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    Recce War Cemeteries

    I am seeking photos from these cemeteries. Please PM me. Thanking you in advance. I am collecting photos of Recce Headstones /Memorials

    ABBEY CEMETERY, THORN UK

    ALAMEIN MEMORIAL Egypt
    ALDERSHOT MILITARY CEMETERY UK
    ALEXANDRIA (HADRA) WAR MEMORIAL CEMETERY Egypt
    ANCONA WAR CEMETERY Italy
    ANZIO WAR CEMETERY Italy
    AREZZO WAR CEMETERY Italy 1 missing
    ASHBOURNE (ST. OSWALD) CHURCHYARD Derbyshire
    ARGENTA GAP WAR CEMETERY Italy
    ARMAGH (ST. MARK) CHURCH OF IRELAND CHURCHYARD
    ASHTON-IN-MAKERFIELD (ST. THOMAS) CHURCHYARD, HEATH LANE EXTENSION
    ASHTON-UNDER-LYNE AND DUKINFIELD JOINT CEMETERY Tameside (Greater Manchester)?
    ASSISI WAR CEMETERY Italy
    AUCKLAND (ST. ANDREW) OLD CHURCHYARD UK

    BAGHDAD (NORTH GATE) WAR CEMETERY Iraq
    BAILDON (CHARLESTOWN) CEMETERY UK
    BALCOMBE (ST. MARY) CHURCHYARD UK
    BALLYCRANBEG (MOUNT ST. JOSEPH) ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCHYARD Ireland
    BANNEVILLE-LA-CAMPAGNE WAR CEMETERY France 1 missing
    BANNOCKBURN CEMETERY Scotland
    BARI WAR CEMETERY Italy
    BATH (LOCKSBROOK) CEMETERY Somerset
    BATTERSEA (MORDEN) CEMETERY UK
    BAYEUX MEMORIAL France
    BAYEUX WAR CEMETERY France
    BEACH HEAD WAR CEMETERY, ANZIO Italy
    BEATH EASTERN CEMETERY UK
    BEBINGTON CEMETERY Cheshire
    BECKENHAM CREMATORIUM AND CEMETERY Kent
    BECKLINGEN WAR CEMETERY Germany 2 Missing
    BEIRUT WAR CEMETERY Lebanese Republic
    BELFAST (DUNDONALD) CEMETERY UK
    BELFAST (MILLTOWN) ROMAN CATHOLIC CEMETERY Ireland
    BEJA WAR CEMETERY Tunisia 1 missing
    BERGEN-OP-ZOOM WAR CEMETERY Netherlands
    BESTHORPE (ALL SAINTS) CHURCHYARD UK
    BETHUNE TOWN CEMETERY France
    BIGGIN (ST. THOMAS) CHURCHYARD Derbyshire
    BILLINGHAM (ST. CUTHBERT) CHURCHYARD UK
    BILSTON CEMETERY UK
    BIRKENHEAD (FLAYBRICK HILL) CEMETERY Cheshire
    BIRMINGHAM MUNICIPAL CREMATORIUM Warwickshire
    BIRMINGHAM (BRANDWOOD END) CEMETERY Warwickshire
    BIRMINGHAM (LODGE HILL) CEMETERY Warwickshire
    BISCOT (HOLY TRINITY) CHURCHYARD Bedfordshire
    BIRTLEY NEW CEMETERY UK
    BLACKBURN (PLEASINGTON) CEMETERY UK
    BLYTH (COWPEN) CEMETERY Northumberland
    BOLLINGTON (ST. GREGORY) ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCHYARD UK
    BOLSENA WAR CEMETERY Italy
    BOLOGNA WAR CEMETERY Italy
    BONE WAR CEMETERY, ANNABA Algeria
    BOXGROVE (SS. MARY AND BLAISE) CHURCHYARD UK
    BRADFORD (BOWLING) CEMETERY Yorkshire [Thanks Gav]
    BRADFORD (SCHOLEMOOR) CEMETERY Yorkshire [Thanks Gav]
    BRENT PELHAM (ST. MARY) CHURCHYARD UK
    BRINSWORTH (ST. GEORGE) CHURCHYARD UK
    BRISTOL (GREENBANK) CEMETERY Gloucestershire
    BROOKWOOD CEMETERY UK
    BROOKWOOD MEMORIAL UK (Finished by, The Commonwealth Roll of Honour Project)
    BROOKWOOD MILITARY CEMETERY UK
    BROUAY WAR CEMETERY France
    BRUNSSUM WAR CEMETERY Netherlands
    BRUSSELS TOWN CEMETERY Belgium
    BURGESS HILL (ST. JOHN) CHURCHYARD EXTENSION UK

