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L/Cpl. Robert George Davis
British Army D Sqn 2nd Derbyshire Yeomanry
from:Yateley, Hampshire
Bob Davis served in A Echelon 2nd Derbyshire Yeomanry as a truck driver and Regimental Carpenter. He kept a personal diary of his experiences during the regiments operations in North Africa.
He was with the regiment when it deployed dismounted with the 51st Division into Normandy after D Day. He recalled the regiment suffering heavy casualties and as it could no longer operate as a unit, surviving men were used to reinforce the Hussars. On VE Day he was refused permission to march in his 2nd Yeomanry colours and so refused to parade. As a result he was charged, demoted to trooper and his demob date held back until Sep 1946.
