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1st Battalion, King's Own Royal Regiment in Italy, 1944/45 - page two
Sergeant Philip Fordham, signals sergeant of the 1st King's Own, Italy,
1944. Fordham was awarded the Distinguished Conduct Medal for
maintaining line communications during the action at Pideura between 7th
and 13th December 1944.
Accession Number: KONeg0988
Lance Corporal Jones, Private Jack Stapleton (who later died of wounds on
16th December 1944), Private George Simmons and Private Tilling, of the
1st King's Own possibly in Rome, 1944. George Simmons, from London,
had joined the King's Own from the Royal Fusiliers in Italy. After
the war he left the army and settled in Lancaster, he became a well known
figure as an insurance agent. George was for many years secretary of
the Lancaster Branch of the regimental association. He died in 2006.
Accession Number: KONeg1014
Two of the 1st Battalion who were involved in the action at Montone in
July 1944.
Accession Number: KO1121/147
Pideura Church, where C Company of the 1st Battalion, held off a German
attack and inflicted 300 casualties. December 1944.
Accession Number: KO0788/30
1st Battalion, King's Own Royal Regiment
in Italy, 1944/45 - page one
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in Italy, 1944/45 - page three
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