1107:(6 June) the regiment began its run-in shoot at H–35 (06.50, 35 minutes before the first troops were to reach the beach at H-Hour). The regiment had 13 separate targets in the bombardment plan, starting with 'Stool', the beach at La Rivière. Fire was continued at a steady rate of four rounds per minutes until H-7, when the guns shifted to 'Cupboard', the heavily defended position round the lighthouse. This continued until H+15 because the infantry landing craft were late. The LCTs then turned away to allow the infantry and engineers to land. 6th Green Howards successfully landed on 'King Green' beach. 5th East Yorkshires had more difficulty on 'King Red', but 462 Bty's OP called down naval gunfire on the enemy gun emplacements along the sea wall. 86th (HY) Field Rgt was due to begin landing at H+90, but A, C and E Trps were able to land 30 minutes early with the follow-up battalion, 7th Green Howards. An infantry–armour 'flying column' left the beach to move inland. As soon as B, D and F Trps had landed at 10.00, and a regimental supply dump had been formed from the Porpoises, A, C and E Trps followed the flying column. By 12.00 the batteries were north of
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1640:. The regiment's guns and armoured vehicles moved up through Eindhoven and Nijmegen on 1 February and went into camouflaged 'hides' in the Groesbeek Forest; the other vehicles arrived early on 7 February. That afternoon the guns moved out to their platforms, where 4800 rounds per battery had already been dumped. The 'milk round' of CB fire began at 05.00 next morning, then at 09.15 the guns switched to firing a smokescreen to cover the assembly of the assault troops. At 10.00 the rolling barrage began as the attack went in. 86th (HY) Field Rgt ceased fire at 15.00 and moved forwards 3 miles (4.8 km) to fields east of Groesbeek, but any further movement was halted by thick mud and traffic jams. The regiment resumed firing at 18.45 and continued until midnight. Having shortened the range the regiment's 25-pdrs were now able to join the heavy and medium artillery firing on the Materborn feature for the follow-up attack through the Siegfried Line defences by
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1323:; turning a corner he saw a battery of six Germans guns in action in a shallow valley less than 2,000 yards (1,800 m) away. Couzins immediately opened fire over open sights, destroying the nearest gun with his third round and dispersing the other gunners, who surrendered to the advancing column. Another pocket of resistance in the chateau was firing on RHQ, so Sgt Burgess of D Trp took his Sexton across open ground under 'a hail of fire' to within 100 yards (91 m) of the chateau, where he fired several rounds through the windows. Four German officers and 90 infantrymen came out and surrendered, and Burgess's gun detachment dismounted and 'mopped up' the surrounding area. Beyond Avelin some German tanks attempted another ambush, so 342 Bty deployed from the line of march and laid a smokescreen. 86th (HY) Field Rgt's guns followed
1766:. A second bridge in Nordhorn collapsed behind the group, so the guns were stuck in the town until it could be repaired, but the tanks drove on through the night without lights and through heavy rain, sweeping retreating parties of Germans off the road. However, when the column reached Lingen the bridge was blown up before it could be taken. While 3rd Division was brought up to make a set-piece assault at Lingen, the Guards found another intact bridge 3 miles (4.8 km) north and the Coldstream Guards group rushed it under cover of a regimental concentration by 86th (HY) Fd Rgt, fired without preliminary ranging. On 4–5 April the regiment supported both divisions as they cleared Lingen and the area between the canal and the
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1208:, just 2,500 yards (2,300 m) from the enemy's forward positions. Five hundred rounds of ammunition per gun had been dumped for the regiment to use, and 341 Bty alone fired 1500 in the two-hour barrage starting at 05.30 on 16 July, and nearly 3400 in the day, brought down by five OPs out with the attacking brigades. The attack was, however, a failure, and had to be renewed on 17 July, after the gun positions had suffered a bombing raid and two hours of enemy harassing fire (HF) during the night. On 20 July (D + 44) 86th (HY) Fd Rgt was relieved from all front line commitments and moved to a rest and maintenance area.
