South Staffordshire Regiment

Hi all,
New to this military stuff and this forum - so please excuse ignorance

My uncle served with the British Army during World War II. His name was Martin Ryan.
He died in Italy in Sept 1944. He is buried in AREZZO WAR CEMETERY in Italy.
At the time he was with the Manchester Regiment and his service number was 4619544. I have gotten his military service details from the Army Personnel Centre.

In those it states that he was with the 13th South Staffordshire Regiment. His service (as far as I can determine) were as follows
15 Feb 1940 - 13 Jan 1943 England
14 Jan 1943 - 18 May 1943 Persia / Iraq
19 May 1943 - 7 Apr 1944 Mediterranean Expeditionary Force
8 Apr 1944 - 14 Sep 1944 British North Africa Force

On is statement of service it says, he was transferred to the Manchester Regiment on 6th Sept 1944 and he died on the 14th

Would his transfer to the Manchester Regiment on the 6th be because of injuries incurred on or before that date?
Does anybody know anything about the 13th South Stafffordshire Regiments time in Italy?

I would love to know how he might have spent his last few months

Kind regards

 

The dates make me think of operation "Olive" after the Fall of Florence when the allies attempted to force the Po Valley front .

 

Have you tried a search of the websites, like Google or wikipedia?

 

Hello and welcome to this fine place. You will find many helpful students of the War here but you will get your query in front of them faster if you make your post in the information request section of the forum. I suggest you make a post there.

Cheers!