1/5th Bn Welch Regiment Diary 1944

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  1. mazzie74

    mazzie74 Junior Member

    Hi

    I am hoping to receive good copies of the original pages from the 1/5th Bn. Welch Regiment from about 1st June - 22nd July 1944.

    My grandfathers' two cousins (William John Mazzei and Alfred Monaghan) were in "A" Company of this battalion when it was wiped out by enemy action at Le Bon Repos near Caen on 21st July 1944.

    I have read a transcription of the diary online and it makes eerie reading where the company were desperately radioing for help as the enemy was advancing and then there was no further communication from "A" Company.

    it doesn't mention the cousins' by name but I would like the original copies of the diary for their family tree file to show their movements from the crossing into Normandy up to their deaths.

    Thanks

    Darin.
     
  2. Hi Darin,
    I’ve just managed to get a copy of a small book called 1/5 Battalion The Welch Regt D-day to VE Day (A history of the 2nd front in Europe). I’ve just read the short narrative about the Battalion at Le Bon Repos. It does also mention that on about the 4th Aug the Padre, the Rev. Capt O J Rees with a party of men returned to Le Bon Repos and located the bodies of the A Company Commander, 2IC and 13 other ranks.
    Cpl W. Maze is listed in the role of honour in the book but there is no reference to Alfred Monaghan.
    Did you manage to get a copy of the Battalions Diary?
     

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