1st Battalion Worcestershire Regiment
Sergeants who served in the Malaya Campaign (1950-1953)

Sergeants Mess, 1st Battalion Worcestershire Regiment - Penang, Malaya 1952

BACK Row: Sgt. C. Cherry (R.A.E.C.), Sgt. R. Astbury, Sgt. C.H. Drew, Sgt. F. T. Jones, Sgt. D. Forrester, Sgt. E. H. Sharpe, Sgt. A. W. Bristow,
Sgt. E.E. Gould, Sgt. J. W. Marshall, Sgt. R. W. Hall, Sgt, J. E. Stone, Sgt. J. Millington, Sgt. A. H. Brookes, Sgt. W. Mottershead,
Sgt. W. G. R. King (R.E.M.E.)
2ND Row: Sgt. R. McNeil (A.P.T.C.), Sgt. W. Knox, Sgt. D. Welch, Sgt. C. E. Howat, Sgt. G. E. Lester, Sgt. F. H. Perry, Sgt. C. E. Shrimpton,
Sgt. A.G. Sellwood, Sgt. J. H. Hannon, Sgt. G. Easter, Sgt. H. H. Brackenbury, Sgt. A. S. Webster, Sgt. M. Kane, Sgt. L. G. Baxter (A.C.C.)
FRONT Row:  C.Q.M.S. T.G.J. Chambers, C.Q.M.S. D.W. Yerlett, C.S.M. G.R. Allen, C.S.M. F.W. Cuthbert, C.S.M. L. Adams, R.Q.M.S. W.J. Price,
R.S.M. H. Knox, Lieut.-Col. P. H. Graves Morris D.S.O., M.C., Capt. C.E. Potts, O.R.Q.M.S. C.E.W. Beacon, C.S.M. A. J.Wallace, C.S.M. M. Purcell,
W.O. II Instr. L.E. Kinsella, C.Q.M.S. F.V.H. Lynch, C.Q.M.S. P. Hackett

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(photo provided by Ian Yerlett - son of CQMS D.W. Yerlett 14333078)

This list is still under development

Surname

Forename/s

Rank

Company

Number

Notes

Adams

L.

CSM

D

525022

-

Allen

G.

CSM

Motor Transport

4123398

-

Astbury

-

Sgt.

Q.M. Section

-

-

Balchin

-

CQMS

D
-

-

Barrett

E.

CSM

HQ

-

-

Baxter

G.

Sgt.

Attached

859745

A.C.C. (cook)

Beacon

C. G.

RQMS

Battalion HQ

5249456

Awarded C & C Certificate

Beck

-

Sgt.

B

-

-

Bedford

-

Sgt.

B

-

-

Bishop

T.

Sgt.

Mortar Platoon

-

-

Blakeman

-

Sgt.

C

-

-

Brackenbury

W.

Sgt.

HQ

22243913

-

Bradman

-

Sgt.

-

-

-

Bridge

E.

Sgt.

HQ

5241121

-

Bristow

A.

Sgt.

HQ

4911373

-

Bristow

A.

Sgt.

HQ

21012343

-

Brookes

Alfred Henry

C/Sgt.

HQ

4911373

Died in Singapore (11/07/1956)

Burbridge

William Marcus Benjamin

CSM

A

4856723

Awarded M.M. in 1940

Carr

J.

Sgt.

C

-

Transferred to M.P.S.C. 1/1/1951

Chadwick

-

Sgt.

C later B

-

-

Chambers

T.

Sgt.

Motor Transport

5249767

-

Charmer

-

Sgt.

D

-

-

Coltman

-

Sgt.

C

-

-

Compton

Edward Charles William

CSM

Battalion HQ

5250028

Later RSM

Connolly

-

Sgt.

-

-

-

Cooper

L.

Sgt.

C

-

-

Coslett

Edward ("Eddie")

Sgt.

-

14053848

-

Crumpton

Wilfred Eric

Sgt.

Band

5251983

-

Cushen

E. H.

Sgt.

-

14184217

-

Cuthbert

F.

CQMS

HQ

3957705

later CSM

Derbyshire

J.

Sgt.

HQ

14187730

-

Dickens

J.

Sgt.

HQ

22294416

-

Dinsdale

J.

Sgt.

Battalion HQ

-

-

Douglas

-

Sgt.

B

-

-

Drew

Charles Henry

Sgt(A/CSM)

C

5249749

-

Earp

-

Sgt

Anti-Tank Platoon

-

-

Easter

G.

Sgt.

Battalion HQ

14441378

ORS

Edwards

W.

Sgt.(A/CQMS)

D later C

-

-

Evans

I.

Sgt.

Attached

14469908

R.E.M.E.

Flood

F.

CSM

A

865484

-

Forrester

D.

Sgt.

D

14468596

Awarded C & C Certificate

Gerry

E. Norman

CQMS

B

5249942

-

Green

E.

