53rd Reconnaissance Regiment

Discussion in 'Recce' started by dave3164, Dec 7, 2009.

  1. Recce_Mitch

    Recce_Mitch Very Senior Member

    Name Kenneth George Carbutt
    Rank: Corporal
    Service No: 10601152
    Regiment: 53rd Reconnaissance Regiment
    Operation: North West Europe 1944-45
    Award: Military Medal
    London Gazette: 12 July 1945
    ReferenceWO 373/54

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  2. Recce_Mitch

    Recce_Mitch Very Senior Member

    Name John Alwyn Chapelhow
    Rank: Lieutenant
    Service No: 268052
    Regiment: 53rd Reconnaissance Regiment
    Theatre: North West Europe 1944-45
    Award: Military Cross
    London Gazette: 02 August 1945
    ReferenceWO 373/55

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  3. Recce_Mitch

    Recce_Mitch Very Senior Member

    Name Robert William Clarke,
    Rank: Captain
    Service No: 115743
    Regiment: Royal Army Medical Corps attached 53rd Reconnaissance Regiment
    Operation: North West Europe 1944-45
    Award: Member of the British Empire
    London Gazette: 24 January 1946
    ReferenceWO 373/86
     

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  4. Recce_Mitch

    Recce_Mitch Very Senior Member

    Name Joseph Cooper
    Rank: Captain
    Service No: 161907
    Regiment: 53rd Reconnaissance Regiment
    Theatre: North West Europe
    Award: Member of the British Empire
    London Gazette: 01 February 1945
    ReferenceWO 373/83
     

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  5. Recce_Mitch

    Recce_Mitch Very Senior Member

    Name Dennis Crowle-Ellis
    Rank: Lieutenant
    Service No: 105061
    Regiment: 4th Royal Welsh Fusiliers attached 53rd Reconnaissance Regiment
    Theatre: North West Europe 1944-45
    Award: Military Cross
    London Gazette: 02 August 1945
    ReferenceWO 373/55

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  6. Recce_Mitch

    Recce_Mitch Very Senior Member

    Name Sir Henry Joseph D'Avigdor-Goldsmid
    Rank: Captain, Temporary Major
    Service No: 75791
    Regiment: 53rd Reconnaissance Regiment
    Theatre: North West Europe 1944-45
    Award: Military Cross
    London Gazette: 01 March 1945
    ReferenceWO 373/51



    Name Sir Henry Joseph D'Avigdor-Goldsmid
    Rank: Captain
    Service No: 75791
    Regiment: 53rd Reconnaissance Regiment
    Theatre: North West Europe 1944-45
    Award: Distinguished Service Order
    London Gazette: 21 June 1945
    Reference WO 373/54



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  7. Recce_Mitch

    Recce_Mitch Very Senior Member

    Name Aaron Edwards
    Rank: Serjeant
    Service No: 4189379
    Regiment: 53rd Reconnaissance Corps
    Theatre: North West Europe 1944-45
    Award: Military Medal
    London Gazette: 12 July 1945
    ReferenceWO 373/54



    Name Aaron Edwards
    Rank: Serjeant
    Service No: 4189379
    Regiment: 53rd Reconnaissance Regiment
    Theatre: Foreign to British: France
    Award: Croix de Guerre with Bronze Star
    ReferenceWO 373/186


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  8. Recce_Mitch

    Recce_Mitch Very Senior Member

    Name George Gardner
    Rank: Acting Serjeant, Corporal
    Service No: 5677463
    Regiment: 53rd Reconnaissance Corps
    Theatre: North West Europe 1944-45
    Award: Military Medal
    London Gazette: 12 July 1945
    ReferenceWO 373/54

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  9. MikeyG

    MikeyG Junior Member

    Hi i am looking for any information on my grandfather Peter Gardiner who served in 53 Reconnaissance Regiment between 1942 and 1946. Also it would be really helpful if anyone had information on his friends Alexander Grant and Paul Rockfield who were both in the same unit. I have a copy of Welsh Spearhead and it does mention their names but ive hit a dead end. Thanks
     
  10. MikeyG

    MikeyG Junior Member

    Hi ellioda0 do you have any letters from your uncle's time in action?
     
