4th battalion border regiment ww2

The 3rd Battalion, 16th Field Artillery Regiment is a field artillery battalion assigned to the 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division. So, men from Cumberland and Westmorland were present at both checks on Rommel and the German Afrika Corps! My email address is david05803@yahoo.co.uk and I would really appreciate any information to that address post the closure. Especially we enjoyed the amenities of the St. Georges Hotel. RECORDS DOWN TO 1805. I will try to have it completed for contribution in advance of the imminent closure. Organised as "rifle volunteer corps", they were independent of the British Army and composed primarily of the middle class. The Battalion began the task of disarming some 2,000 Japanese and controlling the activity of dacoits on the Mokpalin and Bilin areas. 41 The battalion was disbanded on 4 April 1946. was ordered to move along the perimeter road that the Italians had built during the siege and press on towards El Adam Aerodrome. After Napoleons escape from Elba in 1815, the Kings Own crossed from England to Belgium, and by marching 48 miles in 30 hours, took part in the Battle of Waterloo. 6 Royal Ulster Rifles, (T.A.) Here a lot of the time was spent in processing Greek refugees, who had travelled from German-occupied Greece through Turkey to Syria, and were being sorted out for referral to the Greek authorities, in exile, in Egypt. Most of the men were in deep slumber and in the morning, they found themselves in Cherbourg, where they disembarked to move inland and await further orders. After an uneventful journey through the Suez Canal, with a visit to Simon Artz store in Port Said, and a few days lying in Gibraltar Harbour, we arrived at Greenock. But it was in the Napoleonic wars, and particularly in the Peninsula War that the regiment gained its battle honours. referenced. On the retreat of the German / Italian Forces, the 4th Battalion The Border Regiment occupied the airfield of El Adem. I used to go in a truck to visit a different Company each day from Aleppo, so that I really saw a lot of the country. troops and travelled by road and rail down through Beirut, Tyre and Sidon to Haifa, where we entrained and eventually ended up at Amyriah transit camp west of Alexandria. The badge of todays regiment includes the Lion of England of the Kings Own and the laurel wreath awarded to the 34th for their part in the rearguard which saved the Army at the Battle of Fontenoy in 1745. (2d, 3d, and 4th Battalions ordered into active Federal service 2 May 1992 at home stations; released 9 May 1992 from active Federal service and reverted to state control) Reorganized 1 October. Two M.C.s and two M.M.s were awarded for the Phakedzumi Patrol Action. public. These were awarded 66 battle honours and four Victoria Crosses. Regards, packs on my back. Exhausted, the 4th Battalion of the Border Regiment set sail. 1st battalion, 8th infantry, 4th infantry division vietnam. The casualties were mainly exhaustion with malaria. During World War II, the regiment fought German forces on three fronts, North Africa, Italy, and Northwest Europe. 1 Kings Own was posted to Korea in October, 1953, moving on to Hong Kong. As the troops were pretty tired from lack of sleep and the exertions of the two days march, I doled out a dose of Benzedrine tablets, which had a miraculous effect in shrugging off the inertia. was called upon to reinforce the area. We set off up the hill to join a track running into the village. lost a Company as POWs in France but was made up by the time they re-assembled at Kington Camp, including quite a number of newly commissioned officers. It was believed that this was the infantry of the 7th German Panzers. . I've just looked through some of my notes and various books in French and English to refresh my memory of what went on. Her ended the war of the 4th Battalion, The Border Regiment. (d.5th December 1943) Hutchinson J. Pte. It remained in Britain re-equipping until April 1943, when it took part in the landings in Tunisia. It was then sent to South Africa in 1899, where it fought throughout the Boer War (1899-1902). had come out with the withdrawal from Europe, not through Dunkirk but further west through Cherbourg and Brest. 1/4th Border Regiment 2/4th Border Regiment (home service battalion) 3/4th Border Regiment (depot/training battalion) Roll of Honour[edit| edit source| hide] At this point I should mention that the 51st Regiment of the Royal Field Artillery, comprising of men from Carlisle and all over Cumberland were present during the whole of the siege. Between the wars the regiment was to serve in Ireland, India including the North West Frontier, Burma, China, Egypt and Palestine where Border and Kings Own were involved in the Arab Revolt of 1938-39. The size of a regiment could range from 1,000 to 5,000 troops. The HQ of the battalion was in Kendal, then in Westmorland. moved off at 4.55 followed by 5th Btn and arrived in bivouac at 6pm. Over in Europe it seems a lot easier finding out official information about the war and commemoration is taken very seriously. This was carried out by C Company. We carried out our diversionary attacks but the 8th Army never appeared. 