World War 2

153rd (Leic. Yeo.) Field Regt. R.A

SP Regiment 25Pndr/Sherman "Sexton"

5th Guards Armoured Brigade

153 ready for G.O.C's inspection

RHQ

CO Major J S Atkins, TD

Major Hon. B T Brassey

Wounded, 26th April 1945

Cpt. S J H Sherrard

Cpt. E C W Sowman

Cpt. G L Vokins, MM

Cpt A Rammage, (R.A.M.C)

Killed in action 10th July 1944

Cpt. J H Simpson (R.A.M.C) [1944-45]

Cpt. P M Studd [1944-45]

Lt. J H Paterson

Lt. R R Clarke

Lt.D M Coyler, (R.A.M.C) [1944-45]

Capt. C E Akerhielm, REME (Attached)

Lt. D Angus, Royal Signals (Attached)

Rev. A S Pryor, CF, RA, Ch.D

Killed 3rd August 1944 Aged 41, buried at St. Charles de Percy (British Cemetery)

Rev. W W March, RA, Ch.D [1944-45]

RHQ Officers at Halmael

Stan Puffet

Batman to Major Brassey

Irish Group

2nd (Armoured) Bn, 3rd Bn. Irish Guards 

129 (P) Battery

Major Lord Willoughby de Eresby

Wounded, 3rd August 1944

Major C J Vesey [1944-45]

Cpt. D C M Salt

Cpt. E J Howard

Cpt. R C Rowland-Clerk

Lt. J Gordon

Lt. K Wharton

Lt. C D Tosh

Lt. D C Davies

Lt. M Townsend

Lt. G Ponsonby

Lt. R Brisbourne

Lt. B M Ross [1944-45]

Wounded, 1st August 1944

A Troop, 129 Battery Tank, "BELVOIR" in the Rhineland, Feb 1945.

Arthur Wright, Jack Howard, Jack Bates

Geoff (Junior) Wright, Freddy Platts.

129 Battery near Douai

Grenadier Group

1st (Motor) Bn, 2nd (Armoured) Bn. Grenadier Guards 

130 (Q) Battery

OC Major. R Hoare

130 Battery O.P. Tank "West Norfolk", water proofed, June 1944 in Eastbourne.

Major R Hoare, G Burditt, Gnr. Morgan, Gnr. Osbourne and Gnr. Randal

130 Battery O.P. Tank "West Norfolk" in 1945.

Top (L-R): MacKenzie, Major Hoare.  Floor (L-R) : Don Watts, Capt. J Green.

Capt. L T Lillington

Killed in action 11th August 1944

Capt. P Winslow

Capt. A L A Tasker

Killed in action 20th Sept 1944

Capt. H R Wright [1944-45]

Wounded, 2nd August 1944

Capt. J Green [1944-45]

Lt S Hughes

Lt R N Leveson-Gower

Wounded, 3rd August 1944

Lt. A C B Helps

Lt. D A H Baer

Lt. C P Noble

Lt D J Hamilton

Killed in action 22nd Sept 1944

Lt. R E Tofts

Lt. A Baker [1944-45]

Lt. D Neave [1944-45]

Lt. A E Smith [1944-45]

Bert Puffet

Batman to Capt. Winslow

Micheal McDonald

Reg Burbidge

130 Battery Motor Transport Personnel, Eastbourne 1944

Back Row: F Hussey, ?, Gillingham, W French.

3r Row : D Hayes, J York, G Hamilton, S Herrick, ?, S Arnold, E Bond, ?, Eales, G Kelly, A Cole, ?, ?.

2nd Row : G Burditt, McDonald, Adamson, W Driver, S Wilson, J D Coates.

Front Row: J Revel, F A Coe, C Harlow, ?, W Perrin, Hill, White, ?.