479:(RASC), but these were unsuitable. Later each battery was allocated one gun tractor and was made up to strength with RASC vehicles for annual camps. The brigade's first fully mechanised camp was held in 1933. In the late 1930s the UK began re-arming, and in 1937 it was announced that TA artillery units would progressively be issued with up-to-date guns and vehicles. This began with the fitting of pneumatic tyres to the old 18-pdrs and 4.5-inch howitzers, and 86th (HY) Fd Bde was selected to have one 18-pdr battery converted to 4.5-inch: 342 Bty was chosen, and its 18-pdrs were withdrawn for conversion to
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710:; the regiment began anti-paratroop patrols and was placed under 6 hours' notice to move. To make best use of the resources, the five remaining serviceable 4.5s were concentrated in 342 Bty and 341 Bty became a rifle battery. The regimental signal section joined, having been under training with 54th Divisional Signals. The regiment received its first four 18/25-pounders on 6 June (these hybrids comprised a modern 25-pdr gun mounted on a converted 18-pdr carriage). The regiment carried out some field firing, and the LAD worked on the 'DP' guns to make them fit for firing.
1714:). 86th (HY) Field Rgt came out of action at Bonninghardt on 11 March and on 14 March went back to billets in Nijmegen. A party began dumping ammunition at its assigned positions near the Rhine at Gesthuysen on 19 March and next day the regiment moved up to a concentration area in the Reichswald. On the night of 21/22 March it took a circuitous route without lights through Goch and Weeze to Gesthuysen and was camouflaged in hides before sunrise. For the assault phase, 86th (HY) Fd Rgt was placed under the command of 51st (H) Division, which would cross near
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were reorganised into three 8-gun batteries, but it was not until late 1940 that the RA had enough trained battery staffs to carry out the reorganisation. 86th (HY) Field Rgt formed its third battery on 18 November 1940; at first this was unofficially known as '343 Bty', following the old
Watford battery, but was officially numbered 462 Bty on 18 January 1941. The troops were rearranged such that the new battery consisted of E and F Trps. By now the troops of 341 Bty (A and B) each had 4 × 75mm guns, while the other troops all had 4 × 18/25-pdrs.
1510:... and above all the support of my superb corps artillery'. 86th (HY) Fd Rgt was directly attached to the Sherwood Rangers, with RHQ located alongside 84th Divisional Artillery HQ to coordinate the supporting artillery fire from XXX Corps. Large quantities of ammunition were dumped, the guns were moved into prepared positions near Grothenrath on 16 November and the largescale barrage opened the attack on 18 November. Despite bad weather and mud, and heavy casualties, the first day of the operation was successfully carried out, and
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1465:, a medium battery and a heavy anti-aircraft battery, all directed by 342 Bty HQ, took part in the fight to clear the road. Once it was reopened, 341 Bty moved up to join 462, leaving 342 Bty isolated outside Veghel, where it was heavy shelled, losing numerous casualties. 342 Battery later moved into the safety of Veghel and was attached to 90th (CoL) Fd Rgt of 50th (N) Division, taking part in several battles to keep the road open until the fighting died down on 26 September.
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1420:. The 'milk round' bombardment began at 14.00 on 17 September, first with CB fire on enemy gun positions, then a rolling barrage to saturate the defences either side of the main road up which Guards Armoured Division began its advance. That night the gun area came under enemy fire while the Germans counter-attacked around Lommel, and the battery was still under fire the following day. On 19 September Guards Armoured reached the bridge at
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1185:(26–27 June). 50th (N) Division made another four-day attack on Hottot with an extensive artillery fireplan, the guns also driving off several counter-attacks. On 11 July 86th (HY) Fd Rgt fired a smokescreen to shield the flank of the attack, but the offensive was still halted short of Hottot. The regiment was taken out of the line on 14 July. The Germans finally evacuated Hottot on the night of 18/19 July after Second Army launched
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under their former CO, Brig
Fanshawe, as CRA. The guns took up positions in woods and gardens round Erichshof, about 5 miles (8.0 km) from Bremen, from which they participated in a huge 'softening up' bombardment, beginning on 23 April and continuing throughout the following day. On 25 April 3rd Division secured all its objectives in the city. From 27 April the regiment followed 51st (H) Division down the
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1371:, were to occupy the city, making as much noise and movement as possible. 341 and 462 Batteries guarded the north of the city, including the docks and the Albert Canal, while 342 Bty guarded the Scheldt tunnel west of the city centre. With OPs in tall buildings the regiment fired on the slightest enemy movement in the factory area on the other side of the river, and even used the
1248:. Late on 6 August the Hussars managed to get their two leading Troops onto the hilltop, accompanied by the OP Sherman of 86th (HY) Fd Rgt's D Trp to call down fire support; the infantry then arrived to consolidate the position overnight. The British commanders were delighted by the success. By 8 August almost the whole regiment was positioned on the upper slopes of the hill.
