2657980 Guardsman David BLYTH, 1 Coldstream Guards, 2IG reinforcement: 04/08/1944

La Marvindiere 4 August 1944: Lt Keating's tank had been brought up from the
Forward Delivery Squadron,it was crewed by
Coldstreamers.My Father,2657980 Gdsn David Blyth
was the driver.He along with two others,I believe Gdsn
Bayliss & Markham,were posted as " missing".Having
no know graves,their names are inscribed on the
Bayeux Memorial.The fourth Coldstreamer,Gdsn Wyatt,
died of wounds & is buried in the Bayeux War
Cemetery.


Moved from 2nd Armoured Battalion, Irish Guards; also moved posts from other threads to create a belated dedicated thread.

 

Hello madcyclist and welcome to the forum
Thanks for posting about your father and the other members of the crew.
Do you have any photos of your father, which you'd care to share? Have you done much research already?

Regards
Diane

Guardsman DAVID BLYTH 2657980, 1st Bn., Coldstream Guards who died age 25 on 04 August 1944
Son of John and Clara Blyth; husband of Mary Blyth, of Greenford, Middlesex.
Remembered with honour BAYEUX MEMORIAL
Grave/Memorial Reference: Panel 12, Column 2.
CWGC :: Casualty Details


Now updated to
https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/2627055/david-blyth/
GUARDSMAN DAVID BLYTH
Service Number: 2657980
Regiment & Unit: 1st Bn. Coldstream Guards
Secondary Unit, Regiment: attd. 2nd Bn. Irish Guards
Date of Death: 04 August 1944
Age 25 years old
Buried or commemorated at ST. CHARLES DE PERCY WAR CEMETERY
Grave Reference: III. G. 3-12 (Coll.)
Location: France
Additional Info: Son of John and Clara Blyth; husband of Mary Blyth, of Greenford, Middlesex.
Personal Inscription: THE DAY THOU GAVEST LORD IS ENDED

 

Morning Dianne,You may have an incomplete version of this already! Luddism?
A brief response to you kind post.Thankyou.Research;
Too little probably too late.Photos:Put them in a "safe" place two
years ago on returning from La Marvindiere.Will post when I find
'em,work out how & re-read letters!Regards,Peter

 

Do records exist for;
a 5 Guards Armoured Brigade Tank/Forward Delivery Squadron?
b Burials 2 (Armoured) Battalion Irish Guards?

 

Sorry about slowness to reply, been transcribing Do records exist for;
b Burials 2 (Armoured) Battalion Irish Guards?

Using Geoff's wonderfully versatile search engine Geoff's 1939-47 Search Engine
a list of 2bn fatalities for dates between 01/07/1944-31/12/1947; click on the link to access full details including Cemetery etc. Some of these will naturally be fatalities when they were no longer armoured, but deliberately done so to include those who may have died of wounds some time after.

001 Link ACKERS W 2723046 2ND BN 17/09/1944 IRISH GUARDS
II. B. 2.
002 Link APPERLEY BR 2719101 2ND BN 22/09/1944 IRISH GUARDS
11. B. 9.
003 Link ARNOLD B 2721989 2ND BN 22/09/1944 IRISH GUARDS
11. B. 11.
004 Link ATKINSON FW 2719213 2ND BN 02/08/1944 IRISH GUARDS
XXVI. E. 4.
005 Link BAGHURST AJ 2720993 2ND BN 06/08/1944 IRISH GUARDS
V. F. 10.
006 Link BAKER LW 2722743 2ND BN 01/08/1944 IRISH GUARDS
PANEL 12, COLUMN 2.
007 Link BALDWIN H 2721519 2ND BN 27/04/1945 IRISH GUARDS
7. A. 11.
008 Link BARNETT AG 2722715 2ND BN 01/08/1944 IRISH GUARDS
V. G. 15.
009 Link BECKETT SE 2721400 2ND BN 18/07/1944 IRISH GUARDS
III. J. 8.
010 Link BELL J 2722520 2ND BN 11/09/1944 IRISH GUARDS
I. D. 15.
011 Link BERRY A 2722582 2ND BN 01/04/1945 IRISH GUARDS
GRAVE 204A.
012 Link BLACK JH 2723094 2ND BN 08/09/1944 IRISH GUARDS
X. 18. 17.
013 Link BOLAND LA 5347756 2ND BN 04/08/1944 IRISH GUARDS
COLL. GRAVE III. G. 3-12.
014 Link BOSTON C 2723282 2ND BN 25/09/1944 IRISH GUARDS
PANEL 3.
015 Link BRENNAN MH 2719937 2ND BN 04/08/1944 IRISH GUARDS
VII. B. 15.
016 Link BRILL GNH 2719764 2ND BN 03/08/1944 IRISH GUARDS
V. F. 11.
017 Link CARROLL J 2716985 2ND BN 21/05/1945 IRISH GUARDS

