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50th Royal Tank Regiment    50th Royal Tank Regiment was formed in 1939 as a duplicate of the territorial 44th Royal Tank Regiment. They saw action in North Africa, Sicily, Italy and Greece.   6th May 1942 On the Move 11th May 1942 On the Move 22nd May 1942 On the Move 26th May 1942 On the Move 31st May 1942 On the Move 6th Jun 1942 On the Move 7th Jun 1942 At Rest 8th Jun 1942 Route March 9th Jun 1942 In Harbour 10th Jun 1942 In Harbour 11th Jun 1942 On the Move 15th Jun 1942 Training 19th Jun 1942 On the Move 20th Jun 1942 Training 23rd Jun 1942 Convoy Splits 28th Jun 1942 Entertainment 30th Jun 1942 Into Harbour 1st Jul 1942 On the Move 2nd Jul 1942 On the Move 5th Jul 1942 Orders 6th Jul 1942 On the Move 8th Jul 1942 Lectures 10th Jul 1942 Difficulties 11th Jul 1942 Visit 13th Jul 1942 Equipment 15th Jul 1942 Exercise 17th of July 1942 Move 18th of July 1942 Move 19th of July 1942 Recce 20th Jul 1942 Change of Command 20th of July 1942 Reorganisation 21st Jul 1942 On the Move 21st of July 1942 Move Forward   22nd Jul 1942 In Support 22nd of July 1942 Action 22nd of July 1942 Appendix A 22nd of July 1942 Appendix A (2) Casualties 23rd Jul 1942 In Action 23rd of July 1942 Post battle   24th of July 1942 Reorganisation 25th Jul 1942 Intelligence 26th Jul 1942 Orders 27th Jul 1942 In Action 27th Jul 1942 In Action 27th of July 1942 Action 27th of July 1942 Appendix B   28th of July 1942 Leaguring 29th Jul 1942 Intelligence 29th of July 1942 Visit to Bn. 31st of July 1942 Role definition 1st of August 1942 Reorganisation 8th of August 1942 Field Return of Officers 12th of August 1942 50 R. Tanks O.O. No 1. 1st Sep 1942 In Action 1st of September 1942 Appendix 'A' to 50 R. Tank's War diary for September 1942   1st of September 1942 Action 3rd Sep 1942 In Action 4th Sep 1942 In Action 6th of September 1942 Air activity 7th of September 1942 Letter of appreciation 7th of September 1942 Move   8th Sep 1942 Maintenance 8th of September 1942 Meeting 9th of September 1942 Meeting 10th of September 1942 Training to continue 11th Sep 1942 In Position 11th of September 1942 Post battle inspections 12th Sep 1942 In Action 12th of September 1942 Preparations   13th Sep 1942 In Position 13th of September 1942 Recce 14th of September 1942 Move 15th of September 1942 Recce 16th of September 1942 Training 17th of September 1942 Training 18th of September 1942 Training 19th of September 1942 Move 20th of September 1942 Exercises 21st of September 1942 Exercises 22nd of September 1942 Exercises 23rd of September 1942 Attack exercise   24th of September 1942 Firing 25th of September 1942 Shortage of reinforcements 26th of September 1942 Battle Practice 27th of September 1942 Move   28th of September 1942 Exercise   29th of September 1942 Move 30th of September 1942 Inspection 1st of October 1942 Role of the Battalion   2nd of October 1942 Training 4th of October 1942 Training 5th of October 1942 Conference 7th of October 1942 Practise 8th of October 1942 Ammunition delivery 9th of October 1942 Exercise 10th of October 1942 Exercise 12th of October 1942 Conference 13th of October 1942 Exercise 14th of October 1942 Conference 15th of October 1942 Strathpepper exercise 17th of October 1942 Exercise 18th of October 1942 Inspection 19th of October 1942 Commander's address 19th of October 1942 Admin Order No. 1   20th of October 1942 Night move 20th of October 1942 152nd Brigade Operational Order   20th of October 1942 Gapping and Taping 21st of October 1942 Night move 21st of October 1942 Operation Order No.1   21st of October 1942 Operational Order No. 1 Amendment 22nd Oct 1942 On the Move 22nd of October 1942 Rest 23rd Oct 1942 Led by the Pipers 23rd of October 1942 Move 1st of November 1942 Operational Order No. 2   1st of November 1942 Recovery 1st of November 1942 In the battle of El Alamein 1st of November 1942 Orders   1st of November 1942 Orders   5th of November 1942 Report   8th of November 1942 Preparation   9th of November 1942 Move   10th of November 1942 Salvage   11th of November 1942 Salvage   12th of November 1942 Letter of tribute 12th of November 1942 Commendation 12th of November 1942 Commendation 12th of November 1942 Commendation 12th of November 1942 Commendation 12th of November 1942 Commendation 12th of November 1942 Inspection   13th of November 1942 Awards   14th of November 1942 Firing practice   15th of November 1942 Services   16th of November 1942 Leave   17th of November 1942 Field firing   18th of November 1942 Move   19th of November 1942 Exercise   23rd of November 1942 Conference   25th of November 1942 Move   26th of November 1942 Move   27th of November 1942 Move   28th of November 1942 Field Return of Officers 29th of November 1942 Field Return of Other Ranks 30th of November 1942 Move and battalion changes   31st of December 1942 Summary of December 1942 28th Feb 1943 Quiet 7th August 1943 Advance 12th Sep 1943 Parade 28th Nov 1943 In Action 8th Dec 1943 Attack Made 9th Dec 1943 Hard Fighting 10th Dec 1943 Attack Made 12th Dec 1943 Bridgehead 14th Dec 1943 Ground Gained 16th Dec 1943 Advance 21st Dec 1943 Preparations 22nd Dec 1943 Attack Made 23rd Dec 1943 In Action 24th Dec 1943 Heavy Fighting 25th Dec 1943 Bombardment 26th Dec 1943 Village Taken 31st Dec 1943 Blizzard 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 50th Royal Tank Regiment during the Second World War 1939-1945. Greatbanks W. Halsey FJH. Hancox SA. Horn E. Howden Leonard. Trpr. Jackson WG. Lever TW. Maggs R. Tpr. Pearce Thomas Victor. Tpr. (d.3rd Jul 1943) Raynes CE. Shaw J. Slack R. Smith H. Cpl. Tite HS. Urwin D. Whitelegg PF. L/Cpl. 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 50th 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. 22nd 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 263973 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 50th Royal Tank Regiment? There are:592 items tagged 50th 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. L/Cpl. PF Whitelegg 50th Btn. Royal Tank Regiment L/Cpl.PF Whitelegg served with the 50th 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 Urwin 50th Btn. Royal Tank Regiment D Urwin served with the 50th 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. HS Tite 50th Btn. Royal Tank Regiment HS Tite served with the 50th 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. Cpl. H Smith 50th Btn. Royal Tank Regiment Cpl.H Smith served with the 50th 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. R Slack 50th Btn. Royal Tank Regiment R Slack served with the 50th 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. J Shaw 50th Btn. Royal Tank Regiment J Shaw served with the 50th 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. CE Raynes 50th Btn. Royal Tank Regiment CE Raynes served with the 50th 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. Tpr. R Maggs 50th Btn. Royal Tank Regiment Tpr.R Maggs served with the 50th 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. TW Lever 50th Btn. Royal Tank Regiment TW Lever served with the 50th 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. WG Jackson 50th Btn. Royal Tank Regiment WG Jackson served with the 50th 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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