Guards' photos please

Discussion in 'The Brigade of Guards' started by dbf, Sep 16, 2009.

  1. Mr Jinks

    Mr Jinks Bit of a Cad

    2737076. Gdsmn George Edward (Ted) Faulkner 1st Battalion Welsh Guards.
    (1912-1962)
    Served NWE from 14/6/44 to 15/4/45 . Total army service 5yr 29 dys. Discharged from service after being wounded shrapnel lodged in his neck on the 6th March 1945.
    George Edward (Ted) Faulkner son of Samuel George Faulkner and Hannah Faulkner (Hunt)
    1912–1962
    Born 18 February 1912 Newport, Monmouthshire,
    Died 11 January 1962 Died in Mount ,Pleasant Hospital, Chepstow. Respiratory Failure, Chronic bronchitis and emphysema. Age 49 .
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  2. Mr Jinks

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    2608728 Gdsmn Ernest Ralph Jury ,Grenadier Guards (1922-25) Re-enlisted Welsh Guards 21st October 1939

    Ernest Ralph Dury was born on November 2, 1904, in Woodnesborough, nr Sandwich Kent. Son of John Thomas Jury and Florence Kate Jury (Hadlow)
    In 1922 he enlisted into the Grenadier Guards (3rd Battalion Grenadier Guards) and served until 1925.
    He married Gladys May Potter in 1929. He was employed as a Chauffeur to Lieut P.S Ackroyd in September 1939 he was listed as an Officers servant living at the Rutland arms near Newmarket. On the 21st October 1939 he enlisted into the Welsh Guards but retained his original army number after basic training at Caterham he was posted to the training battalion at Sandown Park on the 2nd April 1940.He remained here until 1941 when he was posted to the Guards Depot where he remained not serving overseas . Officers batman throughout WW2. Discharged without reserve liability having now reached the age of 45 and not liable for a recall to the colours. Awarded Defence and War Medals
    Ernest Ralph Jury died on June 29, 1968 Melton Mowbray, Scalford, Leicestershire aged 63.
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    Photograph (above) showing original Grenadier Guards enlistment in 1922
    Photograph (below) showing second enlistment into Welsh Guards Oct 39
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    Photograph (below) showing Welsh Guards No 5 Company (Depot) 1943 cricket team with Gdsmn Jury sitting front far right and his officer Lt Ackroyd sitting front far left
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  3. Mr Jinks

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    Gdsmn Harry Waltham Grenadier Guards WW2
    1911–1982
    Born 21st December1911 Worksop, Nottinghamshire Son of Fred and Mary Waltham.
    Married Annie Louise Heathcote in June 1936. They had three children during their marriage.
    Died 1982 Worksop, Yorkshire West Riding, aged 71.
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  4. Mr Jinks

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    4975581 CQMS Robert Hudson 6th Grenadier Guards (Originally enlisted Sherwood Forresters aged 17 in 1937)
    Robert Hudson and his twin brother Bernard were born on January 11, 1920, in Lower Pilsley, Derbyshire, Son of Arthur and Lillie, Hudson.
    He married Ida Massey on October 6, 1945, in Disley, Cheshire, They had two children during their marriage.
    He died on May 10, 1996, in Stockport, Cheshire, at the age of 76.

    Robert and Bernard Hudson both served in the Grenadier Guards during WW2. Robert was wounded at Mareth on 24th March 1843 when a shell hit one of only a handful of palm trees nearby.
    Following his recovery he was attached to the RMP Special Investigations Unit in Alexandria from March 4th 1944.
    Transferred to Army Reserves 21 September 1946 following home service.
    Joined the Police on 10th October 1946.
    Retired from Cheshire Police 29th February 1972 .
    Robert Hudson died on May 10, 1996, in Stockport`s Stepping Hill Hospital, Cheshire, England, aged 76 years .

