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6th Royal Tank Regiment    6th Royal Tank Regiment were in Egypt when war broke out in 1939. They saw action in the Western Desert with 7th Armoured Division.   4th Sep 1939 Censorship 8th Sep 1939 Posting 13th Sep 1939 Inspection 15th Sep 1939 Move 17th Sep 1939 Change of Command 19th Sep 1939 Rations 21st Sep 1939 New CO 31st Oct 1939 Excerises 7th Nov 1939 Reorganisation 8th Nov 1939 Storm 9th Nov 1939 Poor Weather 10th Nov 1939 Salvage 11th Nov 1939 Course 14th Nov 1939 Promotions 15th Nov 1939 Reorganisation 16th Nov 1939 Orders 17th Nov 1939 Equipment 18th Nov 1939 Football 19th Nov 1939 Course 21st Nov 1939 On the Move 22nd Nov 1939 On the Move 23rd Nov 1939 On the Move 20th Dec 1939 Reorganisation 21st Dec 1939 Accident 25th Dec 1939 Festivities 27th Dec 1939 Report 30th Dec 1939 Reorganisation 6th Jan 1940 Tanks 8th Jan 1940 Attachments 14th Jan 1940 Orders 15th Jan 1940 Missing 18th Jan 1940 Demonstration 19th Jan 1940 Search 20th Jan 1940 Draft 23rd Jan 1940 Reinforcements 27th Jan 1940 Exercise 31st Jan 1940 On the Move 3rd Feb 1940 Exercise 5th Feb 1940 Training 8th Feb 1940 Inspection 12th Feb 1940 Study 14th Feb 1940 Reinforcements 16th Feb 1940 Demonstration 19th Feb 1940 Course 23rd Feb 1940 Draft 25th Feb 1940 Reinforcements 26th Feb 1940 Camp 3rd Sep 1940 Recce 4th Sep 1940 Training 5th Sep 1940 Training 6th Sep 1940 Training 7th Sep 1940 Training 8th Sep 1940 Training 9th Sep 1940 Orders 10th Sep 1940 Bombing 11th Sep 1940 Promotion 14th Sep 1940 Advance 15th Sep 1940 Orders 16th Sep 1940 On the Move 17th Sep 1940 On the Move 18th Sep 1940 On the Move 19th Sep 1940 Enemy Advance 20th Sep 1940 Bombing 22nd Sep 1940 Bombing 23rd Sep 1940 Patrol 24th Sep 1940 Recce 25th Sep 1940 Exercise 26th Sep 1940 Visit 27th Sep 1940 Posting 29th Sep 1940 Recce 30th Sep 1940 Relief 1st Oct 1940 Leave 2nd Oct 1940 Minefield 3rd Oct 1940 Duty   4th Oct 1940 Camels   11th Oct 1940 Return   15th Oct 1940 Shoot   16th Oct 1940 Shoot   21st Oct 1940 Minefield   22nd Oct 1940 Demonstration   23rd Oct 1940 Exercise   25th Oct 1940 Demonstration   26th Oct 1940 Demonstration   27th Oct 1940 Storm   28th Oct 1940 Training   30th Oct 1940 Postings   31st Oct 1940 Enemy Aircraft   2nd Nov 1940 Air Battle   5th Nov 1940 Demonstration   8th Nov 1940 Posting   9th Nov 1940 Training   10th Nov 1940 Church Parade   14th Nov 1940 Aircraft Downed   15th Nov 1940 Exercise   17th Nov 1940 Address   18th Nov 1940 Visit   20th Nov 1940 Celebrations 21st Nov 1940 Mines   23rd Nov 1940 Postings   25th Nov 1940 Demonstration   27th Nov 1940 Sickness   28th Nov 1940 Sickness 30th Nov 1940 Visit   1st Dec 1940 On the Move 2nd Dec 1940 Reinforcements   5th Dec 1940 Postings   6th Dec 1940 Orders   7th Dec 1940 On the March 8th Dec 1940 On the March   9th Dec 1940 Prisoners 10th Dec 1940 Shelling   11th Dec 1940 Enemy Aircraft   12th Dec 1940 Water Truck Recovered   14th Dec 1940 Communication Issues   15th Dec 1940 Air Raid   16th Dec 1940 Bombing   17th Dec 1940 Supplies   18th Dec 1940 Air Raid   19th Dec 1940 Enemy Camp   21st Dec 1940 Enemy Camp   22nd Dec 1940 Command   23rd Dec 1940 Enemy Aircraft   24th Dec 1940 Enemy Aircraft   25th Dec 1940 Divine Service   27th Dec 1940 Tanks   29th Dec 1940 Postings   30th Dec 1940 Reliefs   30th Dec 1940 Orders   31st Dec 1940 Recce   1st Jan 1941 Recce   2nd Jan 1941 Preparations   3rd Jan 1941 Attack Made 4th Jan 1941 Situation Obscure   5th Jan 1941 On the Move   6th Jan 1941 Quiet   7th Jan 1941 Preparations 8th Jan 1941 On the Move   9th Jan 1941 Patrols   10th Jan 1941 No Move   11th Jan 1941 Shelling 12th Jan 1941 Observation   13th Jan 1941 Patrols   14th Jan 1941 Supplies   15th Jan 1941 Visit   16th Jan 1941 Orders 17th Jan 1941 Conference   18th Jan 1941 Vehicles   19th Jan 1941 Vehicles   20th Jan 1941 On the Move   21st Jan 1941 On the Move   22nd Jan 1941 Maintenance   23rd Jan 1941 Leave   24th Jan 1941 Captured Equipment   25th Jan 1941 Recovery   26th Jan 1941 Arrangements   27th Jan 1941 Storm   28th Jan 1941 On the Move   29th Jan 1941 Preparations   31st Jan 1941 Orders   1st Feb 1941 Advance Party   2nd Feb 1941 Preparations 3rd Feb 1941 Arrivals   4th Feb 1941 