The Wartime Memories Project - The Royal Artillery

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Information. The Royal Artillery in its modern form was created in 1924 by amalgamation of the Royal Field Artillery and the Royal Garrison Artillery, its origins can be traced back to the 13th century. There are many regiments with the Royal Artillery, we are beginning to build pages for each. 1 Airlanding Light Regiment 1 Field Regt 1 Heavy Regiment 1 Medium Regiment 1 Pack Regiment 1 Regiment Honourable Artillery Company/Royal Horse Artillery 1 Super Heavy Regiment 1 Survey Regiment 10 Field Regiment 10 Medium Regiment 10 Survey Regiment 100 (Worcestershire and Oxfordshire Yeomanry) Army Field Regiment 100 HAA Regiment 100 LAA/Anti-Tank Regiment (Gordon Highlanders) 101 (Queen's Own Royal Glasgow Yeomanry) Army Field Regiment 101 HAA Regiment 101 LAA/Antitank Regiment 102 (Pembroke & Cardiganshire Yeo) Field Regiment 102 (Pembroke Yeomanry) Medium Regiment 102 HAA Regiment 102 LAA/Anti-Tank Regiment (The Northumberland Hussars) 102 Medium Regiment 103 (Suffolk) (Army) Field Brigade 103 Antitank Regiment 104 (Essex Yeo) Field Regiment 104 (Essex Yeo) Regiment Royal Horse Artillery 105 (Bedfordshire Yeomanry) Army Field Regiment 105 (Beds Yeo) Field Regiment 105 Antitank Regiment 106 (Lancs Yeo) Field Regiment 106 (Lancs Yeo) Regiment Royal Horse Artillery 106 (The Lancashire Yeomanry) LAA Regiment 106 LAA/Antitank Regiment 107 (S Notts Hussars Yeo) Field Regiment 107 (S Notts Hussars Yeo) Regiment Royal Horse Artillery 107 (The South Nottinghamshire Hussars Yeomanry) Regiment RHA 107 Medium Regiment (The South Nottinghamshire Hussars Yeomanry) 107 Antitank Regiment 108 (Suffolk and Norfolk Yeomanry) Army Field Regiment 109 (Royal Sussex Regiment) LAA Regiment 109 Field Regiment (Westmorland and Cumberland) 11 (Honourable Artillery Company and City of London Yeomanry) Brigade RHA 11 Field Regiment 11 HAC Royal Horse Artillery 11 LAA Regiment (City of London Yeomanry) 11 Medium Regiment 11 Regiment RHA (Honourable Artillery Company) 11 Survey Regiment 110 Field Regiment (Manchester) 111 (Devon) Anti-Tank Regiment 111 Field Regiment (Wessex) 111 Medium Regiment 112 (The Durham Light Infantry) LAA Regiment 112 (Wessex) Field Regiment 113 (The Durham Light Infantry) LAA Regiment 113 Field Regiment (Home Counties) 114 Field Regiment (Sussex) 114 LAA Regiment 115 Field Regiment (North Midland) 116 Field Regiment (North Midland) 117 Field Regiment (7th London) 118 Field Regiment (8th London) 119 Field Regiment (South Midland) 12 (Finsbury Rifles) LAA Regiment 12 Field Regiment 12 Medium Regiment 12 Regiment RHA (Honourable Artillery Company) 120 Field Regiment (South Midland) 121 LAA Regiment (Leicestershire) 121 Field Regiment (West Riding) 121 Medium Regiment (West Riding) 122 (The Royal Warwickshire Regiment) Anti-Tank Regiment 122 (The Royal Warwickshire Regiment) LAA Regiment 122 Field Regiment (West Riding) 122 LAA/Antitank Regiment 122 Antitank Regiment 123 (City of London Rifles) LAA Regiment 123 Field Regiment (West Riding) 123 Para Field Regiment 124 (Highland) LAA Regiment 124 Field Regiment (Northumbrian) 125 (Northumbrian) Anti-Tank Regiment 125 (Northumbrian) Field Regiment 125 (Northumbrian) Field Regiment 125 LAA Regiment (Cameronians) 126 Field Regiment (Highland) 126 LAA Regiment (Middlesex) 127 Field Regiment (Highland) 127 LAA Regiment (Queens) 128 Field Regiment (Highland) 128 LAA Regiment 129 Field Regiment (Lowland) 129 LAA Regiment (First Surrey Rifles) 13 (Highland) Light Brigade 13 Antitank Regiment 13 LAA Regiment 13 Medium Regiment 13 Regiment RHA (Honourable Artillery Company) 130 Field Regiment (Lowland) 130 LAA Regiment (Queen's Edinburgh Royal Scots) 131 Field Regiment (Lowland - City of Glasgow) 131 LAA Regiment (Cameronians) 132 Field Regiment (Welsh) 132 LAA Regiment 133 Field Regiment (Welsh) 133 LAA Regiment 134 Field Regiment (East Anglian) 134 Medium Regiment (East Anglian) 135 Field Regiment (East Anglian) (Hertfordshire Yeomanry) 136 Field Regiment (1st West Lancashire) 137 Field Regiment (2nd West Lancashire) 138 Field Regiment (City of London) 139 Field Regiment (4th London) 14 (West Lothian Royal Scots) LAA Regiment 14 Antitank Regiment 14 Medium Regiment 14 Royal Horse Artillery 140 Field Regiment (5th London) 140 Medium Regiment (5th London) 141 Field Regiment (Queen's Own Dorset Yeomanry) 142 Field Regiment (Royal Devon Yeomanry) 143 Field Regiment (Kent Yeomanry) 144 Field Regiment (Surrey and Sussex Yeomanry, Queen Mary's) 145 Field Regiment (Buckinghamshire and Berkshire Yeomanry) 146 Field Regiment (Pembroke and Cardiganshire) 146 LAA Regiment 146 Medium Regiment (Pembroke and Cardiganshire) 147 (Essex Yeomanry) Regiment RHA 147 Field Regiment (Essex) 147 LAA Regiment (Glasgow) 148 (Beds Yeo) Field Regiment 148 (Warwickshire) LAA Regiment 148 Field Regiment (Bedfordshire Yeomanry) 149 (The Lancashire Yeomanry) Anti-Tank Regiment 149 (The Lancashire Yeomanry) Regiment RHA 149 Field Regiment (The Lancashire Yeomanry) 149 LAA Regiment (The Sherwood Foresters) 15 (Isle of Man) LAA Regiment 15 Field Regiment 15 Medium Regiment 150 (S Notts Hussars) Field Regiment Royal Horse Artillery 150 Field Regiment (The South Nottinghamshire Hussars Yeomanry) 150 LAA Regiment (The