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2259:`) Yeomanry Cavalry' button. All ranks wore the 89 AGRA formation badge on battledress: this consisted of a yellow 'bomb' inside a white horseshoe (reflecting the predominantly yeomanry regiments in the group) on a dark green square. When 89 AGRA became 54th (EA) Divisional Artillery, the personnel adopted the division's new arm badge of two arrows crossed through a
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12 October, by which time batteries could be rotated out of the line for rest in
Nijmegen. During this period RHQ controlled a number of British artillery units supporting 82nd Airborne. On leaving the line 86th (HY) Fd Rgt was with Guards Armoured Division in a rest area at Grave, then on 5 November it moved up to 11th Armoured Division facing the
1165:, but the battalion was driven out: when all the platoon commanders of one company became casualties the battery's Forward Observation Officer (FOO), Lt G.D. Greig, took command of one party and reorganised them into a defensive position. Afterwards the battery commanders and OP parties returned to the regiment's gun lines at Jerusalem Crossroads.
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1754:(where they were greeted enthusiastically by the Dutch population) but were stopped by anti-tank guns on the airfield. 341 Battery prepared a fireplan for an attack on the airfield at first light next morning, but the Germans had abandoned their anti-tank guns and disappeared. The brigade then moved on through Oldenzaal to
2271:; since 419 Bty had been based in Dunstable this badge was continued by Q (Luton & Dunstable) Bty on the lower arm. 201 (H&BY) Bty adopted a collar badge incorporating the 'Eagle and Castle' in a oval wreath alongside the Hart in an oval strap, with a crown above and the Herts Yeomanry's 'South Africa 1900–01'
1518:; 86th (HY) Fd Rgt ran out of smoke ammunition to cover the Sherwood Rangers' tanks and had to borrow more from 43rd (W) Division. Ammunition lorries became bogged down around the gun positions and had to be towed by the OP and CP tanks. The front became static on 23 November and the regiment was pulled out next day.
1758:, where the battery went into action while the sappers bridged the canal. The bridge was ready at 23.00 and two squadrons of Welsh Guards drove out with Scots Guards infantry riding on the tanks and accompanied by the 86th's OP tanks in an attempt to cover 20 miles (32 km) to seize the bridge over the
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badge, on the shoulder strap for officers, on the upper arm for other ranks (ORs), later as collar badges and on the field service cap worn in walking-out dress in place of the RA's 'flaming bomb' badge. The officers' blue patrol jacket had cavalry-style shoulder chains. On 4 April 1943, as a unit of
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Regimental Sergeant Major,
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road, but only got 3 miles (4.8 km) before running into rearguards. The anti-tank guns were suppressed by 341 Bty's fire brought down by the OPs and Air OPs overhead, allowing the tanks and infantry to deploy and destroy them. The column spent the night just short of
Nordholten. Next morning the
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Nijmegen against attacks from that direction. One such attack on the night of 30 September/1 October saw one of the regiment's OPs have to evacuate hurriedly to avoid being overrun, but the attackers were driven off by concentrated shellfire. The regiment continued in these positions until
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using amphibious vehicles. There was no preliminary bombardment: the assault was launched at 21.00 on 23 March, accompanied by every gun in range. During this firing a gun of A Trp suffered an accidental explosion, destroying the gun with its crew. It had been intended to take the regiment's
Sextons
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Yeomanry) Fd Rgt wore the Hart as a cap badge, with the Bedfordshire Yeomanry 'Eagle and Castle' badge on the collar, and RA buttons. 305 (Bedfordshire Yeomanry) Lt Rgt had worn the airborne forces 'Pegasus' badge as an honorary distinction granted to 419 Heavy
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to act as armoured observation posts (OPs). The need for armoured OPs was one of the lessons learned from the Battle of France. Another was that the two-battery organisation did not work: field regiments were intended to support an infantry brigade of three battalions. As a result, field regiments
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housed the new third battery. 54th (East
Anglian) Division was reformed in 1956 and on 15 June the regiment was converted back to divisional field artillery; 89 (Fd) AGRA became 54th (EA) Divisional Artillery once more. RA units became responsible for all internal signals and the signal troop was
