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5th Royal Tank Regiment    5th Royal Tank Regiment saw action in France in 1940, in North Africa and North Western Europe.   25th Apr 1940 Postings 26th Apr 1940 Promotions 27th Apr 1940 Promotion 30th Apr 1940 Orders 1st May 1940 Exercise 2nd May 1940 Training 3rd May 1940 Conference 4th May 1940 Spares 6th May 1940 Preparations 6th May 1940 Postings 7th May 1940 Vehicles 8th May 1940 Preparations 9th May 1940 Preparations 10th May 1940 Preparations 11th May 1940 Preparations 12th May 1940 Preparations 13th May 1940 Preparations 14th May 1940 Inspection 15th May 1940 Advance Party 16th May 1940 Vehicles 17th May 1940 Vehicles 18th May 1940 Vehicles 19th May 1940 Equipment 20th May 1940 On the Move 21st May 1940 Hand Over 22nd May 1940 Orders 23rd May 1940 On the Move 24th May 1940 On the Move 25th May 1940 Orders 26th May 1940 Ground Strongly Held 27th May 1940 In Action 27th May 1940 In Action 28th May 1940 Tanks Lost 29th May 1940 Reorganisation 30th May 1940 Accident 31st May 1940 Quiet 1st Jun 1940 On the Move 2nd Jun 1940 On the Move 3rd Jun 1940 Instructions 4th Jun 1940 Quiet 5th Jun 1940 Air Raid 6th Jun 1940 Conference 7th Jun 1940 Orders 8th Jun 1940 On the Move 9th Jun 1940 Patrols 10th Jun 1940 On the Move 11th Jun 1940 Reorganisation 11th Jun 1940 Reorganisation 12th Jun 1940 Orders 13th Jun 1940 Quiet 14th Jun 1940 Under Fire 15th Jun 1940 On the Move 16th Jun 1940 Orders 17th Jun 1940 On the Move 18th Jun 1940 On the Move 19th Jun 1940 Reorganisation 20th Jun 1940 Shelters 21st Jun 1940 In Camp 22nd Jun 1940 In Camp 23rd Jun 1940 Camoflage 25th Jun 1940 Air Raid 26th Jun 1940 Training 27th Jun 1940 Training 28th Jun 1940 Lorries 29th Jun 1940 Orders 30th Jun 1940 On the Move 1st Jul 1940 In Camp 2nd Jul 1940 Patrols 3rd Jul 1940 Defences 4th Jul 1940 Defences 5th Jul 1940 Equipment 7th Jul 1940 Church Parade 8th Jul 1940 Defences 9th Jul 1940 Equipment 10th Jul 1940 Equipment 11th Jul 1940 Equipment 30th Nov 1940 Reliefs 14th Jan 1941 Supplies   23rd Feb 1941 Transport   24th Feb 1941 Vehicles   4th Mar 1941 Transport   1st Apr 1941 On the Move 2nd Apr 1941 In Action 5th Apr 1941 Orders 6th Apr 1941 On the Move   7th Apr 1941 On the Move   8th Apr 1941 In Defence   9th Apr 1941 In Defence   10th Apr 1941 Attacks   11th Apr 1941 In Defence   12th Apr 1941 On the Move   13th Apr 1941 Air Raid   14th Apr 1941 Air Raid   15th Apr 1941 On the Move   16th Apr 1941 On the Move   16th Jun 1941 In Action 14th Oct 1941  In Reserve 20th Oct 1941  Damage 23rd Oct 1941  New Tracks 5th Nov 1941 Attack 23rd Oct 1942 Units Move Through 24th Oct 1942 Under Fire 31st Oct 1942 Moves 14th Jan 1943 Move 16th Jan 1943 On the Move 17th Jan 1943 On the Move 20th Feb 1943 In Action 21st Feb 1943 Heights Occupied 22nd Feb 1943 Enemy Withdrawal 15th Mar 1943 Orders 7th May 1943 In Action 8th May 1943 In Action 16th September 1943 Patrols 7th of October 1943 Withdrawal and Rest   26th Mar 1944 Exercise 27th Mar 1944 Training 1st Oct 1944 On the Move   2nd Oct 1944 Reliefs   3rd Oct 1944 Reliefs   4th Oct 1944 Enemy Positions   5th Oct 1944 Houses Destroyed   6th Oct 1944 Reliefs   7th Oct 1944 Reliefs 8th Oct 1944 Training 9th Oct 1944 Enemy Patrols 10th Oct 1944 Enemy Active 11th Oct 1944 Reliefs 12th Oct 1944 Reliefs 13th Oct 1944 Patrols 14th Oct 1944 Patrols 15th Oct 1944 Quiet 16th Oct 1944 Enemy Patrol 17th Oct 1944 Enemy Patrols   18th Oct 1944 Artillery in Action   19th Oct 1944 Reliefs   20th Oct 1944 Preparations   21st Oct 1944 Under Fire   22nd Oct 1944 In Action 23rd Oct 1944 Concentration 24th Oct 1944 On the Move   25th Oct 1944 On the Move   26th Oct 1944 Advance   27th Oct 1944 In Action   28th Oct 1944 Positions   29th Oct 1944 In Action   30th Oct 1944 Recce   31st Oct 1944 Move   1st Nov 1944 Orders 2nd Nov 1944 On the