Sgt.

-

5618324

-

Gould

-

Sgt.

Battalion HQ

-

Provost Sgt.

Griffiths

-

Sgt

Signals Platoon

-

-

Hackett

P.

CQMS

A

4915912

-

Hall

R. W.

Sgt.

B

-

MID

Hands

T.

CQMS

Support Company

4858044

-

Hannon

-

Sgt.

-

-

-

Harrison

-

Sgt.

-

-

-

Hewston

B.

Sgt.

B

22275194

-

Hind

-

Sgt.

Motor Transport

-

-

Holton

-

Sgt.

D

-

-

Howatt

C.

Sgt.

C

4123845

-

Hutton

-

Sgt.

-

-

-

Jones

-

Sgt.

C

-

-

Kinsella

Lawrence Edward

CSM

Attached

14561015

R.A.E.C.

Knox

Harold

Sgt.

A

5248218

Later RSM the Lieut(QM) awarded M.B.E.

Larwood

-

Sgt.

-

-

-

Lawrence

E.

Sgt.

C

14187096

-

Lester

-

Sgt.

C

-

-

Lynch

F. V.

Sgt.(A/CQMS)

C

-

-

Marshall

-

Sgt.

A

-

-

McNeil

I. R.

Sgt.

Battalion HQ

19075596

P.T. Instructor (A.P.T.C.)

McTamney

-

Sgt.

B

-

-

Middleton

-

Sgt.

Mortar Platoon

-

Replacing Sgt. Richards

Millington

J.

Sgt.

C

6049372

-

Morgan

Dennis John

Band Staff Sgt.

D

5249721

Awarded M.M. in 1942

Morris

-

Sgt.

C

-

-

Mottershead

W.

Sgt.

A later C

4128431

later CQMS

Musgrove

G.

CQMS

A

5248011

-

Nelson

R. E.

A/Sgt.

-

22411650

MID

Nolan

P. J.

A/Sgt.

B

14829880

MID

O'Condell

-

Sgt

-

-

-

O'Sullivan

T. P. ("Sam")

C/Sgt

Mortar Platoon

3957820

-

Paget

-

CSM

C

-

-

Partridge

-

Sgt.

B

-

-

Pennell

S. E.

Sgt.

A

22274777

MID

Perry

F.

Sgt.

HQ later D

5190993

-

Petherbridge

A.

CSM

B

-

-

Petherbridge

Sydney Charles

QMS

-

5250807

Died of illness (17/09/1951)

Price

-

Sgt.

Motor Transport

-

-

Price

W. J.

RQMS

HQ

-

-

Purcell

Martin

CSM

B

5249736

-

Purdy

R

Sgt.

Attached

22293157

A.C.C.

Putt

J.

Sgt.

D later B

825430

-

Richards

Albert E.

Sgt.

Mortar Platoon

14463737

Wounded

Rowley

John Anthony

Sgt.

-

14191689

Killed in action (22/02/1951)

Sellwood

Albert George

Sgt.

D

5250232

Died of illness (23/10/1952)

Sharpe

-

Sgt.

C

-

-

Shrimpton

-

Sgt.

A

-

-

Simpson

-

Sgt.

-

-

Stone

J.

Sgt.

Signals Section

14486092

-

Stringer

William

Sgt.

D later HQ

525844

-

Swindell

-

Sgt.

-

-

-

Taylor

S.

Sgt.

HQ

21127202

Anti-Tank Platoon Admin.

Wakelam

-

Sgt.

A

-

-

Wallace

Allan J.

CSM

C

5049041

-

Webster

-

Sgt.

A

-

-

Welch

-

Sgt.

-

-

-

Whitehead

-

Sgt.

-

-

-

Whitehouse

-

Sgt.

B

-

-

Whitworth

Jack

Sgt.

-

-

-

Willis

W.

Sgt.

-

14458677

-

Wilson

G.

Sgt.

D later HQ

4104436

Later detached to H.Q. Malaya

Wilson

H.

Sgt.

A later B

5250225

-

Wiltshire

A.

Sgt.

Intelligence Section

22201092

-

Woodward

-

CSM

B

-

-

Worsfold

G. P.

Sgt.

Signals Platoon

14440258

Awarde MID

Wright

G.

CSM

D

-

-

Wyatt

Jack

A/Sgt.

-

19035406

-

Yerlett

Dennis

C/Sgt.

B later HQ

14333078

-

 

Notes:
ACC (Army Catering Corps)
A.P.T.C. (Army Physical Training Corps)
C & C Certificate (Commander-in-Chief Certificate)
MID (Mention-in-Despatches)
M.P.S.C. (Military Provost Staff Corps)
O.R.S. (Orderly Room Sergeant)
R.A.E.C. ( Royal Army Educational Corps)
R.E.M.E. (Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers)


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