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  5. Mr Jinks

    Mr Jinks Bit of a Cad

    2618392 L/Cpl George Thompson Grenadier Guards attached Commandos
    1915–1944
    Born July 1915 Yorkshire - North Riding, United Kingdom
    Killed in Action 10/06/1944 Le Plein, Normandy

    Gdsm. George Thompson of the Grenadier Guards, served with No.1 (later known as No.101) Troop of No.6 Commando from March 1941 in (Glencoe) until, at least, March 1942 when he transferred back to No.1 Troop of No.6 Commando.Lance Corporal George Thompson was reported as being Killed In Action (KIA) on 10th June 1944 from gun shot wounds received during No.1 Troop’s abortive effort to reinforce No.4 Commando at Le Plein, aged 28 years.
    George was the son of John and Emma Linda Thompson, of Middlesbrough, Yorkshire, and was buried in Ranville War Cemetery (Calvados, Normandy, France), Grave IVA.G.4. The inscription on his headstone reads: ‘Resting where no shadows fall, in perfect peace he awaits us all’.
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  6. Mr Jinks

    Mr Jinks Bit of a Cad

    Gdsmn John Thomas Blackmoor Grenadier Guards
    John Thomas Blackmoor was born on April 30, 1913, Son of Mary Ann Blackmoor (Burrowson) and Joseph Blackmoor,
    John Thomas Blackmoor married Alice Mary Perks on August 21, 1937, when he was 24 years old the service was held at Tardebigge Church.
    His pre war trade was given as a `Turner` and worked as a Chargehand tool setter in later life In 1937 he lived at 5 Poplar Road, Coventry.
    John Thomas Blackmoor died on July 15, 1990, in Redditch, Worcestershire, England, aged 77 years.Address on probate 27 Shenstone Court, Bromsgrove, Worcestershire. John died at Alexander Hospital, Redditch, Worcestershire.


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  7. Mr Jinks

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    5249803 Gdsmn Bertie Redvers Neville 1st Grenadier Guards WW2
    Bertie Redvers Neville was born on November 25, 1917, Son of Iris Neville (Harris) and Albert ( Bertie) Neville.
    Bertie left his job in a Butchers/Grocers shop and joined the Army pre war enlisting in the Worcestershire Regiment.
    In April 1939 he was with the 1st Battalion Grenadier Guards where he gained his Army Certificate of Education 2nd Class at Chelsea barracks.
    He was wounded on the 12th September 1944 serving with 1st GG in North West Europe.
    Bertie Redvers Neville married Emily Dorothy Noakes in Wincanton, Somerset, England, in December 1940 aged 23 years .Post war he joined the Police rising to the rank of Inspector.
    His wife Emily Dorothy passed away on October 15, 1979, in Basingstoke, Hampshire, England, at the age of 62. They had been married 38 years three years later Bertie Redvers Neville re-married a Margaret E in Liskeard, Cornwall, England.
    Bertie Redvers Neville died on January 24, 2002, in Atlantis Nursing Home. Cornwall, England, he was 84 years old.

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  8. Mr Jinks

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    2614281 WSgt Major Harold Foster - Grenadier Guards served WW2
    Son of John Foster and Martha Bennett (nee Smith)
    Born 1915
    Died;?
    For more see;-
    PP/MCR/174 | The National Archives
    Sgt Major Harold Foster - Grenadier Guards.jpg
    Harold Foster joined the Grenadier Guards in 1934, during the depression, in order, he says, to avoid the dole queues. Although Foster transferred to the Gordon Highlanders in 1945, he took with him to his new regiment the traditions and high standards of discipline of the Guards.
    Foster's early life was in Stoke-on-Trent, where his father, an ex-policeman, ran a public house. He joined the Guards at the age of 19, and carried out his recruit training at the Guard's Depot at Caterham. Life here was extremely severe, and Foster writes

    "It will be hard for anyone who did not pass through the Guards Depot as a Recruit during the period of the 1930s to believe the harsh discipline and methods of training that prevailed at that time"


    The Guards training at Caterham, ensured they were "instilled with a fierce pride in our Regiment" Foster was posted to the 2nd Battalion Grenadier Guards at Aldershot in January 1935. During this time he was offered a promotion to the rank of corporal in the RASC, but turned this down on the grounds that it was unthinkable for him to leave the Guards. In June 1935 the Battalion was posted to Chelsea barracks.

