take him home!. There he found a beautiful young woman, Grace Reed, from Ryhope, Durham who was billeted with his mother so that she could work in Trafford Park making parts for aeroplanes. He married her 6 weeks later and they were so very happy for 58 years. Sadly they have both recently passed away. My father told us lots of stories about those war years but, unfortunately, did not write them down. If anybody has any information about my father I would be so glad to hear from them. His friend at this time was a man who came from Thorne in Doncaster, I believe.
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