American Volunteers in British Army. (KRRC)

Owen - I will see if there is anything in the KRRC Regimental History and post it later.

 

Ok, here's what it says in the Regimental History:

 

This is a photo of some of them:

 

The dead:

Name:BRISTER, JOHN FREDERICKInitials:J FNationality:United KingdomRank:LieutenantRegiment/Service:King's Royal Rifle CorpsUnit Text:1st Bn.Date of Death:27/04/1943Service No:232556Casualty Type:Commonwealth War DeadGrave/Memorial Reference:2. A. 16.Cemetery:MEDJEZ-EL-BAB WAR CEMETERY

Name:COX, ROBERT HILLInitials:R HNationality:United KingdomRank:LieutenantRegiment/Service:King's Royal Rifle CorpsUnit Text:2nd Bn.Age:24Date of Death:19/04/1943Service No:232557Additional information:Son of Archibald and Frances Bruen Cox, of New York City, U.S.A.Casualty Type:Commonwealth War DeadGrave/Memorial Reference:VIII. F. 29.Cemetery:ENFIDAVILLE WAR CEMETERY

Name:CUMMING, GREVILLE COBBETT ELLIOTTInitials:G C ENationality:United KingdomRank:LieutenantRegiment/Service:King's Royal Rifle CorpsUnit Text:10th (The Rangers) BnAge:21Date of Death:28/02/1944Service No:289134Additional information:Son of Dorothy Cumming McNab, of New York City, U.S.A.Casualty Type:Commonwealth War DeadGrave/Memorial Reference:VI. H. 10.Cemetery:BEACH HEAD WAR CEMETERY, ANZIO

Can find Mosseri - yet.

 

Hmm - Mosseri is not shown in CWGC or ABMC. Maybe he is not commemorated?

 

This could be a very interesting one! Found this in London Gazette:

K.R.R.C.
War Subs. Lt. L. N. Mosseri (256094) relinquishes
his commn., 2gth Aug. 1944.

This is his probate details:

MOSSERI, Lionel Nessim
44, ''Upper Grosvenor Street, London, W.i; Lieutenant,
French Army. 26th November, 1944.
Slaughter & May, 18, Austin Friars, London, E.G.2, Solicitors. (Leo Frederic Alfred d'Erlanger and James wilfrcd Coveney.)
12th September, 1946

 

Unfortunately WW2 French soldiers are not on the net yet.

 

Found him!!

MOSSERI Lionel 1939-1945 Masevaux 68 Carré Militaire

On:

Mémorial-GenWeb

 

Thanks - was interesting to trace that one. I am going down to that area next year, so might do a de-tour to visit his grave.

 

Picked up three volumes of KRRC Chronicle at W&P Show today. They have a lot about the American officers; I will post more when I am back at my main PC again.

 

Hope to get to this cemetery in late November. Will post some photos if I do.

 

No Christian name or unit identified?

 

Can't find any candidates using Geoff's Search Engine, nor the ABMC site.