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seized the vital bridge on the Weeze–Udem road and then held it all night against fierce counter-attacks, with the support of 86th (HY) Fd Rgt and every other gun within range. The regiment was then switched to Guards
Armoured Division for an armoured thrust from Goch beginning on 5 March. Guards
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and the battery was constantly in action over the next 24 hours; only the chance discovery of an abandoned ammunition lorry from Guards Armoured kept it supplied. 462 Battery had remained with 50th (N) Division, waiting to move forward. By 22 September it was at Eindhoven, and was then ordered to
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The battery commanders and OPs, with additional OP parties provided by the towed regiments of the divisional artillery, embarked with their respective infantry battalions, while the battery captains and their signallers were on the beach HQ landing craft. The guns, OP tanks and other assault wave
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on the night of 18/19 April captured the village of Adelheide and the nearby airfield and bridges, and when the attack on Delmenhorst went in on 20 April the town fell without a shot being fired, including 86th (HY)'s regimental fireplan. On 23 April the regiment came under 3rd Division, working
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had struggled to bridge this the Scots Guards continued their advance on 8 March against stiff opposition. The Coldstream Guards group (1st Bn and 4th Armoured Bn) took over next day with their flank covered by a smokescreen laid by 86th (HY) Fd Rgt. On the morning of 10 March the regiment's OPs
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where it was planned that 54th (EA) Division would concentrate for training and re-equipment. However, the division was unexpectedly diverted to the East Coast as one of the 'Julius Caesar' anti-invasion defence formations. 86th (HY) Field Rgt was ordered to detach a battery of two troops to act
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at Hitchin. This process was still going on when war was declared on 3 September 1939; 135th Field Rgt became fully independent on 7 September. 135th Field Rgt maintained Hertfordshire Yeomanry traditions, but the '(East Anglian) (Hertfordshire Yeomanry)' subtitles were only authorised after the
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tank on the crest in front, so taking over a Sexton whose commander had been wounded, he engaged the tank with HE and armour-piercing (AP) shell, scoring three hits and driving it off, damaged. 462 Battery also engaged another Tiger. At the end of the day 341 Bty was allowed to retire to a less
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and 341 Bty was giving fire support as the flying column seized the bridge. 5th East Yorkshires got held up, but the whole regiment brought down fire as 6th Green Howards attacked across their front and secured the villages. By the end of the day 69 Bde was just short of its objective, the main
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On 12–13 April German resistance lessened as they pulled their forces back for the defence of Bremen. XXX Corps also regrouped: Guards Armoured Division and 86th (HY) Fd Rgt were rested, then on 18 April the regiment made a long move to join 51st (H) Division as it prepared to capture
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across on rafts, but the sappers completed a Class 40 bridge (capable of taking tanks) early on 27 March, and the regiment ceased fire at 04.30 and began crossing 'London Bridge' at 06.00 as a complete regiment. It went into action near Millingen while heavy fighting continued round
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towards Calcar. This column immediately ran into opposition at Qualburg, and the battery hurriedly took up a position in the western outskirts of Cleve from where it fired over the housetops at the enemy guns and mortars. Progress was slow over succeeding days, but on 16 February
1843:, where it was billeted in surrounding villages. In July all the men of the older age and service groups were transferred to 147th (Essex Yeomanry) Fd Rgt for occupation duties and 86th (HY) Fd Rgt received a large draft of men intended for service in the Far East. However, the
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Armoured fought its way through thick woods towards Bonninghardt against pockets of strong resistance, then into the village itself, and finally on the morning of 7 March reached the rest of the ridge, looking down on the Germans retreating towards the two Rhine bridges at
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arrived to take over the sector and next day the regiment moved its guns forward over extraordinarily difficult roads. On 3 January a battle group under 29 Armoured Bde HQ, consisting of 2nd FFY, two parachute battalions and 86th (HY) Fd Rgt, attacked towards Bure and