018 Link CASEY CJ 2721182 2ND BN 22/09/1944 IRISH GUARDS
11. B. 8.
019 Link CASHON E 2720079 2ND BN 17/09/1944 IRISH GUARDS
PANEL 3.
020 Link CHAINE-NICKSON MH 233957 2ND BN 27/07/1944 IRISH GUARDS
IX. E. 15.
021 Link CHAMBERS W 2721100 2ND BN 05/09/1944 IRISH GUARDS
X. 18. 20.
022 Link CHARLTON EC 2722614 2ND BN 21/04/1945 IRISH GUARDS
7. F. 13.
023 Link CLARKE TG 2719127 2ND BN 17/09/1944 IRISH GUARDS
PANEL 3.
024 Link CLISBY RT 2723669 2ND BN 04/09/1944 IRISH GUARDS
GRAVE 349.
025 Link COLE JS 2723337 2ND BN 30/09/1944 IRISH GUARDS
11. B. 15.
026 Link COLTON TC 6096248 2ND BN 01/08/1944 IRISH GUARDS
PANEL 12, COLUMN 2.
027 Link CONCANNON P 2719429 2ND BN 01/08/1944 IRISH GUARDS
I. E. 2.
028 Link CONNERY PJE 2723031 2ND BN 08/09/1944 IRISH GUARDS
6. B. 14.
029 Link COX GF 2724239 2ND BN 21/04/1945 IRISH GUARDS
4. A. 5.
030 Link CROZIER DA 6985004 2ND BN 11/09/1944 IRISH GUARDS
I. D. 12.
031 Link CUFFE PA 324096 2ND BN 02/04/1945 IRISH GUARDS
13. B. 25.
032 Link CULLEN T 4206579 2ND BN 02/08/1944 IRISH GUARDS
IX. G. 15.
033 Link DAVIDSON E 2721186 2ND BN 01/08/1944 IRISH GUARDS
COLL. GRAVE I. C. 10.
034 Link DAVIES WT 2719685 2ND BN 18/07/1944 IRISH GUARDS
PANEL 12, COLUMN 2.
035 Link DEEHAN TJ 2722792 2ND BN 17/09/1944 IRISH GUARDS
PANEL 3.
036 Link DOADES GH 2720722 2ND BN 02/04/1945 IRISH GUARDS
13. B. 24.
037 Link DORMER HEJ 104106 2ND BN 01/08/1944 IRISH GUARDS
I. C. 9.
038 Link DRINKILL E 2722167 2ND BN 31/07/1944 IRISH GUARDS
JOINT GRAVE IV. D. 5-6.
039 Link DUNFORD CA 2723363 2ND BN 11/09/1944 IRISH GUARDS
I. D. 11.
040 Link EPPLESTON D 2723692 2ND BN 02/04/1945 IRISH GUARDS
13. B. 18.
041 Link FANNING M 2718741 2ND BN 21/09/1944 IRISH GUARDS
PANEL 3.
042 Link FARMER TA 2722415 2ND BN 11/09/1944 IRISH GUARDS
I. D. 9.
043 Link FARRINGTON J 2723922 2ND BN 08/04/1945 IRISH GUARDS
6. D. 5.
044 Link FEARNYOUGH JW 2723100 2ND BN 05/03/1945 IRISH GUARDS
I. C. 19.
045 Link FERGUSON A 2720188 2ND BN 18/07/1944 IRISH GUARDS
IV. B. 24.
046 Link FERNANDEZ M 2719596 2ND BN 21/09/1944 IRISH GUARDS
11. B. 4.
047 Link FITZHERBERT HCH 139211 2ND BN 02/04/1945 IRISH GUARDS
13. B. 21.
048 Link FLYNN T 2723426 2ND BN 07/09/1944 IRISH GUARDS
6. B. 11.
049 Link GEOGHAN G 2720542 2ND BN 01/08/1944 IRISH GUARDS
VII. F. 9.
050 Link GERRARD T 2722984 2ND BN 04/08/1944 IRISH GUARDS
COLL. GRAVE III. G. 3-12.
051 Link GOLDBLATH LH 2719861 2ND BN 09/05/1945 IRISH GUARDS
10. J. 7.
052 Link GREENALL HE 2723676 2ND BN 06/03/1945 IRISH GUARDS
I. C. 20.
053 Link GRIFFIN W 2721859 2ND BN 22/07/1944 IRISH GUARDS
2. G. 16.
054 Link HALL FG 2720871 2ND BN 11/09/1944 IRISH GUARDS
I. D. 10.
055 Link HALL WG 2719974 2ND BN 21/09/1944 IRISH GUARDS
11. B. 5.
056 Link HARBINSON HP 2719491 2ND BN 28/07/1944 IRISH GUARDS

