Scots Guards : Italy

From Imperial War Museum collection

• NA 7973 - 21/10/1943
• NA 8727 - 13/11/1943
• NA 9465 - 06/12/1943
• NA 9524 - 05/12/1943
• NA 9633 - 07/12/1943
• NA 10881 - 17/01/1944
• NA 10882 - 17/01/1944
• NA 10883 - 17/01/1944
• NA 10884 - 17/01/1944
• NA 10885 - 17/01/1944
• NA 10886 - 17/01/1944
• NA 10887 - 17/01/1944
• NA 10888 - 17/01/1944
• NA 10889 - 17/01/1944
• NA 10890 - 17/01/1944
• NA 10891 - 17/01/1944
• NA 10892 - 17/01/1944
• NA 10893 - 17/01/1944
• NA 10899 - 17/01/1944
• NA 11055 - 22/01/1944
• NA 11081 - 20/01/1944 / 21/01/1944
• NA 11085 - 20/01/1944 / 21/01/1944
• NA 11087 -
• NA 11091 - 20/01/1944 / 21/01/1944
• NA 11407 - 22/01/1944
• NA 12946 - 17/03/1944
• NA 13123 - 21/03/1944
• NA 13124 - 21/03/1944
• NA 13125 - 21/03/1944
• NA 14242 - 21/04/1944
• NA 14243 - 21/04/1944
• NA 14245 - 21/04/1944
• NA 14251 - 21/04/1944
• NA 14258 - 21/04/1944
• NA 14259 - 21/04/1944
• NA 14260 - 21/04/1944
• NA 14261 - 21/04/1944
• NA 14638 - 07/05/1944
• NA 14639 - 07/05/1944
• NA 14984 - 18/05/1944
• NA 14988 - 18/05/1944
• NA 15012 -
• NA 15013 -
• NA 15014 -
• NA 15789 - 03/06/1944
• NA 18694 - 17/09/1944
• NA 24966 -
• NA 25116 - 15/05/1945
• NA 25117 - 15/05/1945
• NA 25573 - 08/05/1945
• NA 26367 - 30/09/1945

 

ITALY : GENERAL EISENHOWER DECORATES BRITISH GENERAL
© IWM NA 7973
Object description
Original wartime caption: On right - an officer of the Scots Guards finishes reading the Citation, and General Eisenhower prepares to pin the award on General McCreery.

 

ITALY : FIFTH ARMY
© IWM NA 8727
Object description
Original wartime caption: Gdsmn. H. McGill of the Scots Guards, from Wishaw, Lanarkshire, bathes a sore patch on his pet alsation "Lassie". She attached herself to McGill in Syria and has travelled with him throughout the desert and Italian campaigns.

 

ITALY : FIFTH ARMY THE BATTLE FOR MOUNT CAMINO
© IWM NA 9465
Object description
Original wartime caption: Troops of the Scots Guards - 201 Brigade - passing down a road leading to the Camino mountains.

 

ITALY : FIFTH ARMY THE BATTLE OF ROCCAMONFINA
© IWM NA 9524
Object description
Original wartime caption: "G" Coy of the Scots Guards, passing through San Clemente, now in British hands.
05/12/1943

 

ITALY : FIFTH ARMY AFTER THE FINAL ASSAULT ON MT. CAMINO
© IWM NA 9633
Object description
Original wartime caption: A wounded Scots Guard sergeant is taken down the slopes of Camino on a "Jeep" ambulance.
07/12/1943

 

THE BATTLE OF ANZIO, JANUARY-JUNE 1944
© IWM NA 10881
Object description
Guardsman J. CLARK lived in 16 Blake Street, Dumferline, Fife, Scotland before his military service.

 

THE BATTLE OF ANZIO, JANUARY-JUNE 1944
© IWM NA 10882
Object description
Lieutenant Stewart lived in 5 Roxburgh Terrace, Dundee, Scotland before his military service.

 

THE BATTLE OF ANZIO, JANUARY-JUNE 1944
© IWM NA 10883
Object description
Guardsmen of the 1st Battalion, Scots Guards (British 1st Infantry Division, US VI Corps, US Fifth Army) preparing to board the lorries to travel to Naples harbour to embark for the "Operation Shingle". Scafati, 17 January 1944.

