The below have contributed the most to my understanding of the 6th Armoured Division in Italy 1944-45. Please note that some do not directly relate to the division per se , but nonethless have added useful context to understand the campaign or context of the fighting through narrative, images etc.
Books
Alexander, Field Marshall, The Viscount of Tunis, The Italian Campaign, 12th December 1944 to 2nd May 1945, A Report To The Combined Chiefs of Staff By The Supreme Allied Commander Mediterranean, Field Marshall The Viscount Alexander Of Tunis, London, His Majesties Stationary Office, 1951.
Battistelli, Pier Paolo, Assault on the Gothic Line 1944 – The Allied Attempted Breakthrough into Northern Italy, Campaign Series 387, Oxford, Osprey Publishing, 2023.
Beckett, Frank, “Prepare To Move”, With the 6th Armoured Division in Africa and Italy, Self Published, 1994.
Bond, Derek, Steady Old Man! Don’t You Know There’s A War On?, London, Leo Cooper, 1990.
Bowlby, Alex, The Recollection’s of Rifleman Bowlby, London, Cassel Military Paperbacks, 1969, Reprint 2002.
Bouchery, Jean, From D-Day to VE-Day, The British Soldier, Volume 1 – Uniforms, Insignia, Equipments (sic.), Paris, Histoire & Collections, 2006.
Bouchery, Jean, From D-Day to VE-Day, The British Soldier, Volume 2 – Organisation, Armament, Tanks & Vehicles, Paris, Histoire & Collections, 2003.
Brown, Cecil, M.B.E., Hell on Earth: The Battle for Battaglia and other wartime experiences (Cecil Brown M.B.E.), Kettering, Archway Printing, 1997.
Brutton, Philip, Ensign In Italy – A Platoon Commander’s Story, Barnsley, Pen & Sword, 1992.
Cheetham, A.M, M.C., Ubique, Formby, Freshfield Books, 1987
Curtis, Michael, A Pilgrimage of Remembrance, Self Published, 2004.
Dethick, Janet, Kinrade, The Trasimene Line, June – July 1944, Revised Edition, Citta di Castello, Fondazione Ranieri di Sorbello, 2013
Dethick, Janet, Kinrade, The Arezzo Massacres – A Tuscan Tragedy – April-September 1944, Castiglione Del Lago, Edizioni Duca della Corgna, 2005
Diamond Jon, Images of War – Beyond Rome to The Alps, Across The Arno and Gothic Line, 1944-1945, Rare Photographs From Wartime Archives, Barnsley, Pen & Sword Military, 2018.
Diamond Jon, Images of War – On To Rome – Anzio & Victory at Cassino 1944, Rare Photographs From Wartime Archives, Barnsley, Pen & Sword Military, 2018.
Dugdale, Sir William, Settling The Bill – The Memoires of Bill Dugdale, London, Endeavour Ltd, 2011.
Elliot, W A, Esprit de Corps – A Scots Guards Officer On Active Service 1943-45, Norwich, Michael Russell (Publishing) Ltd, 1996
Ellis, Major, L F, Welsh Guards at War, London, London Stamp Exchange Ltd, 1989.
Erskine, David, The Scots Guards 1919-1955, Reprint, Unstipulated Location, The Naval & Military Press, Undated.
Forbes, George, Battle Diary – Tunisia, Italy & Palestine 1943-46, Major the Reverend I.D.G. Forbes, OSB MBE MC TD CF, 1st Guards Brigade, Keighley, Autoprint, 2013.
Ford, Ken, Mailed Fist – 6th Armoured Division at War 1940-45, Stroud, Sutton Publishing, 2005.
Forty, Simon, Images of War – Allied Armies in Sicily and Italy, 1943-1945, Photographs From Wartime Archives, Barnsley, Pen & Sword Military, 2019.
Forty, George, Battle for Monte Cassino. Hersham, Ian Allen Publishing Ltd, 2004.
Gibson-Watt, Andrew, An Undistinguished Life, Chippenham, Antony Rowe Ltd, 1990.