    BURSCOUGH BRIDGE (ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST) CHURCHYARD, ORMSKIRK UK
    BURTON-UPON-TRENT CEMETERY UK

    CALCUTTA (BHOWANIPORE) CEMETERY India
    CAMBERWELL NEW CEMETERY UK
    CAMBRIDGE CITY CEMETERY Cambridgeshire
    CARDIFF (CATHAYS) CEMETERY Wales
    CASERTA WAR CEMETERY Italy
    CASSINO MEMORIAL Italy
    CASSINO WAR CEMETERY Italy
    CATTERICK MILITARY CEMETERY UK
    CAYEUX-SUR-MER COMMUNAL CEMETERY France
    CELLE WAR CEMETERY Germany
    CEMENT HOUSE CEMETERY Belgium
    CESENA WAR CEMETERY Italy
    CHATHAM (MAIDSTONE ROAD) CEMETERY Kent
    CHEADLE AND GATLEY CEMETERY UK
    CHELERS COMMUNAL CEMETERY France
    CHESHAM BURIAL GROUND Buckinghamshire
    CHESSINGTON (ST. MARY) CHURCHYARD UK
    CHESTER (OVERLEIGH) CEMETERY
    CHIPPENHAM (LONDON ROAD) CEMETERY Wiltshire
    CHITTAGONG WAR CEMETERY Bangladesh
    CHRISTIANSBORG MEMORIAL Ghana
    CHRISTIANSBORG WAR CEMETERY Ghana
    CHUNGKAI WAR CEMETERY Thailand
    CITY OF LONDON AND TOWER HAMLETS CEMETERY UK
    CITY OF LONDON CEMETERY AND CREMATORIUM, MANOR PARK UK
    CLOWNE (ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST) CHURCHYARD UK
    COLNE CEMETERY UK
    COLOGNE SOUTHERN CEMETERY Germany
    CORIANO RIDGE WAR CEMETERY Italy
    CROYDON (MITCHAM ROAD) CEMETERY UK
    CWMTILLERY (ST. PAUL) CHURCHYARD Wales

    DAGENHAM (CHADWELL HEATH) CEMETERY UK
    DEERLIJK COMMUNAL CEMETERY Belgium
    DELY IBRAHIM WAR CEMETERY Algeria
    DIEPPE CANADIAN WAR CEMETERY, HAUTOT-SUR-MER France
    [B]DIVES SUR MER COMMUNAL CEMETERY France[/B]
    DUNDEE CREMATORIUM UK
    DUNSTABLE CEMETERY UK
    DURNBACH WAR CEMETERY Germany

    EAST FINCHLEY CEMETERY AND ST. MARYLEBONE CREMATORIUM UK
    EAST KILBRIDE CEMETERY Lanarkshire
    EAST LONDON CEMETERY, PLAISTOW UK
    EDMONTON CEMETERY, Middlesex
    EL ALAMEIN WAR CEMETERY Egypt
    EL ALIA CEMETERY Algeria
    ELETOT CHURCHYARD France
    ELLON CHURCHYARD France
    ENFIDAVILLE WAR CEMETERY Tunisia
    ERDINGTON (ST. BARNABAS) CHURCHYARD UK
    ETREVILLE CHURCHYARD France
    EXTON (SS. PETER AND PAUL) CHURCHYARD Rutland

    FAENZA WAR CEMETERY Italy
    FAYID WAR CEMETERY Egypt
    FECAMP (LE VAL AUX CLERCS) COMMUNAL CEMETERY France
    FLORENCE WAR CEMETERY Italy
    FOIANO DELLA CHIANA WAR CEMETERY Italy
    FORFAR CEMETERY UK
    FORLI WAR CEMETERY Italy
    FONTENAY-LE-PESNEL WAR CEMETERY, TESSEL France
    FREETOWN (KING TOM) CEMETERY Sierra Leone
    FREETOWN MEMORIAL Sierra Leone
    FULFORD CEMETERY Yorkshire [Thanks Gav]
    FULHAM PALACE ROAD CEMETERY UK