    In March 1936 the battalion went to Egypt. He undertook a six weeks' Physical Training Course whilst he was in Egypt and was later offered training which would lead to the post of Battalion P.T. instructor, and a further three years in the Army. After some hesitation, Foster accepted this
    The Battalion returned to England in December 1937. His PT course which took place at Aldershot followed a period spent training recruits at Caterham Barracks he went on to Wellington Barracks where he took the post of Battalion PT instructor.
    As PT instructor Foster was called upon to organise boxing competitions.

    Foster's battalion joined the 3rd Infantry Division in France in September 1939. He was promoted to the rank of platoon sergeant at this time, and describes the conditions attached to promotions made on the outbreak of war Foster describes his work digging trenches in France and writes:"We were all, I think, guilty at this time of having a Peace-time, or "Pirbright Camp", complex and couldn't grasp the fact that those days and conditions were gone for ever"
    Foster returned to England for a course in anti gas warfare in January 1940. He was married during this period and on his return to France was promoted to the rank of CQMS.
    Foster took part in the retreat to Dunkirk in May 1940. On his arrival at Dunkirk, Foster swam out to a minesweeper, which he describes as the 'Last boat' to pick up survivors for England. His description of the chaotic conditions which prevailed on his arrival in England is also noteworthy
    The period from July 1940 until February 1943 when he was posted to North Africa. During this period he served on the South Coast as CSM with a 'troublesome' company and later at Windsor Barracks, where he took part in a secret exercise which involved a 'raid' on Windsor Castle Prior to his departure for North Africa Foster was promoted to the rank of Regimental Sergeant Major with the 5th Battalion Grenadier Guards

    Foster saw action at Bari He was subsequently appointed to run 'courses for NCOs who were recovering from wounds.' At the end of the war he was posted to a transit camp at Toulon. Conditions here were extremely bad "the Military Police had a very busy time and many Courts Martial were the result" Foster held a key disciplinary position and his comments relating the camp are thus especially interesting Following a period of home leave, Foster returned to a new transit camp at La Crau, 10 miles from Toulon. In his account of life here, he mentions the good relations which existed between German POW labourers and the camp authorities

    When his work at the transit camp had finished Foster was offered the opportunity to transfer to the Gordon Highlanders with the permanent rank of Warrant Officer I. Taking his family commitments into account he decided to accept this transfer, rather than remain in the Guards with the rank of Warrant Officer II.
    Foster's move to the 1st Battalion Gordon Highlanders who were stationed in Essen was done as the Battalion wished to appoint a RSM from the Guards since "peace time standards of drill, discipline and administration had been allowed to lapse in favour of Battle Efficiency ... a strict disciplinarian of Guards standards was needed"
    Foster had decided "Once a Grenadier, always a Grenadier. I was determined to try and stick to their high standards of discipline and become a good Gordon Highlander"
    . Besides his work preparing the battalion for parades, Foster was also concerned with the apprehension of a band of deserters who were terrorising units of the Army of the Rhine in 1947.
    His battalion was posted to Berlin at the time of the airlift, On his return to London in the early 1950s, Foster carried out a tour of duty as RSM with the London Scottish Regiment TA. The most noteable event of the period was the funeral parade of King George VI
    At the end of this tour of duty, Foster was offered the opportunity to go to Malaya for three years; his function was to train soldiers of the Malaya Regiment. Foster and his wife enjoyed their life in Malaya greatly and made many friends among the Malay NCOs and their families. Much of Foster's work seems to have been involved in preparations for parades the coronation parade of Queen Elizabeth II and 21st anniversary parade of the Malay regiment.
    Following a period of home leave in 1956, Foster was sent to a prison in Batu Gaja, where internees were being held. In the course of prison riot, several internees were shot by their British guards. Foster describes the internees as "men confined because of their known sympathies to help to the terrorists." No report of this incident was made in the newspapers and Foster assumes that he was appointed to reintroduce order and "to keep the whole matter from the press". He first of all improved discipline amongst the prison guards then arranged for the alleged ringleaders to "assault" individual guards so that they could 'legally' be put in isolation.
    Foster explains that although he supposed this action was morally wrong "I hated the things these people stood for and the majority of the internees were simple people who if left alone would have been decent citizens" He goes on to explain that "the death of the men at the prison camp had been caused by allowing a minor incident to grow into a riot and the bad discipline and lack of control amongst the staff"
    Foster returned to his Unit having succeeded in the task to which he had been appointed. The most important event of his second period with the Malay regiment was the granting of Malaya's Independence which took place in September 1957: "my task was to see that all Parades were carried out correctly and that correct military protocol was observed"
    The final ceremony which Foster organised in Malaya was the King's birthday parade, "based on the trooping of the colour ceremony held in London." No British officers participated in this ceremony.
    Since Foster had now completed twenty-three years' service and was due to leave Malaya he was forced to think about his future.
    This problem was temporarily postponed however, since on his return to England he gained a commission and was posted to the 1st battalion, Gordon Highlanders in Germany. Foster finally left the regular army in 1961, with "no idea what I was going to do to earn a living."
    After a very brief period as Adjutant to the CCF at Wellington College, he accepted a post with the Territorial Army Association of the Gordon Highlanders in Aberdeen which he held until 1966. From 1966 until his retirement in 1976 Harold Foster and his wife ran a village shop in Aberdeenshire.