Coldstream Group 

1st (Armoured) Bn CG, 5th Bn. Coldstream Guards 

131 (R) Battery

Major. P S Buxton

Killed in action 18th July 1944

Capt. Hon. F Cawley

Wounded, 3rd August 1944

Capt. M S Brown

Killed in action 8th Sept 1944

Capt. S R Hedges

Wounded, 1st August 1944

Capt. Dick Bentley (F Troop) [1944-45]

Capt. J C Reid [1944-45]

Capt. H Bentley [1944-45]

Capt. H Yates [1944-45]

Lt. Jim Bolton

Lt. G A Huxtable

Lt. J G Macalpine

Taken Prisoner, 3rd August 1944

Lt. D P Warren

Lt. R A J Ryder

Lt. J McKenna [1944-45]

Lt. G C Atkinson [1944-45]

Lt. D J Smith [1944-45]

Lt. J G Sherer [1944-45]

Lt. F A Pearson [1944-45]

554553 L/Sgt. G R Vines

Killed 2nd August 1944 Aged 28, buried at St. Charles de Percy (British Cemetary)

994275 Sgt. J W Gullen

Killed 10th August 1944 Aged 28, buried at St. Charles de Percy (British Cemetary)

Fox Troop, 131 (R) Battery.

Pat Reid

Half Track Driver (F Troop)

Cliff Wild

(R battery, F Troop)

982681 Gnr. Thomas A NUTT 

Royal Artillery - 153 (The Leicestershire Yeomanry) Field Regt. 22/09/1944 Buried in ARNHEM OOSTERBEEK WAR CEMETERY  - 14. A. 9. Son of William Robert and Marion Elizabeth Nutt; husband of Eileen Alberta Nutt, of Scarborough, Yorkshire. 

Gnr.Cyril Haig

Gnr.Cyril Haig, 26, whose name is given as Hague by the CWGC, was a gunner in the Leicester Yeomanry. He died on 1st January, 1946, as a member of the occupation forces. Buried in Cologne. He was son of William Birchall Hague and Jane Hague and husband of Alice Hague, of Crooke.

952375 BDR. W H R Trow

Killed 3rd August 1944 Aged 25, buried at St. Charles de Percy (British Cemetary)

325179 Gnr. A. Horton

Killed 3rd August 1944 Aged 26, buried at St. Charles de Percy (British Cemetary)

Other Ranks Wounded (Battery not known)

14345475 Gnr. E Z Corbett

Everill was aged 20. Date of Death 17/09/1944 Gunner, Royal Artillery, 153 (The Leicestershire Yeomanry) Field Regt, No 14345475 Son of George and Susan Corbett, of Letchworth, Hertfordshire

154th (Leic. Yeo.) Field Regt. R.A 

8th Army, 13 Corps, 50 Div. SP Regt for 151 Brigade.

RHQ

CO Lt Col RAG Tilney

Below is a Christmas card sent to relatives (Dolly & Francis Tilney) by Col. Tilney. Inside is a drawing of a field gun and quad tractor leading to a mounted Yeoman.

