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World War 2 Two II WW2 WWII 1939 1945

89th Battery, Royal Artillery



   13th Medium Regiment, Royal Artillery was made up of 89th Battery and 90th Battery. The Regiment was deployed to Kent on Home Defence Duties and trained for the Normandy landings in Northumberland. They saw action across North Western Europe with 3rd Army Group.

 

Jan 1940 Reorganisation  location map

Oct 1941 Orders  location map

13th November 1941 On the Move  location map

18th Dec 1941 Into Port  location map

19th Dec 1941 Shore Leave  location map

23rd Dec 1941 Reorganisation  location map

24th Dec 1941 On the Move  location map

13th January 1942 On the Move

mid January 1942 On the Move

9th Feb 1942 On the Move  location map

15th Feb 1942 Over Run  location map

20th Feb 1942 Prisoners  location map

20th September 1944 Attack Made  location map

21st September 1944 Attack Made  location map

22nd September 1944 Objective Taken

22nd September 1944 A Difficult Day  location map

23rd September 1944 Artillery in Action

24th September 1944 In Action

25th September 1944 On the Move  location map

27th September 1944 In Action  location map

28th September 1944 Rounds  location map

30th September 1944 On the Move  location map

1st October 1944 Moves

2nd October 1944 Poor Visibility

3rd October 1944 Targets Engaged

4th October 1944 Orders

5th October 1944 Targets Engaged

7th October 1944 Targets Engaged

8th October 1944 Artillery Support

10th October 1944 Enemy Attacks

12th October 1944 Harrassing Fire

13th October 1944 Quieter

15th October 1944 Targets Engaged

16th October 1944 Liasion

17th October 1944 Artillery Active

25th Oct 1944 In Action  location map

26th Oct 1944 On the Move  location map

27th Oct 1944 In Action  location map

28th Oct 1944 Attack Made  location map

29th Oct 1944 Advance  location map

31st Oct 1944 Guns Damaged  location map

10th Feb 1945 On the Move  location map

13th Feb 1945 Shelling  location map

19th Feb 1945 Rounds Fired  location map


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Those known to have served with

89th Battery, Royal Artillery

during the Second World War 1939-1945.

  • Meakin William. Gnr. (d.23rd Nov 1942)
  • Payne Frank William. Gnr. (d.5th Mar 1943)
  • Usher Herbert William. Gnr.
  • Wright Frank Hugh. Gnr. (d.4th Dec 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

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Gnr. William Meakin 89th Battery Royal Artillery (d.23rd Nov 1942)

William Meakin died as a Prisoner of War of the Japanese at the time of the fall of Singapore. Just discovered that he is not named on the village War Memorial but now we know, we will remember him.

Ivan Brentnall



Gnr. Frank William Payne 35th L.A.A. Regiment, 89th Bty. Royal Artillery (d.5th Mar 1943)

Frank Payne was a very brave man, I just wish I could have met him, very little is known about my granddad as my father was evacuated to London when he was 5 years old, unfortunately his mum died when he was 18 months old and his father died as a prisoner of war so my Dad stayed with his foster family and made a life never knowing what had happened to his dad until a few years ago.

Anita OBrien



Gnr. Herbert William Usher 35th LAA Regiment, 89th Battery Royal Artillery

My uncle Bill Usher served in the Royal Artillery 35/89 LAA. I know very little about uncle Bill (my mum's brother) other than what she told me about him. Bill came home long after the war was over and he was a very sick man both physically and mentally. Mum said he never really spoke about it. But she did tell me he was a prisoner of the Japanese and was tortured by them (had his fingernails pulled out!). She also said that any time he saw a man that looked like he may be Japanese he would go mad. Sadly, Uncle Bill died in 1952 and mum in 1979, so I have no living relatives to give me more information.

He attested in 1940 and embarked from Scotland on the 12th of November 1941 and arrived in Singapore on the 13th of January 1942. Bill was taken prisoner on Java on the 8th of March 1942 He was transported to Singapore on the 11th of September 1943 and his Java Party of 16 was then transported to Japan on the 20th September 1943 They were used as slave labour in Yamano Coal Mine, Inatsuki-cho, Kaho-gun, Fukuoka Prefecture. Bill was Liberated from Fukuoka No. 8B Branch Camp on the 21st of September 1945

That is all I know at this stage, as I continue to find information piece by piece. I will make sure my family learn about the immense sacrifice that was made by the Far East Prisoners of War, who endured such horrors. Not only those who suffered and died, but those who lived and had to endure the memory of their suffering.

Maureen Grant









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