Fus. T Westwell 2/5th LF / 2nd Bn Glasgow Highlanders

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Fus. T Westwell 2/5th LF / 2nd Bn Glasgow Highlanders
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Posted on April 3, 2025 at 16:27:48 by Geoff Pycroft

As the late Captain Joe Eastwood BEM once remarked, it is / was often very difficult to trace the former members of the 2/5th Bn Lancashire Fusiliers who landed in Normandy in June 1944. The battalion remained intact until disbanded on 20th August 1944. The Bn was broken up piecemeal, with A Company transferred to 7th RWF, B Company to the 2nd Gordon's, C Company to 2nd Glasgow Highlanders and D Company to 1st East Lancashire Regiment.
Please click on the link below to take you to the 2/5th LF Bn page.
The attached photograph (above) was recently forwarded to the Web Site by Sgt.
Terry Westwell, 1 Sect Comd MPGS, Hamworthy Barracks, Poole, Dorset.
Terry states that the solder in the background is his grandfather ' Tommy ' Westwell, who originally served with the 2/5th LF, but was later transferred to the 2nd Glasgow Highlanders.
Cutting a research story short, he has been identified as Fus. 3450674 T. (Tommy) Westwell. In September 1944, and again in October 1944 whilst serving with the 2nd Bn Glasgow Highlanders, he was reported to the War Office Casualty Section, as missing during operations. He was eventually confirmed as a Prisoner of War (91940), and interred at Stalag 12A at Limburg.
Post WW2 he returned home and was mentioned in the book Bacup at War by WA Lord.
Although initially a Lancashire Fusilier with the 2/5th, his transfer to the 2nd Glasgow Highlanders, made tracing him a little more difficult. His official mentions are recorded under the Glasgow Highlanders.
His Service Record will be applied for in due course from the Army Records Office in Glasgow.
Another identified and back in the LF fold.
Geoff Pycroft
Researcher and Archivist Lancashire Fusiliers Web Site

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