moved, shortly afterwards, into billets in Hereford, a nice city with a fine cathedral. By then, they were surrounded. The regiment assaulted Utah Beach on 6 June 1944, as part of VII Corps in the D-Day Invasion, and arrived in the vicinity of Pavenoville, France by the end of D-day. GOOD, T.D., R.A.M.C. Lucia 1778.. Language links are at the top of the page across from the title. Little in the way of operations were carried out, though the battalion did march to Shabe Bazar and B company was sent to a supposed area of Japanese activity at Taung Bazar, but despite active patrolling no contact was made with the Japanese. 5th Battalion, Border Regiment in the Great War - The Wartime Memories We now proceeded towards the concentration area at Column H.Q. The hotel served the best curry we had ever tasted. At this time, the Japanese advance into India west of the Chindwin had begun and we were quite ignorant of the exact location of the forward Japanese troops and felt that there was a threat to the railway line with its many bridges, but we arrived safely without incident at Mariani. They were also given the task of relieving the Black Watch Battalion who were in the village of Incheville. We remained here three weeks during which we had the opportunity to visit Beirut, which was a beautiful town with wonderful amenities and it is so sad to think of the horrors that it has suffered in recent years. After an uneventful voyage across the Indian Ocean, we eventually arrived at Bombay. The best of luck to you, and thanks again!. SADF 4 SAI Ratels were known for their conspicuous red call sign markings. The National Army Museum works with a network of Regimental and Corps Museums across the UK to help preserve and share the history and traditions of the Army and its soldiers. The Border Regiment | National Army Museum Copyright of content contributed to this Archive rests with the author. The regiment's territorial components formed duplicate second and third line battalions. This is a list of battalions of the Border Regiment, which existed as an infantry regiment of the British Army from 1881 to 1959. 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. 1st Battalion was again in Burma on the outbreak of the First World War (1914-18), having returned there in 1910. It then spent two years in Somaliland, before returning to Britain in 1950, where it merged with 2nd Battalion in October of that year. Just at this time the dingdong battles with the Japanese in the Maungdau/Buthidaung area of the Arakom District in Burma flared up and the Bn. 6 Border were a beach landing group at the Normandy landings. Personal information on file in military records on individual soldiers is only available to the soldier himself or to next of kin. Occupying the village of Kiam in the central sector, the battalion were engaged in patrolling. and I met their M.O. To give the reader some idea of the preparedness for, and the attitude of the British Indian Establishment, it is of interest to relate that the first action of the authorities was to try to carry out a customs examination of a mobilised British division arriving in the country complete with weapons and transport from a war zone to a potential war zone. Between 1809 and 1814, 11 battle honours were won by the regiment. [2], The Border Regiment fielded 18 battalions[7] and lost almost 7,000[8] officers and other ranks during the course of the war. whose name, curiously, was the same as mine, Capt. On this day in 1944 Captain D.V. Thanks again for your reply and interest, you have been most helpful. Deolali has always been a time-honoured name in the army, associated with the expression The Deolali Tap. Pte. Most of the content on this site is created by our users, who are members of the After the war the two regular battalions served in Germany and Italy, before I Border was posted to Palestine in 1947. So, once again, we moved from Bangalore to the Jhansi-Sangor area of Central India. WO 169 / 1737 1st Northumberland Fusiliers Platoon, with Major Douglas Scott in command, attacked various areas around the village itself. The Royal Regina Rifles - Canada.ca Major Scott was evacuated and did not rejoin us until we returned to Bangalore. 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. After that it was Suez, Egypt, and a transit camp, until we entrained for the Western Desert. It continued in British Army service until 1959, when it merged with The King's Own Royal Regiment (Lancaster) to form The King's Own Royal Border Regiment. 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