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2nd Battalion Scots Guards – Order of Battle September 1943

The source for this information states it is from 14th September 1943 but this must be incorrect as a number of the officers mentioned had become casualties; it is more likely the 4th September 1943 when the battalion embarked from Tripoli.


Battalion Headquarters


Commanding Officer

Lieutenant-Colonel G.A.D. Taylor, MC

2 i/c

Major P. Steuart-Fotheringham

Adjutant

Captain Sir H. Astley-Corbett

Assistant Adjutant

Captain A.H.M. Thavenot

Intelligence Officer

Lieutenant T.R. Bland

Medical Officer

Captain J.R. Dow, RAMC

Chaplain

The Reverend J.M. Gow, MC, RAChd.



Headquarters Company


Company Commander

Captain R.S.P. Home

Signals Officer

Captain G.C. Lampson

Assistant Signals Officer

Lieutenant L.D. Cambridge

Transport Officer

Lieutenant The Lord Cross

Quartermaster

Lieutenant A. Greenwood

RSM

Regimental Sergeant Major R. Wessell


Regimental Quartermaster Sergeant A. Mutch

Drill Sergeants

WO 2 J. Lunn, MM


WO 2 R. Tillotson

Pipe Major

Sergeant J.W. Raeburn

CSM

Colour Sergeant Major G. McKirdy



Right Flank


OC

Major R.A.H. Rivers-Bulkeley

2 i/c

Captain R.A. Willis

Platoon Commanders

Lieutenant W.A. Elliott

Lieutenant R.T.S. Clarke


Lieutenant I.J. Fraser


Lieutenant C.P.R. Bowen-Colthurst

CSM

Colour Sergeant Major L. Parkes



F Company


OC

Major M.D.D. Critchon-Stuart

2 i/c

Captain M.N. Romer

Platoon Commanders

Lieutenant A.T. Philipson


Lieutenant W. Beckett


Lieutenant R.C. McLeod

CSM

Colour Sergeant Major J. Tulloch



G Company


OC

Major J.A.L. Timpson, MC

2 i/c

Captain I. Weston-Smith

Platoon Commanders

Lieutenant Sir N. Cayzer


Lieutenant The Honourable A.R.H. Erskine


Lieutenant R.S. Dollard


Lieutenant N.T. Torrance

CSM

Colour Sergeant Major R. Little, MM



Support Company


OC

Major J.F. Milburne

Anti-Tank Platoon

Captain F.A.L. Waldron

Lieutenant J.D.A. Stainton

Carriers

Lieutenant A.J.A. Weir MC

Mortar Platoon

Lieutenant D.G. Morphett

Pioneer

Lieutenant C.R.S. Buckle

CSM

Colour Sergeant Major H. Watson

Left Flank


OC

Major H.H. Houldsworth

2 i/c

Captain M.J.A. Gordon

Platoon Commanders

Lieutenant D.I. Fyfe-Jamieson


Lieutenant K.B. Mackenzie


Lieutenant J.D. Henderson

CSM

Colour Sergeant Major J. Hope, MM



First Reinforcements


Captain N.H. Barne, MC


Captain W.J. Brown, MC


Lieutenant R.A.E. Balfour


Lieutenant T.N. Douglas


Lieutenant P.C. Carter


Lieutenant P.R. Methuen


Lieutenant J. Carpenter-Garnier


Colour Sergeant Major L. Gray



D. Erskine, The Scots Guards 1919-1945. (London: William Clownes & Sons Ltd., 1956) p.551.