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.