057 Link HEYES J 2722111 2ND BN 04/09/1944 IRISH GUARDS
PLOT 5. ROW A. GRAVE 4.
058 Link HIGGS JR 2723314 2ND BN 02/04/1945 IRISH GUARDS
13. B. 22.
059 Link HILL H 2720252 2ND BN 07/08/1944 IRISH GUARDS
PANEL 12, COLUMN 2.
060 Link HODGETT SS 2724373 2ND BN 05/04/1946 IRISH GUARDS
SEC. N. C. OF E. GRAVE 444.
061 Link HOLLAND DC 2723771 2ND BN 02/10/1944 IRISH GUARDS
11. A. 12.
062 Link HOLLEY F 2723557 2ND BN 01/08/1944 IRISH GUARDS
COLL. GRAVE V. G. 13.
063 Link HUGHES EP 2724234 2ND BN 02/04/1945 IRISH GUARDS
13. C. 4.
064 Link HUGHES W 2723560 2ND BN 04/10/1944 IRISH GUARDS
11. A. 11.
065 Link HUNT C 2720207 2ND BN 18/07/1944 IRISH GUARDS
PANEL 12, COLUMN 2.
066 Link ICETON DHM 2723366 2ND BN 13/04/1945 IRISH GUARDS
7. G. 2.
067 Link JAYES AL 2721386 2ND BN 19/07/1944 IRISH GUARDS
VIII. F. 20.
068 Link JENNINGS GA 2719660 2ND BN 11/08/1944 IRISH GUARDS
XI. G. 5.
069 Link JOHNSON J 2723581 2ND BN 17/09/1944 IRISH GUARDS
IL. B. 10.
070 Link KEATINGE JCF 278673 2ND ARMD BN 04/08/1944 IRISH GUARDS
V. D. 2.
071 Link KELLY J 2718214 2ND BN 01/08/1944 IRISH GUARDS
COLL. GRAVE III. G. 3-12.
072 Link KENWRIGHT GH 2720100 2ND BN 02/04/1945 IRISH GUARDS
13. B. 20.
073 Link KERSHAW AC 2720785 2ND BN ATTD HQ 5TH GUARDS ARMD BDE 01/08/1944 IRISH GUARDS
III. B. 13.
074 Link KIBBLE GD 2719991 2ND BN 04/08/1944 IRISH GUARDS
COLL. GRAVE III. G. 3-12.
075 Link LALLY C 2723499 2ND BN 01/08/1944 IRISH GUARDS
COLL. GRAVE III. G. 3-12.
076 Link LAWTON H 2720845 2ND BN 06/08/1944 IRISH GUARDS
IX. G. 4.
077 Link LETCHFORD H 2723368 2ND BN 05/03/1945 IRISH GUARDS
54. E. 18.
078 Link LIDDLE DB 226183 2ND ARMD BN 08/08/1944 IRISH GUARDS
V. G. 2.
079 Link LODER OA 2722690 2ND BN 08/09/1944 IRISH GUARDS
6. B. 6.
080 Link MACFETRIDGE WC 268994 2ND BN 22/09/1944 IRISH GUARDS
11. B. 13.
081 Link MACONCHY MK 165062 2ND BN 01/08/1944 IRISH GUARDS
COLL. GRAVE I. C. 10.
082 Link MAGUIRE JK 243516 2ND BN 04/08/1944 IRISH GUARDS
V. D. 3.
083 Link MAHON FW 2722931 2ND ARMD BN 31/07/1944 IRISH GUARDS
JOINT GRAVE IV. D. 5-6.
084 Link MATHER EF 2720350 2ND BN 22/09/1944 IRISH GUARDS
11. C. 2.
085 Link MCCORKELL FDP 258178 2ND BN 06/08/1944 IRISH GUARDS
V. F. 13.
086 Link MCGEE PJ 2723758 2ND BN 09/05/1945 IRISH GUARDS
VII. D. 13.
087 Link MCGOVERN TJ 2718054 2ND BN 17/09/1944 IRISH GUARDS
PANEL 3.
088 Link MCMANUS D 2719972 2ND BN 03/08/1944 IRISH GUARDS
IX. G. 8.
089 Link MCNULTY DM 2722853 2ND BN 08/04/1945 IRISH GUARDS
6. C. 11.
090 Link MCRORY J 2718842 2ND BN 24/04/1945 IRISH GUARDS
4. B. 11.
091 Link MODLER JE 2719160 2ND BN 10/09/1944 IRISH GUARDS
X. 18. 2.
092 Link MOORE WG 7020985 2ND BN 17/09/1944 IRISH GUARDS
II. B. 9.
093 Link MOORE DB 2723397 2ND BN 07/08/1944 IRISH GUARDS
XXVI. D. 4.
094 Link MORRELL H 2721288 2ND BN 04/08/1944 IRISH GUARDS
V. B. 9.
095 Link MOSS CG 2722769 2ND BN 05/08/1944 IRISH GUARDS
XIII. G. 4.
096 Link MULLEN WJ 2719369 2ND BN 03/11/1944 IRISH GUARDS
22. B. 7.
097 Link MURPHY AM 2720055 2ND BN 21/09/1944 IRISH GUARDS
11. B. 2.
098 Link NAY D 2721140 2ND BN 17/09/1944 IRISH GUARDS
PANEL 3.
099 Link NEAL HE 2721598 2ND BN 21/09/1944 IRISH GUARDS
11. B. 1.
100 Link O'BRIEN JC 240008 2ND BN 20/04/1945 IRISH GUARDS
43. E. 12.

