The Notts Sherwood Rangers Yeomanry 1939-1946

18/06/2026

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Sergeant Henry Bartle
Trooper Alfred Lywood

On 18th June 1944 Recce troops' Henry Bartle and Alfred Lywood went on a foot recce taking with them a communication wire connected to their Stuart tank.
Sgt.Bartle positioned himself in a wood overlooking Parc de Bois Londe while Trooper Lywood covered him with his Bren gun.
They then came under heavy mortar and MG fire, which killed Trooper Lywood instantly.
Padre Leslie Skinner went in search of the two men, but found only Trooper Lywoods body which he attempted to recover but came under fire himself.
For four days Padre Skinner searched for Sgt.Bartle while continuously under fire but his remains were never found. It is thought he received a direct hit from a mortar shell which disintegrated him.
Called 'Old Bill' Bartle because of his striking similarity to the comic caricature 'Old Bill' of the 1914-1918 war he 'clutched a foul-smelling pipe between his teeth, and wore a heavy dark moustache with the edge of his tin hat balanced on the bridge of his nose.....Nothing ever ruffled him and he was loved by all.'
With no known grave he is immortalized on the Bayeux War Memorial.
Alfred Lywood aged 27 from London lies in St.Manvieu War Cemetery.

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17/06/2026

PART 2 : BREAKOUT
After sinking on DDay and spending a week out of action, Lieutenant Stuart Hills and crew receive their baptism of fire on 17th June with an attack on Cristot.
Part Two here of MHWorkshop brilliant series.

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16/06/2026

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15/06/2026

15th June 1944 Normandy

Stanley Christopherson takes full command of the Regiment having being in temporary command since the death of Mike Laycock four days earlier.

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15/06/2026

The Full Episodes in One Film.!!.
Al Murray and James Holland talk all things Sherwood Rangers from DDay to Rauray on WW2 Pod: We Have Ways of Making You Talk
Great Stuff..

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13/06/2026

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Sergeant Ronald Hill of Retford, Nottinghamshire.
Born in 1919 Ron joined the Sherwood Rangers at age seventeen.
He served in Palestine, at Tobruk, and across North Africa from Alamein to Tunis.
He landed on DDay with A Squadron but was badly wounded in the fierce fighting for Point 103 on 12th June passing away the following day at a Casualty Clearing Station.

He lies in Ryes War Cemetery.

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11/06/2026

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Major Michael Laycock MC
Captain George Jones
Lieutenant Lawrence Head

Saint Pierre, Tilly
11th June 1944.

They lie in Tilly sur Seulles War Cemetery.

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11/06/2026

Saddened today to hear of the passing of Mr. Graham Key, son of Trooper Jack Key of A Squadron.
Jack, from Newark, served throughout the war from Palestine to Bremen.
Although I never met Graham in the flesh, we corresponded and messaged over the past several years. It was a pleasure to know him and share all things Sherwood Rangers, especially about his Dad.
Graham took a very keen interest in his fathers service and leaves behind an unfinished book about his exploits.
Sincere condolences to Grahams son Gareth, and family, for their loss.
A loss in our SRY family, May he Rest in Peace.
Graham is pictured here in 2016 with Lt.Harrie Wijcherson, the Sherwood Rangers' Dutch interpreter in NW Europe.

Graham Key
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09/06/2026

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SSM Victor Shaw, who passed away suddenly on 9th June in 1941 while on a scheme in Palestine.

He lies in Ramleh War Cemetery, Jerusalem.

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