Ok I'm looking for information on 3 brothers who were my grandfathers uncle (on the Welsh side) who all fought and were bought back from Dunkirk. This is hwat we know... Dilwyn Bright John Bright Edwin Bright - possibly shell shocked? All at Dunkirk All from Garnant – Twn Carmarthenshire I wondered what unit in France would have recruited from that area and wanted to start off here before trying to find their service records - with such little info will be tricky...
Swiper, here is the OOB for Dunkirk. I did a few searches on Garnant, but there are only 5 casualties in the local church, and none of them gave a clue. BEF: I Corps (Lt Gen MGH Barker) 1st Infantry Division (Maj Gen HRLG Alexander) Divisional HQ 1st Division Signal Regiment 13th/18th Royal Hussars (Queens Mary’s Own) 2nd Bn, Cheshire Regt (Machine Gun Bn) 2nd, 19th and 24th Field Regiment, Royal Artillery 21st Anti Tank Regiment, Royal Artillery 17th, 23rd and 26th Field Company, Royal Engineers 6th Field Park Company, Royal Engineers 1st Infantry Brigade (Guards) 3rd Bn, Grenadier Guards 2nd Bn, Coldstream Guards 2nd Bn, Hampshire Regt 1st Inf Bde Anti-Tank Company 2nd Infantry Brigade 1st Bn, Loyal Regiment 2nd Bn, North Staffordshire Regt 6th Bn, Gordon Highlanders 2nd Inf Bde Anti-Tank Company 3rd Infantry Brigade 1st Bn, Duke of Wellington’s Regt 2nd Bn, Sherwood Foresters 1st Bn, King’s Shropshire Light Infantry 3rd Inf Bde Anti-Tank Company 2nd Infantry Division (Maj General HC Lloyd) Divisional HQ 4th/7th Royal Dragoon Guards 2nd Bn, Manchester Regt (Machine Gun Bn) 2nd Division Signal Regiment 10th, 16th and 18th Field Regiment, Royal Artillery 5th, 11th and 38th Field Company, Royal Engineers 21st Field Park Company, Royal Engineers 4th Infantry Brigade 1st Bn, Royal Scots 2nd Bn, Royal Norfolk Regt 1/8th Bn, Lancashire Fusiliers 4th Inf Bde Anti-Tank Company 5th Infantry Brigade 1st Bn, Queen’s Own Cameron Highlanders 2nd Bn, Dorsetshire Regt 7th Bn, Worcestershire Regt 5th Inf Bde Anti-Tank Company 6th Infantry Brigade 1st Bn, Royal Welch Regt 1st Bn, Royal Berkshire Regt 2nd Bn, Durham Light Infantry 6th Inf Bde Anti-Tank Company 48th (South Midland) Infantry Division (Maj Gen AFAN Thorne) Divisional HQ 67th, 68th and 99th Field Regiment, Royal Artillery 53rd Anti Tank Regiment, Royal Artillery 224th, 225th and 226th Field Company, Royal Engineers 227th Field Park Company, Royal Engineers 143rd Infantry Brigade 1st Bn, Oxford and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry 5th Bn, Royal Warwick’s 1/7th Bn, Royal Warwick’s 144th Infantry Brigade 2nd Bn, Royal Warwick’s 5th Bn, Gloucestershire Regt 8th Bn, Worcestershire Regt 145th Infantry Brigade 2nd Bn, Gloucestershire Regt 4th Bn, Oxford and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry 1st (Buckinghamshire) Bn, Oxford and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry II Corps (Lt Gen AF Brooke) 3rd Infantry Division (Maj General BL Montgomery) Divisional HQ 15th/19th King’s Royal Hussars 2nd Bn, Middlesex Regt (Machine Gun Bn) 3rd Division Signal Regt 7th, 23rd, 33rd Field Regiment, Royal Artillery 20th Anti Tank Regiment, Royal Artillery 246th, 248th, 253rd Field Company, Royal Engineers 15th Field Park Company, Royal Engineers 7th