Loyal) 151 (Ayrshire Yeomanry) Field Regiment 152 (Ayrshire Yeomanry) Field Regiment 153 (Leicestershire Yeomanry) Field Regiment 153 Field Regiment 154 (Leicestershire Yeomanry) Field Regiment 155 (Lanarkshire Yeomanry) Field Regiment 156 (Lanarkshire Yeomanry) Field Regiment 156 Field Regiment 157 Field Regiment 158 Field Regiment 159 Field Regiment 159 Para Light Regiment 16 Field Regiment 16 LAA Regiment 16 Medium Regiment 160 Field Regiment 161 Field Regiment 162 Field Regiment 163 Field Regiment 164 Field Regiment 165 Field Regiment 166 Field Regiment 167 Field Regiment 168 Field Regiment 168 Light Regiment 168 Medium Regiment 169 Field Regiment 17 Field Regiment 17 LAA Regiment 17 Medium Regiment 170 Field Regiment 171 Field Regiment 171 Heavy Regiment 172 Field Regiment 173 Field Regiment 174 Field Regiment 175 Field Regiment 176 Field Regiment 177 Field Regiment 178 Field Regiment 178 Medium Regiment 179 Field Regiment 18 Field Regiment 18 LAA Regiment 18 Medium Regiment 180 Field Regiment 181 Field Regiment 182 Field Regiment 183 Field Regiment 184 Field Regiment 185 Field Regiment 186 Field Regiment 187 Field Regiment 188 Field Regiment 189 Field Regiment 19 Field Regiment 19 LAA Regiment 190 Field Regiment 191 Field Regiment 192 Field Regiment 193 Field Regiment 194 Field Regiment 195 Field Regiment 199 Field Regiment 2 Airldg Antitank Regiment 2 Field Regiment 2 Medium Regiment 2 Mountain Regiment 2 Regiment Honourable Artillery Company (HAA) 2 Royal Horse Artillery 2 Super Heavy Regiment 2 Survey Regiment 20 LAA Regiment 20 Antitank Regiment 200 Field Regiment 202 Field Regiment 203 Field Regiment 205 Field Regiment 208 Field Regiment 21 LAA Regiment 21 Antitank Regiment 22 Field Regiment 22 LAA Regiment 23 Field Regiment 23 LAA Regiment 23 Parachute LAA/Anti-Tank Regiment 24  LAA/Antitank 24 Antitank Regiment 24 Field Regiment 24 LAA Regiment 24 Anti-Tank Regiment 25 Field Regiment 25 LAA Regiment 26 (Highland) Pack Brigade 26 LAA Regiment 26 Medium Regiment 26 Searchlight Regiment (London Electrical Engineers) 26 Antitank Regiment 27 Field Regiment 27 LAA Regiment 27 Searchlight Regiment (London Electrical Engineers) 28 Field Regiment 28 LAA Regiment 28 Searchlight Regiment (Essex) 29 LAA Regiment 29 Searchlight Regiment (Kent) 3 Field Regiment 3 Medium Regiment 3 Mountain Regiment 3 Royal Horse Artillery 3 Super Heavy Regiment 3 Survey Regiment 30 Field Regiment 30 LAA Regiment 30 Searchlight Regiment (Surrey) 31 Field Regiment 31 LAA Regiment 31 Searchlight Regiment (City of London Rifles) 32 Field Regiment 32 Heavy Regiment 32 LAA Regiment 32 Searchlight Regiment (7th City of London) 33 Anti-Tank Regiment 33 Field Regiment 33 LAA/Anti-Tank Regiment 33 Searchlight Regiment (St. Pancras) 34 LAA Regiment 34 Searchlight Regiment (The Queen's Own) 35 LAA Regiment 35 Searchlight Regiment (First Surrey Rifles) 36 LAA Regiment 36 Searchlight Regiment (Middlesex) 37 LAA Regiment (Tyne Electrical Engineers) 37 Searchlight Regiment 38 LAA Regiment 38 Searchlight Regiment (The King's Regiment) 39 (The Lancashire Fusiliers) Searchlight Regiment 39 LAA Regiment 4 (Durham) Survey Regiment 4 Field Regiment 4 Medium Regiment 4 Royal Horse Artillery 40 (The Sherwood Foresters) Searchlight Regiment 40 LAA Regiment 41 LAA Regiment 41 Searchlight Regiment (5th Bn, The North Staffordshire Regiment) 42 (The Robin Hoods, Sherwood Foresters) Searchlight Regiment 43 (5th Bn The Duke of Wellington's Regiment) Searchlight Regiment 44 (The Leicestershire Regiment) Searchlight Regiment 45 (The Royal Warwickshire Regiment) Searchlight Regiment 46 (The Lincolnshire Regiment) Searchlight Regiment 47 (The Durham Light Infantry) Searchlight Regiment 48 (Hampshire) Searchlight Regiment 49 Searchlight Regiment (The West Yorkshire Regiment) 5 Field Regiment 5 Light Regiment 5 Medium Regiment 5 Royal Horse Artillery 5 Survey Regiment 50 Searchlight Regiment (The Northamptonshire Regiment) 51 (Cornwall and Warwickshire) Medium Regiment 51 (Devon) LAA Regiment 51 (East Lancashire and Cumberland) Brigade RFA 51 (London) HAA Regiment 51 (Lowland) Heavy Regiment 51 (Midland) Medium Regiment 51 (West Highland) Anti-Tank Regiment 51 (Westmorland and Cumberland) Field Regiment 51 Searchlight Regiment (Highland) 51 Antitank Regiment 52 (6th London) Anti-Tank Regiment 52 (Bedfordshire Yeo) Heavy Regiment 52 (Bedfordshire Yeomanry) Heavy Regiment 52 (East Lancashire) LAA Regiment 52 (Kent) Medium Brigade 52 (London) HAA Regiment 52 (Manchester) Field Regiment 52 L.A.A. Regiment 52 Searchlight Regiment (Queen's Edinburgh Royal Scots) 52 Antitank Regiment 53 (Bolton) Field Regiment 53 (City of London) HAA Regiment 53 (King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry) LAA Regiment 53 (London) Medium Regiment 53 (Worcestershire and Oxfordshire Yeomanry) Anti-Tank Regiment 53 Air-Landing Light Regiment (Worcestershire Yeomanry) 53 Antitank Regiment 53 Field Regiment 53 Heavy Regiment 53 Searchlight Regiment (Royal Northumberland Fusiliers) 54  Antitank Regiment 54 (Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders) LAA Regiment 54 (City of London) HAA Regiment 54 (Durham and West Riding) Medium Brigade 54 (The Queen's Own Royal Glasgow Yeomanry) Anti-Tank Regiment 54 (Wessex) Field Brigade 54 (West Highland) Field Brigade 54 (West Riding and Staffordshire) Medium Brigade 54 Heavy Regiment 54 Searchlight Regiment (The Durham Light Infantry) 54 Super Heavy Regiment 55 (Kent) HAA Regiment 55 (Northumbrian) Medium Brigade 55 (Suffolk and Norfolk Yeomanry) Anti-Tank Regiment 55 (Wessex) Field Brigade 55 (Wessex) Field Regiment 55 Heavy Regiment 55 LAA/Anti-Tank Regiment 55th Searchlight Regiment, RA (Durham Light Infantry) 56 (Cornwall) HAA Regiment 56 (Highland) Medium Regiment 56 (Highland) Medium Regiment 56 (King's Own) Anti-Tank Regiment 56 (Wessex) Army Field Regiment 56 Antitank Regiment 56 Heavy Regiment 56 LAA Regiment (East Lancashire) 56 Searchlight Regiment (Cameronians) 56 Antitank Regiment 57 (East Surrey) Anti-Tank Regiment 57 (Glasgow) Searchlight Regiment 57 (Home Counties) Field Regiment 57 (Home Counties) Field Regiment 57 (Lowland) Medium Regiment 57 (Lowland) Medium Regiment 57 (Newfoundland) Heavy Regiment 57 (Wessex) HAA Regiment 57 Heavy Regiment 57 LAA Regiment (King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry) 57 Antitank Regiment 58 (Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders) LAA Regiment 58 (Duke of Wellington's) Anti-Tank Regiment 58 (Kent) HAA Regiment 58 (Suffolk) Medium Regiment 58 (Sussex) Field Regiment 58 (Sussex) Field Regiment 58 Heavy Regiment 58 Searchlight Regiment (Middlesex) 58 Antitank Regiment 59 (4th West Lancashire) Medium Regiment 59 (Duke of Connaught's - Hampshire) Anti-Tank Regiment 59 (Home Counties) (Cinque Ports) Field Brigade 59 (Newfoundland) Heavy Regiment 59 (The Essex Regiment) HAA Regiment 59 (Warwickshire) Searchlight Regiment 6 Field Regiment 6 Medium Regiment 6 Royal Horse Artillery 6 Survey Regiment 6 Survey Regiment 60 (6th Cheshire and Shropshire) Medium Regiment 60 (City of London) HAA Regiment 60 (North Midland) Field Regiment 60 (Royal Welch Fusiliers) Anti-Tank Regiment 60 Heavy Regiment 60 Searchlight Regiment (Middlesex) 60 Antitank Regiment 61 (Carnavon & Denbigh Yeo) Medium Regiment 61 (Middlesex) HAA Regiment 61 (North Midland) Field Regiment 61 (North Midland) Super Heavy Regiment 61 (South Lancashire Regiment) Searchlight Regiment 61 Anti-Tank Regiment 61 Carnarvon and Denbigh (Yeomanry) Medium Regiment 61 Heavy Regiment 61 Medium Brigade 61 Super Heavy Regiment 61 Antitank Regiment 62 (North Midland) Field Brigade 62 (North Scottish) Medium Brigade 62 (Northumbrian) HAA Regiment 62 (Scottish) Medium Regiment 62 (The Loyal) Searchlight Regiment 62 Anti-Tank Regiment 63 (6th London) Field Regiment 63 (Midland) Medium Regiment 63 (Northumbrian) HAA Regiment 63 Anti-Tank Regiment 63 Medium Regiment (Highland) 63 Searchlight Regiment (Queen's) 64 (7th London) Field Regiment 64 (7th London) Field Regiment 64 (London) Medium Regiment 64 (Northumbrian) HAA Regiment 64 Anti-Tank Regiment 64 Medium Regiment (London) 64 Searchlight Regiment (Essex) 65 (8th London) Field Regiment 65 (8th London) Field Regiment 65 (Highland) Medium Regiment 65 (The Manchester Regiment) HAA Regiment 65 Anti-Tank Regiment (Norfolk Yeomanry) 65 Medium Regiment (Highland) 65 Searchlight Regiment (Essex) 651 Air Observation Post Squadron 652 Air Observation Post Squadron 653 Air Observation Post Squadron 654 Air Observation Post Squadron 655 Air Observation Post Squadron 656 Air Observation Post Squadron 657 Air Observation Post Squadron 658 Air Observation Post Squadron 659 Air Observation Post Squadron 66 (Leeds Rifles, The West Yorkshire Regiment) HAA Regiment 66 (Lowland) Medium Regiment 66 (South Midland) Field Brigade 66 Anti-Tank Regiment 66 Medium Regiment (Lowland) 66 Searchlight Regiment (Gloucesters) 660 Air Observation Post Squadron 661 Air Observation Post Squadron 662 Air Observation Post Squadron 67 (South Midland) Field Regiment 67 (Suffolk) Medium Regiment 67 (York and Lancaster) HAA Regiment 67 Medium Regiment (Suffolk) 67 Searchlight Regiment (Welch) 67 Antitank Regiment 68 (North Midland) HAA Regiment 68 (South Midland) Field Regiment 68 (W Lancs) Medium Regiment 68 Medium Regiment (4th West Lancashire) 68 Searchlight Regiment (The Monmouthshire Regiment) 68 Antitank Regiment 69 (Carnavon & Denbigh Yeo) Medium Regiment 69 (The Royal Warwickshire Regiment) HAA Regiment 69 (West Riding) Field Regiment 69 LAA/Anti-Tank Regiment 69 Medium Regiment (Carnarvon and Denbigh) (Yeomanry) 69 Searchlight Regiment (3rd City of London) 69 Antitank Regiment 7 Field Regiment 7 Medium Regiment 7 Mountain Regiment 7 Survey Regiment 70 (3rd West Lancashire) HAA Regiment 70 (Sussex) Searchlight Regiment 70 (West Riding) Field Regiment 70 Medium Regiment 70 Antitank Regiment 71 (East Lancashire) Searchlight Regiment 71 (Forth) HAA Regiment 71 (West Riding) Field Regiment 71 Medium Regiment 71 Antitank Regiment 72 (Hampshire) HAA Regiment 72 (Middlesex) Searchlight Regiment 72 (Northumbrian) Field Regiment 72 Medium Regiment 72 Antitank Regiment 73 (Northumbrian) Field Brigade 73 HAA Regiment 73 Medium Regiment 73 Searchlight Regiment 73 Antitank Regiment 74 (City of Glasgow) HAA Regiment 74 (Northumbrian) Field Regiment 74 Medium Regiment 74 Searchlight Regiment (Essex Fortress) 74 Antitank Regiment 75 (Highland) Field Regiment 75 (Home Counties) (Cinque Ports) HAA Regiment 75 (Shropshire Yeomanry) Medium Regiment 75 Heavy Regiment (Highland) 75 Medium Regiment 75 Searchlight