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of a CP tank (some of those with dummy guns had apparently been replaced with normal gun tanks). Major R.J. Kiln, OC of 342 Bty, was seriously wounded while working with the White Army to prevent German troops crossing the Albert Canal by an undestroyed bridge at
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in Suffolk. 341 Battery went with its eight 4.5-inch howitzers (the only serviceable guns the regiment had at the time; there were four others classified 'DP' – for drill purposes only). On 5 November it was deployed 20 miles (32 km) closer to the coast, at
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ridge, where again the OP parties in the front line showed great gallantry. Lieutenant-Col Fanshawe was wounded by mortar fire on 18 June and Maj Morgan Smith took temporary command of 86th (HY) Fd Rgt. Tilly fell on 19 June and the division continued towards
1579:(3rd RTR) at Dinant respectively. On 25 December 3rd RTR contacted an enemy armoured column and a sharp engagement followed, with 462 Bty helping to stop the German advance. The other two batteries crossed the Meuse, (341 Battery having transferred to 2nd
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area. Sir Patrick Coghill left for an oversea appointment and Lt-Col R.S. Wade took over as CO on 28 May. Mobile training began in July, when the regiment left Tewkesbury and alternated between divisional exercises and artillery practice camps on
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86th Field Rgt returned to Guards Armoured Division and assumed a defensive routine with very firing. From 6 to 17 December the regiment was out of the line for maintenance and preparing gun positions for a planned operation to close up to the
445:, all of World War I patterns. Recruitment to the Hertfordshire brigade was initially slow, hampered by the transfer of most of the officers and men to the short-lived Defence Force established in 1921 in response to a coal miners' strike (as
1787:, hindered by broken bridges that had to be repaired and rearguards that each had to be turned out by combined tank–infantry–artillery operations. After Menslage had been captured the infantry of the Coldstream group forced a crossing of the
742:. 86th (HY) Field Rgt exchanged a group of about 50 officers and other ranks with 19th Fd Rgt, a regular unit returned from Dunkirk, in order to spread its battle experience. By the beginning of October the regiment was deployed as follows:
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When the regiment was reformed in 1947 the Hart badge was worn on the blue RA beret, except for National Service reservists who wore the RA gun badge. The blue patrol jackets carried shoulder-chains for all ranks, and the pre-1900 'Harts
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1299:. On 28 August the 90 miles (140 km) drive to Vernon began, and early on 29 August some of 86th (HY) Fd Rgt's OPs were already across the new bridge. 11th Armoured Division then began a 200 miles (320 km) dash to seize
429:, had served with the RFA during the war (in 2nd East Anglian Brigade) and ensured that the RFA experience within the brigade was spread among the yeomanry batteries as well, while all four batteries adopted the yeomanry badge.
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to be closer to the shore. However, its 4.5s were taken away to be employed as single beach defence guns, and the need to re-equip the BEF's units led to an acute shortage of guns. In August two troops were each given two
354:. When the TF was reconstituted on 7 February 1920 only the 14 most senior Yeomanry regiments remained horsed, the other 39 being re-roled, generally as artillery. In March 1920 the Hertfordshire Yeomanry converted to the
858:. 54th (EA) Division participated in 'Exercise Bumper', with 86th (HY) Fd Rgt under 162 Bde acting as part of the 'invading force'. In November 1941 the division returned to its coast defence role in East Anglia under
532:, and most regiments formed duplicates. The Hertfordshire Yeomanry actually contributed to three new regiments by 1942. The process began on 1 November 1938 when 86th (HY) Fd Rgt split off 343 (Watford) Bty to form
961:. 86th (HY) Field Rgt was one of the first units in the UK to be equipped with SP guns, and had to develop appropriate establishments and gun drills. On 3 May 1943 the regiment left 42nd Armoured Division and when
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could arrive. The guns remained in position in the southern outskirts, able to cover the whole city area and its approaches. All the other available manpower acting as infantry, the carriers, OP and CP tanks,
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two Guards groups drove on to Lengerich, where they ran into another rearguard. 341 Battery deployed just beyond Nordholten and brought down fire, including red smoke marker shells for a rocket attack by
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7 June was spent in 'mopping up' pockets of German resistance – F Trp acting as infantry helped some tanks to clear a nearby wood – and in pushing forward to the Caen–Bayeux road. For the next two days
