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3rd Royal Tank Regiment    3rd Royal Tank Regiment served in France with 1st Armoured Division, loosing all of its tanks and many personnel when France fell. They saw action in Greece with 1st Armoured Brigade and after a short spell in Egypt served with 8th Armoured Brigade and then 29th Armoured Brigade from late 1943.   21st May 1940 Orders 22nd May 1940 On the Move 22nd May 1940 Orders 22nd May 1940 Orders 23rd May 1940 Hard Fighting 25th May 1940 Heavy Shelling 26th May 1940 Overwhelmed 20th Feb 1941 Exercise   21st Apr 1941 Patrols   30th May 1942 In Action 31st May 1942 Patrols 1st Jun 1942 Shellfire 1st Jun 1942 Patrols 2nd Jun 1942 In Action 2nd Jun 1942 Observation 3rd Jun 1942 Observation 13th Dec 1942 On the Move 14th Dec 1942 Orders 15th Dec 1942 Mines 18th Dec 1942 On the Move 29th Dec 1942 On the Move 31st Dec 1942 Minefield 1st Jun 1944 Training 3rd Jun 1944 Visit 5th Jun 1944 Test 6th Jun 1944 Film Show 7th Jun 1944 Briefing 8th Jun 1944 Orders 9th Jun 1944 Change of Orders 10th Jun 1944 Advance Party 11th Jun 1944 On the Move 12th Jun 1944 Preparations 13th Jun 1944 Preparations 14th Jun 1944 Preparations 15th Jun 1944 On the Move 16th Jun 1944 On the Move 17th Jun 1944 On the Move 18th Jun 1944 Conferences 19th Jun 1944 Conference 20th Jun 1944 Planning 21st Jun 1944 Training 22nd Jun 1944 Sports 23rd Jun 1944 Conference 24th Jun 1944 Orders 25th Jun 1944 Orders 26th Jun 1944 Tanks in Action   27th Jun 1944 In Action   28th Jun 1944 In Action   29th Jun 1944 Defensive Positions   30th Jun 1944 On the Move   1st Jul 1944 On the Move 2nd Jul 1944 Orders 3rd Jul 1944 Under Fire 3rd Jul 1944 Orders 4th Jul 1944 Attack Made 4th Jul 1944 Orders 5th Jul 1944 Support 6th Jul 1944 Independent 6th Jul 1944 Visit 7th Jul 1944 Recce 8th Jul 1944 Reliefs 21st Sep 1944 Advance 4th Nov 1944 On the Move 6th Nov 1944 Patrols 15th of November 1944 Attack Planned   15th Dec 1944 On the Move   21st Dec 1944 On the Move 22nd Dec 1944 Bridges Held 24th Dec 1944 Assalts Made 24th Dec 1944 Intelligence 2nd Apr 1945 Poor Weather 3rd May 1945 Prisoners If you can provide any additional information, especially on actions and locations at specific dates, please add it here. Those known to have served with 3rd Royal Tank Regiment during the Second World War 1939-1945. Burgess Edwin John. Cpl. Charlton A. Davenport RA. Eccleston J. Fleming E. Forster James Herbert. Tpr. (d.12th March 1945) Groves GF. Hall RL. Tpr. Hall W. Hancock FE. Hier DH. Horsburgh L. Jones E. Jones RW. Jordan JA. Langton A. Lewis H. Mackenzie JA. Mason AW. Parker D. Ray ER. Redfern D. Reed JC. Sgt. Rive Cyril Robert. Cpl. (d.16th Apr 1941) Rollinson JW. Rose W. Semple WK. Sims RFG. Spikings T. Toy Stanley Dudley. Tpr. (d.27th May 1942) The names on this list have been submitted by relatives, friends, neighbours and others who wish to remember them, if you have any names to add or any recollections or photos of those listed, please Add a Name to this List Records of 3rd Royal Tank Regiment from other sources. The Wartime Memories Project is the original WW1 and WW2 commemoration website. Announcements The Wartime Memories Project has been running for 24 years. 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If the information here has been helpful or you have enjoyed reaching the stories please conside making a donation, no matter how small, would be much appreciated, annually we need to raise enough funds to pay for our web hosting or this site will vanish from the web. If you enjoy this site please consider making a donation. Want to find out more about your relative's service? Want to know what life was like during the War? Our Library contains an ever growing number diary entries, personal letters and other documents, most transcribed into plain text. We are now on Facebook. Like this page to receive our updates. If you have a general question please post it on our Facebook page. Wanted: Digital copies of Group photographs, Scrapbooks, Autograph books, photo albums, newspaper clippings, letters, postcards and ephemera relating to WW2. We would like to obtain digital copies of any documents or photographs relating to WW2 you may have at home. 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I have his unissued dogtags, made in preparation for deployment to the Far East and would love to get them home to his family. I am happy to cover all costs. If you are a family member or can put me in touch with them please get in touch. Update: Unfortunately The Wartime Memories Project has lost touch with Dan, his website, facebook page and email have all ceased to function. But if you can add any details about the person listed, please use the add to record link below. Dan Add to this record. RFG Sims 3rd Btn Royal Tank Regiment RFG Sims served with the 3rd Btn Royal Tank Regiment British Army. I have his unissued dogtags, made in preparation for deployment to the Far East and would love to get them home to his family. I am happy to cover all costs. If you are a family member or can put me in touch with them please get in touch. Update: Unfortunately The Wartime Memories Project