Gore, Brigadier A C, DSO, The History of 61 Infantry Brigade May 1944 – June 1945, Uckfield, The Naval & Military Press Ltd (reprint), 1946.
Lloyd George, Owen, A Tale of Two Grandfathers, London, Bellew, 1999.
Mark, Peter R, Changing Scenes, Location Not Stipulated, TJM Publications, 2002.
Martin, G,W. Cassino to the River Po, Italy 1944-45, A personal account of life and action in a tank troop, Self Published, 1999.
McEntee-Taylor, Carole, A Battle Too Far – The True Story of Rifleman Henry Taylor, Barnsley, Pen & Sword Military, 2013.
Morris, Lieutenant Colonel, A H M, The Royal Engineers – Sixth Armoured Division, Padova, Tipographia Antoniana, 1946.
McKenzie, William I, Diary of a D-Day Dodger, Clackmannan, Clackmannan District Libraries, 1989.
Orgill, Douglas, The Gothic Line: The Allied Offensive in Italy, Autumn 1944, London, Cox & Wyman, 1967, Reprint 1969.
Park, Dennis A, Tales of a Grenadier: A War Memoir, Hawick, Alba Publishing, 1993.
Plowman, Jeffrey, Images of War – Monte Cassino, Armoured Forces In The Battle For The Gustav Line, Rare Photographs From Wartime Archives, Barnsley, Pen & Sword Military, 2018.
Quilter, D.C., No Dishonourable Name: Record of the 2nd and 3rd Battalions Coldstream Guards in the Second World War, Manchester, EP Publishing Ltd, 1972
Retallack, John, The Welsh Guards, London, Frederock Warne (Publishers) Ltd, 1981.
Robson, Adam, Operations of the 1st Guards Brigade 1942-1945: The Guards at War in Tunisia and Italy, Self Published, 2019.
Robson, Adam, Ornito – The Battle for Initiative in The Gargliano Salient, The Second Battalion Coldstream Guards in Italy February–March 1944, Self Published, 2018.
Rosignoli, Guido, The Allied Forces in Italy 1943-45, Newton Abbot, David & Charles Publishers plc, 1989
Royle, Trevor, Bearskins, Bayonets & Body Armour – Welsh Guards 1915-2015, Barnsley, Frontline Books, 2015.
Ryder, Rowland, Oliver Leese, London, Hamish Hamilton Ltd, 1987.
Scanlon, Gareth, Camouflaged Fist, Camouflage Smocks used by the Infantry Brigades of the 6th Armoured Division in Italy 1944, Warwick, Helion & Company Ltd, 2024.
Tognarini, Ivano, La Guerra Di Liberazione In Provincia Di Arezzo 1943/44 –Aimmagini e Documenti, Arezzo, Amministrazione Provinciale Arezzo, 1988
Unattributed, 1st Derbyshire Yeomanry Scrapbook 1939-1947, Derby & London, Bemrose & Sons Ltd, 1948.
Unattributed, 7th Guards Brigade, Notes For Officers, 1941, Aldershot, Gale & Polden Limited, 1941.
Unattributed, History of The First Division: Florence to Monte Grande August 1944-January 1945, Cairo, Schindlers’s Press, 1946.
Unattributed, ’One More River’ – The Story of the Eighth Indian Division, Reprint, Croydon, The Naval & Military Press, Undated.
Unattributed, The Royal Army Service Corps Review – An Annual Survey of Past, Present and Future Royal Army Service Corps Training and Organisation for War, Vol. 1 No. 4. Buller Barracks, Aldershot, The Royal Army Service Corps Officers’ School, 1951.
Unattributed, The Story of 46 Division, Graz, Austria, University Book Press ‘Styria’, Undated.
Unattributed, Welsh Guards: A Short Account of Their Achievements, Colchester, Benham & Company Ltd, 1946.
Unattributed, Welsh Guards 1915-65, An Informal Account of the Fifty Years, Devonport, Hiorns & Miller Ltd, 1965.