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on 3 September. Here a tank or anti-tank gun firing from a flank destroyed a number of the regiment's 3-ton lorries carrying fuel and ammunition and killed Maj Corke, OC 341 Bty. Ahead of this ambush,
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coast, and pioneered the technique of firing the SP guns from the landing craft during the run-in to the beach. In August and September the regiment replaced the improvised Bishops with US-built 105mm
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on 27 December, and the second-in-command, Maj R.G. Gordon-Finlayson, took temporary command of 86th (HY) Fd Rgt. An unprecedented concentration of artillery was assembled for XXX Corps' next action,
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and came into action only 1,000 yards (910 m) behind the division's leading tanks. The advance continued across northern France as German resistance began to harden, particularly approaching
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armoured personnel carriers actually driving through their gun positions to begin the attack. On 17 February 86th (HY) Fd Rgt moved forward to support next day's attack by 15th (S) Division on
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1551:. While most of 86th (HY) Fd Rgt picked out gun positions round Namur on 22 December, 341 Bty was detached in direct support of the divisional reconnaissance regiment, 2nd Armoured Battalion,
1583:(FFY) of 29 Armoured Bde) and deployed on the high ground beyond. On 30 December C Trp of 342 Bty took part in an offensive action, driving 15 miles (24 km) across country in support of
897:. The first two weeks of March 1943 were spent in 'Exercise Spartan', which involved much movement, 342 Bty forming part of a 'flying column' that drove from Yorkshire to seize the bridge at
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1267:; 4000 rounds of smoke shell were dumped in preparation but were not required when the attack went in on the morning of 16 August. 86th (HY) Field Rgt was then placed under the command of
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Lt-Col G.D. Fanshawe (CO), Capt R.R. Thornton (adjutant) and Regimental Sergeant-Major T. Lightfoot of 86th (Hertfordshire Yeomanry) Field Rgt, drawn in 1944 by the official war artist
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to add battle experience to 21st Army Group, and had been selected as one of the initial assault divisions for Overlord. 86th (HY) Field Rgt was now attached to XXX Corps and moved to
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The Hertfordshire Yeomanry Regiments, Royal Artillery, Part 2: The Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment 1938–1945 and the Searchlight Battery 1937–1945; Part 3: The Post-war Units 1947–2002
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86th (East Anglian) (Hertfordshire Yeomanry) Fd Rgt mobilised as part of 54th (EA) Division on 1 September 1939, two days before the declaration of war. It was commanded by Lt-Col
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86th Field Rgt left Antwerp the following day, driving to Kursaal in the XXX Corps bridgehead over the Albert Canal. Initially it formed part of the corps anti-tank screen under
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attempted to push forward with infantry support from 50th (N) Division and fire support from 86th (HY) and 147th (EY) Fd Rgts, but made little progress. On 10 June
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vehicles were loaded onto the six LCTs (one per troop) of 24th LCT Flotilla. Each Sexton towed a 'Porpoise', a sledge containing extra fuel and ammunition.
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supported by 2nd Armoured Welsh Guards accompanied by the OPs of 86th (HY) Fd Rgt, and by nightfall the armour had advanced as far as a stream. After the
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came under high explosive (HE) fire, suffering some casualties and damage. B Troop's commander, Capt S.D. Perry, spotted that the fire was coming from a
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Part of the reorganisation was that field regiments changed from a war establishment of four six-gun batteries to two batteries, each of three four-gun
1506:, wrote: 'I was determined that they should have every possible assistance, so for tank support I gave them my most experienced armoured regiment, the
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2015:
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50th (N) Division then resumed the lead on 9 August, with 86th (HY) Fd Rgt and 13th/18th Hussars attached; the OPs advanced with the Hussars through
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on a scroll beneath; this badge was also applied to guns and vehicles. From 1968 the battery was authorised to continue the 'Pegasus' arm badge.