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  9. Mr Jinks

    Mr Jinks Bit of a Cad

    2622220 Gdsmn George Skelding no 4 Coy 1st (Motor) Bn Grenadier Guards
    1917–1996
    Born 11th April 1917 Wolstanton, Staffordshire
    Married Norah Fowler June 1940.
    Died November 1996 Stoke On Trent, Staffordshire,
    Served as a Medic in the Grenadier Guards during the war. Saved his brother-in-law, 2618418 Gdsmn Jim Kilner`s life when was badly wounded in France on 11th August 1944. Gdsmn George Skelding was wounded himself on 12th September 1944.
    Death;-13 Nov 1996 Tunstall, Stoke on Trent, Staffordshire,
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    I have the full company photo (its huge) I cannot post it here but if anyone wants a copy just PM me your email .
    1st (no4 Motor Coy) Grenadier Guards .

    2618418 Gdsmn James Herbert Kilner 1st Grenadier Guards
    1920–1978
    Born 19th February 1920 Malling Kent England
    Married 1943 at St Paul's Church, Dalehall, Burslem, Stoke on Trent, Staffordshire
    To Minnie Skelding (Georges sister)
    Died December 1978 Laddingford Tonbridge, Kent, England
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  10. Mr Jinks

    Mr Jinks Bit of a Cad

    2615854 Gdsmn Donald Iliffe Ryder Poole 1st Grenadier Guards
    1922–1944
    Born 11 June 1922 Devonport, Devon
    Died 5 September 1944 France.

    Donald studied at Skerry College, Plymouth then enlisted when he was old enough with the King's Company, the Grenadier Guards. He was part of the invasion of NWE and was wounded on 3rd September 1944 and died on the 5th September 1944 . His body was retrieved from the Senart Forest area and was buried at Villeneuve St Georges, 18km south west of Paris.
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  11. Mr Jinks

    Mr Jinks Bit of a Cad

    2613587 Gdsmn Walter Reginald George Knight 1st (Motor) Bn Grenadier Guards
    Served pre-war and was awarded the `Kings Silver Jubilee Medal` (Awarded 1936) Also present at the Coronation Parade (1937) . Like some of those featured previously he served with 1st (Motor) Bn Grenadier Guards. He landed in Normandy as part of Guards Armoured Division on 19th June 1944. Walter was caught in a mine explosion in which he suffered serious burns to his face,arms and knees (11th August 1944) at Viessoix he was evacuated on the 13th June 1944 and shipped home,d ischarged permanently unfit for any further military service he was employed post WW2 by the post office..

