3 RTR B Squadron

SDP's right, though - that looks like beer to me!

 

Indeed they did have four troops per Sqn but unique to 3RTR they numbered their Troops 1-4 in A Sqn, 5-8 B Sqn & 9-12 C Sqn. This practice carried right up until we amalgamated with the 2nd in 92, of course by then we also had a D Sqn where their Troops were numbered 14-17, I hope this explains why the no7 appears inside the B Sqn square!

 

'Reconnaissance by Fire' I'd call it, LOL!

 

I thought Stalag 357 was in Fallingbostel!

 

I believe the Commander of the first Comet is Vic Westbrook and in the second Comet (Coquette) is L/Cpl Ed Hermitage......................

 

Suderstapel you say here is a pic of a couple of B Sqn Comets parked in the said location...................

 

The radio could be No19 Set and as for the Cromwells seeing as they're not the 95mm CS versions, I reckon Bde/RHQ or 15/19th, who were the Div Recce Regt!

 

It could well be the same convoy going in the opposite direction to 3RTR........................

 

More pics of the same street in Brunen:-



'Crusader' is being commanded by Maj John Watts MC OC A Sqn, who was sadly killed not long after this photo was taken on the 3rd Apr 45.

 

Hi Andy

....and Watt's Operator alongside him in the photo is Bill Bourne who had been 'lent' by John Langdon of 1 Troop (note 1 Troop not 1st Troop....old jokes are the best).

 

Here are a couple more pics of B Sqn parked up in Bad Segeberg, though I'm not 100% about the second pic:-

 

Just a few more pics from my 'Stash':-



Cromwell CS 95mm crew IVO of Osnabruck 2-3 Apr 45.



Humber Scout Car IVO Osnabruck 2-3 Apr 45.



M5 Stuarts from Recce Tp moving onto the autobahn heading towards Lubeck!

 

No I lied just a few more:-



A Sherman of 3 Tp A Sqn in Deurne.



A Sherman 'Firefly' 1C most probably from B Sqn as one of the crew in the Sherman off to the left is Ted Hermitage who was in 6 Tp, his vehicle is being commanded by Don Ricketts! This pic was also taken in Deurne.

 

Thanks, that clears that up, a bit more learnt about Granddad!

 

You may have already seen this photo, but it ties in nicely here...... Cherub is just to the left of the girl in the chequered skirt.

 

I have the same photo, from my grandfather's collection, plus his annotation..which makes it 14th June, I believe.

 

Brill!

 

357 was in Fallingbostel. Well, to be absolutely precise Oerbke. However, before the arrival of the 8 Hussars many men from 357 were marched off to the NE by the Germans. See the thread: Stalag 357 - Long March. Discussion in 'Prisoners of War' started by drailton, Mar 4, 2010.

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John

 

Cheers John yeah l know the area very well, having lived in Falling-Bar-Stool for many a year! I thought the POWs were marched out of the camps in the east and headed west mainly!