 

THE BATTLE OF ANZIO, JANUARY-JUNE 1944
© IWM NA 10884
Object description
Guardsmen of the 1st Battalion, Scots Guards (British 1st Infantry Division, US VI Corps, US Fifth Army) climbing a lorry to travel to Naples harbour to embark for the "Operation Shingle". Scafati, 17 January 1944.

 

THE BATTLE OF ANZIO, JANUARY-JUNE 1944
© IWM NA 10885
Object description
Guardsmen of the 1st Battalion, Scots Guards (British 1st Infantry Division, US VI Corps, US Fifth Army) giving the "thumbs up" as the leave for Naples harbour to embark for the "Operation Shingle". Scafati, 17 January 1944.

 

THE BATTLE OF ANZIO, JANUARY-JUNE 1944
© IWM NA 10886
Object description
Captain J. Hamilton, the chaplain of the 1st Battalion, Scots Guards (British 1st Infantry Division, US VI Corps, US Fifth Army), known to the troops as the Fighting Padre, ready to leave for Naples harbour with the Battalion to embark for the "Operation Shingle". Scafati, 17 January 1944.

 

THE BATTLE OF ANZIO, JANUARY-JUNE 1944
© IWM NA 10887
Object description
A regimental policeman holding up the traffic as the convoy with the 1st Battalion, Scots Guards (British 1st Infantry Division, US VI Corps, US Fifth Army) leave for Naples harbour to embark for the "Operation Shingle". Scafati, 17 January 1944.

 

THE BATTLE OF ANZIO, JANUARY-JUNE 1944
© IWM NA 10888
Object description
Piper A. Finlayson pipes the convoy with the 1st Battalion, Scots Guards (British 1st Infantry Division, US VI Corps, US Fifth Army) away (beneath the Battalion Colours) as they leave for Naples harbour to embark for the "Operation Shingle". Scafati, 17 January 1944.

 

THE BATTLE OF ANZIO, JANUARY-JUNE 1944
© IWM NA 10889
Guardsmen the 1st Battalion, Scots Guards (British 1st Infantry Division, US VI Corps, US Fifth Army) embarking on troopship HMT Derbyshire at Naples dockside for the "Operation Shingle", 17 January 1944. Another troopship - MS Sobieski, the Polish Merchant Navy liner - is docked next to HMT Derbyshire. Note a barrage balloon above the harbour.

 

THE BATTLE OF ANZIO, JANUARY-JUNE 1944
© IWM NA 10890
Object description
Guardsmen the 1st Battalion, Scots Guards (British 1st Infantry Division, US VI Corps, US Fifth Army) embarking on troopship HMT Derbyshire at Naples dockside for the "Operation Shingle", 17 January 1944.

 

THE BATTLE OF ANZIO, JANUARY-JUNE 1944
© IWM NA 10891
Object description
Guardsmen the 1st Battalion, Scots Guards (British 1st Infantry Division, US VI Corps, US Fifth Army) embarking on troopship HMT Derbyshire at Naples dockside for the "Operation Shingle", 17 January 1944.

 

THE BATTLE OF ANZIO, JANUARY-JUNE 1944
© IWM NA 10892
Object description
Guardsmen the 1st Battalion, Scots Guards (British 1st Infantry Division, US VI Corps, US Fifth Army) embarking on troopship HMT Derbyshire at Naples dockside for the "Operation Shingle", 17 January 1944.

 

THE BATTLE OF ANZIO, JANUARY-JUNE 1944
© IWM NA 10893
Object description
Guardsmen the 1st Battalion, Scots Guards (British 1st Infantry Division, US VI Corps, US Fifth Army) embarking on troopship HMT Derbyshire at Naples dockside for the "Operation Shingle", 17 January 1944. Note Mount Vesuvius in the background.

 

ITALY : FIFTH ARMY PREPARATIONS FOR NEW ALLIED LANDING
© IWM NA 10899
Object description
Original wartime caption: Men of "S" Coy., 1st Bn. Scots Guards, boarding the "Derbyshire" from which they will take part in assault landings.
17/01/1944