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Kings Shropshire Light Infantry 1st Battalion, Kings Shropshire Light Infantry 2nd Battalion, Kings Shropshire Light Infantry 4th Battalion, Kings Shropshire Light Infantry 5th Battalion, Kings Shropshire Light Infantry 6th Battalion, Kings Shropshire Light Infantry 7th Battalion, Kings Shropshire Light Infantry 8th Battalion, Kings Shropshire Light Infantry 12th Oct 1939 Holding the Line 13th Oct 1939 Reliefs 24th Nov 1939 Aircraft Tested 26th Nov 1939 Orders 27th Nov 1939 Upto the Line 4th Dec 1939 In the Front Line 9th Dec 1939 On Patrol 28th Dec 1939 Concert Party   The concert party of 1st Battalion King's Shropshire Light infantry rehearsing at La Belle Porte near Mouchin in France, 28th of December 1939. Official photograph © IWM (O 2331) Jan 1941 On the Move 13th May 1940 On the Move 15th May 1940 In Defence 19th May 1940 Withdrawal 19th May 1940 Planning 20th May 1940 Under Pressure 21st May 1940 Withdrawal 21st May 1940 Planning 22nd May 1940 Attacks Repulsed 23rd May 1940 Shortening the Front 24th May 1940 Air Raids 27th May 1940 Withdrawal 28th May 1940 Under Attack 1st Jun 1940 Evacuation 4th July 1940 On the Move 12th Oct 1940 Reorganisation 8th of January 1941 Postings 26th Feb 1941 Exercise 27th Feb 1941 Exercise 28th Feb 1941 Exercise 27th March 1941 On the Move 24th Nov 1941 Reorganisation 28th Feb 1942 Reorganisation 22nd January 1944 Battle of Anzio 26th Jan 1944 Ready to Move 27th Jan 1944 Shelling 28th Jan 1944 Aircraft Active 29th Jan 1944 Recce 30th Jan 1944 Attack Made 30th January 1944 Battle of Anzio 3rd February 1944 Battle of Anzio 3rd Feb 1944 Counter Attacks 26th of February 1944 Field Return of Officers 1st Jun 1944 Preparations 6th Jun 1944 In Action 9th Jun 1944 Fighting Patrol 10th Jun 1944 Mines 11th Jun 1944 Booby Traps 19th Jun 1944 Conference 20th Jun 1944 Planning 24th Jun 1944 Briefing 1st Jul 1944 Shelling 2nd Jul 1944 Machine Guns 3rd Jul 1944 Reliefs 4th Jul 1944 Intermittent Shelling 7th Jul 1944 Bombers 8th of July 1944 Lebisey wood and the advance on Caen 9th Jul 1944 Quiet 6th Aug 1944 Attack Made 9th Aug 1944 Reliefs 13th Aug 1944 Withdrawal 22nd Sep 1944 In Action 23rd Sep 1944 Advance 24th Sep 1944 In Action 24th Sep 1944 Heavy Shelling 25th Sep 1944 In Action 26th Sep 1944 Defence 29th Sep 1944 Moves 30th Sep 1944 Moves 1st Oct 1944 In Action 3rd Oct 1944 Reliefs 3rd Oct 1944 Attacks Made 8th Oct 1944 Targets Engaged 9th Oct 1944 Reliefs Completed 12th Oct 1944 Attack Made 12th Oct 1944 In Action 12th Oct 1944 Fire in Support 13th Oct 1944 Attack Made 13th Oct 1944 Attack Made 14th Oct 1944 Advance Continues 15th Oct 1944 Flank Secured 15th Oct 1944 Moonlight 16th Oct 1944 Advance Continues 17th Oct 1944 Gains 17th Oct 1944 In Action 18th Oct 1944 Defences 19th Oct 1944 Holding the Line 19th Oct 1944 Reliefs 19th of October 1944 Move 19th of October 1944 Move Order No. 11 25th Oct 1944 Preparations 26th Oct 1944 Reliefs 19th Nov 1944 Reliefs 25th Nov 1944 Shelling 5th of April 1945 Attack plan 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 Kings Shropshire Light Infantry during the Second World War 1939-1945. Bath William Benjamin Morris. Pte. (d.26th May 1940) Betton R. A.. Pte. Bickerton George James. Pte. (d.29th September 944) Buttifant Stanley Frederick. Cpl. (d.01st May 1945) Coslett Francis Edward. A/WO2 RQMS Dalton R. Farrington L. Fisher David. Sgt. (d.1st March 1945) Fisher EW. Ford James John. Pte. (d.30th July 1944) Fuller WB. Gibbins William Henry. C/Cpl (d.2000) Green John. Bugler Griffiths James. Cpl. (d.17th Jun 1940) Haines KW. Hughes AV. Lamb WW. Lambshead MM. Percie. Sgt. Lewis WF. Tpr. Lyons George Henry . Pte. (d.6th September 1944) Macfarlane W. McGarry Joseph. Pte. O'Neill Alec Charles Trevor. Pte. Richards Frank. W/O Roberts Ernest. Pte. Shea William Sidney. Gnr. Smith HD. Smith W . Stacey T. Taylor Ronald. Cpl. Williams Leslie Bartlam. Pte 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 Kings Shropshire Light Infantry 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. 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There are:1423 items tagged Kings Shropshire Light Infantry 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. T Stacey Shropshire Light Infantry T Stacey served with the Shropshire Light Infantry 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 has lost 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. W Smith Shropshire Light Infantry W Smith served with the Shropshire Light Infantry 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 has lost 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. HD Smith Shropshire Light Infantry HD Smith served with the Shropshire Light Infantry 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 has lost 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. W Macfarlane Bays Regt, Royal Armoured Corps W Macfarlane served with the Bays Regt, Royal Armoured Corps 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 has lost 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. WF Lewis 44th Regiment Reconnaissance Corps Tpr.WF Lewis served with the 44th Regiment Reconnaissance Corps 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 has lost 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. WW Lamb Shropshire Light Infantry WW Lamb served with the Shropshire Light Infantry 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 has lost 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. AV Hughes Shropshire Light Infantry AV Hughes served with the Shropshire Light Infantry 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 has lost 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. KW Haines Shropshire Light Infantry KW Haines served with the Shropshire Light Infantry 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 has lost 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. WB Fuller 1st Regiment Reconnaissance Corps WB Fuller served with the 1st Regiment Reconnaissance Corps 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 has lost 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. EW Fisher Shropshire Light Infantry EW Fisher served with the Shropshire Light Infantry 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 has lost 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.

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