4th battalion border regiment ww2

was withdrawn and dispatched across the Canal Zone by troop train to Beit Lid in Palestine. The two platoons set up two roadblocks outside the village and H.Q. This was when your uncle would have been ordered to leave. Between 1944 and 1946 I had in all nine attacks, but none after that. Over the six-month period, the Bn. After the obvious withdrawal of the Japanese, the column moved westwards to Ukhrul and here then operations were complete. In 1857 they fought at the Relief of Lucknow. I was unlucky enough to develop malaria, but, as I carried plenty of Mepacrine tablets, I treated the attacks myself and did not go to hospital. 1st Battalion spent the 1920s in India, Aden, England and Shanghai, prior to postings in Belfast and Palestine during the 1930s. 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. Her ended the war of the 4th Battalion, The Border Regiment. We subsequently moved across the Ganges to Muzzaffapur, where H.Q. Arroyo dos Molinos is unique to the regiment, mainly on account of the fact that the English 34th met and defeated in battle the French 34th, capturing their drums and drum-majors mace, both of which are still in possession of the regiment and trooped every year on the anniversary of the battle. You should be able to get hold of a book in English entitled 'Finest Hour' by Tim Clayton and Phil Craig (1999), Hodder & Stoughton. During the training period from October the only time the Bn. were evacuated. I've left a message for Jemma, the co-ordinator for the Radio Cumbria volunteer story gatherers, asking for your question to be passed on to Mr Hutchinson, and if he has further details. Unfortunately, this book doesn't specifically mention the train incident that your uncle lost his life. It is a tragedy that since Indian independence they have been harassed to this day by the successors to the British Raj. During World War II, the regiment fought German forces on three fronts, North Africa, Italy, and Northwest Europe. 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 date of the first contact with the enemy was early on the morning of 24th May 1940. First of all we had no cover and just lay and slept in the open excepting when we were in the Naga villages and managed to get some shelter from the veranda type fronts of their wooded buildings. It appears the British authorities at the time suppressed news of those left behind while, for understandable propaganda reasons, playing up the relative success of Operation Dynamo. The Battalion began the task of disarming some 2,000 Japanese and controlling the activity of dacoits on the Mokpalin and Bilin areas. During the day there were frequent attacks on the Company positions by Stuka dive-bombers, but I only remember two fatal casualties from all these attacks. The other regular battalion were hastily brought home from the East, Kings Own to fight in France, and Border to join the Incomparable 29th Div. Todays regiment remembers with pride the four battalions who served in Burma. These messages were added to this story by site members between June 2003 and January 2006. We carried out our diversionary attacks but the 8th Army never appeared. 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. ORIGINS: The 144th traces its lineage to six volunteer militia companies of the Texas Volunteer Guard in northeast Texas organized as the Fourth Regiment of Infantry, April, 1880. Many battalions of the regiment were formed as part of Secretary of State for War Lord Kitchener's appeal for an initial 100,000 men volunteers in 1914. Our H.Q. Some weeks later we were off again by train to Suez. After a week or two of rest at railhead, during which malaria began to take its toll, we once more entrained for the long journey back to our old haunt Bangalore. 2nd Battalion The Border Regiment on the North-West Frontier of India, c1933. Moved to billets in Blackpool. RECORDS DOWN TO 1805. The Burma Star Memorial Fund10 A High StreetPewseySN9 5AQ. Evacuation of casualties was a further problem. But then at night, the Australian artillery returned the compliment tenfold! Anyway, I hope this helps you, David. We spent one week in the fleshpots of the Taj Mahal Hotel in Bombay and the second week we spent at Krishnaraja Sagara in Mysore State. Meanwhile, 2nd Battalion was in India on the outbreak of the war. Company - A company was made up of three or more platoons and was commanded by a captain. Another of the companies reached the north bank of the Somme and were engaged in mortar machine gun and rifle exchanges with the Germans. 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. 1st Punjab Regiment, 4th (Outram's) Bn. In 1918 these were linked to county regiments.[9]. The following article has been submitted to the BBC "People's War" website on behalf of Mr Hutchinson. National Army Museum, Royal Hospital Road, London, SW3 4HTRegistered Charity Number: 237902, The Kings Own Royal Regiment (Lancaster). During that night, and still under constant harassment, embarkation took place on to ships and Naval craft. Pte. It was planned at 8th Army H.Q. Thanks again for your reply and interest, you have been most helpful. Here we took over from 2/13 Bn. The 4th Border Regimentrefers to three individuals battalions of the Territorial Force (Cumberland & Westmorland). Unfortunately for this account I do not have contact details for Mr Hutchinson personally. personnel with the unit with a smattering of regulars and the remainder war service troops and emergency Commissioned Officers. THE BORDER REGT. 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. "Now little remembered, regarded and even by-passed in the history of the time, there were men who fought on in France after the main force of the B.E.F. As patrolling was the means of harassment of the Japanese, I will describe one patrol, which I accompanied. One of these brigades of infantry was named the 23rd Brigade and attached to the 1st Armoured Division. 