    GATESHEAD (SALTWELL) CEMETERY Durham
    GAUHATI WAR CEMETERY India
    GEEL (STELEN) CHURCHYARD Belgium
    GEEL WAR CEMETERY Belgium
    GELLYGAER (GWAELODYBRITHDIR) CEMETERY UK
    GELUVELD COMMUNAL CEMETERY, Belgium
    GENT CITY CEMETERY Belgium
    GILLING (ST. AGATHA) CHURCHYARD UK
    GLASGOW (CRAIGTON) CEMETERY UK
    GOODSHAW (ST. MARY AND ALL SAINTS) CHURCHYARD UK
    GRADARA WAR CEMETERY Italy
    GRAVESEND CEMETERY Kent
    GREAT HARWOOD CEMETERY UK

    HALFAYA SOLLUM WAR CEMETERY Egypt
    HAMBURG CEMETERY Germany 4 missing
    HANOVER WAR CEMETERY Germany
    HARROW (PINNER) NEW CEMETERY
    HARTLEPOOL (STRANTON) CEMETERY Durham
    HASTINGS CEMETERY, Sussex UK
    HELIOPOLIS WAR CEMETERY Egypt
    HENLEY-ON-THAMES CEMETERY UK
    HERMANVILLE WAR CEMETERY France
    HEXHAM CEMETERY Northumberland
    HIGHGATE CEMETERY London
    HIGH WYCH (ST. JAMES THE GREAT) CHURCHYARD UK
    HINCKLEY CEMETERY UK
    HODISTER (GENES) COMMUNAL CEMETERY Belgium
    HORNCHURCH CEMETERY UK
    HOTTON WAR CEMETERY Belgium
    HOTTOT-LES-BAGUES WAR CEMETERY France
    HOUSTON CEMETERY UK
    HUDDERSFIELD (EDGERTON) CEMETERY UK
    HULL NORTHERN CEMETERY Yorkshire
    HUNTINGFIELD (ST. MARY) CHURCHYARD UK

    IBADAN MILITARY CEMETERY Nigeria
    IDLE UPPER CHAPEL (CONGREGATIONAL) CEMETERY UK
    ILFORD CEMETERY Essex
    IMPHAL WAR CEMETERY India
    IMTARFA MILITARY CEMETERY Malta
    INGLETON (ST. JOHN) CHURCHYARD UK
    ISLINGTON CEMETERY AND CREMATORIUM UK
    JAKARTA WAR CEMETERY Indonesia

    KADUNA CIVIL CEMETERY Nigeria
    KADUNA MEMORIAL Nigeria
    KANCHANABURI WAR CEMETERY Thailand
    KIEL WAR CEMETERY Germany
    KEDLESTON (ALL SAINTS) CHURCHYARD Derbyshire
    KENSAL GREEN (ALL SOULS') CEMETERY London
    KILBOWIE CEMETERY Scotland
    KIRKEE 1939-1945 MEMORIAL India
    KIRKEE WAR CEMETERY India
    KIRRIEMUIR CEMETERY Scotland
    KLAGENFURT WAR CEMETERY Austria
    KNIGHTSBRIDGE WAR CEMETERY, ACROMA Libya
    KNOWLE (SS. JOHN THE BAPTIST, LAWRENCE AND ANN) CHURCHYARD UK
    KOHIMA WAR CEMETERY India
    KRANJI WAR CEMETERY Singapore
    KRUISHOUTEM COMMUNAL CEMETERY Belgium

    LA BIGNE CHURCHYARD France
    LA DELIVRANDE WAR CEMETERY, DOUVRES France 10 missing
    LAGNY COMMUNAL CEMETERY France
    LA REUNION WAR CEMETERY Algeria
    LANCASTER (SKERTON) CEMETERY UK
    LEICESTER (SAFFRON HILL) CEMETERY Leicestershire
    LEOPOLDSBURG WAR CEMETERY Belgium
    LES HOGUES COMMUNAL CEMETERY
    LEYSDOWN (ST. CLEMENT) CHURCHYARD UK
    LEYTONSTONE (ST. PATRICK'S) ROMAN CATHOLIC CEMETERY UK
    TRIPOLI WAR CEMETERY Libya
    LIER BELGIAN MILITARY CEMETERY Belgium
    LIEUREY COMMUNAL CEMETERY France
    LLANARTH (LLWYN CELYN) INDEPENDENT CHAPELYARD Wales
    LLANGRISTIOLUS (ST. CHRISTIOLUS) CHURCHYARD Wales
    LONDON CEMETERY AND EXTENSION, LONGUEVAL France
    LOUGHBRICKLAND PRESBYTERIAN CHURCHYARD UK
    LUTON CHURCH BURIAL GROUND UK

