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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 We are currently conducting a survey of users to improve the website, please could you spare a few moments to complete our survey? Oct 2009 - Please note we currently have a large 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. Research your own Family History. Looking to replace lost medals? British authorities will not reissue lost medals, we often get enquiries where to purchase copies and other memorabilia, the best starting place is Ebay.co.uk The Wartime Memories Project is supporting the campaign to save the ITV Shows Heartbeat and The Royal from being axed, if they are lost it will impact many many jobs in North Yorkshire. Please show your support by signing the two pettitions: The Royal         Heartbeat 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 Gunner Anthony Albert Barwick 69th Medium Regiment, 242 Battery Read his Story. Gnr. Richard Berryman Read his Story. Ronald Owen Blake Read his Story. Thomas Boyce Guards Armoured Division Read his Story. Hugh Elliott Breach Read his Story. Gnr. Victor Louis Brown Read his Story. Sergeant George Frederick Thomas Burrows (d.5th July 1941) Read his Story. Gnr. Norman James " " Carey (d.28th Jun 1944) Read his Story. Sgt. John William Noel Cornthwaite Read his Story. Ronald Davies Read his Story. Lance Bdr. James Davis 10th Field Regiment Read his Story. Sergeant Des Dyson 17th Coast Battery Read his Story. Sergeant Des Dyson 17th Coast Battery Read his Story. Gunner Henry William Edward "Sid" Edwards 110th Light Anti Aircraft, 362 Battery Read his Story. J Evans 11 Battery Read his Story. Gnr. John " " Evans 11 Battery Read his Story. Gnr. Harold Forden 124 Field Regiment Read his Story. Bombardier Gunner Edward Richard Thomas Harris Read his Story. Sgt. Robert Heaton MID. Read his Story. W/Bdr William Augustas Hepplewhite M.M 128th Highland Field Regiment Read his Story. Battery Sgt Mjr. Albert Hole MID Read his Story. L/Cpl Cecil "Charlie" Holmes 14th Infantry Brigade Read his Story. Pte. Thomas James Holmes 13th Medium Regiment, Signal Section 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. Gnr. Robert Jones 97th Field Regiment (d.14th Nov 1942) Read his Story. Sgt. Augustus Keen Read his Story. Gunner Charles Alfred "Lakey" Lake 151st Ayrshire Yeomanry Read his Story. Gnr. Alfred William Limb Read his Story. Charles Thomas Maguire HAA Read his Story. Lance Corporal Frank John Mayes Despatch Rider Read his Story. L/Bmdr Francis Joseph "Paddy" McLoughlin Read his Story. Francis Joseph "Paddy" McLoughlin Read his Story. Albert William Mead Read his Story. Albert William Mead 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. Gunner Reginald Ernest Pearce 50th Battalion Read his Story. A/Sgt Patrick Joseph Quinlan MM 146 Battery Kenneth "Taffy" Rees 55th Heavy Regiment Read his Story. Gnr. Percy Robert " " Sketchley 12th Regiment (d.10th Apr 1945) Read his Story. Gnr. James " " Stanaway 71st Anti Tank Regiment (d.17th Jul 1944) Read his Story. Irvin Steels 7th Medium Regt, Read his Story. Peter Toolen Read his Story. Reginald Seymour Clifton "Todd" Walker Read his Story. Sergeant Francis "Frank" Wardale Read his Story. Sergeant Francis "Frank" Wardale Read his Story. Sergeant John Stainley West 116th Light Ack Ack Co Read his Story. Thomas Charles Wilding Read his Story. Bdr. Wileman Gnr. Richard " " Williams 140 Field Regiment (d.btwn 10th May 1940 & 26th June 1940) Read his Story. Gnr. William John "Bennet" Williams 25th Medium and Heavy Training Regiment Read his Story. Signalman George Sydney "Lefty" Wright 154 Field Regiment (Leics. Yeo.) Read his Story. 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. Albert William Mead Royal Artillery My granddad, Bill Mead, is a veteran of WW2 and I am currently trying to find anyone who remembers him or has any photos that may be of interest to him. He was a member of the Royal Artillery, is from Birmingham and was in Stalag VIIIB Lammsdorf and Stalag XXA. 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. I would be interested in any information available. Hugh Elliott Breach Royal Artillery My father, Hugh Elliott Breach of the Royal Artillery was captured in Italy in September or October 1944. He became prisoner number 138048 at Stalag 7a, and he was liberated by American forces in May 1945. Like so many others my father never spoke about his war experiences. I know he made friends with a Canadian, Al McLennon? who lived in Vancouver, but anything else is a mystery. Sergeant George Frederick Thomas Burrows (d.5th July 1941) My father, Sergeant George Frederick Thomas Burrows, R.A.S.C. had been in France in the BEF and managed to get home on one of the little ships at Dunkirk. I would love to know who rescued him. After a convalescent, he was sent out to Africa, not sure quite where they intended to land. His ship was