Wilson, General Maitland, Report By The Supreme Allied Commander Mediterranean to The Combined Chiefs Of Staff On The Italian Campaign 8th January 1944 To 10th May 1944, London, His Majesty’s Stationary Officer, 1946.
Wilson, General Maitland, Report By The Supreme Allied Commander Mediterranean to The Combined Chiefs Of Staff On The Italian Campaign Part II – 10th May 1944 To 12th August 1944, Part III – 13th August 1944 To 12th December 1944, London, His Majesty’s Stationary Officer, 1948.
Wilson, General Maitland, Report By The Supreme Allied Commander Mediterranean to The Combined Chiefs Of Staff On The Operations In Southern France August 1944, London, His Majesty’s Stationary Officer, 1946.
Wilson, Sir James, Lieutenant General (r), Unusual Undertakings – A Military Memoir, Barnsley, Leo Cooper, 2022
Unpublished Manuscripts
Unattributed, The Road to Perugia, Three Welsh Guardsman At War
Documents – Pamphlets
Notes from Theatres of War, No. 20: Italy 1943/44, Prepared under the direction of The Chief of the Imperial General Staff, The War Office, May, 1945. 26/GS Publications 14/13.
Documents – The National Archives
The National Archives, WO 169, War Office: British Forces, Middle East
WO 169/10171 3rd Battalion Welsh Guards – July-December 1943
The National Archives, WO 170, War Office: Central Mediterranean Forces, (British Element):
WO 170/514 1st Guards Brigade H.Q. – January-June 1944
WO 170/515 1st Guards Brigade H.Q. – July-December 1944
WO 170/610 61 Brigade H.Q. – May-December 1944
WO 170/1348 2nd Battalion Coldstream Guards – January-December 1944
WO 170/1349 3rd Battalion Grenadier Guards – January-December 1944
WO 170/1253 2nd Battalion Scots Guards – January-February 1944
WO 170/1355 3rd Battalion Welsh Guards – January-December 1944
WO 170/1468 2nd Battalion Rifle Brigade – May-July 1944
WO 170/1469 7th Battalion Rifle Brigade – May-July 1944
WO 170/1470 10th Battalion Rifle Brigade – May-July 1944
WO 170/3823 1 Inf. Rft. Trg. Depot – January-December 1944 (also includes January-March 1945)
WO 170/4404 1st Guards Brigade H.Q. – January-May 1945
WO 170/4982 3rd Battalion Welsh Guards – January-May 1945
WO 170/7335 1Bn. (Guards) I.R.T.D. 1945 Mar.-July
The National Archives, WO 175, Allied Forces, North Africa, (British Element): War Diaries, Second World War:
WO 175/490 3WG – Jan-Jun 1943
The National Archives, WO 204, War Office: Allied Forces, Mediterranean Theatre: Military Headquarters Papers, Second World War, G3 – Organisation Subsection. Reorganisation of formations:
WO 204/7427 Standardisation of Military Organisations
WO 204/7807 Movements 1 and 24 Guards Brigades, 6 British Armoured Division – January-April 1945
WO 204/10206 Reorganisation of Formations – January-December 1944
The National Archives, WO 361, War Office: Department of The Permanent Under Secretary of State: Casualties (L) Branch: Enquiries into Missing Personnel, 1939-45 War
WO 361/871 Italy Welsh Guards Missing Personnel
WO 361/925 3WG Missing Personnel (North Africa)
The National Archives, WO 373, War Office and Ministry of Defence: Military Secretary’s Department: Recommendations for Honours and Awards for Gallant and Distinguished Service (Army):
WO 373/1 – WO 373/161
The National Archives, WO 417, War Office, Casualty Lists:
WO 416/60 – Other Ranks 1120 – 1136, 1943 Apr 28 – 1943 May 17
Ancestry.com. UK, World War II Army Casualty Lists, 1939-1945 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2023:
1 January 1944 – 30 June 1945
Ancestry.com. UK, British Prisoners of War, 1939-1945 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2009:
1 January 1944 – 30 June 1945
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