Regiment (Middlesex) 75 Antitank Regiment 76 (Gloucestershire) HAA Regiment 76 (Highland) Field Regiment 76 (Shropshire Yeomanry) Medium Regiment 76 Anti-Tank Regiment 76 Medium Regiment 77 (Highland) Field Regiment 77 (The Duke of Lancaster's Own Yeomanry) Medium Regiment 77 (Welsh) HAA Regiment 77 Antitank Regiment 77 Medium Regiment 78 (1st East Anglian) HAA Regiment 78 (Lowland) Field Regiment 78 (The Duke of Lancaster's Own Yeomanry) Medium Regiment 78 Antitank Regiment 78 Medium Regiment 79 (Hertfordshire Yeomanry) HAA Regiment 79 (Lowland) Field Regiment 79 (The Scottish Horse) Medium Regiment 79 Medium Regiment 79 Antitank Regiment 8 Field Regiment 8 Medium Regiment 8 Survey Regiment 80 (Berkshire) HAA Regiment 80 (Lowland - City of Glasgow) Field Regiment 80 (The Scottish Horse) Medium Regiment 80 Medium Regiment 80 Antitank Regiment 81 (Welsh) Field Regiment 81 HAA Regiment 81 Antitank Regiment 82 (Essex) HAA Regiment 82 (Welsh) Field Brigade 82 Antitank Regiment 83 (Blythswood) HAA Regiment 83 (Welsh) Field Regiment 83 Antitank Regiment 84 (1st East Anglian) Field Brigade 84 (Middlesex, London Transport) HAA Regiment 84 Medium Regiment (Sussex) 84 Antitank Regiment 85 (East Anglian) Field Regiment 85 (East Anglian) Field Regiment 85 (Tees) HAA Regiment 85 Medium Regiment (City of London) 85 Mountain Regiment (East Anglian) 85 Antitank Regiment 86 (Herts Yeo) Field Regiment 86 (Honourable Artillery Company) HAA Regiment 86 Anti-Tank Regiment 86 Medium Regiment 86 Medium Regiment (Cornwall) 87 (1st West Lancashire) Field Regiment 87 (1st West Lancs) Field Regiment 87 Anti-Tank Regiment 87 HAA Regiment 87 Medium Regiment 88 (2nd West Lancashire) Field Regiment 88 HAA Regiment 88 Medium Regiment 88 Antitank Regiment 89 (3rd West Lancashire) Field Brigade 89 Anti-Tank Regiment (Liverpool Scottish) 89 HAA Regiment 9 Field Regiment 9th Medium Regiment 9 Survey Regiment 90 (City of London) Field Regiment 90 Anti-Tank Regiment 90 HAA Regiment 90 Antitank Regiment 91 (4th London) Field Regiment 91st Anti-Tank Regiment (Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders) 91 HAA Regiment 91 Antitank Regiment 92 (5th London) Field Regiment 92 Anti-Tank Regiment (Gordon Highlanders) 93 (East Lancashire) Army Field Brigade 93rd Anti-Tank Regiment (Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders) 93 HAA Regiment 94 (Dorset and Somerset Yeomanry) Field Brigade 94 (Queen's Own Dorset Yeomanry) Field Regiment 94 (Somerset Yeomanry) Field Brigade 94 Antitank Regiment 95 (Hampshire) Field Brigade 95 HAA Regiment 95 Antitank Regiment 96 (Royal Devon Yeomanry) Field Regiment 96 Antitank Regiment 96 HAA Regiment 97 (Kent Yeomanry) Field Regiment 97 Antitank Regiment 97 HAA Regiment (The London Scottish) 98 (Surrey and Sussex Yeomanry, Queen Mary's) Field Regiment 98 HAA Regiment 98 Antitank Regiment 99 (Buckinghamshire Yeomanry) Field Regiment 99 Antitank Regiment 99 HAA Regiment Raiding Support Regiment List of those who served with the Royal Artillery during The Second World War William Henry Cornish. 236/76 Regt R A Read his Story Eddie Eccles. 105/119 Battery 31st Field Regiment R.A. Read his story Eva Everitt (nee Scoles) 137 Regiment Heavy Artillery.Read her story George Bailey. 23rd Field Regiment R.A. Read his story Gnr. Arthur Bayliss 277/68 Heavy Anti Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery. Read his Story Peter Paul Bogan. Read his story Sgt John Cairns. Stanley Douglas Gittings. 257/65th RA Field Regiment. Read his Story Percy James Grant. 239/101lt AA & A / T Regt Read his Story John Albert E Hammond. Read his Story Cecil "Charlie" Holmes. 52 L.A.A. Regt R.A.Read his story Thomas James Holmes. Signal Section (attached) 13th Medium Regt. Read his story Daniel James Read his story Gnr Ronald Frank Lancaster. Royal Artillery Read his story Bdr. Herbert Notley. (d. 5 Feb 1941) George Phillips. 457 Light Battery R.A. Read his story Gunner James Patrick Renton Read his story James Robert Scott Read his story Gnr George Smith. Bbdr. William "Paddy" or "Dad" Walsh. Royal Horse Artillery Read his story Bombardier A W Ward. Read his story Gnr. Richard Berryman Read his Story. Gnr. Victor Louis Brown Read his Story. Ronald Davies Read his Story. Battery Sgt Mjr. Albert Hole MID Read his Story. L/Cpl Cecil "Charlie" Holmes 14th Infantry Brigade Read his Story. Fred Hughes Read his Story. Gnr. John Owen Hughes Read his Story. Gunner John Arthur Hutchinson (d.21st Dec 1945) Read his Story. Gunner Charles Alfred "Lakey" Lake 151st Ayrshire Yeomanry Read his Story. Gnr. Alfred William Limb Read his Story. Lance Corporal Frank John Mayes Despatch Rider Read his Story. Pte. Herbert Mercer 140th Field Rgt ,367 Battery Read his Story. James Mortimer 15th Scottish Read his Story. James Mortimer 190th Field Regiment Read his Story. Irvin Steels 7th Medium Regt, Read his Story. Reginald Seymour Clifton "Todd" Walker Read his Story. Sergeant John Stainley West 116th Light Ack Ack Co Read his Story. Bdr. Wileman Geoffrey Francis Young 16th Medium Regiment, 107bty. (d.8th Feb 1945) Read his Story. William Henry Cornish served with the Royal Artillery regiment 236/76 He was awarded the Africa star and Mentioned in Despatches for gallant and distinguished services Im seeking information regarding my Great Uncle Jimmy, Gunner James Patrick Renton. Hopefully I may find someone who served with him or even someone who knew any of the men in this picture. 