Guards Service and Paybooks

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

Ties in with Diane's thread here 2719063 Thomas WRIGHT, MM, 2 Irish Guards | WW2Talk he earned an MM (citation on other thread) - he was also taken POW 2/4/45 I believe the Battalion were at Enschede War Diary: 2nd Battalion Irish Guards, Jan - Dec 1945 | WW2Talk after looking for ages for an Irish Guards AB64 that's 3 in less than a year

 

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

 

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