During July and August 1944 British Armoured Divisions regrouped to form brigade groups and battlegroups for operations in the enclosed...
MarkN very kindly provided me with 3 RTR's war diary for March and April 1941 (WO169/1411) and, attached to a report by the OC of A Sqn produced...
Hello, iam looking for the unit diary of the 3rd Royal tank regiment especially for the time in Normandy. Does somebody have the documents in...
Today at a small fare in the north of Holland I got hold of a 1942 dated original badged BD blouse from an 11th Armoured division RAC Major (see...
As some of you are aware I am trying to local the names of two or may be three soldiers who died in the forest of Lyons which surrounds the...
A scan of quite a small pic I assume was taken sometime in the 1930's of a light WW1 whippet type tank with my gd in front. Grandad's Whippet2 by...
That is what my Dad used to say and I guess he picked up the phrase when he served with 3rd Battalion The Royal Tank Regiment in 1944-5. I've...
I am looking for information concerning an incident that occurred in Levern, Germany, on 4 April, 1945. After reading PhilGraham's post titled...
Hello all. I am wondering if anyone can help me please. I have a Soldbuch to a German Leutnant who was killed in action on 7th...
Thought members might be interested in 3 R.T.R.'s war diary of the day....
What's the story with this vehicle's aos? Compared to the bull graphic of the 11th Armoured Division, the colours seem to be the same, black '52'...
Hi All, i like know which tank units losted the following Cruiser Tanks: - T 15239 - T 9182 nickname ELISSA Thanks in advance for any help. Enzus
TNA Catalogue Reference: WO 205/1165 Extract from -Description: A survey of casualties amongst armoured Units in N.W. Europe by Capt H.B. Wright...
I understand that when 3RTR arrived in North Africa at the very end of 1940 they had 17x A10 & 28x A13. I also understand that they had 52x Honeys...
Having recently discovered that my father was in North Africa with 3rd RTR from about July to September 1942, it occurs to me that there may be...
Hoping someone can help me on more information, on what 3RTR's role was in The Middle East from 30.10.40 - 19.08.43. (These are the dates stated...
"Third Battalion RTR - The Aller Bridgehead 11th-14th April 1945" by Major John F Langdon, May 1945. I need a copy of this, which is presumably...
A Tiger tank of Battlegroup Fehrmann was engaged in clashes with a number of Comet tanks of the British Third Battalion Royal Tank Regiment (3RTR)...
Personal Number: 34890 Rank: Major-General Name: George Philip Bradley ROBERTS, CB, DSO**, MC, MiD** Unit: Royal Tank Regiment London Gazette :...
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