East Surrey Regiment-1943 deployment to Tunis.

I am trying to compile a file on my great grandfather who died whilst in deployment to tunis as part of the East Surrey Regiments First Battalion on 23rd Febuary 1943 and wish to know more to what this regiments role was in Tunis at this time and what impact it had on the war if any. If someone could supply me details as to there deployment and action in this stage it would be much appreciated.

I look forward to hearing from you

Many Thanks in advance

 

Hi Owen,

Thank you very much for this information it will all help in compiling the file on my great grandfather, If you do have any further information whether its about the regiment itself or the campaign please let me know.

Many Thanks

 

Hi Owen,

Thank you very much for your help in this matter.

Many Thanks

 

Thaks again owen. Can you possibly advise where we would be able to locate personal and regimental photos or would these also be mentioned in kew

 

Hi Owen,

I am in the process of contacting the Regimental museum but slow responses unfortunately are very frustrating.

Many Thanks

 

Remember that regimental museums are often staffed by volunteers or retired members of the regiment. As such, expect a long wait, even by email. They may only have one person answering 100s of enquiries.

 

Ok paul i will await there response. Just as a quick query my Great Grandfather is listed as a Commonwealth War Dead on hes certificate.

Could you advise as to what exactly this means?

Many Thanks

 

I suspect it's because Britain is part of the Commonwealth, and all dead from WW1/WW2 are commemorated by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

 

ok paul i will await a responce. Just as a quick note my grand father on hes certificate is listed as Commonwealth War Dead can you advise as to what exactly this means.

Many Thanks

 

Jay, here is a link to his Commonwealth War Grave Commision entry

CWGC :: Casualty Details

 

ok paul i will await a responce. Just as a quick note my grand father on hes certificate is listed as Commonwealth War Dead can you advise as to what exactly this means.

Many Thanks

Eh? I thought I'd answered that above?

 

Casualty Type = Commonwealth War Dead.

Does exactly what it says on the tin in my book. Being a UK National when he was killed he was part of the Commonwealth including countries like South Africa, New Zealand, Australia, India etc etc etc.

Welcome to the forum by the way

Regards
Andy

 

Welcome to the forum

Cheers
Paul

 

ok thanks a lot guys this is really helping me. I just werent sure if he was KIA or wounded then died. Unfortunately we were never really told a lot about him. I have only been given a regiment and name to try and track down hes history.

 

I am in the process of contacting the Regimental museum but slow responses unfortunately are very frustrating.


Most, if not all, of the museum's documents are now in the Surrey History Centre in Woking. It's becoming quite common for museums to pass paperwork on to the county archives so it can be better preserved.

 

thank you for your help idler i will have to pay a visit soon to see what files i can dig up