Major GE Bouskell-Wade

Major. The 2nd Lord Hazlerigg

The 2nd Lord Hazlerigg, who has died aged 92, was awarded an MC in Italy in 1944; he also captained Leicestershire and Cambridge at cricket.
In the last six months of 1944, Hazlerigg, a major in 154 (Leicestershire Yeomanry) Field Regiment Royal Artillery, was responsible for controlling the artillery and other supporting arms of the 1st Battalion, the Durham Light Infantry. His fire plans played a key role in the capture of two strategic features overlooking the Tiber valley, Monte Acuto and Monte Cedrone, in the defence of the Anghiari ridge, and at the crossing and holding of the bridgehead over the Montone river. His courage, coolness and organisation in these successful actions, in circumstances of considerable personal danger, were recognised with the award of the Military Cross.
The Hazleriggs have been prominent in England's affairs since 1066, when Simon de Hesilrige came over with William the Conqueror. A baronetcy was created for Sir Thomas Hesilrige in 1622, and the spelling of the surname was altered to Hazlerigg by Royal Licence in 1818. The Noseley estate in Leicestershire came into the family by marriage in the late 13th century; Noseley Hall itself was built in 1729 by the 7th baronet shortly after his marriage to Hannah Sturges, said to have been the inspiration for Samuel Richardson's Pamela.
advertisementThe most celebrated member of the family was the 2nd baronet, Sir Arthur Hesilrige. In 1642, with his guardian John Pym, Hesilrige was one of the five Members of Parliament whom King Charles I attempted to arrest for treason, so sparking the Civil War. Oliver Cromwell is believed to have stayed at Noseley for several days in 1645, having concealed his horses in the chapel in the grounds, while he made his preparations for the decisive battle at Naseby. Sir Arthur Hesilrige's descendant, the 13th baronet, was raised to the peerage as Lord Hazlerigg in 1945 for services to Leicestershire.
His eldest son, Arthur Grey Hazlerigg, was born at South Kensington, London, on February 24 1910. Arthur was educated at Eton, where he was in the cricket XI for three years, captaining the side in his last two years before going up to Trinity College, Cambridge, to read Land Management. A right-handed batsman and a medium-pace off-spinner, he took seven wickets for 66 runs in the Varsity match as a freshman, and was captain in 1932. He went on to play for Leicestershire and, in 1934, like his father before him, he captained the county side. Between 1930 and 1934 he played in 66 first-class matches, taking 112 wickets at an average of 31.03 and scoring 2,515 runs, including three centuries, at an average of 25.92.
In 1939 Hazlerigg was commissioned into the Leicestershire Yeomanry. This converted from cavalry to field artillery the following year, and divided into 153 and 154 Field Regiments. With the latter, Hazlerigg saw service in North Africa, Syria, Palestine and Italy as a battery commander.
In September 1944, in the rugged, mountainous terrain of central Italy, an officer of the 1st Battalion, the Durham Light Infantry, led a patrol of 20 men to the village of Bulciano to reconnoitre the strength of the enemy there, and to occupy it if it was not held. Just short of the village, the patrol came under intense small arms and artillery fire which caused several casualties.
Hazlerigg, in command of "P" Battery, directed his guns with such skill that the patrol was subsequently able to withdraw without further loss. In thanking him for the magnificent support provided by his battery, which had saved many lives, the commanding officer of the DLI paid Hazlerigg the compliment of saying: "Arthur, you shoot guns even better than you play cricket."
Having finished the war in Austria, Hazlerigg retired from the Army in the rank of colonel, then qualified as a chartered surveyor. He joined the firm of John German at Ashby-de-la-Zouch, Leicestershire; Guy German, one of the partners, had been the senior British officer at Colditz.
Hazlerigg succeeded to the peerage and in the baronetcy on the death of his father in 1949. He retired in 1972, but retained his enormous zest for life into great old age. A passionate golfer, he was still playing at the age of 85.
In 1999 Hazlerigg sold seven paintings at auction to pay for pressing repairs to Noseley but, much to his frustration, a planning inspector later decided that, as they had been in the family's possession for 270 years, they were part of the fabric of the house and therefore could not be disposed of.
Hazlerigg was appointed Deputy Lieutenant of Leicestershire in 1946.
Arthur Hazlerigg died on September 30. Patricia Pullar, whom he married in 1945, died in 1972. They had a son and two daughters. Their son, Arthur Grey Hazlerigg, who was born in 1951, succeeds to the titles.

Cpt. E V E White

Lt. D H Whyte

Lt. David henderson Whyte In 1940 he enlisted in the Royal Artillery and was commissioned in 1941 into the Leicestershire Yeomanry. 1942 saw him serving in the Middle East. In 1943 he was transferred to the Raiding Support Regiment where he served in Yugoslavia and Albania.

Lt. W R H Joynson

Cpt. L Watt (R.A.M.C)

Lt. M P M Ollard (R.C.S)

Lt. (Q.M.) W I Simmonds

W.O. (R.S.M) L Lumb

Sgt. Dormer

Cpl. O F (Ossie) Jordan

RHQ Office Staff

Reg Heasman

154 RHQ Survey Party

"P" Battery

Major The Hon. J P Phillips  

Capt. R Tom D Wilmot

Born in 1915, the younger son of an army doctor, he was educated at Tonbridge. His career began with the Alliance Insurance Company during the Depression. By the outbreak of war he had risen to secretary’s assistant. Having joined the Inns of Court Regiment as a Territorial in 1936 (Inns of Court Regiment (3rd Cavalry Officer Cadet Training Wing) [personal number 55284?])
 he was commissioned into the Leicestershire Yeomanry on 22/10/1939 (Emergency Commission) and spent most of the war in North Africa, including Alamein, the Middle East and Italy. 15/2/1940 he transferred, Royal Regiment of Artillery. In 1944 he volunteered to act as liaison with the partisans and during street fighting in Florence was wounded when the partisan leader he was assigned to was killed. He ended the war in Germany, back with the Leicester Yeomanry as part of the Guards Armoured Division.

