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5th Battalion, Coldstream Guards    5th Battalion, Coldstream Guards was re-raised for the duration of the Second World War. They saw action in North Africa and North Western Europe serving with the Guards Armoured Division.   1st Jan 1944 Training 6th Jan 1944 On the Move 11th Jan 1944 Preparations 12th Jan 1944 Training 13th Jan 1944 Exercise 14th Jan 1944 Lecture 17th Jan 1944 Excerises 18th Jan 1944 Lecture 19th Jan 1944 On the Move 20th Jan 1944 On the Move 21st Jan 1944 Exercise 22nd Jan 1944 Exercise 23rd Jan 1944 On the Move 26th Jan 1944 Exercise 27th Jan 1944 Inspection 28th Jan 1944 Inspection 31st Jan 1944 Exercise 3rd Feb 1944 Exercise 4th Feb 1944 Exercise 7th Feb 1944 Exercise 9th Feb 1944 Address 13th Feb 1944 On the Move 14th Feb 1944 Orders 15th Feb 1944 Exercise 16th Feb 1944 Exercise 17th Feb 1944 Exercise 18th Feb 1944 Exercise 19th Feb 1944 Exercise 20th Feb 1944 Exercise 21st Feb 1944 Exercise 22nd Feb 1944 Exercise 23rd Feb 1944 Exercise 24th Feb 1944 Exercise 25th Feb 1944 At Rest 3rd Mar 1944 Lecture 6th Mar 1944 Film 8th Mar 1944 Visit 22nd Mar 1944 Visit 23rd Mar 1944 Contingent 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Those known to have served with 5th Battalion, Coldstream Guards during the Second World War 1939-1945. Eyden Sydney Henry. Grdsm. (d.12th Aug 1944) Peterkin William Edward . Gdsm. Pugh Philip Charles. Gdsmn. (d.11th Aug 1944) 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 5th Battalion, Coldstream Guards 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. 14th May 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 264114 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 FAQs 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 5th Battalion, Coldstream Guards? There are:1548 items tagged 5th Battalion, Coldstream Guards 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. Gdsmn. Philip Charles Pugh 5th Btn. Coldstream Guards (d.11th Aug 1944) Philip Pugh was born in Birmingham in 1921. When the Second World War broke out, he felt it was his duty to enlist, and so joined the Coldstream Guards. Philip had met a girl from South Shields who was called Louisa Cummins, and who had left her home town to help in the war effort and was working in a Birmingham munitions factory. After a short romance, they were married on the 26th of December 1941. On the 11th of August 1944, five days after the Normandy landings by Allied forces, Philip was killed. He is buried at Calvados in France. A sad note to add is that Philip's wife was pregnant, so he never got to see his child, who was born shortly after he had been killed. John Cummins Add to this record. Grdsm. Sydney Henry Eyden 5th Btn. Coldstream Guards (d.12th Aug 1944) Sydney Eyden was born in 1915 in Christchurch, Dorset. He was a carpenter by trade. In 1938, he married Marjorie Kate Sprackland in Christchurch. He enlisted in the Coldstream Guards in 1939. His son Anthony was born in the spring of 1944. He possibly never saw his son, as Sydney was killed in action on 12th of August 1944. He is buried in Bayeux War Cemetery, Normandy. Teresa Eyden Wycherley Add to this record. Gdsm. William Edward Peterkin 5th Btn. Coldstream Guards Eddie Peterkin served with the 5th Coldstream Guards. Catherine Peterkin O'Brien Add to this record. Recomended Reading. Available at discounted prices. Links

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