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2nd Battalion Scots Guards – Documentation

The following are documents of interest for the unit that have been transcribed, mainly from the war diaries but also from other TNA Files.

Document NameSummaryTNA File
2nd Battalion Scots Guards – Roll of Honour September 1943List of 2nd Battalion Scots Guards personnel killed in action during the Salerno landings and subsequent operations in September 1943.WO 169/10170
2nd Battalion Scots Guards – Roll of Honour October 1943List of 2nd Battalion Scots Guards personnel killed in action in October 1943.WO 169/10170
2nd Battalion Scots Guards F Company Report 6th – 11th November 1943 (1st Battle of Monte Camino)Report of on the actions of F Company, 2nd Battalion Scots Guards, during the first battle of Monte Camino from 6th - 11th November. Written by Major Coke, the OC of F Company on 24th november 1943, it includes a summary of casualties sustained.WO 169/10170
2nd Battalion Scots Guards – Roll of Honour November 1943List of 2nd Battalion Scots Guards personnel killed in action in November 1943, mainly sustained during the first battle of Monte Camino.WO 169/10170
2nd Battalion Scots Guards Officer Casualties 9th September 1943 – 7th March 1944List of all officer casualties (killed, wounded, missing) sustained by 2nd Battalion Scots Guards from their landing at Salerno on 9th September 1943 until their withdrawal from the Garigliano on 7th March 1944.WO 170/636
2nd Battalion Scots Guards – Order of Battle September 19432nd Battalion Scots Guards order of battle on the prior to the landing at Salerno on 9th September 1943.
2nd Battalion Scots Guards – Order of Battle December 19432nd Battalion Scots Guards order of battle from December 1943, likely collated on 6th December 1943 just after the second battle of Monte Camino.WO 169/10170
2nd Battalion Scots Guards – Order of Battle January 19442nd Battalion Scots Guards order of battle from January 1944, likely collated between 5th January and the 13th January 1944 just before their move over the River Garigliano.WO 170/1353
2nd Battalion Scots Guards – Order of Battle February 19442nd Battalion Scots Guards order of battle from 24th February 1944 while the battalion was in the Garigliano bridgehead, near Minturno.WO 170/1353
2nd Battalion Scots Guards – Roll of Honour December 19432nd Battalion Scots Guards order of battle from 24th February 1944 while the battalion was in the Garigliano bridgehead, near Minturno.WO 169/10170
2nd Battalion Scots Guards – Roll of Honour January 1944List of 2nd Battalion Scots Guards personnel killed in action in January 1944, while the battalion was in the Garigliango bridgehead .WO 170/1353
2nd Battalion Scots Guards – Roll of Honour February 1944List of 2nd Battalion Scots Guards personnel killed in action in February 1944, while the battalion was in the Garigliango bridgehead .WO 170/1353
2nd Battalion Scots Guards Operation Instruction No. 1 16 January 1944Scots Guards Operation Instruction No.1, issued on 16th January 1944 in preparation for Operation Panther, the assault over the River Garigliano.WO 170/1353