Guards' photos please

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

  1. Quarterfinal

    Quarterfinal Well-Known Member

    Hello Diane,

    In the course of following up another character, an old chum who is connected with The Military Heritage of Ireland Trust has reminded me of George Arthur Boyd-Rochfort VC.

    A WW1 man, but technically a WW2 period grave, which sort of chimes with your remit and a very worthy one at that, several images at:
    George Arthur Boyd-Rochfort
    and perhaps not the run of the mill for Westmeath, but clearly well thought of.
     
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  2. rachsmitt

    rachsmitt New Member

    Bit of a long shot here, and apologies if this isn't allowed - I've been searching for months now, endlessly trying to find a photograph of a Thomas John Gibson of the 1st Battalion Irish Guards, Service Number 2719629. He died in January 1944 in Anzio, so any pictures with him would be before that date! I've scoured the entire internet, and I fear he could be in a photograph that hasn't had names listed alongside it...

    Again, sorry if this isn't allowed - I just am not sure where else to look! After this, I think I might have to give up o_O:banghead::unsure: (this is the one photo I have of him, which I found on Ancestry. Unfortunately the man who uploaded it didn't get back in touch with me so I'm not sure where it's from).
     

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  3. Quarterfinal

    Quarterfinal Well-Known Member

    Hello,

    Have you tried the Tandragee angle; local papers of the time etc? Thomas is listed amongst the Fallen on the War Memorial near the Castle gate. The Lockarts may have been prominent local shop owners then too, I don’t know about the Gibsons. Could he have been in a local Orange lodge? Might Thomas have belonged to the Home Guard before joining the Irish Guards? A few did. I know of a local platoon photo circa 41-41, but can’t recall whether it is annotated with names and if it is Tandragee-centric or Poyntzpass leaning. I won’t get a chance to see a copy for a few months, but as a long shot, will keep your quest in mind.
    Hope you have some luck, anyway.
     
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  4. Mr Jinks

    Mr Jinks Bit of a Cad

    On the 30th of June 1944 Gdsmn Jones was wounded in a flying bomb attack.
    GDSMN JONES.jpg
    2739394 Robert Trevor Jones
    Welsh Guardsman

    with the permission of uncleshifty(flickr)



    Kyle
     
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  5. dbf

    dbf Moderatrix MOD

    Thanks very much for adding that.
     
  6. CL1

    CL1 116th LAA and 92nd (Loyals) LAA,Royal Artillery

    Remembered Stanstead Abbotts War Memorial, Hertfordshire

    CAPTAIN JOSEPH GURNEY FOWELL BUXTON
    Service Number: 68895
    Regiment & Unit/Ship
    Grenadier Guards

    5th Bn.

    Date of Death
    Died 23 April 1943

    Age 29 years old

    Buried or commemorated at
    MEDJEZ-EL-BAB WAR CEMETERY

    9. C. 1.

    Tunisia
    • Country of ServiceUnited Kingdom
    • Additional InfoSon of Henry Fowell Buxton and Katherine Buxton; husband of Elizabeth Langley Buxton, of Tring, Hertfordshire.
    • Personal InscriptionHEAVEN'S MORNING BREAKS AND EARTH'S VAIN SHADOWS FLEE

    [​IMG]
     
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  7. CL1

    CL1 116th LAA and 92nd (Loyals) LAA,Royal Artillery

    Remembered Bath Abbey

    LANCE CORPORAL PERCY NORMAND GEORGE RAINEY
    Service Number: 2621815
    Regiment & Unit/Ship
    Grenadier Guards

    6th Bn.

    Date of Death
    Died 17 March 1943

    Age 29 years old

    Buried or commemorated at
    SFAX WAR CEMETERY

    III. AA. 21.

    Tunisia


    • Country of ServiceUnited Kingdom
    • Additional InfoSon of Charles and Eliza Ann Rainey, of Marston Magna, Somerset.
    • Personal InscriptionWE TREASURE HIS SMILE AND THINK, HE IS NOT LOST, BUT GONE FOR A WHILE

    [​IMG]
     
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  8. CL1

    CL1 116th LAA and 92nd (Loyals) LAA,Royal Artillery

    Remembered Aston Clinto War Memorial,Buckinghamshire
    COMPANY QUARTERMASTER SERJEANT ANDREW COONIE
    Service Number: 2693012
    Regiment & Unit/Ship
    Scots Guards

    1st Bn.

    Date of Death
    Died 01 October 1944

    Age 37 years old

    Buried or commemorated at
    CASTIGLIONE SOUTH AFRICAN CEMETERY

    I, D, 10.

