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218519 Pte. Ivor Jones British Army 2nd Battalion North Staffordshire Regiment from:Tunstall, Stoke on Trent Ivor Jones was my dad he served as batman to Major John Osbourne in the 2nd Battalion, North Staffs, at Anzio and then later in Palestine. He and John stayed friends until the day John died. My sister and I lived the Battle of Anzio every day of our childhood as my father could not forget what he witnessed. He hated a man called General Mark Clark for the murder of over 700 Rangers and for us subsequently giving him a medal! He wore his regimental tie every day of life even under his overalls he was a master bricklayer and had his regimental badge on his blazer breast pocket. He was very, very, proud of the North Staffs and died before this awful Government decided to merge the Regiment he would have been out on the street with his daughters demonstrating and emailing sadly to no avail. He used to say apparently I am a D.Day Dodger and that Nancy Astor she is not even British she is a Tory and she is a parasite! I want to do something for my dad to stop Anzio being the forgotten campaign they had more than enough D.Days and whilst I do not wish to take anything away from those heroic men who fought at Normandy what about the heroes of Anzio? If anybody is reading this who knew my dad or John Osbourne or are the children or grand children of people who served with either of them please get in touch as I have no service number etc and cannot get his service record or medal s as he for whatever reason destroyed everything prior to his death. His very proud daughter Patricia A. Jones Add to this record.  Related Content: 2nd Battalion, North Staffordshire Regiment Battle of Anzio Can you help us to add to our records? Add a record to our website. The names and stories on this website have been submitted by their relatives and friends. If your relations are not listed please add their names so that others can read about them Did you or your relatives live through the Second World War? Do you have any photos, newspaper clippings, postcards or letters from that period? Have you researched the names on your local or war memorial? Were you or your relative evacuated? Did an air raid affect your area? If so please let us know. Help us to build a database of information on those who served both at home and abroad so that future generations may learn of their sacrifice. Contact us. Celebrate your own Family History Celebrate by honouring members of your family who served in the Secomd World War both in the forces and at home. We love to hear about the soldiers, but also remember the many who served in support roles, nurses, doctors, land army, muntions workers etc. Please use our Family History resources to find out more about your relatives. Then please send in a short article, with a photo if possible, so that they can be remembered on these pages.

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