64 LAA were in North Africa during 2nd wave, then onto Italy. But I am interested in their attachment as infantry in Greece 1944 - 45 as I am trying to trace my father's war service from June 1939 to Jan 1946 Anybody got specific details on 191 battery in east Midlands - Nottingham and Derby.
Hi I have the war diaries from October 1944 when they arrived in Greece, to the end of January 1945 when the troubles with ELAS subsided. If you PM me with your email address, I will attempt to reduce them to a size I can email whilst you can still read them. Gus
click on the member's user name or even just put cursor over it. you'll see 'Send Message' click that & fill in required boxes & sent it. I'll PM you now just so you can see how it works.
I'd be grateful if anybody could confirm or deny any of the following deductions: 64 Lt. A.A. Regt comprised 197 & 71 batteries--and no other--early in the war. Note, this thread title says 191-bty, but I have 197 on paper--is this a typo or a different battery? The unit was stationed in Freetown, Sierra Leone in 1941, perhaps having arrived in 1940. The unit left Sierra Leone for the middle-east, on or around 31 July 1941. --------------------------- Edit: thrown into doubt. I now have a possible 197 Heavy Anti-Aircraft Battery in Freetown, Sierra Leone in 1941. Was it perhaps 71 Light & 197 Heavy on station.
How many batteries in an A.A. Regiment? I'm getting the feeling that it was a single battery detached from the regiment and sent with 161 Brigade to Sierra Leone. This helps: Gunner DUNFORD, RONALD JAMES Service Number 1552074 Died 06/03/1941 Aged 24 71 Bty. 64 Lt. A.A. Regt. Royal Artillery Son of Arthur J. and Louie M. Dunford, of Ryde, Isle of Wight. Buried at FREETOWN (KING TOM) CEMETERY Location: Sierra Leone Number of casualties: 393 Cemetery/memorial reference: 3. D. 11.
