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2nd Lothians & Border Horse    2nd Lothian and Border Horse Yeomanry was part of the Royal Armoured Corps during the Second World War. They served in the Western Desert and Italy.   10th Jan 1943 Reliefs   9th Feb 1943 Air Raid   12th May 1944 Move Forward 13th May 1944 River Crossed 14th May 1944 In Action 15th May 1944 Advance 16th May 1944 In Action 17th May 1944 In Action   17th May 1944 In Action 17th May 1944 Attack Made 18th May 1944 Advance 31st of December 1944 Operations 1st of January 1945 Codenames 1st of January 1945 Patrols 1st of January 1945 Positions 2nd of January 1945 Communications 2nd of January 1945 HQ Moves 3rd of January 1945 Reliefs 3rd of January 1945 Moves 4th of January 1945 Patrol 4th of January 1945 Locations 5th of January 1945 Cattle 6th of January 1945 Poor Visibility 6th of January 1945 Positions 7th of January 1945 Snow 7th of January 1945 Orders 7th Jan 1945 Orders 7th of January 1945 Orders 7th of January 1945 Instructions 7th of January 1945 Orders 7th of January 1945 Orders 8th of January 1945 Visit 9th of January 1945 Moves 9th of January 1945 Visibility Good 9th of January 1945 Orders Changed 10th of January 1945 Shelling 10th of January 1945 Locations 10th of January 1945 Orders 11th of January 1945 Contact 11th of January 1945 Colder 11th of January 1945 Message 12th of January 1945 Enemy Patrol 12th of January 1945 Light Snow 13th of January 1945 Snow and Ice 13th of January 1945 Hold fast 14th of January 1945 Dangerous Conditions 14th of January 1945 Snow 15th of January 1945 Reliefs 15th of January 1945 Locations 16th of January 1945 Exchange of Fire 17th of January 1945 Patrols 17th of January 1945 Orders 18th of January 1945 Patrol 18th of January 1945 Positions 19th of January 1945 Enemy Movement 19th of January 1945 Amendment No 2 to 1 CDS BDE CO No. 20 20th of January 1945 Shelling 20th of January 1945 Locations 20th of January 1945 Appendix F 20th of January 1945 Evacuation Notice 20th of January 1945 The Enemy Listens 20th of January 1945 Civilians 21st of January 1945 Patrol 21st of January 1945 Reliefs 22nd of January 1945 Recces 22nd of January 1945 Orders 22nd of January 1945  23rd of January 1945 Patrol 23rd of January 1945 Locations 23rd of January 1945 Orders 24th of January 1945 Shelling 24th of January 1945  25th January 1945 Reliefs 25th of January 1945 Possitions 25th of January 1945 Orders 25th of January 1945 Departure 26th of January 1945 Orders 26th of January 1945  26th of January 1945  26th January 1945 Orders 27th of January 1945  28th of January 1945  31st of January 1945 Notes 31st of January 1945 Notes 31st of January 1945 New tanks arrive 31st of January 1945 Notes 31st of January 1945 Notes 31st of January 1945 Notes 1st of February 1945 Classes 2nd of February 1945 Classes 11th of February 1945 Visit 13th of February 1945 Equipment 14th of February 1945 Course 17th of February 1945 Recce 19th of February 1945 Recce 20th of February 1945 Discussion 22nd of February 1945 Command 24th of February 1945 Officers 27th of February 1945 On the Ranges 28th of February 1945 Situation 1st of March 1945 Training 2nd of March 1945 On the Range 3rd of March 1945 Command 4th of March 1945 On the Range 5th of March 1945 On the Range 6th of March 1945 Dinner 6th of March 1945 Scottish Yeomanry Dinner 7th of March 1945 Advance Party 8th of March 1945 Equipment 8th of March 1945 Move to New Area 10th of March 1945 On the Move 11th of March 1945 Recce 11th of March 1945 Training 12th of March 1945 Conferences 12th of March 1945 Training 13th of March 1945 Exercise 14th of March 1945 Spring Signals Exercise 14th of March 1945 Wireless Exercise 15th of March 1945 Training Exercise 16th of March 1945 Exercise 16th of March 1945 Training Programme 16th of March 1945 P.A.D. Instructions 16th of March 1945 Defence 17th of March 1945 Training 19th of March 1945 Training 19th of March 1945 Exercise 19th of March 1945 Instructions. 19th of March 1945 Exercise 19th of March 1945 Codes 20th of March 1945 Training 22nd of March 1945 Entertainment 22nd of March 1945 Entertainment 22nd of March 1945 Exercise 23rd of March 1945 Exercise Razor Blade 23rd of March 1945 Exercise 24th of March 1945 War Diary 2nd Lothians and Border Horse from 1st March 1945 to 31st March 1945 24th of March 1945 Exercise 24th of March 1945 Exercise March Hare 24th of March 1945 Exercise March Hare 24th of March 1945 Exercise March Hare Amendment No 1 24th of March 1945 Encode Decode 24th of March 1945 26 Armd Brd Trg Programme week ending 24 Mar 45 25th of March 1945 War Diary 2nd Lothians and Border Horse from 1st March 1945 to 31st March 1945 25th of March 1945 Appx "A" to M 13901 Programme of Exercise "Bang" 26th of March 1945 Exercise 26th of March 1945 Training Programme 27th of March 1945 Training 27th of March 1945 Exercise Salamander Exercise Instrs 27th of March 1945 Armd Assault Sqn RE 27th of March 1945 General Idea 27th of March 1945 Appx "B" to 26 Armd Bde G/3/3 27th of March 1945 Encode Decode 28th of March 1945 Exercise 29th of March 1945 Training 30th of March 1945 Training 30th of March 1945 Training Programme 31st of March 1945 Rafts 31st of March 1945 Situation 31st of March 1945 LOB Party Secret 31st of March 1945 26 Armd Brd Trg Programme week ending 31 Mar 45 31st of March 1945  Field Return of Other ranks 31st of March 1945 Field Return of Officers 1st of April 1945 Training 1st of April 1945 Special Message from the Army Commander 3rd of