2nd Kings Own and 2, 4 and 9 Border all fought in Burma as explained in the beginning of this article. (d.11th June 1940) Fearon William Milburn. Inter-war The inter-war period saw 1st Battalion fighting on the North West Frontier in 1921, garrisoning India and then moving to Palestine. Almost the last sight of land which we had before going out into the Atlantic Ocean was the coast of County Antrim, Northern Ireland, where my wife, Hazel, was then living and where she stayed for most of the war. During the siege, after being the Western Desert Force the Division became the 70th British Division. On 1 June 1945, a third Active Force component of the regiment, designated '4th Battalion, The Regina Rifle Regiment, CIC, CAOF', was mobilized for service with the Canadian Army Occupation Force in Germany. Trouble with Mexico caused the regiment to be stationed on the Texas border in 1913. You should be able to get hold of a book in English entitled 'Finest Hour' by Tim Clayton and Phil Craig (1999), Hodder & Stoughton. We were given fourteen days leave, which Bob Watt and I took together. Now it was a question of taking over internal security that had been under Vichy French control. It is no longer possible to leave messages here. "First time @NAM_London today. As patrolling was the means of harassment of the Japanese, I will describe one patrol, which I accompanied. The whole of the 70th Division became engaged in the fighting on Sidi Rezagh and El Duda. The programme in Tobruk perimeter until November 18th, this being early October, was as follows: At early morning and again in the evening, we were subjected to periods of artillery fire in Bn. Faulkner James Edward . 2 Border soon followed with the 7th Dlv, and fought in the first Battle of Ypres in defence of the Channel Ports. It has been transcribed and submitted to the website by Joseph Ritson, a volunteer story-gatherer with the BBC Radio Cumbria CSV Action Desk. The size of a battalion could range from 500 to 1,500 troops. Find out how you can use this. Find out more about the site contributors. The 9th Battalion The Border Regiment took part in several such actions, notably at Wetlet, Yindaw, Kinde and Pywabwe. Archive List > United Kingdom > Hereford and Worcester. 70th Div. Cpl. Our H.Q. It was still there two years later, when it was amalgamated with the Kings Own Royal Regiment (Lancaster) to form the Kings Own Royal Border Regiment. We spent a day or two in a transit area before being taken by guides up to the perimeter defences. Although up to recent years they have been head-hunters, when we were amongst them, they behaved in a civilised and friendly manner and each village had a detached Christian village where those who were converted went to live and they all lived amicably if separately. This infantry regiment was created in 1881. We did not go ashore there, nor at Cape Town, where we lay off Table Mountain for a day, but we had four very pleasant days in Durban, entertained royally by the very hospitable residents. But even so, the fighting patrols still went out, many of them at night. was an integral part made a major impact on the Japanese to bring about a withdrawal from the Imphal/Kohima area of operations and they did not again attempt an invasion of India. I had been left behind the advance attending an officer of ours who had been wounded by one of our own tanks, and when we were being guided back to join the battalion, as we approached, we saw two crowds like at a football match with about a quarter of a mile between them. I sourced a 1960 local newspaper article, in French, which gives the best account of June 1940 events in Rennes that I have so far found. The Brigade now moved into Imphal and was thereafter moved by truck to railhead at Dimapur. The Bn. 11th Sikh Regiment, 4th . referenced. They are colloquially known as "The Loyal Eddies". entrained in a railway tunnel in Malvern presumably for security reasons, although the whole town knew that we were leaving for overseas. David G. We haven't had a message back from Mr Hutchinson yet I'm afraid. Copyright of content contributed to this Archive rests with the author. 