Can anyone help locate the place where this Photo was taken and which Regt it shows. I have asked for a higher resolution photo so this is all we have at the moment. It is possibly a H.A.A. Regiment (153 Battery)
England Phil Most of them have the Africa Star so it would have to be Italy somewhere probably over on the East Coast - odd looking Tank though - might be a Sherman with an AA 50mm Browning - main gun looks like a longer barrel than normal 75mm..... Cheers
It's an M10 tank destroyer Tom. I'd say Austria post war. the 46 denoted the Divsional Anti-Tank Regiment in 78 Div that was 64th Anti-Tank Regiment RA Queen's Own Royal Glasgow Yeomanry - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia RA 1939-45 64 A/Tk Rgt on their right arm is a two coloured diamond with GY on it. seen it in an Osprey book.
From 78 Div history page 231, might have been taken then. On July 6 a Divisional Ceremonial Victory Parade was held at Spittal. The large area formed by the Drau Valley in the surrounding hills made a wonderful setting.... ....64 Anti-tank Regiment had their self propelled guns on parade.
The background suggests Austria to me, it was also the first time after the war to take such Regimental photos, we had one taken in May '45 of "A" Squadron 4th QOH. Ron
Regards the diamond on their sleeve I mentioned earlier, I've just looked it up on page 21 of Osprey MAA 187, British Battle Insignia 2 1939-45 by Mike Chappell. It says in a caption to a photo of them ... The divisional anti-tank regiment of the 78th Div , the 64th had originally been Glasgow Yeomanry . The sergeant in the foreground wears the battleaxe sign of the 78th Div, red and blue Royal Artillery arm-of-service strip , and a diamond-shaped regimental flash halved grey and black with yellow letters 'GY' superimposed.
Owen You have more of a resolution than I have as I can't see any other marks on anyone - but thinking about it - the trees look more Austrian than Italian so Spittal it would be.. Cheers
Hello Owen Can you tell me where the info "78 Div history Page 231" came from. Thanks From their Div history called Algiers to Austria a History of 78 Division in the Second World War Cyril Ray Lots here... austria algiers - ray - AbeBooks
Hello Owen Can you tell me where the info "78 Div history Page 231" came from. Thanks Newkid, welcolme to ww2talk it's amazing what the guys here can bring to the party. I'm sure you now know a lot mire than you did a few days ago. Was your father a glaswegian ?
Boy you guys are good!!!! I just found documents from my mother. The photo was.....wait for it......Taken 25th August 1945 in......AUSTRIA. Right on the money aaaand i did some further research and that is definitely a Wolverine. I cannot thank you guys enough.
No he was a Londoner but from what i can see, the 78th joined the 64th which explains the sign on the Wolverine.
A less scientific and sadder way of tracking the movement of 64 AT Regt using Geoff's search engine. 2 casualties buried in Italy in April 1945 (Faenza & Argenta Gap) and then 1 in May 1945 in Klagenfurt, Austria. If you want to read about 64 AT in more detail, their war diary references for 1945 & 1946 are shown below and are located at the National Archives at Kew. WO170/4690 - Jan to Dec 1945 WO170/7897 - Jan 1946 (Disbanded)