101 Link O'CONNOR SJ 2718412 2ND BN 24/11/1946 IRISH GUARDS
R.C. SEC. GRAVE 8880.
102 Link O'CONNOR EP 2722947 2ND BN 11/09/1944 IRISH GUARDS
I. D. 13.
103 Link O'NEILL TC 2720233 2ND BN 20/09/1944 IRISH GUARDS
18. B. 4.
104 Link O'SHEA JJ 2720358 2ND BN 23/12/1945 IRISH GUARDS
PLOT 7. ROW F. GRAVE 8.
105 Link OLIVER JA 2723305 2ND BN 02/08/1944 IRISH GUARDS
XXVI. E. 6.
106 Link PARKES WJ 2717391 2ND BN 17/09/1944 IRISH GUARDS
II. B. 8.
107 Link PEEL DA 132247 2ND BN 12/09/1944 IRISH GUARDS
VI. C. 3.
108 Link PEGG T 2723224 2ND BN 11/09/1944 IRISH GUARDS
I. D. 14.
109 Link PHILLIPS TJ 2720684 2ND BN 01/08/1944 IRISH GUARDS
COLL. GRAVE V. G. 13.
110 Link PLANT LJ 2723067 2ND BN 05/03/1945 IRISH GUARDS
43. E. 8.
111 Link PORTER FA 2723465 2ND BN 05/03/1945 IRISH GUARDS
43. E. 1.
112 Link PRATT PW 2723227 2ND BN 04/09/1944 IRISH GUARDS
GRAVE 4.
113 Link QUINN O 2720359 2ND BN 05/09/1944 IRISH GUARDS
X. 18. 21.
114 Link RAMSDEN H 2721934 2ND BN 04/08/1944 IRISH GUARDS
V. B. 15.
115 Link RATCLIFFE JH 2720304 2ND BN 08/09/1944 IRISH GUARDS
IV. C. 10.
116 Link RICE T 2723711 2ND BN 22/09/1944 IRISH GUARDS
11. B. 12.
117 Link RICHES RC 2719097 2ND BN 01/08/1944 IRISH GUARDS
COLL. GRAVE I. C. 10.
118 Link RITCHIE AP 2723693 2ND BN 23/04/1945 IRISH GUARDS
5. F. 1.
119 Link ROBERTSON A 2719612 2ND BN 07/04/1945 IRISH GUARDS
6. C. 12.
120 Link ROBINSON R 2723635 2ND BN 17/09/1944 IRISH GUARDS
PANEL 3.
121 Link RODDIS E 2722320 2ND BN 12/08/1944 IRISH GUARDS
XI. G. 6.
122 Link SCRUTTON HJ 2722665 2ND BN 30/08/1944 IRISH GUARDS

