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252227 Gnr. Francis Stanley Turner British Army 4th Medium Regiment Royal Artillery from:13 The Green, Ashbocking, Suffolk Frank Turner was called up in 1942 and joined the Royal Artillery. He trained at Lark Hill Camp on Salisbury Plain and then Tillecoltrie in Clackmananshire, Scotland to join the 4th Medium/Heavy Regiment. He went abroad to North Africa from Greenock on the Duchess of York in convoy landing at Algiers November 1942. He saw action in the big push to drive the Germans out of Tunisia. He remembers being at Medjez-el-Bab, and Beja shelling German positions. The guns were 5.5 inch Howitzers firing a 500lb shell literally miles. 10 men in the gun crew, 5 working the gun and on guard, 5 sleeping, on a 24 hour Rota. The 4th Medium's were assigned to the 78th Division of the First Army under Alexander. The 78th had a battle axe as its emblem. Came into contact with the American and Indian armies as allies and saw thousands of German prisoners. Tunis finally fell on 20th of May 1943, although my dad claims it would have fallen by the Christmas of 1942 had it not been for the late arrival of the 6th Armoured Division, who were cruelly nicknamed The Phantom Division. After Tunis fell there was a big parade through the town led by the Americans, who were first to reach the town, my Dad took part in this parade. Richard Turner Add to this record.  Related Content: 4th Medium Regiment, Royal Artillery Western Desert Campaign in North Africa 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? Were you or your relative evacuated? Did an air raid affect your area? If so please let us know. Help us to build a database of information on those who served both at home and abroad so that future generations may learn of their sacrifice. Contact us. Celebrate your own Family History Celebrate by honouring members of your family who served in the Secomd World War both in the forces and at home. We love to hear about the soldiers, but also remember the many who served in support roles, nurses, doctors, land army, muntions workers etc. Please use our Family History resources to find out more about your relatives. Then please send in a short article, with a photo if possible, so that they can be remembered on these pages.

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