The Liverpool Scottish(Queens Own cameron Highlanders) "Keep 'em Moving"

1st & 2nd Liverpool Scottish 1940 - 1941

Forbes Tartan Kilt

left;        2934077 Pte. George Sands, 1st & 2nd battalions The Liverpool Scottish.  right;          Joan, George's wife of 53 years. They met whilst George was part of a Platoon of men guarding Nacton Civilian Airport, Ipswich. Under command of Lt. Eric Mainwaring.

left; Liverpool Scottish, possibly somewhere in East Anglia. They were detailed with guarding Nacton civilian airport as well as RAF stations at Martlesham and Wattisham, just outside Ipswich, and defence duties along the Suffolk coast. George Sands (centre back) Todd Sloan(e)?  (standing right) Corporal Dalrymple ? (front)

Liverpool Scottish Christmas card, 1940 with Forbes tartan ribbon.	Ladies silk handkerchief, with embroidered Liverpool Scottish crest
Liverpool Scottish Carrier platoon, Aldringham, near Woodbridge, Suffolk kind permission of Fred Craig	Liverpool Scottish in the Woodbridge area of Suffolk kind permission of Fred Craig

Fred Craig (New Zealand) serving with Liverpool Scottish, circa 1940 - 41, Polegate, Sussex.

Liverpool Scottish at camp on the Isle of Man, pre war 1939.
Richard Harrison, (right) died of wounds after battle at St Honorine, France, June 1944. serving with 5th Camerons
(kind permission of Peter & Shelagh Whitby)

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