123 Link SHEPPERSON EH 2723372 2ND BN 08/08/1944 IRISH GUARDS
VII. G. 15.
124 Link SIMCOCK WB 2720108 2ND BN 12/09/1944 IRISH GUARDS
X. 25. 6.
125 Link STANSFIELD J 2721254 2ND BN 04/08/1944 IRISH GUARDS
COLL. GRAVE III. G. 3-12.
126 Link STIMPSON DA 2722018 2ND BN 02/04/1945 IRISH GUARDS
PLOT EB. ROW 1. GRAVE A1.
127 Link SULLIVAN DF 2721748 2ND BN 13/04/1945 IRISH GUARDS
3. K. 11.
128 Link SWALLOW F 2720535 2ND BN 02/08/1944 IRISH GUARDS
PANEL 12, COLUMN 2.
129 Link SWANN JAP 27338 2ND BN 02/09/1944 IRISH GUARDS
PLOT 5. ROW A. GRAVE 5.
130 Link TAYLOR TW 2719322 2ND BN 02/04/1945 IRISH GUARDS
53. D. 1.
131 Link THOMAS TJ 2723252 2ND BN 21/09/1944 IRISH GUARDS
PANEL 3.
132 Link TIERNEY WR 2722795 2ND BN 01/08/1944 IRISH GUARDS
COLL. GRAVE. V. G. 13.
133 Link TRIPPIER J 2723385 2ND BN 06/08/1944 IRISH GUARDS
VII. F. 15.
134 Link UNWIN RM 2723386 2ND BN 21/04/1945 IRISH GUARDS
4. B. 10.
135 Link VINALL LS 2723296 2ND BN 07/08/1944 IRISH GUARDS

