10th Medium Regt (RF) RA

Hi All
I have written a history of this (my fathers) Regt in WW2. Have lots of info, War Diaries, Fire Plans, AGRA Diaries etc, but would like to contact more veterans or relatives of the unit, or infact anything that might be of interest.
thanks
Rob D.

 

Hi Rob and welcome to the forum.....Goodluck with your project.

Regards
Andy

 

Thanks for your welcome Andy

 

Hi dbf
Thanks for reply
have already been intouch + posted pics on Phillips Site.
Rob

 

Hello Rob nice to see you here

 

Hello Philip
Thanks for your welcome.
Your Arty NL Site goes from strength to strength, Well done, it is so very usefull for info on other Arty Units. Have already made contact with 2 people from the guestbook, one to help me with info + pic for my book, and one who I was glad to help with info Fire Plans etc for his reseach.
Regards Rob.

 

Your welcome Rob, thats whats all about,and keep us informed about the book

 

sounds like another book I will have to add to my library!

Rob, if you need any help regarding terminology, just ask, its my specialist area, and oh what a sad person I am!!!

Seriously, you only have to ask, if I don't have it listed already, I probably know someone who will kow what it means.

And please do keep us posted with information about your book, well done for undertaking this.

Phil

 

Hi Phil
Thanks for your kind offer, No! your not sad at all,far from it, we could all do with more helpfull people like yourself Phil.
As I am sure you know you see some terms in War Diaries etc and start scraching heads. I am saving them up till the end but ok for now.
Thanks once again will keep you informed.
Cheers Rob
P.S Just one, do you have definition of "PEPPERPOT" Fire

 

Rob D

Definition of a Pepperpot in WW2.

A Pepperpot: barrage was where guns of all types (artillery, mortars, machine guns, infantry guns, anti-tank guns, anti-aircraft guns, naval guns, tank guns) and even aircraft were used.

In Operation Veritable and Blockbuster for example, the Land Mattress was added to good effect.

Cheers - Robert

 

Rob D

Put another comment about "Pepperpot" in your 2 AGRCA thread by mistake.

Rob

 

Rob

You only have to ask, the definition I give in my book is:

Pepperpot Introduced in late 1944 the "Pepperpot" involved a concentration of weapons, including tank guns, mortars, anti-tank and Light Anti-Aircraft guns firing into an area. It was employed as an element of major fireplans.

Next?

Phil

 

Hi Rob,

My Grandfather in-law was a Gunner with the 10th Medium Regiment Royal Artillery.
He was called up on 30th May 1940 and released on the 15th March 1946. It is said he landed on Sword beach on D-Day + 1. Also that he was positioned in the tower of a monastery with a wireless presumably in an OP capacity but where or when I do not know.

We have sent off for his service record but have so far only received a letter saying the search may take a further six months! Any suggestions of where to find more information unit diaries or wartime biographies of people in the same or similar regiments would be gratefully received.

We have one photo of him in uniform with a tower and a US style truck in the background I will try get permission from the rest of the family to post it and his number etc here.

Keep up the good work. Look forward to reading the book.

Kind regards

Jez Williams AKA OP-researcher.

 

Hi Jez and welcome to the forum.

I found these diaries for you. Not sure where the rest are though.

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I'm sure some of the RA chaps will help you out.

Regards
Andy

 

Thanks Andy, like you say where are the rest of the diaries? I'm sure there is some great info there but I dont have time at the moment to unravel how to access it unfortunately.

What is the difference between a Field Regiement and a Medium Regiment ? Is is the latter simply a reflection of the guns used?

Do you happen to know if anyone from the 10th has written a war time (WWII) biography?

Cheers
Jez

 

Jez

That's exactly it, Field Regts had 25-Pdrs whilst Medium had 4.5-inch and 5.5-inch guns.

Phil

 

Thanks Andy, like you say where are the rest of the diaries? I'm sure there is some great info there but I dont have time at the moment to unravel how to access it unfortunately.

What is the difference between a Field Regiement and a Medium Regiment ? Is is the latter simply a reflection of the guns used?

Do you happen to know if anyone from the 10th has written a war time (WWII) biography?

Cheers
Jez

Hi Jez

As Rob D will tell you when he appears, 10 Medium was formed in December 1942 from the 16th Battalion Royal Fusiliers. That's probably why you can't find any war diaries from 1940 until that date.

Anything from your Grandfather-in-laws pics or paperwork that suggests that he was a Fusilier before he became RA?

 

Thanks Phil, thanks Robert,

Other than the partly erroneous (Landing was apparently July 12 not D-Day +1)information I've provided above I know nothing more. However I suspect armed with new information memories and sideboards will be searched and new pointers come to light.

The following website has filled in some gaps for me and may be of interest to others it seems to be a part electronic copy of a book called "The History of 9 Army Group Royal Artillery" which included the 10th Medium Regiment when not under anyone elses command.

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Thanks again.
Jeremy

 

Jeremy

Rob already posted something about 9 AGRA.

See this thread.

http://www.ww2talk.com/forum/research-material/20692-9th-army-group-ra-patch.html

Rob

PS If you send him a private message, it will generate an e-mail to him.