2nd Battalion, 4th Marines (2/4) is an infantry battalion of the United States Marine Corps. Mixed fortunes followed: one company was ambushed before they reached their objective and scattered. Carrying the lineage of Battery C, 16th Field Artillery Regiment, the battalion carries campaign streamers from World War I, World War II, and Vietnam, and has served with the 4th Infantry Division and . This is a list of regiments within the British Army's Royal Armoured Corps during the Second World War.. On the creation of the corps in 1939, just before the outbreak of the Second World War, it comprised those regular cavalry and Territorial Army Yeomanry regiments that had been mechanised, together with the Royal Tank Regiment. It continued in British Army service until the 1881 reforms, when it was amalgamated with the 55th (Westmorland) Regiment of Foot to form The Border Regiment. The hotel there was situated in an elevated area above a lake with broad steps the whole way down from the hotel to the lake, which, when lighted up at night, was a lovely spectacle. This infantry regiment was formed in 1881. public. Platoon, with Major Douglas Scott in command, attacked various areas around the village itself. This page has been archived and is no longer updated. From there, they went by troop camels up the desert to Sidi Barrani. In 1756, the 4th and 34th were both included in the small garrison on the island of Minorca. The Lancastria was sunk during the afternoon of same day. We remained in Bangalore until coming up to Christmas and, just before Christmas, we entrained again, this time for Dehra Dun, a military cantonment in north India. This regiment was formed in 1881 by amalgamating the 34th (Cumberland) Regiment of Foot and the 55th (Westmorland) Regiment of Foot. Pte. 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. Copyright of content contributed to this Archive rests with the author. The regiment lost over 7,700 men during the war. It is no longer possible to leave messages here. Hello Joseph, Fighting on in France in 1940 after Dunkirk. It was then sent to South Africa in 1899, where it fought throughout the Boer War (1899-1902). We set sail down the Bristol Channel on 21st March. As an example, the three-line battalions of the 4th Borderers were numbered as the 1/4th, 2/4th, and 3/4th respectively. This infantry regiment was raised in 1755. 2nd Battalion, 4th Marines was constituted in April 1914 during World War I when it was activated as one of the three . As the war progressed and further horsed regiments were . at this time. We were given fourteen days leave, which Bob Watt and I took together. The 8th U.S. Infantry reactivated in 1947, assigned to Ft. Ord, California, remaining assigned to the 4th Infantry Division. Pte. Frontier attitude appeared to exist right up to G.H.Q. Regards, The regiment raised in 1680 as one of the Tangier regiments, was granted the name Kings Own and the distinction of The Lion of England as a badge, by William of Orange in 1688. Under orders from the 10th French Army Commander, the 4th Border moved North-West to the line of the River Bresle. During the few days that we were assembling at Mariani, word came through that Gen. Wingate had been killed in an air accident. I've just looked through some of my notes and various books in French and English to refresh my memory of what went on. The 8th Army then got involved in very heavy fighting at Sidi Resegh, south of Tobruk, and our battalion was ordered to make a frontal assault from our side. 2 Border soon followed with the 7th Dlv, and fought in the first Battle of Ypres in defence of the Channel Ports. The battalion, nicknamed the Magnificent Bastards, is based out of Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California and are a part of the 5th Marine Regiment and 1st Marine Division. Language links are at the top of the page across from the title. Hutchinson M.B.E. When the breakout came, more aggressive raids began, until they were relieved by the Polish Carpathian Division. Thought the presentation & interpretation made the subject accessible". where they had an airstrip. The regiment mobilized 'The South Saskatchewan Regiment, CASF' for active service on 1 September 1939. The officers were billeted in, and had the Officers Mess in, the school buildings, the school having been evacuated by staff and pupils. He wrote out this contribution out long hand and sent it to Radio Cumbria. Moved to the West Indies to counter the French threat, the 4th and 55th share the battle honour St. Thoroughly enjoyed it. Cartwright John. 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. Stretchers and litters were constructed of bamboo and casualties were evacuated with Nagas acting as stretcher-bearers. Be the first to hear about our latest events, exhibitions and offers. Disembarking, they moved to El Quassasin by rail. I could not imagine a more appropriate ending. Mr Hutchinson has written the article which was then sent it in to BBC Radio Cumbria, Carlisle. There were varying degrees of success. From there we travelled by road up the length of Palestine through Tiberias and past the Sea of Galilee to Khiyam in Southern Lebanon. Now began a period of intensive jungle training on Chindit lines. Correspondence. The railway complex at Rennes was bombed during mid morning Monday 17th June. The day after Churchill gave his 'Finest Hour' speech and De Gaulle his 'Appeal' to the French: for the war to continue. This immediately changed the role of 23rd Brigade. I will try to have it completed for contribution in advance of the imminent closure. The BBC is not responsible for the content of any external sites 20 The battalion took part in the raid on Dieppe on 19 August 1942. We were deposited in a paddy field area around the village of Khunti, which was 20 miles from Ranchi and had never before been occupied by troops and we proceeded to set up camp.

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