On the Move   5th Feb 1941 Preparations   6th Feb 1941 Orders   7th Feb 1941 Orders   8th Feb 1941 Orders   9th Feb 1941 On the Move   10th Feb 1941 Duties 11th Feb 1941 Duties   12th Feb 1941 High Winds   14th Feb 1941 Difficulties   16th Feb 1941 In the Barracks   16th Feb 1941 In Detention   17th Feb 1941 Welcome   18th Feb 1941 Disapointment   19th Feb 1941 Orders   20th Feb 1941 On the Move   21st Feb 1941 On the Move   22nd Feb 1941 On the Move   23rd Feb 1941 Transport   24th Feb 1941 Vehicles   25th Feb 1941 Vehicles   26th Feb 1941 Preparations   27th Feb 1941 Moves 28th Feb 1941 Preparations   1st Mar 1941 Tanks   2nd Mar 1941 Visits   4th Mar 1941 Transport   5th Mar 1941 Awards   6th Mar 1941 Air Raid   7th Mar 1941 Training   9th Mar 1941 Defence Work   10th Mar 1941 Tanks   11th Mar 1941 Visit 12th Mar 1941 Arrivals   13th Mar 1941 Promotions   14th Mar 1941 Reorganisation   15th Mar 1941 Preparations   18th Mar 1941 Difficulties   19th Mar 1941 Vehicles   20th Mar 1941 Move   22nd Mar 1941 Enemy Aircraft   23rd Mar 1941 Light Tanks   24th Mar 1941 Air Raid   25th Mar 1941 Tanks   26th Mar 1941 Arrangements   27th Mar 1941 Rear Party   28th Mar 1941 Air Raid   29th Mar 1941 Camouflage   30th Mar 1941 Leave   31st Mar 1941 Recce   1st Apr 1941 Orders 1st Apr 1941 On the Move 2nd Apr 1941 Attack 2nd Apr 1941 In Action 3rd Apr 1941 Enemy Patrols   4th Apr 1941 Preparations   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   17th Apr 1941 On the Move   18th Apr 1941 Into Barracks   19th Apr 1941 Leave   1st Jun 1941 On the Move 2nd Jun 1941 On the Move   3rd Jun 1941 Maintenance   4th Jun 1941 On the Ranges   5th Jun 1941 On the Ranges   6th Jun 1941 Preparations   7th Jun 1941 On the March   8th Jun 1941 On the March   9th Jun 1941 Maintenance   10th Jun 1941 Maintenance   11th Jun 1941 Recce   12th Jun 1941 Recce   13th Jun 1941 Orders   14th Jun 1941 On the March   15th Jun 1941 In Action   16th Jun 1941 In Action 17th Jun 1941 Artillery in Action   18th Jun 1941 On the Move   19th Jun 1941 Reorganisation   20th Jun 1941 Reorganisation   21st Jun 1941 Reorganisation   22nd Jun 1941 Reorganisation   29th Jun 1941 Orders   30th Jun 1941 On the Move   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 6th Royal Tank Regiment during the Second World War 1939-1945. Billingham TJ. L.Sgt. Bolan JJ. Bowman DC. Donhou Frederick William. Tpr. (d.21st November 1941) Drake SC. Hancock Denys Hallen. 2nd Lt. (d.20th November 1941) Hennessy JR . Holmes George Henry James. Sgt Langthorne H. Lingwood EH. Nicholson J. L/Cpl. Parker EL. Paske RW. Sanigar D. Seymour MM,MiD. Thomas James. Tpr. 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 6th 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. 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 6th Royal Tank Regiment? There are:686 items tagged 6th 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. D Sanigar 6th Btn. Royal Tank Regiment D Sanigar served with the 6th 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. RW Paske 6th Btn. Royal Tank Regiment RW Paske served with the 6th 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. EL Parker 6th Btn. Royal Tank Regiment EL Parker served with the 6th 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. L/Cpl. J Nicholson 6th Btn. Royal Tank Regiment L/Cpl.J Nicholson served with the 6th 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. EH Lingwood 6th Btn. Royal Tank Regiment EH Lingwood served with the 6th 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. H Langthorne 6th Btn. Royal Tank Regiment H Langthorne served with the 6th 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. JR Hennessy 6th Btn. Royal Tank Regiment JR Hennessy served with the 6th 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. SC Drake 6th Btn. Royal Tank Regiment SC Drake served with the 6th 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. DC Bowman 6th Btn. Royal Tank Regiment DC Bowman served with the 6th 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. JJ Bolan 6th Btn. Royal Tank Regiment JJ Bolan served with the 6th 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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