With regard to indirect Artillery fire, a tanks weakest spot was on top where the armour thinnest. A 25 pounder or Medium Gun shell hitting this...
HEAVY REGIMENT 2. THE GUNS The Heavy Regiment used the 6” gun plus the 8” howitzer and 9.2” howitzer. The 6” gun and the 8” howitzer were...
HEAVY ARTILLERY War Establishment WE III/1931/11/2. 6” and 60pdr guns. War Establishment WE III/1931/11A/1. 6” and 8” guns. Heavy artillery and...
I already have all of the war diaries for the 54th, the information just needs processing. The 54th were part of the 1 AGRA in Africa and Italy.
SAPPER JOSEPH HENRY BLATCHFORD Service Number: 2072224 Regiment & Unit/Ship 14 Field Sqn. Royal Engineers Date of Death Died 21 August 1944 Age 26...
Diverted to consider the anti-tank use of the 25-pounder and Point 63 on Ruweisat Ridge and found this first-hand account of their use by R.I....
A good starting point for all Royal Artillery units is (the author is a member here): Royal Artillery in World War 2 - The Royal Artillery 1939-45...
The Medium Artillery Guns. Plus tractors and signals. 6” Howitzer. The 6” 26cwt howitzer entered service in 1915 and by the end of WWI 3,633 had...
Greetings all, I’m currently researching the time in Service of a family member who sadly lost his life in Normandy but there’s an entry in his...
Hi From my fathers story I have; "The Embarkation Roll also shows him as being in the 34th Anti-tank, which was “Special Unit” raised in London...
Carrying on from page 246. Was looking at a A5 book that I bought some time ago that's been on the shelf for a while. It do's not have many pages,...
[ATTACH] TRACE SHOWING ENEMY POSITIONS & ESTIMATED ORDER OF BATTLE ON 1 DIV FRONT PERIOD UNDER REVIEW 3-13th NOV. SCALE 1/25,000. I'm puzzled. How...
Medium and heavy Regiments are not easy to trace as they were normally part of an AGRA (Army Group Royal Artillery) Batteries often went...
MEDIUM ARTILLERY War Establishment WE III/1931/10A/1. 6” gun. War Establishment WE III/1931/10/2. 60pdr gun. Medium artillery had been much used...
I just inadvertently discovered this thread and was amazed to learn the 22nd Field Regiment, R.A., were involved in the combats that took place in...
Ashcloud, The two links shown here by Andreas are working in the UK. Thanks to others here I have added two war dairies, plus 30 Corps WD on...
ROYAL HORSE ARTILLERY REGIMENT War Establishment I/1931/6A/2 The Royal horse Artillery started mechanising in the early 1930s. At that time it...
FIELD ARTILLERY 2. Organisation for Manoeuvre and Deployment For tactical purposes the field regiment formed a number of groups which could move...
[IMG] Major Thomas C. Cargill Commander, 14th Troop Carrier Squadron June 6, 1919 - March 24, 1945 On March 24, 1945 Cargill (in plane...
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