Guards Service and Paybooks

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  1. AB64

    AB64 Senior Member

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    2696736 William Smeaton Craigie Hyslop, 1st Scots Guards who was wounded 21/4/43 - checking the Scots Guards history on that day B Company were sent forward from Grenadier Hill to Banana Ridge to assist the Duke of Wellingtons who were being heavily attacked, but the Dukes seem to have been a little insulted at the suggestion they were in trouble so sent them back - in the trip to and from the ridge the Company was heavily shelled with 2 killed, and officer, CSM and 2 OR's wounded - I'm assuming Guardsman Hyslop was one of the 2 OR's
     
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  2. AB64

    AB64 Senior Member

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    2670507 Alastair Reginald Sandeman TOWER of the Coldstream Guards with whom he was commissioned
     
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  3. AB64

    AB64 Senior Member

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    2721219 Edmond (other paperwork has Edmund/Edward) ROSCOE, Irish Guards, I've been after and Irish Guards one for a bit so grabbed this when I saw it - Gdsm Roscoe had no overseas service up to September 44 but not sure if he saw any action later
     
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  4. AB64

    AB64 Senior Member

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    2664513 John Cecil CRAWLEY, Coldstream Guards - he served in Italy so 2nd or 3rd Battalion

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  5. AB64

    AB64 Senior Member

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    2619910 George TAYLOR, 5th Grenadier Guards, wounded 5/5/43 and again 4/2/44 - the book includes a note of a Commando course which had me thinking Gdsm Taylor had joined the Commandos but its been suggested this was more a short course given by the Commandos to units about to go overseas
     
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  6. AB64

    AB64 Senior Member

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    2693086 Thomas William ANDERSON of 2nd Scots Guards (he reenlisted 1949 as 2281559 in the Royal Pioneer Corps) - in 1939 he was appointed Drum Major but relinquished the rank in 1942
     
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  7. Tullybrone

    Tullybrone Senior Member

    You may be lucky and find some of his papers in findmypast. They usually left SG Regimental Records when a man transferred elsewhere but I found the odd exception to the rule where copy papers were retained.

    Presumably transferred/re enlisted as a Piper/Musician?

    Steve
     
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  8. AB64

    AB64 Senior Member

    FMP has a bit relating to his RPC enlistment but nothing useful for his SG service unfortunately
     
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  9. AB64

    AB64 Senior Member

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    2655537 Ronald Nelson MOORE of 2nd Coldstreams, he suffered a gun shot wound to the right leg 21/5/40 - he later transferred to the RCOS
     
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  10. AB64

    AB64 Senior Member

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    2721210 William CRAWFORD of 1st Irish Guards - his number is 9 after Gdsm Roscoe and they joined up the same day/place
     
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  12. AB64

    AB64 Senior Member

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    2663655 Frank Richard LLOYD of 3rd Coldstream Guards who was suffered a penetrating wound left chest 31/7/44, I believe in the hills South of Strada in Italy
     
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  13. AB64

    AB64 Senior Member

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    2666211 Eric Jack PARKE of 5th Coldstreams - he very kindly made the below note of his path through N W Europe - he was originally picked for a draft to the 3rd Battalion (twice - July and August 44) in the Med but got switched to the 5th - the book is a post War replacement from when he was with the 3rd Battalion

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  14. dbf

    dbf Moderatrix MOD

    Great bonus, as ever thanks for sharing your finds.
     

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