I am trying to find out the identity of a member of this Regiment who was killed at Trowbridge Barracks on the 17th August 1942 as a result of an air raid. He did not find his way into the local cemetery which seems a bit strange if indeed the date is correct. Most local history books record that Queen Mary had visited that day and the black out may not have been as god as it should have been. A member of the regiment was killed in Trowbridge in January 1943 and is buried in the cemetery. Does anyone have a copy of the War Diary? Any other pictures of Trowbridge Barracks not already on the web would also be appreciated for my continuing research.
1942 deaths 001 ASHCROFT FG 305290 - 24/09/1942 ROYAL HORSE GUARDS 002 EVANS MDA 219282 - 27/12/1942 ROYAL HORSE GUARDS 003 HAMMOND RE 305620 2ND REGT 14/10/1942 ROYAL HORSE GUARDS 004 IVES EE 305093 - 14/10/1942 ROYAL HORSE GUARDS 005 WEATHERSTON HA 305901 - 06/07/1942 ROYAL HORSE GUARDS
1942 deaths, one recorded for 18th August 001 BEDFORD WW 295422 - 23/10/1942 LIFE GUARDS 002 BROWNING M 295516 - 18/08/1942 LIFE GUARDS 003 DAY RTR 2571887 - 07/06/1942 LIFE GUARDS 004 HIBBERT J 329215 - 15/10/1942 LIFE GUARDS 005 OSGOOD AG 299530 - 24/12/1942 LIFE GUARDS 006 PILKINGTON ML 76537 AND 18/11/1942 LIFE GUARDS 007 POPE AG 295577 - 24/04/1942 LIFE GUARDS 008 PORTMAN ECB 42507 - 14/07/1942 LIFE GUARDS 009 WATT TAA 36914 - 17/07/1942 LIFE GUARDS 010 WOODLEY JA 543438 - 10/11/1942 LIFE GUARDS
Thank you for the information. If indeed this is my man which seems very likely, clearly next of kin in the UK had the choice of where there relative was buried. To get closer I presumably still need to see the war Diary or request his records if allowed?
You can apply for records by enclosing copy CWGC certificate as proof, without NOK consent as death occurred +25years. However, these will probably not deal with circumstances. If there is nothing in the diary, a copy death certificate would be more useful in that regard... and certainly a lot quicker to obtain than service records Diary ref located through Psywar.Org/Lee's Arcre site http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C1005284
I believe that is the case with UK deaths. e.g. One relative of mine is buried close to location of his crash site in Somerset, as the single CWGC grave in that cemetery, although the gunner was buried close to his home, in Scotland.
Many thanks. Have ordered the Death Certificate. Two civilians were also killed in this air raid so I may try and get a plaque raised in the town.
I have heard back from an enquiry to the Household Cavalry Museum who are insisting on their £25.00 Research Fee which may or may not result in any information being identified. This is obviously down to them and they probably think if they allow one free search everyone else will want one, but I am a little disappointed that as this research could lead to a plaque being raised to a member of their regiment, they might have considered this worthy of waiving the normal fee. I had the same problem with my research into the local Barracks where despite being told they would be getting a copy of the huge quantity of maps, photographs and newspaper articles my research had turned up, the local Museum still wanted to charge me for using 5 or 6 pictures from their collection. An intervention from a local Councilor stopped this. Just waiting for the Death Certificate now.
Still waiting for the Death Certificate a week past the specified timescale on the government web site, but speaking to a friend at the weekend who turned out to have the Regimental History of the Second Household Cavalry Regiment, I was able to go straight to the back and view all the war-time casualties. Maurice Browning confirmed as the soldier killed in Trowbridge. No mention in the actual text of the book but the visit of Queen Mary on the day the bombing took place is mentioned. Pitty the Regimental Museum could not have taken 2 minutes to look in their copy of this book.