1931 Jim Renton was aged 21 when he joined the Army and became a gunner in the Royal Horse Artillery. He was a member of the battery football team and in 1934 he sailed aboard the HMT Lancashire for his posting to India. Having arrived in Karachi on the November of 1934 he was then based in the Peshwar Valley and also to the Khyber Pass ( now part of Pakistan) He continued his service till 1937 when he returned to Britain and went to work for the GPO in Sunderland. Upon his return to Sunderland it appears from his marriage certificate that he was living with his Brother John or sister Mary at 6 Hudson Road, Hendon Sunderland. Jim was married to Rachel Reynolds of 18 Thomas Street, Sunderland on the 28th November 1938, Witnesses to the marriage were Matthew Shinkfield (his sisters brother in law) and an Elizabeth Burns. Jim was recalled to Army service just before the outbreak of World War 2 and was posted to the British Expeditionary Force, presently being mobilised for France and Belgium. The RHA and Royal Artillery were involved in a large number of actions against the German offensive and fought a number of rearguard actions when the B.E.F began its retreat to the beaches at Dunkirk. When he did make it home he arrived at his brother John’s address in Hudson Road, Hendon, Sunderland. John Jnr (his young nephew) describes Jim’s arrival as a shocking one for the family. He turned up at the front door in his underwear, a greatcoat and a pair of ammo boots that had gone green due to being immersed in seawater for so long, and was described as exhausted. Jim remained with the family for about five days before receiving orders to be posted to a new unit 531 Coastal Regiment Royal artillery were reforming and re equipping. His wife Rachel later joined him and took lodgings near the camp. I beleive that this may have been in Grimsby ???? The family in Sunderland were alerted to Jims failing health by Rachel when she wrote to her brother in law John explaining that Jim was in Hospital. Jim died at Westlands, Grimsby on November 2nd 1940 from 4 listed problems according to his death certificate. 1. Cardiac failure due to 2. Pulmonary adema due to 3. Hypertension due to 4. Congenital cystic disease of the kidney The death was certified by a T.H.A Dickenson, the Deputy Coroner for the Borough of Grimsby after post mortem. Any help would be appreciated and if possible reciprocated Can anybody help me identify the men in these photographs and the battallion in which they served? My grandad James Robert Scott is second left on the front row of four men that are kneeling. All I know is that my grandad and these men served in the Royal Gunners Artillery at Dunkirk. I have other photos that contain family portraits of other members of my family that also served in the artillery in The Great War. Where they served and who they are is a mystery, but they are all linked to each other through the generations. View the photos Any information would be greatly appreciated. The family Haenen who is living in LAAR in the south of the Netherlands wants to come in contact with the soldier in the photo or his family. He probably was with the royal artillery. He was billeted at their farmhouse in the fall of 1944. Niek Hendrix My father in law Eddie Eccles (105/119 battery of the 31 Field Regiment R.A. ) was caught at Tobruk on 15th Dec 1941 whilst taking part in the great Battle of Halem Hamza in the Lybyan Desert. Understandably Eddie was reluctant to talk about his experiences so I would love to hear from others who may have knowledge of the battle and times of this Field Regiment during this period in the Lybyan Desert and also at STALAG 8B. Gwyn Hughes Fred Hughes Royal Artillery I met my husband Fred in Penzance while I was serving with the Land Army, he was with the Royal Artillery, we got married in 1945. Pte. Herbert Mercer 140th Field Rgt ,367 Battery Royal Artillery My father, Pvt Herbert Mercer, Royal Artillery, 140th Field Reg, 367 Battery, was held as a prisoner at Stalag 8B - E3 Blechhammer he lived in hut 33 for about 4 years. Gunner John Arthur Hutchinson Royal Artillery (d.21st Dec 1945) I am trying to trace my Grandfather's death and service records, I know he died in a Hospital called Whynick, theres a mystery around this I'm trying to find out anything I can to put this to rest after 8 years at trying to find out. Thank You Lance Corporal Frank John Mayes Despatch Rider Royal Artillery My Dad, Frank Mayes was imprisoned in Stalag 8b, he was in the camp for about 3 years, I have his old pow book. Gnr. Alfred William Limb Royal Artillery My Grandad was Alfred William Limb. He was a Gunner with the Royal Artillery. He was admitted to Stalag XXIB on 11.6.1940, & his condition was 'not stated'. Irvin Steels 7th Medium Regt, Royal Artillery My father Irvin Steels of 7th. Medium Regiment RA was captured in North Africa by Italians and taken to Italy via Naples. One of my father’s favourite sayings was ‘People say see Naples and die. When we were there the buggers threw bricks at us.’ They were handed over to the German Army who took them to Stalag 8B. My dad spent the rest of the war there working in the coal mines ‘where the pit props were like telegraph poles’. He joined the Army to get away from Fryston Colliery where the seam was only 2 feet thick. He left Poland on the forced March and was liberated by the Americans who had to operate on him to remove a leg which had gone gangrenous as a result of the frostbite which he suffered on the March. Needless to say my father who died in 1997 was never very forthcoming about his experiences and this is all I know of his time in captivity. Gnr. John Owen Hughes Royal Artillery My Grandfather, Taid as I call him, Gunner John Owen Hughes from Anglesey was captured in early 1942. I am not entirely certain of the date but have a letter dated 11th June 1942 he received from his sister Mary. There is an address on the letter of, SETT2 CAPAN8 PG65 which I believe is a holding camp in Gravina Italy. He was then transferred to Stalg 1Vb possibly during 1943, again I have correspondence dated 29th December 1943. The letters hold two different POW numbers, 4192702 and 227626. I have read your website with intrigue and admiration for all those who served our country. If there is anyone who is able to help me with any information I would be very grateful. Reginald Seymour Clifton "Todd" Walker Royal Artillery Reginald Seymour Clifton Walker was the youngest son of Arthur George Walker and Teresa Agnes. Like his brother, Angus, he was given a grand collection of names. We are unsure of the Seymour connection, but Clifton came from the place of his mother’s birth. He was always known as Todd. The name came from his inability as a child to say Reginald and it came out as Toddles. Todd was in the Royal Artillery and served from about 1941 to 1946 on the searchlight batteries, firstly at Deal in Kent and for the remainder on the Rock of Gibraltar. After the war he took a course at the Government Training Centre, Letchworth, to become a bricklayer. He married Queenie Cox of Stotfold in St Mary’s Parish Church, Baldock, and they spent their married life at 2 Manor Cottages, Willian. Battery Sgt Mjr. Albert Hole MID Royal Artillery My Great Grandfather served in the 8th army from 1940 onwards. He was Battery Sergeant Major Albert Hole, from Swansea South Wales. He served in Italy and against Rommel in the dessert. He was mentioned in despatches and wore the oak leaf because of this. He came home in 1944 after being shot in the leg. He brought home with him a very old pipe which was given to him by the family he stayed with in italy they even built hima seperate wing on the side of the house for hime to stay in. Gnr. Richard Berryman Royal Artillery Dick Berryman was in Stalag 8b with my Father, Arthur Booker, if anyone remembers him or his fellow POW's please get in touch. Gnr. Victor Louis Brown Royal Artillery Our father never wanted to talk about his time as a POW, so we are trying to piece that part of his life together. We do know that he was at Stalag 357 when it was liberated. We also know that he was part of the large group of prisoners marched toward Poland. Little else is known, so any information or if anyone knew him would be a huge help. Unfortunately he passed away in 1990, without ever telling his story. Thank you in advance. His son and daughter. L/Cpl Cecil "Charlie" Holmes 14th Infantry Brigade 52LAA Regiment RA My father, Cecil Holmes,(known to his army friends as Charlie) joined the army at the start of the war in 1939 when I was a baby. I have one letter which he wrote to my mother in 1940 which indicated that he was 7611996 L/Cpl C.E.Holmes of 52 L.A.A. Regt R.A. workshops R.A.O.C. of the 14th Infantry Bde, Middle East Forces, at that stage. He was captured in Crete in May 41 and served the rest of the war as a POW mainly in Stalag IV B, returning home on my younger brother's 5th birthday, 29 May 45. Dad did not speak to us often about his experiences during the war, but he and his old army friend, Jimmy Corrigan, would meet maybe twice a year and reminisce. On those occasions we would pick up snippets of their experiences. For instance, one which I rememberwas. He and a party of POWs were returning from a work party. They were permitted to take into the camp a small bag of sticks for the fire in the hut. When the guard asked dad what was in his bag he replied "A radio". The guard laughed and passed him into the hut without examining the bag. The bag did, of course, contain sticks, but also a radio. A couple of years ago on Remembrance Day some ex POWs from Stalag IV B were interviewed on television. One spoke of the Stage Shows and Plays they used to put on in the camp, and that they had an illicit radio back stage. I have wondered since if it had been dad's radio. Unfortunately dad died in his 80th year in 1993. I wish he had survived to hear these men's recollections. He would have remembered them and what they had to say. Another story he told was that he had been taken out of the camp to a civilian dentist for treatment. The dentist's wife was Irish. Dad asked her for some bread to take back to the men, and offered his gold ring in exchange for the bread. When he returned to the camp he found his ring embedded in the loaf. I now possess the ring. Quite a few years ago I was at T.A. Camp in Sennybridge, S. Wales. Four of us decided