He became chief executive of the British Insurance Association after the industry moved to establish its first professional organisation.

Cpt. F Hayton

Cpt. A B Harvie

Lt. S G Woolgar

2/Lt. B W Hagar

2/Lt. F G Hannell

2/Lt. C C Douglas-Jones

2/Lt. F H Walker

2/Lt. M C Terry

2/Lt. D L Hooker

"A" Troop, P Battery at Burgess Hill 1941

"Q" Battery 

Major Sir Eric O F Faulkener MBE TD

Cpt. W R N Maxwell

Cpt. A H Dunn

Cpt. E L Thwaites

Lt. L V Hurst

Lt. J M Donald

Lt. F R Bishop

2/Lt. G N Stone

2/Lt. I C Blair-Fish

2/Lt. I L Lampitt

2/Lt. D Menzies

"R" Battery

In 1939 Hazlerigg was commissioned into the Leicestershire Yeomanry. This converted from cavalry to field artillery the following year, and divided into 153 and 154 Field Regiments. With the latter, Hazlerigg saw service in North Africa, Syria, Palestine and Italy as a battery commander.

In September 1944, in the rugged, mountainous terrain of central Italy, an officer of the 1st Battalion, the Durham Light Infantry, led a patrol of 20 men to the village of Bulciano to reconnoitre the strength of the enemy there, and to occupy it if it was not held. Just short of the village, the patrol came under intense small arms and artillery fire which caused several casualties.

Hazlerigg, in command of "P" Battery, directed his guns with such skill that the patrol was subsequently able to withdraw without further loss. In thanking him for the magnificent support provided by his battery, which had saved many lives, the commanding officer of the DLI paid Hazlerigg the compliment of saying: "Arthur, you shoot guns even better than you play cricket."

Cpt. J P du Croz

Cpt. K Lomas

Cpt. G P Smith

Lt. P A Mathews

Lt.W J Kerr

Lt. I P D Collett

Lt. J A KINCAID

"Captain" Kincaid was one of the first Officers in the 154 to receive and award, it was the  Military Cross, the unidentified LY Gunner received the Military Medal. 

2/Lt. P J E Male

2/Lt. G Lewis

2/Lt. P V W Score

2/Lt. R H Ellison

Lt. Colonel I O'B MacGregor 

Lieutenant Colonel 18220 IAIN O'BRIEN MacGREGOR 154 (The Leicestershire Yeomanry) Field Regiment., Royal Artillery. Who died in a motorcycle accident on Friday 16 June 1944 . Age 43 . Son of Colonel John MacGregor, Indian Army, and Mabel MacGregor; husband of Diana Evelyn MacGregor, of Camberley, Surrey. Cemetery: CASSINO WAR CEMETERY Italy Grave or Reference Panel Number: XVIII. D. 10 

Lt. R F Wilson (LY, D Sqn) Battery Not known? 

Lt. Robert Filmer "Robin" Wilson, born 26 April, 1903, died 14 August, 1944 in a car accident in Italy while on active service as a Lieutenant in the Leicestershire Yeomanry, and is buried in the Military Cemetery at Assisi, Italy. He married 11 September, 1937 to Patricia, Countess of Jersey (only daughter of Kenneth Richards of Cowcumbla, Coota mundra, New South Wales, Australia).

Serjeant Edward Kenneth Hayward McAvoy, 326124, 29 April 1942, 154th (The Leicestershire Yeomanry), Field Regt., Royal Artillery - Grave Ref: Grave 54. Buried in Seagrave Cemetery, Leicestershire.