    Italy


    • Country of ServiceUnited Kingdom
    • Additional InfoHusband of Flora Coonie, of Tweedmouth, Northumberland.
    • Personal InscriptionTO THE WORLD YOU ARE JUST A SOLDIER, TO US YOU ARE THE WORLD. FLORA, NORMA AND JOHN

    upload_2022-2-14_17-25-43.jpeg
     
  9. madcyclist

    madcyclist Junior Member

    Nigel,
    Nigel,almost a year after you replied to my post with the information anon your Dad & Leonard Markham being in the same squad in training. A question I should have asked & ask now. Would you please post the full photograph of your Father's trading squad. Thanking you in anticipation. Peter
     
  10. CL1

    CL1 116th LAA and 92nd (Loyals) LAA,Royal Artillery

    madcyclist send Nigel a private message he might then reply
     
  11. Nigel Joy

    Nigel Joy Member

    PM worked!
    Here is squad photo for everyone.... Cpl R A Faulkners squad Sep 1939.jpg
     
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  12. Nigel Joy

    Nigel Joy Member

    I did start composing a list of the squad member's regimental numbers, battalion and any notes, so far;

    2659018 D P Oliver KIA 15/5/1940
    2659026 J H Brown
    2659028 F Catling 1 CG KIA 4/10/1944
    2659030 J McLean
    2659032 S J Reed 1 CG KIA 10/5/1940
    2659033 A Darbyshire 1 CG & 5 CG
    2659035 A Smith
    2659040 F Sims
    2659041 F E W Page 1 CG KIA 31/5/1940
    2659042 R W A Joy 1 CG (My father, rank on demob Sergeant)
    2659047 L Markham 1 CG KIA 4/8/1944
    2659050 J Dyson 1 CG POW Stlg 20a Torun Poland

    One or two of these are not on the roll of honour, I wonder if Diane could add?
     
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  13. dbf

    dbf Moderatrix MOD

    Thanks very much for adding the squad photo AND details of those photographed
    I'll sort the entries in the Roll out as soon as I can.




    Edit
    All missing names now added to the Rolls. Thanks again for the info etc.
     
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  14. Nicola Miller

    Nicola Miller Member

    I came upon this one on Flickr that may be of interest:

    "Egypt Railways - Egyptian State Railways passenger train - The Second Battalion (Scots Guards) in 1938
    Original photograph of men of the Second Battalion, Scots Guards in Egypt. The battalion sailed for Egypt on 19 November 1938, for what was planned to be a routine two year tour. Clearly visible is "2nd Scots Guards" on the kitbags and even the service number of one of the men, i.e. then Guardsman Alexander Sutherland, 2695331. Gdn Sutherland was subsequently transferred to the Royal Signals, and died in January 1943, by which time he was a L/Cpl with the Tenth Army Signals in Iraq



    ESR passenger coach Nr. 897 was third class, steel-bodied and built by an Italian manufacturer in 1931 to a Leeds Forge design. Such coaches were delivered to Egypt from various builders between 1915 and 1931 in up to a hundred units. Some sixty of these coaches had brake compartments (ESR diagrams 95-96 and 110-111)



    Behind Nr. 897 stands a similar vehicle. Next to it is another third class bogie coach, though with a wooden body, of the type supplied in 1907 and 1910 by Metropolitan and Gloucester (ESR diagrams 84, 85 and 102, 103 with brake compartment)"

    You can download the high res photo form here:

    Egypt Railways - Egyptian State Railways passenger train - The Second Battalion (Scots Guards) in 1938

    The second photo is of Right Flank, 2nd Battalion, Scots Guards, from my grandfather's photos. Probably in Egypt.

    The third and fourth photo is his squad photo, 1938. I have no idea why I cut the photo into two parts.

    I think this is the right place to post these...If it is I have some more that I can add from his collection.
     

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  15. dbf

    dbf Moderatrix MOD

    Above post copied and subsequent responses moved to separate thread which will contain Scots Guards images as well as others.
    Grandfather's photos
     
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  16. Mr Jinks

    Mr Jinks Bit of a Cad

    sg squad large.jpg
    Sergeant Robbie`s Scots Guards Squad July 1940

    Kyle
     
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  17. dbf

    dbf Moderatrix MOD

    Kyle, Thanks very much once more for posting photos.