  11. Recce_Mitch

    Recce_Mitch Very Senior Member

    MikeyG, Welcome to the forum

    Cheers
    Paul
     
  12. Recce_Mitch

    Recce_Mitch Very Senior Member

    Name William Frederick Goodyear
    Rank: Lieutenant
    Service No: 229243
    Regiment: 53rd Reconnaissance Corps
    Theatre: North West Europe 1944-45
    Award: Member of the British Empire
    London Gazette: 29 March 1945
    ReferenceWO 373/83
     

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  13. Recce_Mitch

    Recce_Mitch Very Senior Member

    Name Alistair Stewart Durward Graesser
    Rank: Temporary Major
    Service No: 87641
    Regiment: 53rd Reconnaissance Regiment
    Theatre: North West Europe 1944-45
    Award: Military Cross
    London Gazette: 21 December 1944
    ReferenceWO 373/49



    Name Alistair Stewart Durward Graesser
    Rank: Captain
    Service No: 87641
    Regiment: 53rd Reconnaissance Regiment
    Theatre: North West Europe 1944-45
    Award: Distinguished Service Order
    London Gazette: 24 January 1946
    Reference WO 373/56


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  14. Recce_Mitch

    Recce_Mitch Very Senior Member

    Name Jack Hills
    Rank: Corporal
    Service No: 14319532
    Regiment: 53rd Reconnaissance Regiment
    Theatre: North West Europe 1944-45
    Award: Military Medal
    London Gazette: 01 March 1945
    ReferenceWO 373/52
     

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  15. Recce_Mitch

    Recce_Mitch Very Senior Member

    Name Keith McDonell
    Rank: Lieutenant
    Service No: 210538
    Regiment: 53rd Reconnaissance Regiment
    Theatre: Foreign to British: France
    Award: Croix de Guerre with Silver Star
    ReferenceWO 373/186

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  16. Recce_Mitch

    Recce_Mitch Very Senior Member

    Name Cecil Henry Frederick Mercer
    Rank: Trooper
    Service No: 14368209
    Regiment: 53rd Reconnaissance Regiment
    Theatre: North West Europe
    Award: Military Medal
    London Gazette: 21 December 1944
    ReferenceWO 373/50
     

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  17. dave3164

    dave3164 @davidcarter1978

    Hi i am looking for any information on my grandfather Peter Gardiner who served in 53 Reconnaissance Regiment between 1942 and 1946. Also it would be really helpful if anyone had information on his friends Alexander Grant and Paul Rockfield who were both in the same unit. I have a copy of Welsh Spearhead and it does mention their names but ive hit a dead end. Thanks


    Lance Serjeant ALEXANDER GRANT
    10602637
    Who died age 24 on 15 August 1944
    Son of Robert and Helen Milne Grant, of Brechin, Angus; husband of Doris F. Grant. of Brechin.
    BANNEVILLE-LA-CAMPAGNE WAR CEMETERY IV. D. 8.
    The plan was for 53rd Div under command 4th Armd Bde to move forward to block the roads leading into Falaise from south and south-west. The Regt less B Sqn was directed along the line Martinville 0243- Leppard 0638- Norron L’Abbaye 1036 advanced some 3 miles during the day to the area Boncieul 0239. Causalities were caused by A/Tk guns. B Sqn maintained contact with 59 Div and pushed out protective patrols on the Div right flank.
    Cas: Rev(Capt) H Smith, Sgt A Grant, L/Cpl J Ebberley, Tpr Hughes, Tpr G Walters, Cpl L Eyre.


    Trooper PAUL PETER ROCKFIELD
    13053645
    Who died age 28 between 13 April 1945 and 14 April 1945
    BECKLINGEN WAR CEMETERY 1. D. 6.

    According to the information I have both men were in C Squadron.


    Dave
     
  18. dave3164

    dave3164 @davidcarter1978

    Paul, many thanks for uploading all of this information and recommendations for awards, this gives a real insight into the fighting that the 53rd Recce would have been involved in!!

    Dave
     
  19. ellioda0

    ellioda0 Junior Member

    Hi ellioda0 do you have any letters from your uncle's time in action?
    Hiya
    I'll have a look when I can find the time...
    Only up till his death in August 1944 obviously...
    Cheers
    Dave
     
  20. Recce_Mitch

    Recce_Mitch Very Senior Member

    Name Patrick Joseph Nolan
    Rank: Lieutenant
    Service No: 264234
    Regiment: 53rd Reconnaissance Regiment
    Theatre: North West Europe 1944-45
    Award: Military Cross
    London Gazette: 01 March 1945
    ReferenceWO 373/51
     

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