Lt. Col David Baynes 2/7th Bn Queens RR at Anzio His children are hoping to find someone who served with him at Anzio. Please get in touch by email if you have any information. We visited the Caves in March 2019 and now have more queries than answers
Hello and welcome to the forum. (I've tidied up your post as there were some odd broken links in it.) What queries do you have? Have you applied for copy service records? Request records of deceased service personnel Have you looked at official war diaries? These are held at National Archives, Kew: Home Forces series WO 166/4502 INFANTRY: 2/7 Queen's Royal Regiment (West Surrey). 1939 Sept.- 1940 Mar., July - Dec. WO 166/4503 INFANTRY: 2/7 Queen's Royal Regiment (West Surrey). 1941 Jan.- Dec. WO 166/8840 2/7 Queen's Royal Regiment (West Surrey) 1942 Jan.-Aug. British Expeditionary Force series WO 167/812 2/7 Queen's Royal Regiment (West Surrey) 1940 Apr.-June Middle East series WO 169/5053 2/7 Queen's Royal Regiment (West Surrey) 1942 Dec. WO 169/10284 2/7 Queen's Royal Regiment (West Surrey) 1943 Jan., Feb., Apr.- Dec. WO 169/16309 2/7 Queen's Royal Regiment (West Surrey) 1944 Apr.- June Italy series WO 170/1467 2/7 Queen's Royal Regiment (West Surrey) 1944 Jan.- Mar., June - Dec. WO 170/5061 2/7 Queen's Royal Regiment (West Surrey) 1945 Jan.- Dec. WO 170/8031 2/7 Queen's Royal Regiment (West Surrey) 1946 Jan. (Identified using Lee's War Diary search engine)
hello, I am not sure I have posted correctly or in the right place. My brother and I are just keen to see if there is anyone out there who experienced the Battle of the Caves at Anzio. we visited in March with a local, reasonably knowledgable guide but our visit has raised more questions!
Hello Don't worry, the thread is fine where it is and can easily be moved to another forum area if you wish. The reason behind my reply above boils down to this: What is it you want to know? The answers to at least some questions might well be contained in the War Diaries listed above. These are contemporary records, written usually by the battalion's Intelligence Officer and approved/signed off daily by the Commanding Officer. Should someone find your appeal here - they might either have served in the battalion or know a veteran who did - it might encourage a response if you listed your questions here. Good luck with your research.
Is this the man - 92460 David Christopher Baynes DSO MC ? Lt Col D C Baynes Recommendation for Award for Baynes, David Christopher Rank: Major Service... | The National Archives Recommendation for Award for Baynes, David Christopher Rank: Second Lieutenant ... | The National Archives Notices | All Notices | The Gazette 5th Ski Battalion Scots Guards, 1940 Casualty Lists Wounded France 20/5/1940 Rank A/Capt Wounded Italy 16/9/1943 Rank Major (remained on duty) Wounded Italy 2/9/1944 Rank T/Lt/Col
I have all 2/7 Queen's WDs for their time in Italy. Contact me if you want copies for Feb-March 1944.
Hi Gary, I am interested in official accounts of the engagement in the Caves, I believe my Dad was one of the few from 2nd/7th that made it out, but I can't be sure. Do the 170/1467 records at Kew hold the names of individual ranks that were accounted for, and later redeployed to Egypt?
Italy44, Gary is already looking at this thread, so I hope will reply to you direct. Never heard of this battle, but if you search online with "2/7 Queen's Royal Regiment" site:ww2talk.com you will see many threads are here. You then have to narrow them down to the time and place you focus is on. The first thread has several posts: War Diary, 2/7 Queen's Royal Regiment, Anzio You could also use the forum's simple search function; go to: Italy and search with caves in that forum only. Good luck.
Hi, No, there isn't as such. However, the battalion daily orders are in the WDs, though, so they do record the missing, killed and wounded, but also inter-company transfers, strength increases and decreases. What was your Dad's name? Regards, Gary.
Hi Gary, yes I have found a record for him thanks! One of the War Diary Dropbox links posted by Dave 500 was live. I can see he is in a group of 20 OR's - he was 'Reposted from X (ii) list and t.o.s Bn and 'D' Coy' from 28/2/44. I don't know whether that means he was in D Company during the engagement, but I guess the battalion orders is not the place to list the 17 OR's that made it out of the Caves. Many thanks
Italy44. I am going to be in the caves in Oct 24 if that interests you. They are quite something. Regards Frank