    MADRAS WAR CEMETERY, CHENNAI India
    MAESTEG CEMETERY UK
    MAIDSTONE CEMETERY, Kent UK
    MALVERN LINK (ST. MATTHIAS) CHURCHYARD EXTENSION UK
    MANCHESTER SOUTHERN CEMETERY Lancashire
    MANCHESTER CREMATORIUM Lancashire
    MANNEVILLETTE CHURCHYARD France
    MARLOW CEMETERY Buckinghamshire
    MASSICAULT WAR CEMETERY Tunisia
    MAYNAMATI WAR CEMETERY Bangladesh 5 missing
    MEDJEZ-EL-BAB MEMORIAL Tunisia
    MEDJEZ-EL-BAB WAR CEMETERY Tunisia
    MELDOLA WAR CEMETERY Italy
    MIDDLESBROUGH (ACKLAM) CEMETERY Yorkshire
    MIDDLESBROUGH (NORTH ORMESBY) CEMETERY Yorkshire
    MIERLO WAR CEMETERY Netherlands
    MILL HILL (ST. PAUL) CHURCHYARD Middlesex
    MILTON-UNDER-WYCHWOOD BAPTIST CHAPELYARD UK
    MINEHEAD CEMETERY Somerset
    MINTURNO WAR CEMETERY Italy
    MISSY CHURCHYARD France
    MOLD CEMETERY UK
    MONTECCHIO WAR CEMETERY Italy
    MORDEN CEMETERY UK
    MORDEN (ST. LAURENCE) CHURCHYARD Surrey
    MORO RIVER CANADIAN WAR CEMETERY Italy
    MOUSSEY CHURCHYARD Vosges, France
    MUCH WOOLTON (ST. MARY'S) ROMAN CATHOLIC CEMETERY UK
    MUNSTER HEATH WAR CEMETERY Germany 1 missing

    NAPLES WAR CEMETERY Italy
    NEDERWEERT WAR CEMETERY Limburg, Netherlands
    NETHERTON (ST. ANDREW) CHURCHYARD UK
    NEW KILPATRICK (OR HILLFOOT) CEMETERY UK
    NIGERIA MEMORIAL
    NORTH SHEEN CEMETERY UK
    NORTHWOOD CEMETERY UK
    NOTTINGHAM NORTHERN CEMETERY Nottinghamshire
    NUNHEAD (ALL SAINTS) CEMETERY UK

    OFFORD D'ARCY CEMETERY UK
    OISTERWIJK (ST. PETER) ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCHYARD Netherlands
    OLDBURY CEMETERY, WARLEY UK
    OOIKE CHURCHYARD Belgium
    ORTON (ALL SAINTS) CHURCHYARD UK

    ORVIETO WAR CEMETERY Italy
    OSLO WESTERN CIVIL CEMETERY Norway
    OUED ZARGA WAR CEMETERY Tunisia
    OWSTON (ALL SAINTS) CHURCHYARD UK
    OXFORD (BOTLEY) CEMETERY UK

    PENWORTHAM (ST. MARY) CHURCHYARD UK
    PHALERON WAR CEMETERY Greece
    PEEL (ST. PAUL) CHURCHYARD UK
    PLUMSTEAD CEMETERY UK
    PONT-AUDEMER COMMUNAL CEMETERY France
    POPHAM (ST. CATHERINE) CHURCHYARD UK
    PORLOCK CEMETERY Somerset
    PORT TALBOT (GOYTRE) CEMETERY UK
    PRAGUE WAR CEMETERY Czech Republic
    PRESTON (NEW HALL LANE) CEMETERY Lancashire
    PRUDHOE NEW CEMETERY UK

    RAMSGATE AND ST. LAWRENCE CEMETERY UK
    RANCHI WAR CEMETERY India
    RANGOON MEMORIAL Myanmar
    RANGOON WAR CEMETERY Myanmar