136 Link WALKER EA 2722995 2ND BN 02/10/1944 IRISH GUARDS
PANEL 3.
137 Link WARRINER B 2722383 2ND BN 03/08/1944 IRISH GUARDS
VII. G. 1.
138 Link WATERHOUSE R 2721799 2ND BN 21/09/1944 IRISH GUARDS
PANEL 3.
139 Link WATSON HJ 2721048 2ND BN 18/07/1944 IRISH GUARDS
PANEL 12, COLUMN 2.
140 Link WATTERS WJ 2723656 2ND BN 22/09/1944 IRISH GUARDS
11. B. 10.
141 Link WHITNEY BB 2718695 2ND BN 01/08/1944 IRISH GUARDS
PANEL 12, COLUMN 2.
142 Link WILDMAN EC 2720300 2ND BN 17/09/1944 IRISH GUARDS
PANEL 3.
143 Link WILLIAMS G 2723347 2ND BN 29/10/1945 IRISH GUARDS
SEC. 17. C. OF E. GRAVE 4200.
144 Link WILLIAMSON CRH 2720416 2ND BN 04/08/1944 IRISH GUARDS
V. B. 12.
145 Link WINROW J 2722964 2ND BN 18/07/1944 IRISH GUARDS
PANEL 12, COLUMN 2.
146 Link WOOD J 2723582 2ND BN 17/09/1944 IRISH GUARDS
PANEL 3.
147 Link WOOD R 2719530 2ND BN 04/08/1944 IRISH GUARDS
COLL. GRAVE III. G. 3-12.
148 Link WORKMAN GG 2719982 2ND BN 18/07/1944 IRISH GUARDS
V. F. 13.
149 Link YOUNG W 2723212 2ND BN 17/09/1944 IRISH GUARDS
PANEL 3.

 

Do records exist for;
a 5 Guards Armoured Brigade Tank/Forward Delivery Squadron?



Fraid not that I could find - i haven't dared yet look at what is available for higher formations.

There are these for 5 Gds Armd Bde, but nothing about what I think that you'd be looking for. in fact the diaries available seem to also exclude Training and Holding bns - which would've been a fine thing to read up on too, I think.

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WO 166/6655
War Office: Home Forces: War Diaries, Second World War
Scope and content: ARMOURED BRIGADES: 5 GUARDS ARMOURED BRIGADE: Headquarters (HQ).
Covering dates: 1942 Jan.-Dec.


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WO 267/198
War Office: British Army of the Rhine: Quarterly Historical Reports
Scope and content: 5 Guards Brigade
Covering dates: 1946 July-Sept.

Hits within TNA for "Tank / Forward Delivery Squadron" cover Royal Armoured Corps only ...?? I really don't know enough about this at all.


Have you applied to Wellington Barracks for your father's service records? I imagine so if you have such details already.

However, another way would be to also get a copy of records for another crew member. There might be some more details - worth taking a chance over particularly if you want a fuller picture of the crew and what happened to them all. Since they are CWGC casualties, they fall in the MOD's +25yrs category and applicants in these cases need not be relatives; a copy of the certificate is sufficient for proof of date of death, but it would naturally require yet another fee to be paid.

 

Evening Diane,

Thankyou for the response & information.I believe you may have heard from John Devlin.

Burial Records; what I should have made clear is,it is the "FIRST BURIAL" records that am I'm asking about.ie whom,where,when etc,those KIA are presumably buried & recorded by the unit.

Forward Delivery Squadron; other than it is included in 5 Guards Armoured Brigade ORBAT,it seems to be a best kept secret!

Got a copy of me Dad's Service Records from RHQ Coldstream Guards some years ago thankyou.

It's unlikely at this late stage,that we will ever know what happened to the rest of Lt Keatinge's crew.Short of exhuming every "Unkown Soldier's" grave in the St Charles De Percy.UNLESS SOMEONE KNOWS DIFFERENT THAT IS!

Sorry if I've banged on a bit.

 

I'll be sending you a PM presently.

