Hey looking for any information on the desert rats and a man called Reginald blackwell who apparantly was one of the desert rats and part of the 7th armoured devision?? no other information any help would be greatly appreciated
Welcome do you know if he was a casualty do you have a service number casualty Private REGINALD DOUGLAS BLACKWELL 6087259, 2nd Bn., The Queen's Royal Regiment (West Surrey) who died age 20 on 26 May 1941 Remembered with honour ALAMEIN MEMORIAL
If that is your man, then he wasn't a Desert Rat in 7th Armd Div. 2nd Queens were in 16th Infantry Brigade. info here May 1941 they would have been in Syria with 6th Inf Div. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_6th_Infantry_Division#Second_World_War
any photos? family members you can ask to gain more info? date of birth? send off for service records which might assist you Ministry of Defence | About Defence | What we do | Personnel | Service Records | Making a Request for Information held on the Personnel Records of Deceased Service Personnel