Grenadier Guards, Other Ranks: unofficial Nominal Roll by Army Number order

Hello and welcome to the forum. Thanks for adding photo and info.

Has anyone in the family applied to MOD for a copy of your Uncle's service records?
If not, see this link for info: Get a copy of military service records
These should provide details of transfers between battalions within regiment and also out of the regiment.

 

Thanks, I'm checking with my cousin on this.

 

David Alderman 02624598
Postings were;

Home 1 26-11-1943 to 01-03-1945
N.W.Europe 02-03-1945 to 31-01-1946
Home 01-02-1946 to 17-04-1946
Home 16-07-1953 to 03-02-1954
BAOR 04-02-1954 to 21-09-1957
Home 22-09-1957 to 13-02-1959
Benghazi 14-02-1959 to 02-06-1962
Nearelf 02-06-1962 to 03-04-1964
Home 04-04-1964 to 26-10-1964
Cyrenaica 27-10-1964 to 04-12-1964
Home (Windsor) 05-12-1964 to 17-02-1966
BAOR (Wuppertal and Munster)18-02-1966 to 25-02-1969
Home (Chelsea and Caterham) 7 26-02-1969 to 31-08-1973

I think he was in a different battalion when first joining up, but ended up in the 2nd battalion. The gap from 1946 to 1953 was when he joined the police force in Edinburgh. He also had a spell in the Palestinian police force. Nearelf must have been Cyprus as I remember being evacuated from there as a kid.
He also reportedly helped out at Ravensbruck concentration camp after it was liberated, but I have yet to find any corroborating evidence of this.

 

Thank you for sharing this info, have added his name to the Roll

 

David Alderman 02624598

Forgot to add that he ended up as WO II

 

Can I add my grandfather, even though very late on? Still awarded 39-45 Star.

L/Cpl Anthony G Palmer.
2628267
3bn G.G.
Joined up 4th July 1945.
Spent 11 months in Palestine 1946-47, caught Polio and was invalided out in 1948.
Made an MBE in 1997.
Died 2011.

 

Cheers. Your grandfather's details duly added Grenadier Guards, Other Ranks: unofficial Nominal Roll by Army Number order

 

WhatsApp Image 2019-09-16 At 9.34.31 AM by Richard Atkins posted Mar 16, 2022 at 12:48 PM

 

Just added, apologies for missing earlier post.
Grenadier Guards, Other Ranks: unofficial Nominal Roll by Army Number order

 

With the passing of Academy Sergeant Major Ray Huggins MBE earlier this year, it has now been determined that the concentration camp was actually Neuengamme not Ravensbruck.

 

Ronald William Gould 2624903 1st Battalion Grenadier Guards was killed in action on 5th March 1945 and is buried in Reichswald Forest War Cemetery, Kleve, Germany.

 

My father Dennis Arthur Dawson was 2nd Bn. Grenadier Guards (Guards Armoured Division) 2624871 and enlisted at Caterham on 2nd March 1944

 

Thanks very much for adding photos & info. Have updated roll for both/

 

2612102 Guardsman DAVIES George Reginald 6th Battalion Grenadier Guards

 

Thanks for sharing.

Here is a link to his CWGC entry -

https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/2608761/george-reginald-davies/

The Concentration report in the CWGC file has a map reference towards the upper right corner. I assume this is the location of his battlefield burial from where he was moved to Cassino War Cemetery. Members with knowledge of WW2 map interpretation may be able to pinpoint the location.

Here is a link to the online WW2 regimental history by Nicholson so you can see what his Battalion were doing in Italy.

Online Histories - Grenadier Guards

Forum member minden1759 has an in depth knowledge of the Italian campaign and may be able to assist further.

Steve

 

Thank you very much for all your help

 

The map reference on the Concentration Report is for where the body is going rather than where it has come from. That NGR is for Cassino CWGC cemetery.

F

 

Thank you very much

 

If he was in Cyprus in 1964 he would be entitled to the new Cyprus clasp for the GSM 62

 

Got this great company photo recently from 1945, that speaks for itself. Hoping that something can be made of the names on it. The pic is part of ephemera belonging to the Guardsman on the left (standing) 2628296 Gdsm John Douglas Bertram. Born Hong Kong, he joined 1.8.45 (entitled to 39-45 war Medal only) and was commissioned 4.5.47 into the Devon Regt. To reserve 12.5.48; recalled 9.8.50 to 1st Glosters, but did not go to Korea; back to 4/Devon Regt TA 31.5.52.

Please add to the numbers list!