    RANVILLE WAR CEMETERY France
    RAVENNA WAR CEMETERY Italy
    REICHSWALD FOREST WAR CEMETERY Germany
    REIGATE (REDSTONE) CEMETERY UK
    RHEINBERG WAR CEMETERY Germany
    RHENEN GENERAL CEMETERY Utrecht, Netherlands
    RIBEAUCOURT CHURCHYARD France
    ROME WAR CEMETERY Italy
    ROSS (ST. MARY) CHURCHYARD Herefordshire
    ROXBURGH PARISH CHURCHYARD UK
    RYES WAR CEMETERY, BAZENVILLE France [Normandy]

    SAGE WAR CEMETERY
    SAI WAN WAR CEMETERY China
    SALFORD (WEASTE) CEMETERY Lancashire
    SALERNO WAR CEMETERY Italy
    SANDY CEMETERY UK
    SANGRO RIVER WAR CEMETERY Italy
    SAUSSAY-LA-CAMPAGNE CHURCHYARD France
    SEATON HIRST (ST. JOHN) CHURCHYARD UK
    SECQUEVILLE-EN-BESSIN WAR CEMETERY France
    SFAX WAR CEMETERY Tunisia
    SINGAPORE CIVIL HOSPITAL GRAVE MEMORIAL
    SHEFFIELD (CITY ROAD) CEMETERY Yorkshire
    SIDON WAR CEMETERY Lebanese Republic
    SINGAPORE MEMORIAL
    SINGAPORE CIVIL HOSPITAL GRAVE MEMORIAL

    SOKOTO CEMETERY Nigeria
    SOUTH LONDON CREMATORIUM, MITCHAM UK
    SPELSBURY (ALL SAINTS) CHURCHYARD UK
    SPONDON CEMETERY
    STAMFORD CEMETERY UK
    ST. ALBANS, HATFIELD ROAD CEMETERY Hertfordshire
    ST. AUBIN-ROUTOT CHURCHYARD France
    ST. CHARLES DE PERCY WAR CEMETERY France
    STE. MARIE CEMETERY, LE HAVRE France
    STE. OPPORTUNE-LA-MARE CHURCHYARD France
    ST. MANVIEU WAR CEMETERY, CHEUX France
    STEWARTSTOWN ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCHYARD UK
    STOCKTON-ON-TEES (DURHAM ROAD) CEMETERY Yorkshire
    STOCKPORT BOROUGH CEMETERY UK
    STOKE-ON-TRENT (HANLEY) CEMETERY Staffordshire
    ST. PANCRAS CEMETERY UK
    STREATHAM PARK CEMETERY UK
    SUEZ WAR MEMORIAL CEMETERY Egypt

    TABARKA RAS RAJEL WAR CEMETERY Tunisia
    TENTERDEN (ST. MILDRED'S) CEMETERY UK
    THURROCK (WEST THURROCK) CEMETERY UK
    TEHRAN WAR CEMETERY Iran
    TILLY-SUR-SEULLES WAR CEMETERY France
    TINCHEBRAY COMMUNAL CEMETERY France
    TOBRUK WAR CEMETERY Libya
    TRIPOLI WAR CEMETERY Libya
    TRURO CEMETERY, Cornwall
    TURNHOUT COMMUNAL CEMETERY Belgium
    TYNEMOUTH (PRESTON) CEMETERY UK

    UDEN WAR CEMETERY Netherlands

    WALKER (CHRIST CHURCH) CHURCHYARD UK
    WALLASEY (RAKE LANE) CEMETERY UKWALSALL (RYECROFT) CEMETERY UK
    WALTON AND WEYBRIDGE (WALTON-ON-THAMES) CEMETERY Surrey
    WANDSWORTH (PUTNEY VALE) CEMETERY AND CREMATORIUM London
    WANDSWORTH (STREATHAM) CEMETERY London
    WATFORD CEMETERY UK
    WERRINGTON (ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST) CHURCHYARD UK
    WEST BROMWICH CEMETERY UK
    WEST CLANDON (SS. PETER AND PAUL) CHURCH CEMETERY UK
    WICK CEMETERY UK
    WHITKIRK CHURCH CEMETERY West Yorkshire
    WICKWAR NEW BURIAL GROUND Gloucestershire
    WIMBLEDON (GAP ROAD) CEMETERY UK
    WOKING (ST. JOHN'S) CREMATORIUM Surrey
    WOOL (HOLY ROOD) CHURCHYARD AND EXTENSION
    WOODSIDE (ST. ANDREW) CHURCHYARD UK

    YABA CEMETERY Nigeria
    YAUCOURT-BUSSUS COMMUNAL CEMETERY France
    YOKOHAMA WAR CEMETERY Japan

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    Before we do anything, can we ask what photos you want from these cemeteries, and why?

