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World War Two / Re: Why would a Londoner join a Yorkshire Regiment?
« on: Monday 21 December 20 15:41 GMT (UK)  »
Quote from: Skoosh on Sunday 20 December 20 11:10 GMT (UK)
Cliff, welcome to Rootschat, might your father not have joined the Cameron Highlanders at Cameron Barracks in Inverness, rather than the Cameronians? a Lowland regiment.
 The batch of bewildered guys who were posted into the Camerons, pre their sailing for Italy, who came from the Midlands, Leicesters & Sherwood Foresters, soon settled down & were known by the Jocks as the Free British!  ;D

Skoosh.

Many thanks, Skoosh, for the correction: It was, of course, the Cameron Highlanders - equally bewildering to the brash 17-year-old Dad was at the time!

Cheers,
Cliff.

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World War Two / Re: Why would a Londoner join a Yorkshire Regiment?
« on: Sunday 20 December 20 05:57 GMT (UK)  »
Hi. My father joined up in 1944 from West Hartlepool, Co. Durham. They posted him to the Cameronians at Inverness! He languished a few months before his older brother claimed him into the East Yorkshire Regt. So it was apparently quite a common occurrence to be posted outside one's county of residence.

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