Welsh Guards: Reference Thread

A hub for links to Welsh Guards threads & info



See also

• Grenadier Guards: Reference Thread
• Coldstream Guards: Reference Thread
• Scots Guards: Reference Thread
• Irish Guards: Reference Thread

 

Alphabetical Lists & Nominal Rolls

• Welsh Guards: Roll of Honour - Alphabetical
• Welsh Guards, Other Ranks: unofficial Nominal Roll by Army Number order
• Welsh Guards, Officers: unofficial Nominal Roll
• Welsh Guards, Officers: London Gazette entries
• welsh guards - cwgc cemetery & memorial lists | WW2Talk

 

War Diaries, Reports, etc:

1st Battalion WELSH GUARDS, transcriptions on forum

• War Diary, 1st Battalion Welsh Guards, Jul 1940 - Dec 1941
• War Diary: 1st Battalion WELSH GUARDS, Jan - Dec 1944

1st Battalion WELSH GUARDS, files held at The National Archives
WO 167/696 1 Welsh Guards 1939 September - 1940 June
WO 166/4112 INFANTRY: 1 Welsh Guards. 1940 July - 1941 December
WO 166/8581 1 Welsh Guards 1942 January - December
WO 166/12472 1 Welsh Guards 1943 January - December
WO 166/17141 1 Welsh Guards 1945 Apr - Sept.
WO 171/1259 1 Welsh Guards 1944 January - December
WO 171/5151 1 Welsh Guards 1945 January - March
WO 169/20034 1 Welsh Guards 1945 November, December
WO 169/23195 1 Welsh Guards 1946 January- June

 

War Diaries, Reports, etc:

2nd Battalion WELSH GUARDS, transcriptions on forum

• War Diary, 2nd Battalion Welsh Guards, Sep 1939 - Dec 1941
• Report on Evacuation of Boulogne: 20 Guards Brigade
• 2nd Recce Battalion Welsh Guards, GAD, Tank Casualties, 1945

2nd Battalion WELSH GUARDS, files held at The National Archives
WO 166/4113 INFANTRY: 2 Welsh Guards. 1939 September - 1940 April, June - 1941 December
WO 167/697 2 Welsh Guards 1940 May
WO 166/8582 2 Welsh Guards 1942 January - December
WO 166/12473 2 Welsh Guards 1943 January - December
WO 171/1260 2 Welsh Guards (Armoured Reconnaisance) 1944 January - December
WO 171/1261 2 Welsh Guards (Light Aid Detachment) 1944 January, February, April - June
WO 171/5152 2 Welsh Guards 1945 January - December
CAB 106/230 Report on the defence and evacuation of Boulogne by 20th Guards Brigade, 1940 May 21-23, by Brigadier W. A. Fox-Pitt; includes map. 1940
CAB 106/228 Report on operations of 2nd. Battalion Welsh Guards at Boulogne, 1940 May 21-24, by Major J. C. Windsor Lewis. 1940

 

War Diaries, Reports, etc:

3rd Battalion WELSH GUARDS, files held at The National Archives

WO 166/4114 INFANTRY: 3 Welsh Guards. 1941 October - December
WO 166/8583 3 Welsh Guards 1942 January - December
WO 175/490 3 Welsh Guards 1943 January - June
WO 169/10171 3 Welsh Guards 1943 July - December
WO 170/1355 3 Welsh Guards 1944 January - December
WO 170/4982 3 Welsh Guards 1945 January - July

WO 361/925 North Africa: 3rd Battalion, Welsh Guards; missing personnel

 

Officers

• Welsh Guards, Officers: unofficial Nominal Roll
• Welsh Guards, Officers: London Gazette entries

 

Gallantry Awards & Honours, Medal Rolls

• Welsh Guards: Gallantry Awards & Honours
  
• Welsh Guards: Mentioned in Despatches

 

Missing Personnel Files, WELSH GUARDS, files in Gallery

• Welsh Guards Missing Personnel, BEF | WW2Talk

Missing Personnel Files, WELSH GUARDS, files held at The National Archives

• WO 361/52 British Expeditionary Force, France: The Welsh Guards; missing men
• WO 361/925 North Africa: 3rd Battalion, Welsh Guards; missing personnel
• WO 361/871 Italy: Welsh Guards: missing personnel
• WO 361/648 North West Europe: Welsh Guards; missing personnel

 

Prisoners of War, Escapers & Evaders

• Welsh Guards: Prisoners of War & burials from WO 416 series
• Welsh Guards: Escapers & Evaders
• Welsh Guards: Liberated Prisoner of War Interrogation Questionnaires

 

Histories & Publications

• Books: About Foot Guards Regiments, and by Guardsmen
• Regimental Magazines | Welsh Guards Charity
• Museum | Welsh Guards Charity
• Regimental Magazines | Welsh Guards Charity, online Association Journals, 2007 onwards

 

Images

• The Guards and Caterham
  
• Guards' photos please
• Brussels Victory Parade
• Guards related footage on British Pathe, Critical Past, etc
• Farewell To Armour Parade - June 1945

 

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