    Born 22 January 1914 Axbridge, Somerset, England, Son of Walter George Knight and Rosa Jane Knight (Burford)
    Husband of Ismay Fisher whom he married 4 November 1936 - London,
    Died 9th November 1982 Edgware, Middlesex
    Ist Battalion Grenadier Guards 4 from right back row.jpg
    John is standing back row four from the right (inset below)
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    (Thanks Steve)

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  12. Mr Jinks

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    Gdsmn John William Brand Grenadier Guards
    John William Brand was born on November 1, 1922, in Ely, Cambridgeshire, England, son of Thomas Brand and Gertrude Brand He married Doris Leah Freeman on November 11, 1947, in Norwich, Norfolk, England. They had two children during their marriage. He died on June 6, 1979, at the young age of 56.
    John served with the Grenadiers between 1939–1947 enlisting at 17 years of age below;- Jack, aged 17.jpg

    The original photo shows John and some more `un-named` recruits. (Below)
    Jack Brand after joining Grenadier Guards.jpg

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  13. Tullybrone

    Tullybrone Senior Member

    Hi Kyle,

    Would it not be the 1937 Coronation Medal? IIRC George VI Coronation took place 12th May 1937. My father was bussed up from the Guards Depot for the day to perform duty as a street liner along the route of the procession in central London. They just substituted “the new King” details into the plans for the already planned Coronation of the abdicated Edward VIII.

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  14. Mr Jinks

    Mr Jinks Bit of a Cad

    Morning Steve,
    I have just re-read the service sheet and notice it states `Kings Silver Jubilee Medal` (36) then awarded 1936 and not the Coronation medal . Sorry it was getting late :(

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  15. Mr Jinks

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    2625406 Gdsmn Laurence Reeson Grenadier Guards 1944
    Laurence Reeson was born on August 5, 1910, Son of Walter and Winifred Reeson. He attended Eltham College Kent in 1927 and later gained a qualification at The London School of Pharmacy . In 1932 Laurence was living in Sidcup Kent at 32 Priestlands Park Road .He married Sheila Mavis (Crack) on September 2nd , 1940 and the couple had three children during this marriage.
    Laurence joined the British Army and became a Guardsman with the Grenadiers in 1944, he later accepted a commission in the R.A.O.C. He was discharged from the Army on February 14th 1947 and returned to his work as a pharmacist Laurence died on June 2, 1959, at Miller Hospital, High St, Greenwich from a Myocardial Infarction as a result of Coronary Thrombosis following his admission a few days earlier. He was aged just 48 years .
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  16. Mr Jinks

    Mr Jinks Bit of a Cad

    Captain Joseph Gurney Fowell Buxton 5th Bn Grenadier Guards
    (1913-1943)
    Captain Joseph Gurney Fowell Buxton was born on 5th July 1913.1 He was the son of Henry Fowell Buxton and Katharine Tayspel Round. He was educated at Harrow School, Harrow, London, England He married Elizabeth Langley Barbour, daughter of Major Robert Barbour, on 22 April 1938.He fought in the Second World War and gained the rank of Captain in the Grenadier Guards and escaped with the BEF from France . He died on 23th April 1943 at age 29 in Tunisia. ( killed in action) Buried at Medj el Bab War Cemetery,Tunisia.

    "April 23 1:00am ;-When all preparations were complete the Battalion filed off Grenadier Hill and assembled behind the western end of Banana ridgege in the form of a square. No 2 Company ( Major C W. Norman-Barnett) were forward on the left, and No. 3 Company (Captain J. G. F. Buxton) on the right : the other two companies and Battalion Headquarters were directly behind them . It was a wet and very dark night, and the fields of waist high corn , through which they passed were sodden with rain and soon reduced their battledress to the consistency of wet cardboard.
    Keeping close together so they would arrive simultaneously, and directing their course by compass, the men covered the larger part of the three miles of the approach march in complete silence. Only when they were within six hundred yards of Point 134 did the guns behind them begin to fire on the objective with high explosive and smoke shells. The hills were not easily discernible through the dim light and drifting clouds of smoke, and it was the flashes of the enemy weapons and the Very light rising from the trenches which gave the Grenadiers their direction during the final moments. It was a model assault. With scarcely a change in the formation of the battalion or in the speed of their advance they continued up the slight rise directly behind the creeping barrage. One officer had time to notice the pungent scent of rosemary and evergreen, for great stretches of these bushes had been torn by shell splinters and freshened by the rain, The first batch of prisoners surrendered readily enough to Lieut. P. E. C. Nugent and his platoon. In another quarter there was more trouble. After a pause of a few minutes Captain Buxton led his company into a hand-to-hand assault with bayonets and grenades. He was killed by a bullet just short of the summit and one of his subalterns Lieutenant R J Martin was wounded two minutes later. The remainder carried all before them, and as it grew light Point 134 and the neighbouring hillocks were firmly in our hands. Over a hundred prisoners were taken, most of them Tunisian Frenchmen under German command (it was the only occasion during the war when Grenadiers found themselves in batttle against the French), and among the booty was a field howitzer and an invaluable plan of enemy minefield`s between Grenadier Hill and the Bou"