April 1945 Instructions 4th of April 1945 Demonstration 5th of April 1945 Training 6th of April 1945 Training 7th of April 1945 Training 7th of April 1945 Orders 7th of April 1945 March Table 7th of April 1945 Loading Tanks on to Transporters 8th of April 1945 Preparations 8th of April 1945 Move to Forward area - Tanks 8th of April 1945 Orders 9th of April 1945 On the Move 10th of April 1945 Camouflage 11th of April 1945 Recce 12th of April 1945 Sweep 13th of April 1945 Quiet 14th of April 1945 Orders 14th of April 1945 Instructions 15th of April 1945 On the Move 15th of April 1945 Orders 16th of April 1945  17th of April 1945 Visit 17th of April 1945 Letter 18th of April 1945 On the Move 19th of April 1945 In Action 19th of April 1945 Letter 20th of April 1945 In Action 20th of April 1945 Orders 21st of April 1945 Advance 22nd of April 1945 Advance 22nd of April 1945 In Action 23rd of April 1945 Counter Attack 23rd of April 1945 Advance 23rd of April 1945 Counter Attack 24th of April 1945 Letter 25th of April 1945 Letter 26th of April 1945 Regimental Orders 28th of April 1945 Field Return of Officers 30th of April 1945 Situation 1st of May 1945 Refitting 2nd of May 1945 German surrender in Italy 3rd of May 1945 Replacement 3rd of May 1945 Regimental Orders 3rd of May 1945 Special Message from the Army Commander 4th of May 1945 Equipment 5th of May 1945 Special Order of the Day 9th of May 1945 German surrender in Europe 11th of May 1945 Equipment 17th of May 1945 Congratulations 18th of May 1945 Recce 20th of May 1945 On the Move 20th of May 1945 Special Message 23rd of May 1945 On the Move 24th of May 1945 Administrative Instruction No 1 24th of May 1945 Administrative Instruction No 2   24th of May 1945 26 Armd Bde Op Instr No 5   25th of May 1945 Movement Order No 1 26th of May 1945 Field Return of Other ranks   26th of May 1945 Field Return of Officers   27th of May 1945 On the Move 27th of May 1945 March Table to Movement Order No 1   28th of May 1945 Into Billets 29th of May 1945 Adm Inst No 3 29th of May 1945 Addendum to 2nd Lothians and Border Horse Adm Instr No. 2 31st of May 1945 Area Patrolling 31st of May 1945 Situation 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 2nd Lothians & Border Horse during the Second World War 1939-1945. Aitken John Murray. L/Cpl. Bisset W. Tpr. Briers GR. Dundas-Taylor MID. James Buchan. Tpr. Edwards ER. Tpr. Fleming DA. Cpl. Fraser T. Fry CW. Haley R. Harber WJ. Horne Albert. Tpr. (d.19th Apr 1945) Howarth JG. Kirwan MJ. Kitching PW. Tpr. Kydd KC. L/Cpl. Macdermott MH. Maguire OB. Moore WA. Sgt. Nobbs KM. Norfolk Harry. Pte. Ogilvie J. Cpl. Pym Edwin Joseph. L/Cpl. (d.22nd April 1945) Rutherford RW. Swift B . Taylor Buchan Bruce Dundas. Tpr. Vincent RM. 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 2nd Lothians & Border Horse 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. 27th 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 264001 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 2nd Lothians & Border Horse? There are:659 items tagged 2nd Lothians & Border Horse 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. RM Vincent 2nd Sqd Lothian and Border Horse RM Vincent served with the 2nd Sqd Lothian and Border Horse 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 are no longer in 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. B Swift 2nd Sqd Lothian and Border Horse B Swift served with the 2nd Sqd Lothian and Border Horse 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 are no longer in 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. RW Rutherford 2nd Sqd Lothian and Border Horse RW Rutherford served with the 2nd Sqd Lothian and Border Horse 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 are no longer in 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. Cpl. J Ogilvie 2nd Sqd Lothian and Border Horse Cpl.J Ogilvie served with the 2nd Sqd Lothian and Border Horse 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 are no longer in 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. KM Nobbs 2nd Sqd Lothian and Border Horse KM Nobbs served with the 2nd Sqd Lothian and Border Horse 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 are no longer in 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. Sgt. WA Moore 2nd Btn Lothians and Border Horse Sgt.WA Moore served with the 2nd Btn Lothians and Border Horse 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 are no longer in 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. OB Maguire 2nd Sqd Lothian and Border Horse OB Maguire served with the 2nd Sqd Lothian and Border Horse 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 are no longer in 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. MH Macdermott 2nd Sqd Lothian and Border Horse MH Macdermott served with the 2nd Sqd Lothian and Border Horse 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 are no longer in 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. L/Cpl. KC Kydd 2nd Sqd Lothian and Border Horse L/Cpl.KC Kydd served with the 2nd Sqd Lothian and Border Horse 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 are no longer in 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. Tpr. PW Kitching 2nd Sqd Lothian and Border Horse Tpr.PW Kitching served with the 2nd Sqd Lothian and Border Horse 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 are no longer in 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. Links

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