 

Montchamp & St Charles De Percy 70th Anniversary Events

Are any Veterans of 1st (Armoured) Battalion Coldstream Guards or 2nd (Armoured) Battalion Irish Guards attending the above events on 6th June?
I ask as my Father 2657980 Gdsmn David Blyth,a member of a Coldstream crewed Sherman,was KIA 4 August '44 at La Marvindiere,whilst attached to 2 Irish Guards.The tank was commanded by Lt John keatinge.

 

Peter
Hope you don't mind me posting the link you shared via our PMs.

 

I recently discovered that what I'd thought to be an ad-hoc organisation within the GAD, was in fact 268 FDS. Bovington have provided the 268's War Diary which is all the Unit's archival material they hold.

My interest: my Father 2657980 Gdsm David Blyth was attached to 268 FDS from 1st (Armoured) Battalion Coldstream Guards. His one of two Shermans "issued" to 2nd (Armoured) Battalion 3 August 1944. The tank crewed by Coldstreamers & commanded by an Irish Guards officer,was knocked out at La Marvindiere 24hrs later.

Grateful for any further information on 268 FDS or where it may be found please. Thank you.

 

hello madcyclist
a post from you a while back all makes very interesting reading
2nd Armoured Battalion, Irish Guards

For your interest
265 Forward Delivery Squadron

Armoured replacement group


Guardsman BLYTH, DAVID
Service Number 2657980

Died 04/08/1944

Aged 25

1st Bn.
Coldstream Guards

Son of John and Clara Blyth; husband of Mary Blyth, of Greenford, Middlesex.

 

268 Forward Delivery Squadron RAC - Guards Armoured Division
I recently discovered that what I'd thought to be an ad-hoc organisation within the GAD, was in fact 268 FDS. Bovington have provided the 268's War Diary which is all the Unit's archival material they hold.

My interest: my Father 2657980 Gdsm David Blyth was attached to 268 FDS from 1st (Armoured) Battalion Coldstream Guards. His one of two Shermans "issued" to 2nd (Armoured) Battalion 3 August 1944. The tank crewed by Coldstreamers & commanded by an Irish Guards officer,was knocked out at La Marvindiere 24hrs later.

Grateful for any further information on 268 FDS or where it may be found please. Thank you.

 

268 Forward Delivery Squadron | The National Archives
Reference: WO 171/897
Description:
268 Forward Delivery Squadron
Date: 1944 Feb.- Dec.
Held by: The National Archives, Kew
Legal status: Public Record(s)
Closure status: Open Document, Open Description

268 Forward Delivery Squadron Royal Armoured Corps | The National Archives
Reference: WO 166/14615
Description:
268 Forward Delivery Squadron Royal Armoured Corps
Date: 1944 Jan.-Feb., Apr.
Held by: The National Archives, Kew
Legal status: Public Record(s)
Closure status: Open Document, Open Description
Access conditions: Closed For 29 years


There may be others
TD

 

I see there is another thread on the same subject - 268 Forward Delivery Squadron RAC - Guards Armoured Division

TD

 

I see there is another thread on the same subject - 268 Forward Delivery Squadron RAC - Guards Armoured Division

TD

 

Greetings TD. Thank you for the File References. They may be 268's War Diaries......but there's only one way to find out.

Er,me having finger trouble may be responsible for t'other thread!

 

There is no maybe about it

TD

 

Knew I shouldn't have handed in my crystal ball on demob.

 

Is there much then in the 268's War Diary which Bovington has provided?

And did you also get the tracer card, and what did the full records say?

When the 24th Lancers were disbanded at the end of July 1944 / Start of August 1944 -
24th Lancers Regimental Nominal Roll and Postings August 1944

...a lot of the 24th Lancers went as unposted reinforcements X(iv) into various FDS's.

This would have been prior to their moving to other regiments, mainly, and the other regiments war diaries, for instance can contain refs. to the FDS's i.e. the SRY war diary has a (small) number of ref's to 265 FDS.

e.g. 265 Forward Delivery Squadron