2nd Battalion Irish Guards
Snaps from my old Box Brownie


Officers Mess "Haus Waldfried"


Schutzenburg Dance Invitation
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 Gummersbach Town Center


 2nd Battalion Library
"Mick" Cooper


Operation "Clean Quarters"
Officer's House "C"


Bruckenstrasse
As in 1945. It's all different now.

 


Officers Mess Entrance


Er hhm ! Sorry I forgot


Danny at the Denkmal


Batty's squeezebox

Apologies for any mistakes in the spelling of, or omission of names.
Anyone else recognise themselves ? 


 Gummersbach Officers Mess at Haus Waldfried 1945



This photograph was sent to me by Jurgen Woelke, a current resident of Gummersbach, whose family own the house in Kaiser Strasse which the Irish Guards used as the Battalion Library.
Jurgen who is currently writing a history of Gummersbach during the British occupation will be interested to know that I am now able to able to name the Officers in the group.

I am very grateful to Mrs Jean Mohide who has provided the following  names taken from
a photo album belonging to her husband  *Captain Thomas P Mohide

 who was serving with the 2nd Battalion when the photo was taken.
(standing 3rd from the right in the 2nd row of the photograph above).
 

Officers of 2nd Battalion Irish Guards - 20th August  1945
Steinmuller’s House  -  Gummersbach
Group Photograph

5th  and BackRow

Lieut’s Mark Gaisford - Tony Samuelson - Hugh MacDermot - & “Paddy” Grogan

4th Row

Lieut’s  John Yarbrough - Tim Hallinan - James Osborne - John Warner - Adrian C B Millar & David Cairnes

3rd Partial Row (2 on left end & 2 on right end)  

Rev Fr Donelly S J (RC) - Lieut Tony Joly deLotbiniere           Lieut Bernard Isitt -Capt W E Dodd MC

2nd Row from left to right

Lieut Hugh Mc Kinney MBE  - Lieut “Sandy” Ferris  - *Capt Thomas P Mohide
 Lieut Peter Wellesley-Colley Capt John O Stanley Clarke MC -Lieut Desmond Parsons
Capt Dorman -Lieut W J Clarke - Lieut Charles Tottenham MC and Lieut Tim Ffrench-Mullen

 Front Row from left to right

Major Frank Mennin - Major “Paddy” Jeffreys - Major Nail O’Neill  
Commanding Officer  Lieut-Col G.A.M Vandeleur DSO
 Captain A Mainwaring-Burton - Major Michael O’Cock  and  Major R.S Langton