I've been working through my paybooks to wounded men trying to put into context where they were when wounded and what their units were doing and in most I have managed to at least get a rough idea but I'm struggling with 5 so I'm hoping fellow members can help (War Diaries would be ideal) - so here goes, looking for info on Inns of Court Regiment 14/9/44 when E B Wallington was wounded, I'm thinking Belgium but that's as far as I've got Thanks Alistair p.s. apologies that the basics of the posts will be cut and paste
British 1 Corp Troops. They took part in Operation Astonia (Capture of Le Havre) 10-12 September 1944. 1 Corps with 49 & 51 Divisions under command, would still have been in France on 14 September 1944. 63 Trucks of my Dad's Regiment helped move 630 men of 146 Brigade (49 Division) from St. Romain on the 19th September. They then helped transport men of 51 Highland Division on 25th September 1944, 51 HD having already recaptured St. Valery-en-Caux earlier that month. 1 Corps moved to Belgium, via Brussels on 22 September 1944.
Thanks for that, the fact they were Corps troops isn't a help as that gives a large area - Divisional troops you can usually narrow down a lot easier. I have just been reading about Le Havre too in "Tank Twins", I'll get digging into it a bit more Thanks again
I agree, as they would have been attached to other units. We need a copy that War Diary, and that won't happen any time soon.
Or the Regimental History, that may help - the issue (with War Diary or history) could be if they were split across a number of jobs at the time
It'll be the war diaries, then, if anything. The Devil's Own barely mentions patrol activities along the Meuse-Escaut canal in that period. Needs Must has a little more detail: If he happened to be C Sqn there is one more possible non-WD source - if I can find it...
That's a good starter to allow me to put a fairly general note with it - one day I'll get the War Diary which, but my list of WD's that I'm after is quite long Cheers
Hi. Late to the party with this one, just incase you didn’t get to the bottom of it… I can only offer a strong suggestion of Neerpelt. In the “Taurus Pursuant” book it lists all KiA of the Div. Under the Inns of Court Regt it has a Sergeant L Silver as KiA at Neerpelt on 14/09/1944 Alex.
just stumbled on this whilst searching details of my relative leslie silver, he was a musician from manchester if anybody can help i would be eternally happy, my great uncle leslie silver 7937631 killed sept 14 1944 unit inns of court, i saw on this thread he was maybe killed at neerpelt, is that where the unit was at the time does anybody know? he is buried at leopoldburgh. would just like to picture the events at the time, thanks in advance Headstone photo on here. AJEX Headstones
Until you get the unit war diary , idler's post number 9 is the best source of info . http://ww2talk.com/index.php?attachments/img_20201110_072054208-2-jpg.284721/
WO 171/854 - Inns of Court Regiment - September 1944 - TracesOfWar.com Has... 14th September 1944 Inns of Court 14 - B Sqn: Contact maintained with 50 Div. 14 - C Sqn: Sqn in reserve. 14 - D Sqn: Sqn left HEUSDEN and standing patrols were maintained at NEERPELT (3994) LILLE ST HUBERT (4294) CAULILLE (4490) BOCHOLT (4988) BREE (5084) OPPITER (5381). One troop ordered to contact Americans at WATERLOOS (5579). Sqn HQ at GROOT MONS FARM (419840). Patrol at LILLE ST HUBERT, CAULILLE and BOCHOLT reported small groups of enemy on S.W. side of Canal and considerable enemy activity on N.E. Side. No. 6 Troop WATERLOOS held by enemy and contacted the Americans at NEERGLABEEK.