the HMS Anselm and he was one who didn't get off. I was about 6 years old at the time with 'ovaltiney' sisters of 4 and 2 and Mum expecting a baby in the November as Dad was killed in July He was the sun in my sky and it took me over 60 years to be healed of the grief I felt at his death. This being through my Christian faith and a loving counsellor. War doesn't end with the peace treaty, as I and many others can testify. I have a Liverpool Echo report of the incident and Padre Cedric Pugh, who, eventually received his well earned medal. It took my local councillors 50 years to get our lost loved ones names put on a monument.I also have many photos of Dad and one of Mum that he carried with him all through the BEF and Dunkirk. Also a small cutting about someone who was rescued from the Anselm. I am not very good with the computer but would be very willing to get good copies if anyone cared to have one. Sincerely and thanks for the site. I will try and send a donation but am now an OAP and it isn't financially easy in this 'land fit for heroes'. Gunner Reginald Ernest Pearce 50th Battalion Scottish Rifles(Cameroons) My ex-Wife and I are researching our family trees, as it is possible we may have already been related before our Marriage. She has found some references to her Father, Reg Pearce who was a gunner with the 50th. Battalion Scottish Rifles(Cameroons). There is also a reference to his being part of No. 284 Battery (AAKAAK), based at Great Yarmouth, Norfolk. The unit had a pet cat. Every time she detected the sounds of the enemy bombers, long before the crew did, she would find her safe spot, but it was the signal for the lads to be ready, well in advance, of the enemy squadrons. One Italian squadron got a real pasting, and,having thus decided that discretion was the better part of valour, just dropped their bombs and fled, and, to this day, the waters of Great Yarmouth's Harboursmouth are still host to a whole collection of unexploded bombs, that. if moved, would wreck the whole of the town if they were to go off. Reg was also aboard the SS "Strathmore", and sailed to Port Said in 1945, being posted to Cairo and Alexandra, at the same time as my own Father, Will Osborne, who was with the REME Dance Orchestra out there. He returned in 1946 aboard the SS "Caroloinen"(Caroliner?). If anyone has any information, or any stories about Reg please do email and we can both enjoy sharing some history about our two families. Thanks in Advance. Sergeant Francis "Frank" Wardale Royal Horse Artillery My father, Francis Wardale, known as Frank, from Liverpool was a POW between 1940-45 and was taken somewhere in North Africa. He was a Sergeant in the Royal Horse Artillery and was regular since 1936. Does anyone out there know of him? Sergeant Des Dyson 17th Coast Battery Royal Artilliery I am hoping to find out more about my fathers'regiments' movements. Dad was captured in Tobruk and ended up in Campo PG78 from 6th June 1942 until he escaped in Sept. or Oct. of 1943. He was Sgt. Des Dyson, (843272) 17th Coast Battery, RA. Albert William Mead Royal Artillery My granddad, Bill Mead, is a veteran of WW2 and I am currently trying to find anyone who remembers him or has any photos that may be of interest to him. He was a member of the Royal Artillery, is from Birmingham and was in Stalag VIIIB Lammsdorf and Stalag XXA. Sergeant Francis "Frank" Wardale Royal Horse Artillery My father, Francis Wardale, known as Frank, from Liverpool was a POW between 1940-45 and was taken somewhere in North Africa. He was a Sergeant in the Royal Horse Artillery and was regular since 1936. Does anyone out there know of him? Sergeant Des Dyson 17th Coast Battery Royal Artilliery I am hoping to find out more about my fathers'regiments' movements. Dad was captured in Tobruk and ended up in Campo PG78 from 6th June 1942 until he escaped in Sept. or Oct. of 1943. He was Sgt. Des Dyson, (843272) 17th Coast Battery, RA. Gnr. Harold Forden 124 Field Regiment Royal Artillery My deceased Father was in Stalag 4g I have found out some info on the camp but not that much. As you can see my Father was a gunner in the Royal Artillery during WW2. He saw action at Dunkirk & Africa before being captured at the fall of Tobruk. Gunner Harold Forden, Royal Artillery Enlisted into Royal Artillery Regular Army & posted to Depot 04/01/39 Posted to 1st Training Regiment 11/01/39 Posted to 22nd Field Regiment 15/04/39 Posted to 1st General Base Depot 19/04/40 Posted to 3rd Division 10/06/40 Posted to 76th (Highland) Field Regiment 11/06/40 Posted to Depot 21/06/40 Posted to 2nd Reserve Regiment 22/06/40 Posted to 124 Field Regiment 26/06/40 Reported Missing 20/06/42 Confirmed Prisoner of War 13/01/43 Repatriated to UK 14/05/45 Posted to 202 Field Regiment 12/07/45 Attached to Chillwell Motor Transport Group 02/08/45 Posted to 2nd Motor Transport Group 22/08/45 Released to Army Reserve 11/07/46 Discharged from Reserve Liability 30 June 1959 Auth: Navy, Army and Air Forces Reserve Act 1959 Service with Colours: 04/01/39 to 10/07/46 Overseas Service: British Expeditionary Force 02/10/39 to 01/06/40 Middle East Force 19/05/41 to 30/11/41 Iraq 01/12/41 to 12/02/42 Egypt 13/02/42 to 19/06/42 Prisoner of War 20/06/42 to 13/05/45 Italy, Germany Stalag 4b and 4g Dad was prisoner of war in Italy, but no records show which camp. He may have been kept in North Africa for some time, before going over to Italy. They were usually shipped into Italy via Benghazi or Brindisi. . After Italy surrendered they were transferred to Austria or Germany. Dad was held in Stalag 4B. The camp opened Oct.39. & was Liberated 23rd April 45. It was located in Muhlberg district 4. he was transferred to 4G on 14/10/43 This was at Oschatz eastern Germany, to the south east of Leipzig, in the direction of Meissen & Dresden & near to the south west of Muhlberg. There were only 20 men permanently based in the camp, the other 4,400 were out on working parties on farms, factories, mines etc. Stalag 4G was an administrative and holding centre and most of the POWs were assigned to work parties (arbeits kommandos). Any information, photographs of 4g would be greatly appreciated. L/Bmdr Francis Joseph "Paddy" McLoughlin Royal Artillery My late Grandfather, Francis Joseph "Paddy" McLoughlin, was held at camp 4dz near Annaburg and was released by the Americans at the end of the war. Prior to this he was held at Campo 73, Carpi in Italy following his capture by the Germans in North Africa. He was a Lance Bombardier in the Royal Artillery, army number 882792, POW number 247056 and had previously been in France before escaping from Dunqerqe. If anybody has any information on either camp or knew of my Grandfather I would love to hear from them. Peter Toolen Royal Artilliery I am trying to find some information about my father, Peter Toolen, who served in WW2 in the Royal Artilliery (a radio operator, I believe). He was captured in Egypt and taken to a POW camp in Italy. I do not know much else about him except that he escaped when the Italians surrendered. My father died in 1965 and I am trying to find out his story. Francis Joseph "Paddy" McLoughlin Royal Artillery My late grandfather, Francis Joseph "Paddy" McLoughlin, was a lance bombardier in the Royal Artillery, escaped at Dunkerque, was then later captured in North Africa and subsequently held at Campo 73 in Carpi, Italy and then Stalag 4DZ near Annaburg. I'm trying to get info on either camp (memories, photos, anything) and, unlikely I know, hear from anyone who knew my Grandad. Thomas Boyce Guards Armoured Division Royal Artillery Regiment Does anyone recognise the name of my wife's grandfather, Thomas Boyce, and are you able to help us piece together details of his army service — serving with the Royal Artillery Regiment, Guards Armoured Division and involved in BEF action at Reichwald, Rees and Bremen in Germany? Thomas Charles Wilding Royal Artillery, 55th (WSY) Field Regiment Thomas Charles Wilding (Army Number 930571) was a gunner in the 55th (WSY) Field Regiment, Royal Artillery, served in BEF, trained at Larkhill on Salisbury Plain, and saw action in Reichwald and Rees. Does anyone recognise this man and can you help me piece together some of his experiences during his army service? W/Bdr William Augustas Hepplewhite M.M 128th Highland Field Regiment Royal Artillery My father William Hepplewhite was awarded the M.M for something that happend in Sicily, July 28th 1943 with the 128th Highland Field Regiment, Royal Artillery. His citation is vague on the exact place . If any one can help me with this I would be so greatful. Gunner Anthony Albert Barwick 69th Medium Regiment, 242 Battery Royal Artillery I have researched much of Dad's war but parts frustratingly elude me. He was Tony Barwick and he enlisted from Liverpool in 1938 and after the war was a professional soldier all his working life. I guess many men had his sort of war, taking part in big events but only realising it afterwards and doing their duty for their country through injury and sickness. He was away for 3 years from 1943 to 1946. The following are some pointers. I have read his service record and the available unit diaries at Kew as well as researched books and the internet. For many years he led a battalion at the Dunkirk Veterans reunion each year. He died in 2007 aged 86 still carrying a shrapnel mark from the Dunkirk beaches under his heart and a German bayonet scar on an upper thigh from Cassino. And he was in the Artillery! In 1940 he was part of 69 medium Regt, 242 battery and was ambushed at Wormhoudt whilst retreating to Dunkirk, 27-28 May. The Earl of Aylesford commanding his group was killed. The 2nd Warwicks (1& 2 24th of Isandlahwhana) were then defending it, one of Gorts strongholds. One of his unit Gnr. Parry was caught and ended up in the S.S. massacre in the barn, but Dad's group ran the lucky way and made it to Dunkirk. I'd like to know What ship he boarded. He got off by carrying a stretcher onto a warship alongside the mole following an officer with a loaded pistol. This dates it because Gort only agreed to stretcher wounded being evacuated after MO's pressures late in the evacuation. One stretcher took the place of 10 standing men you see. I have the Royal Navy official report on the Dunkirk evacuation and HMS Worcester is the best candidate. Dad went to Egypt in SS Samaria 1943 in time for Alamein. That ship also brought 101 Airborne of DDay fame to UK from America. Does anyone know Where the unit diary is for this North African period? (Kew National Archive hadnt got it when last I looked); Then across the western desert (I have pictures of him and his mates with some names from this time) to Anzio, Cassino and via Marseille with the Americans and back up to Wormhoudt and then to the Ruhr until 1946. I have various sources eg Walter Lord's "The Miracle of Dunkirk", Gunner Parry's "Massacre on the road to Dunkirk" and the internet eg 58th Regiment RA has a superb site with a detailed diary and Dads C.O. of 69th was in command of both Regiments for while during the Dunkirk retreat. Hence some of Dad's movements can be traced via that wonderfully detailed site. Any relative of a member of 69th Medium Regt.R.A. is welcome to contact me and I will be happy to pass on the more extensive information I have on Word file. Gunner Henry William Edward "Sid" Edwards 110th Light Anti Aircraft, 362 Battery Royal Artillery My Grandfather, Henry William Edward Edwards (Ted) Signed up in 1939 with the Dorset regiment. He was transfered to The Royal Artillery in 1942. Not sure at what point he became to be in the Wessex 43rd, 110th Light Anti Aircraft. I have a boxing trophy he won on the 31st May 1944 which states 362 Battery RA LAA. I have many Photos of him during the war, and have some information given to me by my uncle. He was part of a 40mm Bofor Light Anti Aircraft troop. The bofor was a towed gun, not a static or mounted on a vehicle type. From the information and detective work I have done, I believe that my grandad was in H troop. 362 Battery consisted of H & J Troop. J Troop had the mounted bofors. H troop i believe where attached to the HQ's. The photo below of my grandad outside a THQ in europe. I Would love to get intouch with someone who had a relative in the battery or 110th in general. J Evans 11 Battery 3HAA.RA I served as a gunner with 177 Battery, Newcastle-Upon-Tyne, 1941 as Radar Operator. I later with served with 11 Battery, 3HAA.RA in Jahore, Malaya and picked up the only night incursion by the Japs while in Jahore. The battery was at Anson Road Stadium, Kepple Harbour (a football pitch) and was near to being wiped out on Friday, 13th when many anti-personnel bombs dropped on the site with a direct hit on the height finder. Seven were killed. One bomb only on Saturday, which just missed the ammunition. After taking on a couple of low-flying Japs (traverse right-traverse right-depress-depress-fire and a short fuse up their backsides), a formation of nine were engaged with a salvo smack on the nose of the leading aircraft, followed by another salvo same place. They turned away only to detour and come back for the battery at Kepple Harbour with the sun at their backs. The large bomb we took verified that they had been heading for the Naval Base. The Indian battery nearby had taken a direct hit on a gun and the generator and transmitter of our radar were destroyed. Although that Indian battery was not in action, 11 Battery was in action on the final day. The lone Bofor sounded reveille at 6am on the 15th, which aroused those of us who had a brief sleep in the Seaman's Mission. Surrender was a reprieve I felt as I was convinced I must die next day. Kenneth "Taffy" Rees 55th Heavy Regiment Royal Artillery I am writing this on behalf of my father, Kenneth Rees, who is now 86 years old, he served with the 55th Heavy Field Regiment, Royal Artillery and has told us this story about how when he was serving in India, his regiment was being disbanded at the end of 1946-47 and he had to drive a Super Mack Lorry with a 7.2 gun to Dulali to the School of Artillery, where we believe it is still on display, there were two other people accompanying him on this trip which took at least 8 days driving. Gnr. Percy Robert " " Sketchley 12th Regiment (d.10th Apr 1945) Sgt. Robert Heaton MID. Royal Artillery My Father, Robert Heaton, was in the RASC and served with the BEF in Europe and later with the Eighth Army in the Middle East (and I think in Italy) after the war he was with BAOR in Germany. I think he may have transferred regiments, as his service medals are in a box which has RA (presumably Royal Artillery) on the back. When he was first in the Army he had the prefix T before his number, by the time of his discharge the prefix was S. I think that he was a driver at first but later was a despatch rider. He has the France and Germany Star, 1939-1945 Star, Italy Star, Defence Medal and an oak leaf on a ribbon with a narrow red stripe in the centre with a narrow white stripe, then a blue, then a red on either side. I don't know if there should be a medal to go with that. I have a birthday card which he sent me with T 50124 Dvr R Heaton, H Q 5th Div, BEF on the back. I know that he was at Dunkirk and that he was home more than once on embarkation leave (he seemed to get sent back to Fulwood Barracks Preston before embarkation). Quite often I was allowed to sew new insignia on his uniform and I was very proud whenever he added a stripe, he also let me clean his buttons - as I was very young I wonder now if he got into trouble for things not done correctly but I know that he would think it worth it for the love that went into those tasks. I would love to know his full record, particularly why he was mentioned in despatches (he always said that it was for getting the General's beer through, but didn't say which General although I know that Monty was his great hero) NOTE: The medal ribbon described is for the War Medal and there should be a medal to accompany it, it is a circular medal with the kings head on the front and a lion and the date 1939-1945 on the reverse. Gnr. Richard " " Williams 140 Field Regiment (d.btwn 10th May 1940 & 26th June 1940) Gunner Richard Williams was, I believe my great Uncle, who left home around 1939-40 for WW2 never to return. He is listed on the Commonwealth Graves Commission website as having no known grave and he is on the Dunkirk Memorial in France. He was 21 and lost his life between 10th May 1940 & 26th June 1940. I never met him, but would like to understand what his role may have been, presumably during the fighting in the period around the evacuation of Dunkirk. I have been reading Hugh Sebag-Montefiore's amazing account of Dunkirk, but I have failed to connect Gunner Williams to any of the account of what happened. I realise that the fighting was intense and it is the nature of war that people get blown up, or bodies left behind in the course of action. I like to think he held off advancing Germans allowing others to get home, but any idea of what might have happened would be appreciated. Sgt. Augustus Keen Black Watch My Father, Gus Keen, was a pre-war Territorial and became full time in 1938. Initially in the Artillery he was seconded north to a Training Camp on the racecourse at Troon, attached to the Black Watch. Because he was an experienced driver, rare in the 1930's, he quickly rose through the ranks and became a small arms and drill instructor. My mother never let him forget how she could hear him shouting at new recruits across the barrack square (she always said it was a mile, but I doubt it) and how on one occasion she wheeled my brother, in his pram, right up to him on the parade ground to tell him not to shout so much! He was promoted Sergeant Major and transferred to Northern Ireland with an Ack Ack unit where he became a Spotter. His job was to go up in a Lysander aircraft, fly over Liverpool,Cardiff or Bristol- wherever the raid was coming in- and tell the gunners on the ground what height the bombers were at to set their fuses to the reuired height. On one occasion the plane ran out of fuel and they landed in a field near RAF Locking, Weston-super-Mare, and had to walk to the air station to request fuel. The Duty Officer asked my father if he wanted to go back with the 19 year old pilot or make other arrangements. He went back to N Ireland by train and ferry! He never liked flying after that and after the war never went in an aeroplane again. Although never wounded, he played football for his regiment and had to have his cartliage removed, for which he received a war pension until his death in 1999. As a small boy in the 1950's I can remember his silver topped cane which he used when he became an Acting RSM with the Black Watch towards the end of the war. This site certainly prompts some good old memories. Signalman George Sydney "Lefty" Wright 154 Field Regiment (Leics. Yeo.) Royal Artillery My father was George Sydney Wright ('Sydney' to my mother and 'Lefty' to his friends in his regiment). He served with 154 Regiment R.A. from Jan. 1941 to Oct. 1945. I was born in Brampton, Cumberland in 1940 and consequently never knew my father until I was five years old. During the war I lived with my mother, my grandparents and my aunt, whose husband was killed-in-action in Burma, May 1945. When my father returned from the war he could not find a job, so he crossed the Irish Sea to Northern Ireland where he found work in the Civil Service in 1947. Of course my Mother and I accompanied him and this is where problems began. At such a tender age I found it extremely difficult to bond with the 'stranger' who had taken me away from the people I regarded as my family and ever since I have suffered from insecurity and a good deal of guilt. I am very proud of his war record and think of him as a wonderful man, but I never could feel the son-to-father bond. I'm afraid I was much more bonded to my Grandfather. World War II still tortures its victims! My father died playing bowls in June 1995 aged seventy-five. He collapsed on the green with a heart attack. Never once did he speak of his war exploits even though he was involved in the Battle of El Alamein and was in action at Ortona in Italy. I am a retired schoolteacher and songwriter. In my spare time I have composed the following song about our relationship. I also have some photographs. Thanks for reading this and a great big thank-you to the Royal Corps of Signals, 154 Field Regiment R.A. (Leics. Yeomanry) The lyrics to my song are as follows... VICTIMS WITH NO COMMON GROUND In came the soldier, fresh from El Alemein’s war, Home from the deserts of death where boys became men. No scars on his body, he kept them where nobody saw, And I was too young to let Daddy be more than a friend. Too young to swap families, starting new life with the hurt, Too young for the change that would season a five year old heart; He crossed the threshold with medals that hung from his shirt, And I crossed the Rubicon ever to hold us apart. Victims of war, we were victims of uncaring war, Innocence suffers long after the last rifle round; Father and son, linked by our blood and no more, No ties that were real, just victims with no common ground. And I watched him grow old and cope with the life that we led, We cut two roads through time, two roads that rarely were wed; With no one to blame, if you don’t count El Alemein’s hell, It don’t matter now, but I wish I’d been there when he fell. Victims of war, we were victims of uncaring war, Innocence suffers long after the last rifle round; Father and son, linked by our blood and no more, No ties that were real, just victims with no common ground. (Words & Music by Raymond Wright) Bombardier Gunner Edward Richard Thomas Harris My uncle, Tom Harris, was a regular in the Royal Artillery served in MEF and was transferred to Infantry served with 2 Btn Northants in NW Europe. He went missing two days after VE day and his body was found in Jan 1946 (believed murdered by Polish displaced persons.) Any information about his service would be appreciated particularly in the RA. Gnr. James " " Stanaway 71st Anti Tank Regiment (d.17th Jul 1944) I'm looking for information about or anyone who served with my great uncle James Stanaway from Smethwick, Staffordshire (now West Midlands). He was killed in Caen in July 1944 aged 21, whilst serving with the Royal Artillery 71st Anti Tank. He was the son of Alice and James Stanaway of Smethwick. Gnr. John " " Evans 11 Battery Royal Artillery I had long been wanting to join up, being a reluctant scholar, and brought leaflets home, one being about RAF apprentices which appealed, but my mother was to be my dependant relative and no way was I going to get her permission to join up. However, with call up looming, I reasoned that I may as well go early and choose my own unit, to which she agreed, so off I went to Liverpool recruiting office to be greeted by "wouldn't you like to join the Guards" before I could get inside the place. I declined, and in fact, once inside I had no idea of what I wanted to join, I was in there and savouring the moment. I was pointed in the direction of the person recruiting for the Royal Artillery as it had a choice of units, so I was given my options which included anti-aircraft. Now there were two things which drew me to that. I had been subjected to air raids and hitting back appealed, and ack-ack trained at Oswestry, which I thought useful for a weekend pass, it being nearby, so ack-ack it was. I was to report on 13th March, 1941, and I had been on the streets with a cousin on the night of the heavy raid of March 12th/13th when many were killed and I learned what a parachute mine sounded like as it descended,a very menacing sound indeed, not the quick swish of a bomb. So off I went after a couple of hours in bed, telling mother who was accompanying me on the bus for whatever reason, that I wanted no fuss. Parkhall Camp, Oswestry. Get those windows open on frosty nights. The nuisance early risers disturbing the peace. Parading with knife fork spoon and mug held behind back to march to breakfast. I wanted, boy-like, to be on a gun, but a written test I undertook saw me selected for radar training which I did in Buxton, Derbyshire, where we slept on the floor in the vast Empire Hotel after going to a farm to fill up with straw the flat old mattress, which surely was from WW1? Off to a cold windy place in North Wales, Tonfannau, with sea to the front and mountains to the rear, and cold water washing and shaving. A train up to Barmouth, and the memory of that seeing me and my wife going there for the occasional few days; the picture I had of breaking waves recalled from those wartime days. It was there that I heard the constant stream of bombers going to Liverpool on the occasion of the seven consequitive nights blitz. Posted to 177 Battery, Newcastle about May, 1941. Newcastle was alive with uniformed people, saluting every few yards, officers and men fed up with it. One visit to a cinema and half a pint of beer returning to the site. Why so little to spend? My 17/6- reduced by a 7/- shilling allowance made in respect of my dependant relative. I had been earning 17/6- at age 17 in a shop, and having quit that for better money, had been earning £3-15-0 take home pay, albeit for a six night working week, and a 65 hour week. That was at the Co-op bakery where I was putting up orders for confectionery with two others, one a conscientious objector, for the 47 horse draw vans which even then in 1941 were doing their rounds with bread and cakes, seven vans doing the shops. I wrecked my spine there with a stupid lift, though not knowing what was in store for me late in life as a result. I still can't believe it. Embarkation leave and off to Woolwich. Strange these old buildings, three stories high and bare. The body of men gathered there were located in a room at ground floor where battery orders were posted. Three of us decided we would occupy a room elsewhere,and I shared a food parcel with Ron Thirling who lived in Catford. I was to be a bearer at his funeral in Thailand. We sauntered down to join the main party to find them on parade in full battle order ! "I'll give you two minutes " said a nice man, "two minutes to get back here properly dressed". Well, webbing equipment never went on so fast. To the stores for equipment, six shirts, sis pair of shorts, a khaki drill uniform with topee, short puttees, extra this and extra that, but why oh why was I , a stripling at 11 1/2 stone and five foot ten , seen to be large ? Others had reasonablty fitting gear but mine went around me near twice. I always was unlucky. Off to Glasgow with an overnight journey, and ferried out to the Empress of Canada, I returned there in 1991 for an apology of a holiday at Dunnoon. The only way to see the world is by sea, and once again sleeping on the floor; deck this time as hammocks we could not cope with. "Any complaints" said the orderly officer? They moaned about mashed spuds and moaned when they got two in their jackets. The sausages were steam cooked of course and looked doubtful, so the tray was passed along, some gravy taken, and the sausages went out of the porthole. Then came the 'chicken'. Odd to see a ring on a leg, along with the odd feather, so wise men forsake that, but those who were bent on suicide partook of it and were in trouble in the early hours. Capetown gave troops a wonderful reception, and when we left, returning to ship on Bonfire Night, oranges had been taken aboard. Now these were on sale at 1 1/2d each, and we suspected that they were a gift from those lovely people, so few bought them. Our group of radar men were posted to a regular unit, who were posted to Singapore in 1938, and we experienced Changi Barracks which matched the comfortable life led by those who ran Malaya. Fancy being shaved in bed , a torch on your chest, a murmured word in foreign language saying -what? Off to a gunsite in Jahore, we newcomers under canvas and kit turning green with mold. It's night and I am manning the receiver as the transmitter scans to the north. I ring the command post-" formation of aircraft bearing 35 something" Not easy to get men unused to action out of bed and they got only seven rounds off. I heard nothing from the direction of Singapore, though I read on BBC People's War a Eurasian youth who was awakened by gunfire. Well, if he could hear us, we should have heard the bombs which he said were dropped! Guns sent up to Kuala Lumpur and radar to Mersing on the East coast, guns turning back as all else were retreating. WE on radar were relieving a static Royal Air Force radar unit, but left soon after as attention had been drawn to this tiny strip of beach by rifle fire directed at a Jap aircraft, and was followed by three bombers calling with slight damage to the radar, but our range was short and for guns only, sending us to Mersing was quite useless but appropriate to what was going on. Anson Road Stadium was a football ground and 11 Battery was sited there, with Kepple Harbour behind and Kalang airfield ahead with an Indian battery close by. inn spite of anything written or said to the contrary, they, plus a lone Bofor gun were the only ack-ack defence, both taking casualties from direct hits. Twice daily a formation of 27 aircraft blanket bombed with mainly anti-personnel bombs , and the said are was where they dumped them. We with radar had been pushed around from pillar to post as radar was for night use only. We were with the Indian battery when our generator and transmitter were destroyed and a direct hit on a gun. We heard that 11 battery had taken a beating, with seven dead via a direct hit on the height finder and the battery close to being wiped out. There must have been ten or twelve bombs on site on that Friday 13th. only one HE bomb which just missed the ammunition on Saturday, but Sunday, the final day saw the battery taking on low fliers before engaging a formation of nine heading for the naval base. Two salvos were each smack on the nose of the leading aircraft which forced them to turn away. Alack and alas, they detoured and came in from Kepple Harbour with the sun behind them and the one very big bomb we took proved where they had been headed. I suppose we surprised them as the battery must have been seen as done for on Friday. There was no other fire apart from ours, and the Indian battery I can only assume was quiet after the direct hit on the gun. 11 Battery were both first and last to engage the enemy. The Japs must have been impressed with the much cratered site and continued resistance, and it was said by an officer of ours that we had been selected for the job on Saigon docks for putting up a good show, though of course, all artillery went there. Ronald Owen Blake Royal Artillery I am trying to find out more about Ronald Blake for a very good friend of mine. I know he was born in Nov 1908 and enlisted on the 3rd of December 1942, His height was given as 5ft 6 1/2 in, weight 148 lbs. He went over to Normandy on 6th June 1944 with the Herts and Essex Yeomanry. If anyone has any further details please contact me. Gnr. Norman James " " Carey (d.28th Jun 1944) I am trying to find details about the last days in the life of my wife’s uncle, Norman Carey, also what led up to his death and were he died, he is buried at the Brouay War Cemetery near Caen, Normandie. I would also like to hear from anyone who was in France with him, he died on the 28th June 1944 age 20. Gnr. William John "Bennet" Williams 25th Medium and Heavy Training Regiment Royal Artillery My father, William Williams was called up on the 26th of March 1942, and joined the 25th Medium and Heavy Training Regiment at the aerodrome, Marske in Yorkshire. His Captain was called Collings and his Sergeant was called Smillie. We could never get much info out of my father when he was alive so his two sons would like to hear from any one that served with him during the war. We know he landed on Juno beach with the Scottish Horse Canadian Division. We also know that he was in the Ardens, Belgium where he stayed with a Belgian family, they used write to my mother and send photos for some years. If anyone knew my father I would be very grateful to hear from them. Sgt. John William Noel Cornthwaite Royal Artillery My father was captured in France in 1940 and spent the remaining years in various POW camps including Stalag 383, my eldest brother said there were 5 different camp. I didn't talk to my Dad about the war as I was too young, my two brothers who were born before the war knew more. My Father's name was John William Noel Cornthwaite, he was a Sergeant in the Royal Artillery. I would like to know if anybody knew our Dad. Pte. Thomas James Holmes 13th Medium Regiment, Signal Section Royal Artillery I am trying to find out as much information as I can on the 13th Medium Regiment, Royal Artillery. My father who is still alive served in this section during the war. Can anyone supply any info and help please? Charles Thomas Maguire HAA Royal Artillery During WW2 service at Blantyre in the Clyde Region, my father, Charles Maquire met my mother and they were married in 1941. I would like to know more about the RA location and of course any info on the Regimental details . Gnr. Robert Jones 97th Field Regiment Royal Artillery (d.14th Nov 1942) I would love to hear from anyone who served with my grandfather, Robert Jones. My mother had no memories of him as she was only 2 when he died, she never even had a photograph of him. I am very proud of him and it is my greatest wish to find a photograph of him and find out what he was like. Lance Bdr. James Davis 10th Field Regiment Royal Artillery My father James Davis was a guest of the Third Reich for 5 years, he was captured at Dunkirk in May 1940 and was taken to Stalag XXIb in Poland. He was transferred to Stalag8b Lamsdorf and was on the infamous Death March. Can anyone remember him? Can you help us to add to our records? Add a record to our website. The names and stories on this website have been submitted by their relatives and friends. If your relations are not listed please add their names so that others can read about them Did you or your relatives live through the Second World War? Do you have any photos, newspaper clippings, postcards or letters from that period? Have you researched the names on your local or war memorial? 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