to Hitch-hike to London for the week-end. We went into a cafe, I think it was the Nuffield Centre. There was only one other person in the cafe. During the meal this person came over to us and said that he recognized our accent as being from Northern Ireland and asked if we knew a man called Charlie Holmes. I told him that my father was Cecil Holmes and that his army friends called him Charlie. He said, "That's the very man, I was a POW with him". Unfortunately that is the total of my recollections of that occasion. Early in May 45 I was a little boy of 6. I awoke early one morning, coming dawn, to see a man standing beside my bed. He appeared to fall over the bed and disappear. On 29 May 45 my Grand-mother (Dad's mum), my mother, two of dad's brothers, his sister, my younger brother, and I were at the L.M.S. Railway Station to meet my father coming home from the war. Hundreds of soldiers were walking along the platform from the Larne train. One in particular walked past us. I went after him and brought him back. It was my father. He was the man I had seen a couple of weeks earlier, in my vision. He had not recognized us (probably because of trauma), and his mother, wife, brothers,and sister had not recognized him. He was a man of 6'1" tall but weighed only 8 stone, very different to the man who had left in 1939 to go to the war. Is there anyone out there who remembers my father from those days? I would sincerely love to hear from them. Gunner Charles Alfred "Lakey" Lake 151st Ayrshire Yeomanry Royal Artillery My Grandfather was a Gunner in HQ Battery, 151st Ayrshire Yeomanry, 11th Armored Division, British Army. He fought in Normandy and in Holland before pushing into Germany until the War ended when he went to India. I recall a story he told me which I haven't forgotten. He gave me permission to share his story. He and his outfit were stationed in Caen just after D-Day. The regiment was then given the word to advance to a new posistion. In the process a random shell had fallen and wounded a nearby despatch rider. My Grandfather was ordered to tend to the man, whilst the rest of his outfit moved forward. He stayed with him and used his field dressing to bandage the mans numerous wounds until medical personnel arrived. When they arrived they took over. "I'd done my bit", and he went about finding his unit. "I knew roughly where they were". He followed their tracks and after a couple of hours of walking he found them after crossing through a large field. He reported to his battery office and continued his normal duties. Overnight the Royal Engineers had been in and cordened off a field in white tape, indicating it was a minefield. When my Grandfather woke he saw the tape and the field, "I nearly had a fit when I saw it". He had realised he had walked across 5 acres of mine field to rejoin his unit. When I asked him "so after you'd walked through the field you realised it was a minefield" he replied "Yes, after my afternoon stroll through the minefield". "Thats what serving in the forces is all about, luck". After hearing this story I shall never again complain about my familys lack of luck. It was used when needed most. Sergeant John Stainley West 116th Light Ack Ack Co Royal Artillery This is very much a long shot, I am trying to research my late grandfather's time during WW11. There have been numerous articles in local newspapers regarding my grandfather and the information given in these is pretty much all I know as he never spoke to us regarding his experiences. To be honest I have no idea where to start but would be most grateful for any links or information that anyone could provide. He was Sgt John Stainley West of Stokesley, North Yorkshire and was one of the first to land on the Normandy beaches in 1944, helping to clear minefields in northern France and other parts of Europe while serving with a division of the Canadian Army where he specialised in mine detectors and detonators. He also became a POW for half a day. On April 15th 1945 he entered Belsen as the Official British War Photographer. At the time he was serving with the 116th Light Ack Ack Company, Royal Artillery. My Grandfather spent 4 months in Belsen recording the scenes of the few victims left alive and also working in the maternity ward. He also helped collect bodies and supervise the burial of 23,000. He had a photocopy of a Belsen record card, on the back of which were some brief notes compiled at the time. The following extracts illustrate only too vividly the grimness of the war which was nearing its end. "We feel that some of you who were not here at Belsen from the beginning might like to see these notes. They give the most accurate facts available, We would liked to have produced them before, but we were one and all rather busy on the first main job of clearing the concentration camp. That job is now finished. On the 12 April 1945 the Chief of Staff of the 1st German Para Army approached the Brigadier General's staff of the British 8th Corps and said he had a terrible situation on hand at Belsen and that the place must be taken over. On 13 April 1945 the terms of a special truce were drawn up, although we must remember that a battle was going on all around the Belsen area. Under these terms, the British agreed to come in and take over the camp, a neutral area was defined around Belsen, the German SS camp staff were to remain, the British doing what they liked with them, and the Hungarians to remain armed and be used by the British until such time as they had no further use for them. It is believed that Brig Glyn Hughes, deputy director of medical services, was the first to arrive. The First British unit in was an Anti-Tank Battery which arrived on 15 April. The scene which met the first officers beggars description. There were an estimated 30,000 people in camp, of which about 10,000 lay dead in the huts or about the camp. Those still alive had been without food or water for about seven days, after long periods of semi-starvation. Typhus, amongst other diseases, was raging. Corruption and filth were everywhere. The air was poisoned. You have no doubt heard these terrible details from those who saw them. The tasks which faced the firstcomers must have appeared insurmountable. Nevertheless they were tackled with outstanding success when one considers the resources available. The Document says that, eventually the Army took over control of all the concentration camps. All the living inmates of Belsen were moved into hospitals and transit camps. The total moved numbered 28,900, although 2,000 died later. A memento which he kept to remind himself of man's inhumanity to man was a knife, fork and spoon wrapped in a cloth folder which belonged to the Nazi Commandant, the infamous "Beast of Belsen" I believe his name to be Kramer. My Grandfather confiscated it after being spat on by this officer during one of the morning parades. He left the camp to return to England in September 1945 after contracting a disease at Belsen that attacked his nervous system and which kept him in hospital for 5 months. His illness affected him for the next ten years, resulting in loss of memory and repeated nightmares. Geoffrey Francis Young 16th Medium Regiment, 107bty. Royal Artillery (d.8th Feb 1945) Geoffery Francis Young was in a reserved occupation as a driver for a local delivery firm in Wrexham and did not have to join, but as many of his mates where already in the forces and being early 1945 the war seemed in its final stages he decided to see out the last stages of the war in uniform. Enlisting in early 1945 he soon found himself as a gunner in 107 Battery, 16th Med Regt (The South Notts. Hussars), Royal Artillery. By this stage of the war UK forces were seriously depleted with little reserve left to replace 5 years worth of casualties and so within weeks of joining (and according to his letters only receiving only brief on the job training) Geoff was in Holland preparing for "operation veritable" the big push over the Rhine. Operation Veritable lasted from Feb 8th to March 10th 1945 and was the northern part of the Second World War pincer movement by Field Marshall Bernard Montgomery's 21st Army Group with the objective to clear the land between the Rhine and Roer rivers. General Eisenhower, the Allied Commander, had decided that the best route into Germany would be across the relatively flat lands of northern Europe. This required that Allied forces should close up to the Rhine along its whole length. Operation Veritable began at 05:00 with an artillery support of over 1000 artillery pieces (not including bofors and anti-tank guns). The initial barrage lasted for over 5 hours with a mixture of destructive firepower on enemy defences interspersed with a build up of smoke to assist the infantry advance. 107 were in constant action throughout the operation but sometime during the 8th of Feb 1945, Geoff as one of a crew of 10 manning a 5.5" gun was positioned somewhere near Kerzenheim on the German border when a USAAF plane mistook them for an enemy position and dropped bombs on their position. Two 5.5 guns were destroyed, 10 men including Geoff were killed and 8 wounded. Geoffery Francis Young was buried at Uden war cemetery aged 19. James Mortimer 15th Scottish Royal Artillery 190 Field Regiment I have been delighted to find your web site, I have been researching my Father's wartime history for a few years now and at last I am slowly finding information about the 15th Scottish. His name was James Mortimer, 190th Field Regiment of the Royal Artillery seconded to the 15th. I would be interested in any information available. Ronald Davies Royal Artillery My father, Ronald Davies, served with the Royal Artillery and was a prisoner in Stalag 7A. He did not like talking about his wartime experiences. To my brother he spoke of being put on his knees with a gun to his head on three occasions, each time his life was saved by the priest. To me he told tales of horses head soup and that it was the only time in his life that he had worn a moustache. He escaped, was recaptured and sent to the coalmines in Poland (I think) My father died in 1986. I wish he was here now to tell his stories. James Mortimer 190th Field Regiment Royal Artillery I have been delighted to find your web site, I have been researching my Father's wartime history for a few years now and at last I am slowly finding information about the 15th Scottish. His name was James Mortimer, 190th Field Regiment of the Royal Artillery seconded to the 15th. 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