Move 5th Nov 1944 Reliefs 6th Nov 1944 Defensive Positions 7th Nov 1944 Defensive Positions 8th Nov 1944 Defensive Positions 9th Nov 1944 Defensive Positions 10th Nov 1944 Reliefs 11th Nov 1944 Reliefs 26th January 1945  Patrols 27th January 1945  Patrols 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 5th Royal Tank Regiment during the Second World War 1939-1945. Arnold Alfred J.. Bishop HM. Booth JW. Bowstead J. Davies T. De bourcier Eric Lewis. Dootson S. Ellison HW. Hicks Eric Charles. Sgt. (d.17th May 1942) Howie RP. Moor Robert Harold. Morrell Cyril. L/Sgt. (d.2nd Jun 1942) Parris FL. Pidgeon WJ. Rightford MC, MM. Bernard Edward. Capt. Smith WEJ. Upward HG. Vaughton GH. Watson H. 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 5th 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. If you would like to support us, a donation, no matter how small, would be much appreciated, annually we need to raise enough funds to pay for our web hosting and admin or this site will vanish from the web. 18th April 2024 - Please note we currently have a huge backlog of submitted material, our volunteers are working through this as quickly as possible and all names, stories and photos will be added to the site. If you have already submitted a story to the site and your UID reference number is higher than 263925 your information is still in the queue, please do not resubmit, we are working through them as quickly as possible. Looking for help with Family History Research?   Please read our Family History FAQ's The free to access section of The Wartime Memories Project website is run by volunteers and funded by donations from our visitors. 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. If you have any unwanted photographs, documents or items from the First or Second World War, please do not destroy them. The Wartime Memories Project will give them a good home and ensure that they are used for educational purposes. Please get in touch for the postal address, do not sent them to our PO Box as packages are not accepted. World War 1 One ww1 wwII second 1939 1945 battalion Did you know? We also have a section on The Great War. and a Timecapsule to preserve stories from other conflicts for future generations. Want to know more about 5th Royal Tank Regiment? There are:587 items tagged 5th Royal Tank Regiment available in our Library   These include information on officers, regimental histories, letters, diary entries, personal accounts and information about actions during the Second World War. H Watson 5th Btn. Royal Tank Regiment H Watson served with the 5th 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. GH Vaughton 5th Btn. Royal Tank Regiment GH Vaughton served with the 5th 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. HG Upward 5th Btn. Royal Tank Regiment HG Upward served with the 5th 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. WEJ Smith 5th Btn. Royal Tank Regiment WEJ Smith served with the 5th 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. WJ Pidgeon 5th Btn. Royal Tank Regiment WJ Pidgeon served with the 5th 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. FL Parris 5th Btn. Royal Tank Regiment FL Parris served with the 5th 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. RP Howie 5th Btn. Royal Tank Regiment RP Howie served with the 5th 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. HW Ellison 5th Btn. Royal Tank Regiment HW Ellison served with the 5th 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. S Dootson 5th Btn. Royal Tank Regiment S Dootson served with the 5th 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. Eric Lewis De bourcier 5th Btn. Royal Tank Regiment Eric De bourcier served with the 5th 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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