Decipher part of WW2 record - Dunkirk evacuation

My grandfather was in the Royal Artillery, evacuated from Dunkirk on 1st June 1940.

I've got part of his war records but I can't decipher who evacuated him. Can anyone help please?

Snippet below. I can make out 'Joined 53rd' and 'Rgt' (Regiment) but not what's in between. My Grandfather always said he was saved by Canadian's but from what I can see there may not have been any Canadians there.

Thanks

 

I read it as Trg Rgt. - 53rd Training Regiment.

24th Field Regiment RA had been transferred to 48th (South Midland) Division in January 1940. His place of evacuation would likely have been the Dunkirk area and no Canadian units in that area at the time.

 

There were several RCN ships involved in the evacuation.
He may have been referring to those.

Canadians and Dunkirk - Canadians At Arms

 

"Provided support to the RN" - did any of them actually pick up or transport troops?

 

Is it not just a squiggled/badly written B E F? ie evacuated from BEF?

I’ve not seen detail of “who” evacuated an individual soldier recorded on his B103 or elsewhere on his service record. If the unit was evacuated as a complete whole it may be recorded in the war diary.

Steve

 

There is a regimental history published in 1947 (from a 2010 thread).

The 24th Field Regt. War Diary is available on Ancestry i.e. behind a paywall (from a 2024 thread), however it may only refer to their time in North Africa and Italy. A search found no-one has the 1940 War Diary.

Using the Tag system reveals a number of threads, at a glance very few refer to France 1940: 24 field regiment ra | WW2Talk

An online search with: "24th Field Regiment" site:ww2talk.com id'd approx. thirty threads (some are duplicates) and very few about France. You could try: "24 Field Regiment" site:ww2talk.com at a glance nowt that helps.

Incidentally those Canadian units that landed in France were evacuated from Brest, a Brittany port a long way from Dunkirk. they were known as the 2nd BEF.

For a short history and organization see this site (run by two members here: 24 Field Regiment RA - The Royal Artillery 1939-45

There is no Wiki for them.