by Ginette | Nov 20, 2024
Pte Denis Lawrence 5573258 2nd Battalion Devonshire Regiment Summary Denis Lawrence was born in Pewsey, Wiltshire in January 1917. He was working as a shop assistant when he enlisted into the Wiltshire Regiment in 1940. When captured near Hottot on the 11th of July...
by Ginette | May 30, 2023
Pte Sammy Brunt 14217219 1st Battalion Hampshire Regiment Summary Sammy Brunt was born in Kent in 1924. He enlisted in June 1942. At the time of his capture on the 11th of July 1944 near Hottot he was with the Hampshire regiment. On his returning PoW questionnaire he...
by Ginette | May 30, 2023
Pte Thomas Henry Blunt 5568852 2nd Battalion Devonshire regiment Summary Thomas Blunt, born 1913 in Liverpool, enlisted into the Wiltshire regiment in 1933. He was still a serving soldier when the war began, having spent most of his service in India and Singapore. In...
by Ginette | May 30, 2023
Pte John Basil Ivan Bird 14215934 1st Battalion Hampshire Regiment Summary John Basil Ivan Bird was born in December 1924. He lived in Hendon in Middlesex. John enlisted sometime after his 18th birthday in December 1942 and was posted to the Hampshire Regiment. He was...
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