10th Parachute Battalion 11th Parachute Battalion 2nd (Oban) Airlanding Anti-Tank Battery, RA 4th Parachute Squadron, RE 133 Parachute Field Ambulance, RAMC 1st Airlanding Brigade Brigade Headquarters 1st Battalion The Border Regiment 2nd Battalion The South Staffordshire Regiment 7th (Galloway) Battalion The King's Own Scottish Borderers . The hotel served the best curry we had ever tasted. We left the Column concentration area at break of day and marched all day through sometimes dense jungle, where we had to cut our way through with machetes. The terms of the BBC Peoples War website have been read and understood. Men of the 4th Battalion, Border Regiment travel in the back of a lorry, France, May 1940. Capt. left there was for a brief visit to Birmingham to participate in bomb-damage relief. We arrived in the early hours of the morning at the Christian village of Phakedzumi, where the inhabitants gave us hot tea. were evacuated. The regiment also raised 14 Territorial, New Army and Garrison battalions. Hudson John. There were so many that the newspapers at home dubbed Kendal, the hometown of most of them, 'The Town of Missing Men'. Between 1944 and 1946 I had in all nine attacks, but none after that. David G. Thanks for taking the time to read the article about the 4 Bn Borders in WW2 and your most interesting question. However, 21 days in 38th British General Hospital in Bangalore and a fortnights convalescent leave in Ootacomund, a very popular hill station in peace time with quite a colony of permanent British residents, soon put me on my feet and I never looked back. On the night of 19th March, the Bn. The latter service included punitive expeditions against the tribesmen of the North-West Frontier. Usually relief of the pack enabled the casualty to finish the days march to the rest area, but we had a small number of ponies in the column on which we transported the more serious casualties. In 1918 these were linked to county regiments.[9]. H.Q., which was replied to by our R.A. batteries. After a night of patrolling, the next day the enemy withdrew and we reached El Adam aerodrome where there were 10 New Zealand wounded left with a Medical Orderly. The vessel in which I travelled was the destroyer, Jackal. Now began a period of intensive jungle training on Chindit lines. The regiment's territorial components formed duplicate second and third line battalions. I am aware WW2 Peoples War is soon to close for contributions. The 2nd Bn The Kings Own and the 1st Bn The Border Regt fought in the Boer War and both were present at the Relief of Ladysmith in 1900 and in the battles before the Relief. 2nd Battalion, 4th Marines (2/4th Marines) is an infantry battalion of the United States Marine Corps.The battalion, nicknamed the Magnificent Bastards from the Vietnam War, is based out of Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California and is a part of the 5th Marine Regiment and 1st Marine Division. Two whole Divisions, plus many lines of communications and troops were drawn into battle with the Germans. [All the above were present throughout the siege]. From there we travelled by road up the length of Palestine through Tiberias and past the Sea of Galilee to Khiyam in Southern Lebanon. As darkness fell and both battalions having prevented the German attempt at encirclement, they moved out on the road to Goderville and finally to the woods and port of Le Havre. This record is held by King's Own Scottish Borderers Regimental Museum. This dragon now appears on the regimental buttons. It then fought its way up through Italy, before returning to England in November 1943. It shifted to Ceylon (now Sri Lanka) in July 1942, before fighting in Burma from November 1943 onwards. was in good shape, an efficient unit, discipline and morale were good, and the unit well trained. I would like here to pay tribute to the RAF, who kept us supplied with all the necessities of life from rations to supplementary and replacement equipment, and to the Q side of Force H.Q., for an almost 100% response to requests for such supplies from Column H.Q.. During the whole period of operation from May to August, we missed only one meal, despite most difficult flying conditions due to mountainous terrain, and frequent early morning mists common in this area. where they had an airstrip. The 11th and 12th Borderers, New Army "Service" battalions, were referred to as "Pals" Battalions because they were predominantly composed of colleagues. Again, intensive training was carried out for the next three months and again all enjoyed the amenities, which were just as good as in Hereford. 51st Field Regiment, Royal Artillery In the Army reforms of 1881, the 4th Kings Own Royal Regt was territorially affiliated to Lancaster, and recruited in Furness and North Lancashire. It had been from this airfield of El Adem that the garrison of Tobruk had suffered the attentions of the Luftwaffe dive-bombers almost daily. The Kings Own fought with General Moores Army in 1808-9 and took part in the famous retreat to Corunna, and the defence of the town whilst the Army was evacuated. The BBC is not responsible for the content of any external sites It continued in British Army service until 1959, when it merged with The Kings Own Royal Regiment (Lancaster) to form The Kings Own Royal Border Regiment. and after a night in the open, we