ww2 help lincolnshire

[clare sharp 14]

hi can anyone help or give me pointers to find info. my grandad was in the Lincolnshire regiment in ww2. the story he told me was the following. his regiment/batalition was playing football and he broke his leg and was sent home. while he was home his battalion/regiment was sent somewhere and as they were going ashore, they were ambushed and they all persished. and my grandad was the only one that didn't die because he broke his leg and sent home. ive been told it was not Dunkirk.. can anyone tell me how to find any info. i don't have any service number. i do have 1 photo of him in his uniform

[Ruskie]

Would you be willing to give his name?

You can apply for his service record from the MOD:
https://www.gov.uk/get-copy-military-service-records/apply-for-someone-elses-records
Cost is £30.

[clare sharp 14]

Stanley wright. born 1914 may 18th. he was born neath but then moved back to whittlesey near Peterborough, Cambridgeshire. his dad was Herbert wright who was born in market deeping in Lincolnshire. he died 1940 in whittlesey. he was in ww1 14th welsh regiment.

[MaecW]

The cap badge looks like a Sphinx, could be the Lincolnshires, or possibly, the Gloucester Regiment ? Though more likely the first.( ! )

[clare sharp 14]

defiantly Lincolnshire.

[Ruskie]

Now that we have a name, I’m sure someone will be able to help you. 

[Nanna52]

I googled the Lincolnshire Regiment and on Wikipedia it said that they spent time in defence of England.  One battalion suffered heavy losses in September 1943 when they landed in Italy.  I wonder if that could be what he was talking about.
I say this as my fathers battalion was landed on Java and he always said that one company were sent out and no one survived.  I recently found that a few did.  Time can change memories.

[clare sharp 14]

ok so alittle bit more info, not a lot though. apparently he was in Norfolk defending something and he broke his leg there. then he came home to mend. then his battalion went abroad and they all died. if anyone can help

[MaxD]

Clare you can only get proper details by applying for his service record as Ruskie advises.  That will give which of the 8 battalion of the Lincolns he served with and when from which the service of that/those unit(s) can be determined.  Apart from 1st Battalion which was in the Far East, the others all spent considerable time in UK (as did much of the arm) so the events could have been in almost any of them.

You don't need his service number or his regiment.

MaxD