has lost touch with Dan, his website, facebook page and email have all ceased to function. But if you can add any details about the person listed, please use the add to record link below. Dan Add to this record. WK Semple 3rd Btn Royal Tank Regiment WK Semple served with the 3rd Btn Royal Tank Regiment British Army. I have his unissued dogtags, made in preparation for deployment to the Far East and would love to get them home to his family. I am happy to cover all costs. If you are a family member or can put me in touch with them please get in touch. Update: Unfortunately The Wartime Memories Project has lost touch with Dan, his website, facebook page and email have all ceased to function. But if you can add any details about the person listed, please use the add to record link below. Dan Add to this record. W Rose 3rd Btn Royal Tank Regiment W Rose served with the 3rd Btn Royal Tank Regiment British Army. I have his unissued dogtags, made in preparation for deployment to the Far East and would love to get them home to his family. I am happy to cover all costs. If you are a family member or can put me in touch with them please get in touch. Update: Unfortunately The Wartime Memories Project has lost touch with Dan, his website, facebook page and email have all ceased to function. But if you can add any details about the person listed, please use the add to record link below. Dan Add to this record. JW Rollinson 3rd Btn Royal Tank Regiment JW Rollinson served with the 3rd Btn Royal Tank Regiment British Army. I have his unissued dogtags, made in preparation for deployment to the Far East and would love to get them home to his family. I am happy to cover all costs. If you are a family member or can put me in touch with them please get in touch. Update: Unfortunately The Wartime Memories Project has lost touch with Dan, his website, facebook page and email have all ceased to function. But if you can add any details about the person listed, please use the add to record link below. Dan Add to this record. Sgt. JC Reed 3rd Btn. Royal Tank Regiment Sgt.JC Reed served with the 3rd Btn. Royal Tank Regiment British Army. I have his unissued dogtags, made in preparation for deployment to the Far East and would love to get them home to his family. I am happy to cover all costs. If you are a family member or can put me in touch with them please get in touch. Update: Unfortunately The Wartime Memories Project has lost touch with Dan, his website, facebook page and email have all ceased to function. But if you can add any details about the person listed, please use the add to record link below. Dan Add to this record. D Redfern 3rd Btn Royal Tank Regiment D Redfern served with the 3rd Btn Royal Tank Regiment British Army. I have his unissued dogtags, made in preparation for deployment to the Far East and would love to get them home to his family. I am happy to cover all costs. If you are a family member or can put me in touch with them please get in touch. Update: Unfortunately The Wartime Memories Project has lost touch with Dan, his website, facebook page and email have all ceased to function. But if you can add any details about the person listed, please use the add to record link below. Dan Add to this record. ER Ray 3rd Btn. Royal Tank Regiment ER Ray served with the 3rd Btn. Royal Tank Regiment British Army. I have his unissued dogtags, made in preparation for deployment to the Far East and would love to get them home to his family. I am happy to cover all costs. If you are a family member or can put me in touch with them please get in touch. Update: Unfortunately The Wartime Memories Project has lost touch with Dan, his website, facebook page and email have all ceased to function. But if you can add any details about the person listed, please use the add to record link below. Dan Add to this record. D Parker 3rd Btn Royal Tank Regiment D Parker served with the 3rd Btn Royal Tank Regiment British Army. I have his unissued dogtags, made in preparation for deployment to the Far East and would love to get them home to his family. I am happy to cover all costs. If you are a family member or can put me in touch with them please get in touch. Update: Unfortunately The Wartime Memories Project has lost touch with Dan, his website, facebook page and email have all ceased to function. But if you can add any details about the person listed, please use the add to record link below. Dan Add to this record. AW Mason 3rd Btn Royal Tank Regiment AW Mason served with the 3rd Btn Royal Tank Regiment British Army. I have his unissued dogtags, made in preparation for deployment to the Far East and would love to get them home to his family. I am happy to cover all costs. If you are a family member or can put me in touch with them please get in touch. Update: Unfortunately The Wartime Memories Project has lost touch with Dan, his website, facebook page and email have all ceased to function. But if you can add any details about the person listed, please use the add to record link below. Dan Add to this record. Recomended Reading. Available at discounted prices. Links

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