Help with finding family member info - 6 RTC Egypt 1937 - Williams

War Diaries of the 6th Royal Tank Regiment
This movement was observed by the enemy and heavy fire was brought down on the crew. Tpr Horsman wounded but brought back by stretcher, by, Tpr Watling and Tpr Williams under heavy fire from MG


In fact it seems someone has written out the War Diaries for this Regiment
War Diaries For The Royal Tank Regiment August 1939 To March 1946
War Diaries of the 6th Royal Tank Regiment - 1940
War Diaries of the 6th Royal Tank Regiment - 1941
War Diaries of the 6th Royal Tank Regiment - 1942
War Diaries of the 6th Royal Tank Regiment - 1943
War Diaries of the 6th Royal Tank Regiment - 1944


TD

Added
Have you tried contacting - WW2 - The Royal Tank Regiment Association

Apologises to those who have already attached the links to the War Diaries - put it down to dementia

 

I have sent them an email but no reply as yet. Thank you TD, will have a look through the war diaries too.

 

[QUOTE="MandiJG, post: 774489, member: 70155"

Thank you for looking Harkness, in 1934 I am guessing he would have been only around 17, not sure how young people signed up back then.[/QUOTE]

Hi,

No requirement to produce a birth certificate on enlistment in those days. My father claimed to be 18 when he enlisted in local TA Battalion in 1935 just after his 17th birthday (I have his papers).

Despite a warning of the penalty of imprisonment for mis stating age on enlistment it did regularly happen.

Steve

 

Mandi

Sometimes its just a matter of pot luck and something turns up - I have no idea if the Tpr Williams in that article is your relative, but at times like this any and every avenue is a possible until discounted

TD