Family members in 132 Fd Regt RA & 5th Buffs

Unfortunately, the image limits on the site prevent posting readable WD pages.

For the 7th November:

7th November 1944
Lieutenant-Colonel Odlin-Smee took on command of battalion from Major ACJ Van Ammel DSO MC.
Heavy shelling and mortaring of battalion area throughout day.
1900 Patrol to Cassetta Di Sotto. One officer, two ORs. One OR killed, One officer, one OR wounded.
2330 Gulley House set on fire by enemy tracer. Continued to be held. Fire eventually died out.

The wounded could have been your father, yes. He may have also been wounded in the shelling but looking at the rest of the WD they tended to mention the casualties.

 

Frank,

He took over from the 2 i/c, Major A.C.J. Van Ammel DSO MC. He took over from the previous CO, Lt. Col. Tuff on 26th October 1944. Van Ammel had only become 2 i/c on 14th October (previously a company commander).

Regards,
Gary.

 

Thank you very much Gary!

Peter

 

Apologies for resurrecting a long dead thread but my Grandad William 'Bill' Bazley is in that first picture showing your great uncle and the gun crew. He's the third from the left.

Sadly he passed away in 2014 but I have his service records and a few other bits and pieces he collected. I also found this footage from the IWM which features him after the Battle of Tebourba in Tunisia https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/1060035025 possibly your great uncle may also be in there.

 

Wanderer47,

Peter H. has not logged in for seven months. I will send him a Private Message (PM) asking him to return to view your update. Assuming his email address given on joining remains valid. His focus was narrow. You get access to PM after creating x5 posts.

Standby and welcome!

 

Thanks very much! As I say I wasn't sure anyone would reply as the post was so old.
Cheers

 

I have Peter's email address so if you want to speak to him, I can relay a message.

Get me through Start a Conversation.

Regards

Frank

 

Frank,

Wanderer cannot create a Private Message yet, he has only x2 posts. I will send him and you a PM and he should be able to reply to you that way. Standby.

David