    I know these are by no means an exhaustive list of War Graves in the world (I for one know that all the cemeteries in Stoke On Trent have graves), so why do you want them? Please explain the recce significance for everyone.
    "Time is a great storyteller"

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    My father was in 56 Recce and I have collated the Rolls of Honour for all Recce Regiments and am in the process of collecting Photos of Headstones/Memorials to go with them. So far have collected about 900 photos. My other project is All War Graves in W.Australia of which I have finished photographing Perth War Cemetery and Fremantle General Cemetery, the photos of which are available on request.

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    Welcome Paul,

    Glad to see you over here.

    Although a UK forum, there are many Aussies on board.

    Cheers

    Geoff
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    My project is the collection of over 11,200
    Headstone/Memorial photos of RAAF/RAF Aussies located in 67 countries during WW2 and 360+ from WW1. Can you assist?
    -------------------------------------------------------
    My Avatar is the colour patch (Blood & Bandages) of my Fathers Battalion in the 6th Division AIF.

    Gunner Frederick Edwin Swallow, "C" Company 2/8th Battalion, 19th Brigade.
    Critically injured in the taking of Tobruk on 21st January 1941.


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    Geoff, Thanks , I was surprised to see you here.

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    I know I am coming across as really thick here but Recce? We talking reconnaisance unit or something?
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    Kitty, Yes Reconnaissance Corps

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    Recce

    Following the disaster in France, the traditional recce units of the divisions, the divisional cavalry regiments, were snapped up by the Royal Armoured Corps (RAC) to form new Armoured Divisions. The need for reconnaissance units within divisions was clearly recognized by the Bartholomew Committee, formed by General Sir John Dill, Chief of the Imperial General Staff (CIGS), to study the lessons learned from the recent campaign in Flanders and make recommendations. Interim units were formed. These units were formed from re-rolled infantry battalions and anti-tank units, as well as from new formations. The Bartholomew report makes clear that,

    "The unit should itself be a tank unit and should belong to the RAC. The RAC is, however, fully occupied with the expansion of armoured formations which will also absorb, at any rate for the present, all tank production. Moreover, these reconnaissance units will usually operate under the general cover of armoured divisions. It is considered therefore that it should be an infantry unit suitably organized to carry out protective reconnaissance, the armoured element consisting of carriers and scout-cars and the un-armoured of motor-cyclists." (Bartholomew Committee: PRO WO106/1741 from Doherty, Richard Only the Enemy in Front, London, 1994, p. 3)

    On 14 January 1941, His Majesty King George VI signed a Royal Warrant authorizing the formation of the Reconnaissance Corp that was then published in a Special Army Order, eight days later. In June 1942, cavalry nomenclature was adopted for the Reconnaissance Corps so the original Battalions became Regiments, Companies became Squadrons, and Platoons became Troops. In most cases, the regimental number generally indicates the divisional assignment; i.e. 3rd Recce Regiment would be assigned to the 3rd Division. Doherty notes, "exceptions were to be found as the war progressed." (Doherty, p. 4)

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    Hi Reece,
    I have a number of these cemeteries done so i'll check through what i have for you. If i could have a list of casualties in Aldershot, Brookwood, and Botley Road Oxford i can get those sent to you.
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    Quote Originally Posted by sniper View Post
    Hi Reece,
    I have a number of these cemeteries done so i'll check through what i have for you. If i could have a list of casualties in Aldershot, Brookwood, and Botley Road Oxford i can get those sent to you.
    Regards
    Sniper (Mike)
    Hi Mike,

    Great to hear/see you!

    Cheers

    Geoff
    Spidge,



    My project is the collection of over 11,200
    Headstone/Memorial photos of RAAF/RAF Aussies located in 67 countries during WW2 and 360+ from WW1. Can you assist?
    -------------------------------------------------------
    My Avatar is the colour patch (Blood & Bandages) of my Fathers Battalion in the 6th Division AIF.

    Gunner Frederick Edwin Swallow, "C" Company 2/8th Battalion, 19th Brigade.
    Critically injured in the taking of Tobruk on 21st January 1941.


    What did the Australians do in ww2 and other conflicts? Check out this site:
    http://www.diggerhistory.info/00-pag...ster-index.htm

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