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103rd Anti-Tank Regiment, Royal Artillery

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224: 167: 31: 58: 75: 274:, 189 and 190 A/T Btys were converted into 3 and 4 Airlanding A/T Btys respectively, while 191 Bty was broken up to make up deficiencies among the other two. RHQ was then due to disband on 30 July, and this was actually carried out on 10 August 1943. 214:
when that formation became operational in II Corps on 24 December 1940. Norfolk County Division was redesignated 76th Infantry Division on 17 November 1941, but it remained a second-line (lower establishment) formation.
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At the end of 1942 14th South Staffords was selected to be retrained in the anti-tank (A/T) role. It left 213Th Bde on 8 December and on 22 December 1942 it transferred to the
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Order of Battle of the Field Force in the United Kingdom, Part 3: Royal Artillery (Non-Divisional Units), 18 February 1943, TNA files WO 212/9 and WO 33/1987.
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Order of Battle of the Field Force in the United Kingdom, Part 3: Royal Artillery (Non-Divisional Units), 22 November 1942, with amendments,
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103rd A/T Regiment was first assigned to the GHQ Reserve, then in February 1943 it was transferred to
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History of the Royal Regiment of Artillery: The Years of Defeat: Europe and North Africa, 1939–1941
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was formed in February 1945 to command these batteries for the Rhine crossing (
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in late 1942 after serving for two years defending the coast of
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6-pounder A/T gun being fired on a practice range in the UK.
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Military units and formations disestablished in 1943
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Between 1 and 9 July 1943, at Marlborough Barracks,
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Index

South Staffordshire Regiment

Royal Artillery
United Kingdom

British Army
Battalion
Regiment
British Army
World War II
South Staffordshire Regiment
Royal Artillery
Norfolk
6th Airborne Division

Lichfield
South Staffordshire Regiment
213th Independent Infantry Brigade (Home)
East Anglia
II Corps
18th Infantry Division
Norfolk
Norfolk County Division

Royal Artillery
Batteries
6-pounder
17-pounder
Western Command
Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers

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