17833 Major William Reginald James ALSTON-ROBERTS-WEST, 3 Grenadier Guards: 21/05/1940

Army Number: 17833
Rank: Major
Name: William Reginald James ALSTON-ROBERTS-WEST
Unit: 4 Company, 3 Grenadier Guards


London Gazette : 29 December 1922
https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/32781/page/9169/data.pdf
FOOT GUARDS.
The undermentioned 2nd Lts. to be Lts. 24th Dec. 1922:—
Gren. G'ds.—
W. R. J. Alston-Roberts-West.

 

Name: William [Reginald James] Alston[-Roberts-West] . Date of Birth: [unspecified] .... | The National Archives
WO 416/6/136
Name: William [Reginald James] Alston[-Roberts-West].
Date of Birth: [unspecified].
Age: [39].
Place of Birth: [unspecified].
Service: British Army.
Rank: Major.
Regiment/Unit/Squadron: Grenadier Guards.
Service Number: [17833].
Date of Capture: [unspecified].
Theatre of Capture: [unspecified].
Camp Name/Number: [unspecified].
PoW number: [unspecified].
Date of Death: 21 May 1940.
Number of Photographs: 0.
Number of Fingerprints: 0.
Number of X-rays: 0.
Number of Cards: 2.
Date: [1939-1945]

 

https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/f...1/william-reginald-james-alston-roberts-west/
MAJOR WILLIAM REGINALD JAMES ALSTON-ROBERTS-WEST
Service Number: 17833
Regiment & Unit: G.H.Q. 3rd Bn. Grenadier Guards
Date of Death: 21 May 1940
Age 39 years old
Buried or commemorated at DUNKIRK MEMORIAL
Memorial Reference: Column 31.
Location: France
Additional Info: Son of Captain Harry Charles John Alston-Roberts-West, R.N., and Olive Alston-Roberts-West; husband of Isalde Constance Alston-Roberts-West, of Stratford-on-Avon. Warwickshire.

 

From The Grenadier Guards in the war of 1939-1945 ; Nicholson & Forbes

Page 529
The Grenadier Guards in the war of 1939-1945, by Nigel Nicolson and Patrick Forbes. v.2.


Page 25
The Grenadier Guards in the war of 1939-1945, by Nigel Nicolson and Patrick Forbes. v.1.

 

See also:

• Major William Reginald James Alston-Roberts-West
• Person Page

His brother:

• General Sir Michael Montgomerie Alston-Roberts-West, GCB, DSO**
• Michael West (British Army officer) - Wikipedia
• https://www.thepeerage.com/p5365.htm#i53648

 

Found his photograph on one of the (Public) Ancestry sites :-



Cheers

Kyle