Grenadier Guards: Reference Thread

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See also

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

 

Alphabetical Lists & Nominal Rolls

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

 

War Diaries, Reports, etc:

1st Battalion GRENADIER GUARDS, on forum

• Grenadier Guards, 1st 2nd & 3rd Battalions, BEF, Missing Personnel | WW2Talk
  
• Advance of GUARDS ARMOURED DIVISION, Major F. HENNESSY, GRENADIER GUARDS

1st Battalion Grenadier Guards, files at TNA Kew

• WO 167/700 1 Grenadier Guards 1939 September - 1940 June
• WO 166/4097 1 Grenadier Guards 1940 July - December
• WO 166/4098 1 Grenadier Guards 1941 January - December
• WO 166/8569 1 Grenadier Guards 1942 January - December
• WO 166/12464 1 Grenadier Guards 1943 January - December
• WO 171/1253 1 Grenadier Guards (Motorised Batttalion) 1944 January - December
• WO 171/5144 1 Grenadier Guards 1945 January - December

 

War Diaries, Reports, etc:

2nd Battalion GRENADIER GUARDS, on forum

• War Diary: 2nd Battalion Grenadier Guards, BEF - Sep 1939 to Jun 1940
• Grenadier Guards, 1st 2nd & 3rd Battalions, BEF, Missing Personnel | WW2Talk
• 2nd Armoured Battalion Grenadier Guards, GAD, Tank Casualties, 1945
• Account: Advance of GUARDS ARMOURED DIVISION, Major F. HENNESSY, GRENADIER GUARDS

2nd Battalion Grenadier Guards, files at TNA Kew

• WO 167/701 2 Grenadier Guards 1939 September - 1940 June
• WO 166/4099 2 Grenadier Guards 1940 July - 1941 December
• WO 166/8570 2 Grenadier Guards 1942 January - December
• WO 166/12465 2 Grenadier Guards 1943 January - November
• WO 171/1254 2 Grenadier Guards (Armoured Battalion) 1944 January - December
• WO 171/5145 2 Grenadier Guards 1945 January - December

 

War Diaries, Reports, etc:

3rd Battalion GRENADIER GUARDS, on forum

• War Diary, 3rd Battalion Grenadier Guards, BEF - Sep 1939 to Jun 1940
• Grenadier Guards, 1st 2nd & 3rd Battalions, BEF, Missing Personnel | WW2Talk

3rd Battalion Grenadier Guards, files at TNA Kew

• WO 167/702 3 Grenadier Guards 1939 September -1940 June
• WO 166/4100 3 Grenadier Guards 1940 July - 1942 December
• WO 166/8571 3 Grenadier Guards 1942 January - October
• WO 175/485 3 Grenadier Guards 1942 November - 1943 June
• WO 169/10163 3 Grenadier Guards 1943 July - December
• WO 170/1349 3 Grenadier Guards 1944 January - December
• WO 170/4979 3 Grenadier Guards 1945 January - June
• WO 261/290 3 Bn. Grenadier Guards 1946 July - September
• WO 169/20033 3 Grenadier Guards 1945 November, December
• WO 169/23194 3 Grenadier Guards 1946 January - June
• WO 261/291 3 Bn. Grenadier Guards 1946 October - December
• WO 261/292 3 Bn. Grenadier Guards 1947 January - March
• WO 261/293 3 Bn. Grenadier Guards 1947 April - June
• WO 261/294 3 Bn. Grenadier Guards 1947 July - September
• WO 261/295 3 Bn. Grenadier Guards 1947 October - December

 

War Diaries, Reports, etc:

4th Battalion GRENADIER GUARDS

4th Battalion Grenadier Guards, files at TNA Kew

• WO 166/4101 4 Grenadier Guards 1940 October - 1941 December
• WO 166/8572 4 Grenadier Guards 1942 January - December
• WO 166/12466 4 Grenadier Guards 1943 January - December
• WO 171/1255 4 Grenadier Guards (Tank Battalion) 1944 January - December
• WO 171/5146 4 Grenadier Guards 1945 January - December
• WO 267/421 4 Bn. Grenadier Guards 1946 July - September

 

War Diaries, Reports, etc:

5th Battalion GRENADIER GUARDS, on forum

• 5th Battalion Grenadier Guards, February 1944

5th Battalion Grenadier Guards, files at TNA Kew

• WO 166/4102 5 Grenadier Guards 1941 October - December
• WO 166/8573 5 Grenadier Guards 1942 January - December
• WO 166/12467 5 Grenadier Guards 1943 January, February
• WO 175/486 5 Grenadier Guards 1943 February - April
• WO 169/10164 5 Grenadier Guards 1943 July - December
• WO 170/1350 5 Grenadier Guards 1944 January - December
• WO 166/17140 5 Grenadier Guards 1945 April, May
• WO 170/4980 5 Grenadier Guards 1945 January - March

 

War Diaries, Reports, etc:

6th Battalion GRENADIER GUARDS, on forum

• War Diary: 6th Motor Battalion GRENADIER GUARDS, Jan - Dec 1943
• War Diary: 6th Battalion Grenadier Guards, Jan - Mar 1944

6th Battalion Grenadier Guards, files at TNA Kew

• WO 166/4103 6 Grenadier Guards 1941 October - December
• WO 166/8574 6 Grenadier Guards 1942 January - Aug.
• WO 169/4981 6 Grenadier Guards 1942 September, November - December
• WO 169/10165 6 Grenadier Guards 1943 January - December
• WO 201/590 6 Grenadier Guards: account of battle 1943 March
• WO 170/1351 6 Grenadier Guards 1944 January - March
• WO 166/15067 6 Grenadier Guards 1944 April - December

War Crimes Files, Grenadier Guards

• WO 309/191 Bronzolo, Italy: shooting of two Grenadier Guards officers (6th Battalion)

 

Officers

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

 

Gallantry Awards & Honours, Medal Rolls

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

 

Prisoners of War, Escapers & Evaders

• Grenadier Guards: Prisoners of War
• Grenadier Guards: Escapers & Evaders
• Grenadier Guards: Liberated Prisoner of War Interrogation Questionnaires

 

Missing Personnel, on forum

• Grenadier Guards, 1st 2nd & 3rd Battalions, BEF, Missing Personnel | WW2Talk

Missing Personnel Files, Grenadier Guards, files at TNA Kew

• WO 361/68 British Expeditionary Force, France: The Grenadier Guards; missing men
• WO 361/621 North West Europe: Grenadier Guards; missing personnel
• WO 361/923 North Africa: 3rd Battalion, Grenadier Guards; missing personnel
• WO 361/1076 Middle East: North Africa; 6th Battalion, Grenadier Guards; missing personnel
• WO 361/893 Italy: 6th Battalion, Grenadier Guards; missing personnel
• WO 361/894 Italy: 3rd Battalion, Grenadier Guards; missing personnel
• WO 361/895 Italy: 5th Battalion, Grenadier Guards; missing personnel

 

Histories & Publications

• Books: About Foot Guards Regiments, and by Guardsmen

 

Images

• The Guards and Caterham
• Wilson Gallery of Photo Prints and Gifts
  
• Guards' photos please
• Grenadier Guards Photography Collection.
• Brussels Victory Parade
• Guards related footage on British Pathe, Critical Past, etc
• Farewell To Armour Parade - June 1945
• 1945 Officer Memorial Album 1 Gallery. Framed Prints, Wall Art

 

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From The Grenadier Guards in the war of 1939-1945, by Nigel Nicolson and Patrick Forbes. v.2.
Colonels, Lieutenant-Colonels, Commanding Officers & Regimental Adjutants, 1939 - 1945

 

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

Organisation of Typical Infantry and Armoured Battalion

Infantry Battalion, 1940


Infantry Battalion, 1943


Motor Battalion


Armoured Regiment, Type A - 2nd Bn Grenadier Guards
Armoured Regiment, Type B - 4th Bn Grenadier Guards

 

From The Grenadier Guards in the war of 1939-1945, by Nigel Nicolson and Patrick Forbes. v.2.
Regimental Headquarters, The Training and Holding Battalions

 

I just scanned and uploaded the following short family history and well-illustrated battlefield tour about two brothers from Nottingham, who both served in 6th Battalion Grenadier Guards at Monte Camino, Italy in 1943:
John Henshaw 'A Tale Of Two Grenadiers & Brothers In Arms, Monte Camino 1943' ( 2014).
Henshaw A Tale Of Two Grenadiers & Brothers In Arms, Monte Camino 1943 ( 2014) : John Henshaw : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive