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260035 Gnr. Sidney Dalton MiD. British Army 231st Bty. 67th (Suffolk) Medium Regiment Royal Artillery from:28 Morris St, Oldham John Dalton in 1943 Sidney Dalton was called up in 1942, enlisting at Saighton on 19th November. He was a Gunner in the Royal Artillery, and qualified as a Driver on 20th February 1943, then classified Signaller on 20th May 1943 (17 Squad). His unit, 231st Medium Battery, landed at Arromanches on 29th June 1944, and was soon in action. On 11th July at La Biyude, nicknamed Happy Valley, they had their first casualty when Gunner Cyril Pardy was killed. After various actions in Normandy, they worked their way up through Europe. On 5th October they were in Eindhoven, and a couple of days later they were in Nijmegen, in liaison with an American battery. He was mentioned in dispatches and awarded the Oak Leaf "...for devotion to duty under fire by keeping his radio set in operation and thus helping materially to keep artillery in action at a vital period." After hostilities ceased, the men became part of the British Army of the Rhine and were housed in the Rhine Army College billets in Goettingen and Hamburg. Among the recreations he did at this time were going on a photography course, and canoeing on the Mohne dam reservoir He was demobilised on 22nd August 1947 from B Troop, 25/26 Battery, 7th Medium Regiment, Royal Artillery.   Sidney Dalton with 17 Squad 20th of May 1943 Sidney Dalton_at the Mohne Dam John Dalton Add to this record.  Related Content: 231st Battery, Royal Artillery 67th (Suffolk) Medium Regiment, Royal Artillery 7th Medium Regiment, Royal Artillery 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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