Guards Brigade 1st Bn, Grenadier Guards 2nd Bn, Grenadier Guards 1st Bn, Coldstream Guards 7th Inf Bde Anti-Tank Company 8th Infantry Brigade 1st Bn, Suffolk Regt 2nd Bn, East Yorkshire Regt 4th Bn, Royal Berkshire Regt 8th Inf Bde Anti-Tank Company 9th Infantry Brigade 2nd Bn, Lincolnshire Regt 1st Bn, King’s Own Scottish Borderers 4th Bn, Royal Berkshire Regt 9th Inf Bde Anti-Tank Company 4th Division (Maj Gen DG Johnson) Divisional HQ 5th Royal Inniskilling Dragoon Guards 2nd Bn, Royal Northumberland Fusiliers (Machine Gun Bn) 17th, 22nd, 30th Field Regiment, Royal Artillery 14th Anti-Tank Regiment, Royal Artillery 7th, 9th, 59th Field Company, Royal Engineers 18th Field Park Company, Royal Engineers 10th Infantry Brigade 2nd Bn, Bedfordshire Regt 2nd Bn, Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry 6th Bn, East Surrey Regt 10th Inf Bde Anti-Tank Company 11th Infantry Brigade 2nd Bn, Lancashire Fusiliers 1st Bn, East Surrey Regt 5th Bn, Northamptonshire Regt 11th Inf Bde Anti-Tank Company 12th Infantry Brigade 2nd Bn, Royal Fusiliers 1st Bn, South Lancashire Regt 6th Bn, Black Watch 12th Inf Bde Anti-Tank Company 50th (Northumbrian) Infantry Division (Maj Gn G Le Q. Martel) Divsional HQ 4th Bn, Royal Northumberland Fusiliers (Machine Gun Bn) 72nd, 74th Field Regiment, Royal Artillery 232nd, 505th Field Squadron, Royal Engineers 235th Field Park Company, Royal Engineers 150th Infantry Brigade 4th Bn, East Yorkshire Regt 4th Bn, Green Howards 5th Bn, Green Howards 151st Infantry Briagde 6th Bn, Durham Light Infantry 8th Bn, Durham Light Infantry 9th Bn, Durham Light Infantry 25th Infantry Brigade 1/7th Bn, Queen’s Royal Regiment 2nd Bn, Essex Regiment 1 Bn, Royal Irish Fusiliers III Corps (Lt Gen Sir RF Adam) 42nd (East Lancashire) Infantry Division (Maj Gen WG Holmes) Divisional HQ 51st, 52nd, 53rd Field Regiment, Royal Artillery 56th Anti Tank Regiment, Royal Artillery 200th, 201st, 202nd Field Company, Royal Engineers 203rd Field Park Company, Royal Engineers 125th Infantry Brigade 1st Bn, Border Regt 5th Bn, Lancashire Fusiliers 6th Bn, Lancashire Fusiliers 126th Infantry Brigade 1st Bn, East Lancashire Regt 5th Bn, King’s Own Royal Regt 5th Bn, Border Regt 127th Infantry Brigade 4th Bn, East Lancashire Regt 5th Bn, Manchester Regt 1st Bn, Highland Light Infantry 44th (Home Counties) Infantry Division (Maj Gen EA Osbourne) Divisional HQ 57th, 58th, 65th Field Regiment, Royal Artillery 57th Anti Tank Regiment, Royal Artillery 208th, 209th, 210th Field Company, Royal Engineers 211th Field Park Company, Royal Engineers 131st Infantry Brigade 2nd Bn, The Buffs 5th Bn, The Queen’s 6th Bn, The Queen’s 132nd Infantry Brigade 1st Bn, Queen’s Own Royal West Kent Regt 4th Bn, Queen’s Own Royal West Kent Regt 5th Bn, Queen’s Own Royal West Kent Regt 133rd Infantry Brigade 2nd Bn, Royal Sussex Regt 4th Bn, Royal Sussex Regt 5th Bn. Royal Sussex Regt GHQ RESERVE 5th Infantry Division (Maj Gen HE Franklin) Divisional HQ 13th Infantry Brigade 2nd Bn, The Cameronians 2nd Bn, Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers 2nd Bn, Wiltshire Regt 17th Infantry Brigade 2nd Bn, Royal Scots Fusiliers 2nd Bn, Nortamptonshire Regt 6th Bn, Seaforth Highlanders 12th Infantry Division (Maj Gen