A collection of articles written by Gareth Scanlon with a primary focus on the Italian Campaign 1943-45 and all things related to the 3rd Battalion Welsh Guards | 1st Guards Brigade | 6th Armoured Division (amongst much else!)
Introduction Regular readers of my blog and social media pages will be well aware of the information I have been amassing in support of my book. I now have some 18’000 files relating to 3Bn, these include photographs, maps, documents amidst other bits. Regular readers will also know that I have travelled far and wide … Continue reading 2732483 CSM Francis Tremblett: Providing His Family With More Information
Introduction The outstanding ‘Welsh Guards At War’ by Major Ellis is the de facto reference text for the history of the Welsh Guards during the Second World War. For a book of its size, and of its time, it gives an excellent account of all of the major engagements of all three service battalions. It … Continue reading Remembering the Six: Welsh Guards Officers & The 2nd Hampshires, Tebourba, Tunisia 1942
Happy New Year ! 2024 was quite a year and I'm very much looking forward to 2025. As Camouflaged Fist was nearing completion, I had already resigned myself to documenting a full account of the Welsh Guards in Italy. To that end I have been working on my forthcoming title that will also be available … Continue reading 2738461 L/Cpl Dewi West: A Story of Sacrifice and Discovery
Introduction The British 6th Armoured Division was raised in September 1940 by Maj Gen John Crocker. For its divisional sign it chose a clenched mailed gauntlet in white on a square black background - a symbol that was to earn it the name of the 'Mailed Fist Division'. Armoured Divisions were uncommon formations in the … Continue reading 6th Armoured Division ‘Mailed Fist’ Formation Signs: A Collecting Resource
Camouflaged Fist 