hello all , just join im a 8th army british re-enactor from north east england any one else from up here ?
Welcome redrat, good to have a Brit who knows his stuff and not a Serb spouting rubbish about stalin. EDITED redrat had a look at your website, which one are you? Looks like have a good bit of fun. Don't forget you can put a link to your site in your signature, like 51highland has below this post. Have you had any interest from the Asian community as you re-enact the 4th Ind. Div.? Can you post an order of battle for the Division? I can't think what units served in it.Ta.
i rough make up 4th Indian Division 5th Indian Infantry Brigade: 1st Royal Fusiliers 3rd/1st Punjab Regiment 4th/6th Rajputana Rifles 11th Indian Infantry Brigade: 2nd Queens Own Cameron Highlanders 1st/6th Rajputana Rifles 4th/7th Rajput Regiment Divisonal Troops: Central Indian Horse 1st Northumberland Fusiliers (Machine Gun Battalion} 1st, 25 and 31st Field Regiment Royal Artillery 3rd Royal Horse Artillery 4th, 12th, 18th and 21st Field Company 11th Field Park Company i cant remeber the essex regiment that was in there , also the list doesnt show the artillary i.e 31st and many other units i.e shikh regiment we dont get any intrest from any community , iv wrote to the indian embassy and a shikh tempal but no one is intrested in us , we have made contact with 3 vets ( all british) and one has even recorded a few storys on a tape for us !!! dean
Thanks for that. The Indian soldiers did an excellent job in both World Wars, it's a shame their community here doesn't seem to remember them like we do our forefathers. The Asians at my work don't seem to know what Grandad did in the war but the average Brit at least knows something.
no i dont say many brits do know somthing , none of them know my divisional patchs or " why is he wearing that odd uniform ?? " most people inculing re-enactors have never even seen a pair of KDs before and i get the impression they think im a bit farb , but i have noticed desert veterans tent to talk to me before anyone else
morse1001 have you heard of the middlesex die hard ?? it sounds familar but i will have to refresh my memory. is it not Middlesex Die Hards?
Memory refreshed!! it comes from the words of the Middlesex Colonel at the battle of Albuere, "Die hard, my men, die hard."
i ment the group http://www.freewebs.com/middixgunners/ these chaps are in scotland and we v started doing the odd shows with them in scotland .
i ment the group http://www.freewebs.com/middixgunners/ these chaps are in scotland and we v started doing the odd shows with them in scotland . Ah! I thought you meant the regiment! I have never heard of the re-enactment group. I have heard of the Scottish Military Re-enactment group who you see at most major events in scotland.
