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SBYRW : 7572

2nd Bn, Wiltshire Regiment - A black and white photo of the Officers in Syria in 1944; a note with this photo reads . 'Having taken part in the landings in Sicily and Italy the breakout from Anzio and the advance to Rome in 1943, the,2nd Wiltshires were withdrawn for a rest having suffered nearly 600 casualties in three months. In July 1944 the 5th Division of which,2nd Wiltshires had been a part since the start of the War moved to Palestine with the Wiltshires spending most of their time training at Nathanya, Damascus - near where this photo was taken - and Gaza. The photo shows the Officers seated with Gen Sir William Platt, the Colonel of the Regiment.'

Persons(s): Jewells; Hodges, T; Davies, R; Fry; Haines, A; Sales, T; Spooker; Drew, G; Thomas; Morley, J; Colrey; Murray, D; Lee, J; Malet, M; Druples, J; Essex, J; Palmer, P; Davies, T; Clawill, R; Wells, R; Cook, A; Debb; Dill; Dallantine, T; Hooley; Platt, W, General; Helford, E A, Colonel; Woolnough; Ward, T; Lucas, D; Weldon, P;

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Photographic > Photographic Print

SBYRW : 18567

1st Bn, Royal Berkshire Regiment - A black and white photo of Army School of Physical Training (India) No 2 Section, 2nd British Short Course, Ambala which contains one or more soldiers from the Battalion. This photo is one of a collection of 14 of the Battalion found by a building contractor who was working on an unoccupied house in Aldershot and deposited by him at the Army Medical Museum there; three of the photographs are named and the original owner, L/Corporal Greenaway, has been identified by his being the only common denominator to these three photographs.

Persons(s): Greenaway, H, Lance Corporal; Gill, W, Lance Bombardier; Kilcoyne, P, Corporal; Langley, N, Lance Corporal; Lynch, E, Lance Corporal; Avery, W, Lance Bombardier; Crouch, J, Lance Corporal; Bennion, G, Bombardier; Taylor, J, Lance Corporal; Blunt, J, Corporal; Daly, W, Lance Corporal; Bramley, W D, Lieutenant; Essex, J, Instructor Sergeant; Greenaway, Lance Corporal; Finney, J, Lance Corporal; Wales, E, Lance Corporal;

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SBYRW : 20731

2nd Bn, Wiltshire Regiment - A black and white photo of the officers of the Battalion in Italy in 1944 shortly before the Battalion was withdrawn from that theatre of war; they include (Front Row L to R) Bill MIDDLETON, Captain BALLENTINE, Major George WOOLENOUGH, WELDON, Lieutenant Colonel HEFFOR (Commanding Officer), Major HOOLEY (2 i/c), Major Tony WARD, ( ?QM), Major CLARKE. (Middle Row Left to Right) Jimmy LEE, (?), (?), (?), (?), (?), (?), (?), Lieutenant Von KAISERLING (South African), (?) (Rear Row Left to Right) Phillip PALMER, (?), John RODEN, MAYNARD, Arthur HARMER, (?), CHADWICK (Padre), Jasper ESSEX, (Dr) Gerry DREW.

Persons(s): Harman, A, 2nd Lieutenant; Ballentine, Captain; Woolenough, G; Weldon; Heffor, Colonel; Hooley, Major; Ward, A; Clarke, Major; Lee, J; Von Kaiserling, Lieutenant; Palmer, P; Roden, J; Maynard; Harmer, 2nd Lieutenant; Chadwick, Captain; Essex, J; Drew, G;

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