    Sergeant Robbie`s Scots Guards Squad July 1940

    Guardsmen J. NELSON, R. CROCKFORD, L. HUSH, Trained Soldier J. ALLISON, Guardsmen R. PRANGNELL, D. FLOCKHART, F. DENHAM, C. AYLEY, A. SCOVELL, G. KERRY

    Guardsmen R. CASS, D. GUY, W. CUNNINGHAM, H. RATCLIFFE, C. JARLETT, P. MITCHELL, F. WHITE, J. CORMACK, R. GOODSON, T. WILKIE, M. HEMMINGS

    Guardsmen A. McFALL, J. McKAY, R. DUNCANSON, Sgt. W. SANDY (Musk. Instructor), Sgt. F. ROBBIE (Sad. Instructor), Sgt. WATSON (Supt. Sgt.), Guardsmen A. CURRIE, J. PRESCOTT, R. McANDREW



    Two possible matches, both died serving with 1st Bn SG in Italy, both numbers fall within 1940 enlistment dates:

    For J. McKAY
    https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/1715277/james-westwood-mckay/
    GUARDSMAN JAMES WESTWOOD McKAY
    Service Number: 2699162

    Regiment & Unit: 1st Bn. Scots Guards
    Date of Death: Died 11 January 1945
    Age 35 years old
    Buried or commemorated at CASTIGLIONE SOUTH AFRICAN CEMETERY
    Grave Reference: II, J, 25.
    Location: Italy
    Additional Info
    Son of Hugh McKay and Margaret Westwood McKay, of Kirkcaldy, Fife; husband of Jane Patterson McKay, of Kirkcaldy.
    Personal Inscription: IN LOVING MEMORY OF MY DEAR HUSBAND AND DADDY. JEAN AND JIMMY
    J. McKAY, SG.png

    For A. CURRIE
    https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/2677928/andrew-torrance-currie/
    GUARDSMAN ANDREW TORRANCE CURRIE
    Service Number: 2698376
    Regiment & Unit: 1st Bn. Scots Guards
    Date of Death: 12 February 1944
    Age 32 years old
    Buried or commemorated at
    ANZIO WAR CEMETERY
    Grave Reference: II, K, 9.
    Location: Italy
    Additional Info: Son of James Stewart Currie and Christina Torrance Currie; husband of Edith Elizabeth Currie, of Montrose, Angus.
    Personal Inscription: EVER REMEMBERED
    A CURRIE, SG.png
     

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  18. Tullybrone

    Tullybrone Senior Member

    Likely to be an interesting story about the mixed head dress……or was it just a case of wartime uniform shortages?

    Steve
     
  19. Mr Jinks

    Mr Jinks Bit of a Cad

    One more from July 1940 Coldstreams
    Sergeant G Hardman Squad July 1940 Coldstream Guards.
    hardmans.jpg

    Kyle
     
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  20. dbf

    dbf Moderatrix MOD

    Sergeant G. HARDMAN’s Squad, Coldstream Guards, July, 1940.

    Guardsmen W. PACEY, L. WAITE, E. HORAN, J. GILLIATT, S. BERRY, F. MULLIS, D. WILSON, T. HENSHAW

    Guardsmen D. SYMONS, H. SCRAGG, J. STARMER, W. HUSKINSON, M. COWAN, T. LYON, K. RENSHAW, A. HENRY, F. TURLAND, F. BOARDMAN, R. WALLIS

    Guardsmen F. CHALLANDS, J. STEELE, E. PALMER, Sergeant R. PATERSON, Sergeant G. HARDMAN, Guardsmen J. ALGAR, L. HEAD, C. LINDRIDGE


    Two possible matches, both numbers fall within 1940 enlistment dates and are only 5 digits apart:

    For C. LINDRIDGE
    https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/2339006/charles-leslie-lindridge/
    LANCE SERJEANT CHARLES LESLIE LINDRIDGE
    Service Number: 2661576
    Regiment & Unit: 4th Bn.
    Coldstream Guards
    Date of Death: 30 July 1944
    Age 28 years old
    Buried or commemorated at HOTTOT-LES-BAGUES WAR CEMETERY
    Grave Reference: II. D. 1.
    Location: France
    Additional Info
    Son of Harry William and Grace Lindridge; husband of Muriel Agnes Lindridge, of Varteg, Monmouthshire.
    C LINDRIDGE.png

    For D. SYMONS
    https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/2240126/david-edward-symons/
    GUARDSMAN DAVID EDWARD SYMONS
    Service Number: 2661581

    Regiment & Unit: 2nd Bn. Coldstream Guards
    Date of Death: Died 27 April 1944
    Age 29 years old
    Buried or commemorated at NAPLES WAR CEMETERY
    Grave Reference: II. B. 1.
    Location: Italy
    Additional Info: Son of Sidney Martin Symons and Susan Symons; husband of Evelina Symons, of Lepton, Yorkshire.
    Personal Inscription: AT THE GOING DOWN OF THE SUN AND IN THE MORNING I WILL REMEMBER HIM
    D SYMONS.png
     

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