    Joseph Gurney Fowell Buxton 1913-1943.jpg
    Joe with brother Grenadier Officers in France.jpg

    Photograph taken in France 1939-40 from left to right;- Vernon-Wentworth, Norman Johnson, Joseph Gurney Fowell Buxton, Victor Goss.(KiA Tunisia) Grenadier Guard Officers
    Joe with his soldier servant Waddingham shortly before he was killed in Tunisia in April 1943.jpg
    Pictured shortly before his death Joseph Gurney Fowell Buxton in Tunisia his batman/servant sitting alongside was 2612771 Gdsmn A Waddingham who was wounded on the 23rd April 1943.
    Joe's grave at Medjez-el-Bab in Tunisia.jpg

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  17. Jonathan Crick

    Jonathan Crick New Member

    dear mr jinks

    Quite a few years ago you posted this request for a photo, i think for a war grave to someone who was going out to GAUHATI

    GAUHATI WAR CEMETERY

    4392701 Pte FRED BAILEY,
    06/05/1944
    2nd Durham Light Infantry
    Grave 3.H.5.Cemetery

    this man was my grandma's brother and i am interested in finding out anything i can about him, i have some letters he sent back home and a photo drawing of him i can send you if your interested and a bit of backgrond on him, if your interested i will tell you all i know and send you photos of what i have.

    i am new to this site and i tried to contact you directly but it would not let me.

    i dont know if i will check back to this site so its best if you can email me if possible

    jonathancrick AT gmail.com

    any info you or anyone can give me is very much appreciated, or if you can point me in the right direction as i basically know nothing

    thanks for your time jonathan
     
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  18. Tullybrone

    Tullybrone Senior Member

    Hi,

    Welcome to the forum.

    Might be a good idea to remove the @ from your email address and replace with “at” to stop it being harvested by bots and you being spammed etc.

    I’m sure Kyle will respond soon.

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  19. dbf

    dbf Moderatrix MOD

    From Gallery, posted by http://ww2talk.com/index.php?members/keithlockwood.32876/

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    Corporal A. Horrocks’ Squad, Coldstream Guards, Guards Depot, August 1943

    Back Row: Guardsman R. Osborn, Guardsman A. Berkenshaw, Guardsman R. Lockwood, Guardsman E. Lycett, Guardsman N. Kneale, Guardsman B. Bingham

    Middle Row: Guardsman H. Rendall, Guardsman J. Haigh, Guardsman S. Powell, Guardsman F. Mullen, Guardsman C. Ballard, Guardsman H. Wood, Guardsman H. Peters, Guardsman E. Howe, Guardsman W. Smith

    Front Row: Guardsman S. Whitehead, Guardsman W. Bytheway, Guardsman J. Cross, Corporal A. Horrocks, Trained Soldier W. Lee, Guardsman K. Nodder, Guardsman J. Hind, Guardsman E. Abley
     
  20. Elaine Miller

    Elaine Miller New Member

    Hi, my name is Elaine Miller nee Hutson and my dad was the brother of Wilfred (Pal), Jim, and Tom. I came across this site by accident trying to do my family tree. I have the photo of Uncle Jim that was put up. We emigrated to Australia in 1968 and after dad, Ken, died in 1975 I lost contact with all the Hutsons. I tried to visit Jim's grave a couple of years ago but didn't get there but I do have a strange tale about Menin Gate and
    J. Hutson. I don't know if you will get this message Paul but if you do I would love to hear from you. Looking through some old photos I came across some of Wilf, Mary and two boys , one being you Paul.
     
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