RL Petre) Divisional HQ 35th Infantry Brigade 2/5th Bn, Queen’s Royal Regt 2/6th Bn, Queen’s Royal Regt 2/7th Bn, Queen’s Royal Regt 36th Infantry Brigade 5th Bn, The Buffs 6th Bn, Queen’s Own Royal West Kent Regt 7th Bn, Queen’s Own Royal West Kent Regt 37th Infantry Brigade 2/6th Bn, East Surrey Regt 6th Bn, Royal Sussex Regt 7th Bn, Royal Sussex Regt 23rd Infantry Division (Maj Gen AE Herbet) Divisional HQ 69th Infantry Brigade 5th Bn, East Yorks 6th Bn, Green Howards 7th Bn, Green Howards 70th Infantry Brigade 10th Bn, Durham Light Infantry 11th Bn, Durham Light Infantry 1st Bn, The Tyneside Scottish 46th Infantry Division (Maj Gen HC Curtis) Divisional HQ 137th Infantry Brigade 2/5th Bn, West Yorkshire Regiment 2/6th Bn, Duke of Wellington’s Regiment 2/7th Bn, Duke of Wellington’s Regiment 139th Infantry Brigade 6th Bn, Lincolnshire Regt 2/4th Bn, King’s Own Yorkshire Light Infantry6th Bn, York and Lancaster Regt 51st Infantry Division (Maj Gen VM Fortune) Divisional HQ 152nd Infantry Brigade 2nd Bn, Seaforth Highlanders 4th Bn, Seaforth Highlanders 4th Bn, Queen’s Own Cameronian Highlanders 153rd Infantry Brigade 4th Bn, Black Watch 1st Bn, Gordon Highlanders 5th Bn, Gordon Highlanders 153th Infantry Brigade 1st Bn, Black Watch 7th Bn, Argyle and Sutherland Highlanders 8th Bn, Argyle and Sutherland Highlanders 1st Armoured Division (Maj Gen R Evans) Divisional HQ 2nd Armoured Brigade Queen’s Bays 9th Royal Lancers 10th Royal Hussars 3rd Armoured Brigade 2nd Bn, Royal Tank Regt 3rd Bn, Royal Tank Regt 5th Bn, Royal Tank Regt 1st Support Group 101st LAA Anti Tank Regt 20th Guards Brigade 2nd Bn, Irish Guards 2nd Bn, Welsh Guards 30th Infantry Brigade 2nd Bn, King’s Royal Rifle Corps 2st Bn, Rifle Brigade 1st Bn, Queen Victoria Rifles 52nd Infantry Division (Maj Gen JE Drew) Divisional HQ 155th Infantry Brigade 7/9th Bn, Royal Scots 4th Bn, King’s Own Scottish Borderers 5th Bn, King’s Own Scottish Borderers 156th Infantry Brigade 4/5th Bn, Royal Scots Fusiliers 6th Bn, Queen’s Own Cameron Highlanders 7th Bn, Queen’s Own Cameron Highlanders 157th Infantry Brigade 1st Bn, Glasgow Highlanders 5th Bn, Highland Light Infantry 6th Bn, Highland Light Infantry Which by my count gives the British Forces in France on 10th May 1940: 124 Infantry Battalions 5 Machine Gun Infantry Battalions 12 Armoured Regiments 23 Field Artillery Regiments 7 Anti Tank Artillery Regiments 23 Engineer Field Companies 7 Engineer Field Park Companies 13 Briagde Anti Tank Companies 1 Support Group
Have looked at this again. local men were part of the following regiments 4th Carmarthenshire (Llandilo) Bn. (Home Guard) 7th Battalion Royal Welch Fusiliers Geoff's search engine returns 504 enteries for Carmarthenshire. The majority of the 1940 casualties are navy related, so not much help really P
Cheers mate, To me the Welsh Guards or 1st Bn RWF (Its down as Royal Welch Regiment which is incorrect) seems about right... I just speed read the Regimental history and it said a rolecall was conducted after the campaign - I guess War Diary time? EDIT: Wierd, 7 RWF were part of 53rd Div and never went to Dunkirk. The thing is this is 'definately' true to my familys knowledge and is now causing me large amount of headscratching.
