317 Bty 165 Heavy Anti-Aircraft RA

Hi,
I've been for a few years (on and off) trying to find out about both my Grandad's and the part they played during WW2.
Gnr John Stanley Robinson 317 Bty 165 HAA RA NW Europe
Edward Studley R.E.M.E - Awaiting Records- All I Know was he was in Italy and Africa.
Lately like most of us I've had a lot more time to spare.
Any info anyone has would be great.
Many thanks
Helen

 

I know its not much, but I see from the notes of my dad's regiment that:-

4 Oct 1942 “A” Troop 167 Bty moved from Bristol 20 to Bristol 19 (Reservoir) and on 9 Oct returned to Bristol 20 on relief by 317 HAA Bty of 165 HAA Regt.

It would be worth you contacting The Royal Artillery Museum Achivists: enquiries@royalartillerymuseum.com and ask about the RA DRAMA report for 165 HAA RA Regiment. The amount of content varies, but they will tell you if the one you are interested in is worth buying.

More info on what to expect: Sergeant ACK-ACK: Royal Artillery Museum: DRAMA Reports

 

I have some basic info on 165 HAA on my site. Take a look here

 

Thank you

 

Thank you for the info. Appreciate it.

 

Can help with movements post VE Day 8 May 45 to disbandment

165th Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment Royal Artillery of 106th Anti-Aircraft Brigade
Regimental Headquarters: Grünhof-Tesperhude south-east of Geesthacht, Herzogtum-Lauenburg
1 Jun 45 – Headquarters Royal Artillery 15th (Scottish) Infantry Division returns 20 Jul 45
8 Jun 45 – handed in guns and converts to Occupational War Establishment
20 Jul 45 – Hamburg-Blankenese relieving 1st Heavy Regiment Royal Artillery
11 Sep 45 – Neuengamme Camp (6 Civilian Internment Camp) relieving 25th Belgium Fusilier Battalion
7 Dec 45 – relieved by 102nd (Northumberland Hussars) Anti-Tank Regiment Royal Artillery of 15th Divisional Artillery Brigade
20 Dec 45 – disbanded order issued
21 Jan 46 – disbanded

198 Heavy Anti-Aircraft Battery – 275 Heavy Anti-Aircraft Battery (disbanded 23 Jun 45) – 317 Heavy Anti-Aircraft Battery

21st Army Group later British Army of the Rhine

 

My father was in 165 HAA from formation on 10 July 1942 having enlisted in RA on 15 Jan 1940. I have complete war diaries in .pdf for 165 HAA, regimental photo and photos of the passing of the guns parade on 5th June 1945 to mark the end of the war.. contact if interested.

 

Hi that would be fantastic! My email is hels848440 (at) gmail.com. Any information would be great. I do have a few more pictures I could send you.
Many thanks
Helen

 

The war diaries are .jpg photos not .pdf files

 

Hi Helen. I will check how big the files are and may be too large for email. If so I will put them in Dropbox for downloading. Do you access Dropbox?

 

Hi yes I can that would be great thanks.

 

Hi Helen, I quote here word for word a very helpful and wise post elsewhere on the forum by Tricky Dicky about putting your email address on here:

“I would also edit the post above to remove the '@' symbol from the email address and change it for 'AT' - the reason being this is a public accessible forum and as such 'bots' roam around and pick up any email address's they can fins and then use them to sell onto other companies”

 

Hi sorry how do I edit

 

Helen, I think it may be too late as I believe you only have 5 minutes after a post to do an edit.

 

At the bottom of your post you should see “Edit” (next to “Report”). Click on that, change the @ for AT and then click on “Save Changes”.

Hopefully that should do it.

 

It should work with any luck. I just added a second smiley to my post 12 minutes after I posted it - cue me looking daft now if it doesn’t work for Helen.

 

It wouldn’t let me, said there was a 5 minute limit???

 

The Edit next to Report has gone after 5 minutes. See screenshot.

 

Hmmm, mine still lets me edit. Perhaps a Mod could amend Helen’s email?

 

Hi , Helen. Did you get my email and the Dropbox link to the data?