76th Anti-Aircraft Brigade / 2nd Searchlight Regiment - Request War Diary

Hi all,

Requesting the War Diary from the 76th AA bde. I'm researching a soldier (Arthur George Hawkins) who was part of the 2nd Searchlight Regiment and sadly was killed on 03/03/1945 in the Netherlands. The War Diary would be really helpfull to get some more information about him.

Would be great if someone can help me out!

 

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Teetie,

Peter has not logged in since August 2023, so we do not know if he got the War Diary or any other progress.

This is their potted history:

From: 2 Searchlight Regiment RA - The Royal Artillery 1939-45

CWGC record: https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/2054339/arthur-george-hawkins/ and his Service Number was: 1650590. The number has appeared on the site four times, three with the CWGC data only.

There are a small number of threads id'd with an online search: "2nd Searchlight Regiment" site:ww2talk.com . At a glance many refer to 1940 events. A few more are id'd when using: "2 Searchlight Regiment" site:ww2talk.com

It appears that no 1945 War Diaries appear here.