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World War Two / Re: Lovat Scouts in WW2
« on: Monday 27 October 25 16:42 GMT (UK)  »
Hi Joan

It took a while but I have been back to Italy twice this year and visited the graves of all the Lovat Scouts buried in Arezzo War Cemetery, including Alec's. I took a photo if you would like a copy.

Kind regards

Iain Henderson

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World War Two / Re: Lovat Scouts in WW2
« on: Tuesday 17 April 18 20:37 BST (UK)  »
Hi Jamie

A good starting point is the Story of the Lovat Scouts 1900-1980, by Michael Leslie Melville, who served with the regiment in WW2. They didn't serve in North Africa, and joined the Italian Campaign in July 1944 as part of the Eighth Army (which was in North Africa, which might be the source of the confusion). If you're in the UK, the regimental War Diaries in the National Archives in London are worth looking at in case your grandfather's name crops up.

Hope that helps, if only a little!

Iain

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World War Two / Re: Lovat Scouts in WW2
« on: Monday 23 May 16 13:23 BST (UK)  »
My father, who died in March 2014, joined the Lovat Scouts after their return from the Faroe Islands. He was in C Squadron, and wrote a few of his memories down in his later years. Amongst these he recounts two or three incidents where nervous troops fired at their own men in the first few days in the front line. While nobody was hurt in these, he was also aware that other such incidents had led to men being killed. I've been over myself to the Arezzo area where they first fought in Italy, and planning another trip soon when I'll probably visit the Commonwealth War Graves cemetery in Arezzo.   

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