rejoined the complete column. As World War II approached, the Territorial Army was reorganised in the mid-1930s, many of its infantry battalions were converted to other roles, especially anti-aircraft. The 4th Border group that took the train was headed by Captain J.L. Instead of being flown by glider into Burma to remain during the monsoon period, whilst the other brigades of Special Force were withdrawn, 23rd Brigade was put under the operational command of 14th Army to harass the Japanese L. of C. from the Chindwin to the Imphal/Kohima area, the former town now having been infested by the enemy and the main supply road from railhead to Dimapore cut between the two towns. up the Tiddim Road and in the battles round Bishenpur and also in defence of the Silchar Track; 4 Border in 23 Bde, harassed the lines of communication of the Japanese 31st Div., and met up with 2 Border on the Ukhrul Road in June, 1944. He was R.M.O. 4th Raider Battalion designated as 2nd Battalion, 4th Marines. It was the only British Division of infantry in the Middle East at the time. Thanks to the step-like formation of the paddy fields, where we jumped down every few yards, and to the poor marksmanship of the Japanese, we arrived without any casualties in the jungle area, for the Japanese opened up with everything they had rifles, machine guns, mortars and grenades. KOSB A4/1. All this was in support of the civil police and little or no force was required. Alongside this, the 4th (Militia) Battalion was also disbanded in 1908. As winter was approaching the Bn. Part of the new brigade was the 4th Battalion The Border Regiment. In 1959, it was amalgamated with The Border Regiment to form The Kings Own Royal Border Regiment. The German invaders over-ran Rennes on Tuesday 18th June and currently I have an account of their initial arrival and occupation in translation. Then, in 1966, the first three battalions of the 8th deployed to Vietnam, fighting in 9 campaigns and . those of the BBC. 'D Company' held on to Incheville for several days until they ran short of ammunition. 21 It landed again in As we rested before finally stepping up onto the track, a Naga hillman came up and said Japani. Subsequently, in March 1941, the men of the 4th Battalion, The Border Regiment left on the troopship H.M.T. The training was severe and, apart from the tactical training, consisted, quite frequently, of marching up to 40 miles a day with full equipment. The best of luck to you, and thanks again!. 1st Raider Battalion; 2nd Raider Battalion . Border Regiment soldiersatThiepval Wood, August 1916, Medals of Sergeant Fred Bowman, The Border Regiment, c1918. Repatriation to the U.K. had begun for those with three years and eight months overseas service, so the strength of the battalion was gradually diminishing. At the same time, the 34th Cumberland and the 55th Westmorland Regts became the 1st and 2nd Bns The Border Regt. Normal infantry training was resumed and included two weeks jungle warfare training, which gave us a welcome change of location from our camp area. By 1920, all of the regiment's war-raised battalions had disbanded. Abandoned by the fleet and besieged by the French, they were forced to surrender, but were allowed to march out with colours flying as a tribute to their gallant defence. After withdrawal, the Unit moved Northwards, their lines of communication being constantly dive-bombed by the Germans. World War II Iraq War. and I met their M.O. in moving his G.H.Q. The battalion spent an unpleasant time bivouacking without cover, but eventually formed up for embarkation on river transport. Over the six-month period, the Bn. The regiment also raised 13 Territorial Army and New Army battalions during the war. As I had an attack of malaria that morning, I was unable to go up to the town and my Christmas dinner consisted of bully beef, army biscuits, pickles, cheese and tinned fruit, whereas all the other officers had their Christmas dinner in the New Imperial Hotel in Delhi. Thought the presentation & interpretation made the subject accessible". Todays regiment remembers with pride the four battalions who served in Burma. The only change to the regiment's structure during the period of 18811908 occurred in 1900, when a new volunteer battalion was raised, namely the 3rd (Cumberland) Volunteer Battalion. Remained in India throughout the war. Historical records of events in France, post Operation Dynamo, are sketchy. Three months later, it became the first British unit to join a major engagement by glider, when it landed in Sicily as part of 1st Airborne Division. It would be almost impossible for me to source documentary evidence of kinship to my grand-uncle George. and in 1944, fought at Arnhem. FEB '44 - JUN '45. A.E.F. The two platoons set up two roadblocks outside the village and H.Q. In 1857 they fought at the Relief of Lucknow.

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