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XXX Corps continued its advance east of Brussels, and on 7 September 11 Armoured Division was ordered to move 30 miles (48 km) to reinforce
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1684:. XXX Corps' attack was carried out on 27 February by 3rd Division, with support from 6 Guards Armoured Bde and 86th (HY) Fd Rgt. 2nd Battalion
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supported by a squadron of 2nd FFY and 342 Bty forced their way into Bure and held the village for two days against fierce counter-attacks (the
866:; RHQ was re-established at Yoxford. In January 1942 Lt-Col Wade was replaced by Lt-Col G.D. Fanshawe, who had been the regiment's Regular Army
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It had been intended that only two of the batteries would carry the Hertfordshire Yeomanry subtitle, but the first commanding officer (CO), Col
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out of the bridgehead. Late on 1 April 32 Guards Bde pushed its Welsh/Scots Guards group, accompanied by 341 Bty, through to try to capture
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carrying a dummy gun but increased wireless equipment; these were also used as battery and troop command posts (CPs). The regiment assisted
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734:(reportedly World War I 'trophy guns' retrieved from public parks in Scotland) and at the end of the month eight World War I French M1897
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595:. 86th (HY) Field Rgt struggled with various rearrangements of its batteries, but on the outbreak of war it was organised as follows:
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The four batteries unofficially adopted local names in 1930, but it was not until August 1937 that these titles were made official:
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on 1 June 1924, the units becoming 'Field Brigades' and 'Field Batteries' respectively. 86th (HY) Field Bde formed part of the TA's
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On 1 October 1954 the regiment was converted to medium artillery without changing its number or subtitle. It was now equipped with
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and the advance across Germany. The regiment continued in the postwar TA until 1967, and its successor battery continued to 2014.
2032:, in TAVR II. 286 (H&BY) Field Rgt also provided personnel to No 2 (Hertfordshire) and No 3 (Bedfordshire) Companies of the
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Gen Sir Evelyn Barker, former Hon Col of 305 (BY) Lt Rgt, appointed to 286 (H&BY) Fd Rgt 1 April 1961 until 31 December 1962
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to begin training closely with 50th (N) Division and the naval forces. The final combined landing exercise was carried out at
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later in the day. 43rd (Wessex) made steady progress and 86th (HY) Fd Rgt moved up behind. At 15.00 on 3 August 341 Bty at
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Shortly afterwards the four 60-pdrs were handed back, resulting in two troops being without guns, but the first of the new
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2242:'s 'gun' cap badge. However, from its formation all four batteries of the regiment also wore the Hertfordshire Yeomanry's
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began pushing through the low ground between the Cleve–Calcar road and the Rhine. D Troop of 342 Bty found the Canadian
1259:, followed by a two-day battle for Point 229. 86th (HY) Field Rgt did little firing, but suffered a few casualties from
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exposed position. During the night 86th (HY) Fd Rgt fired a complicated HF plan on likely enemy withdrawal routes using
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2336:. In the Territorials, unlike the Regulars, unit heritage is carried by the brigade/regiment, rather than the battery.
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and 86th (HY) Fd Rgt was called forward to defend the flank of their long line of communications. 341 Battery went to
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began in the autumn, and the regiment was placed in suspended animation at Verden Barracks in BAOR on 10 April 1946.
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1335:–Antwerp road by nightfall. Next day (4 September) the regiment with 15th/19th Hussars covered the crossing of the
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1432:. On 20 September it claimed two of the six tanks knocked out attacking Zon before a reinforcement wave of the US
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Partial mechanisation of the brigade began in July 1927, with 343 and 344 Btys replacing their horses with hired
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Shortly after arriving at Upton Lovell, the regiment was unexpectedly ordered to collect 24 'tanks' from nearby
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The establishment of a TA RFA brigade was four 4-gun horsedrawn batteries, three of the batteries equipped with
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1580:
1448:. In the afternoon the town came under shellfire as a German battlegroup counter-attacked the vital bridges at
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in XXX Corps' preliminary attacks for 'Goodwood'. A long move on 15 July positioned the regiment south-east of
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in 1921 the new 3rd Brigade was designated as 86th (East Anglian) Brigade, RFA, changing the following year to
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86th (HY) Fd Rgt rejoined Guards Armoured Division in disarming German troops at Cuxhaven and then moved to
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SP guns. The first full run-in shoot, with all three batteries firing, was conducted in Kilbride Bay in the
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980:, which had been added to the regimental establishment. It also began training in amphibious assaults from
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The regiment carried out field firing with the new equipment on Salisbury Plain, with the OPs mounted in
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1531:. When this operation was cancelled Guards Armoured was ordered on 16 December to begin to move back to
1408:. In 'Garden', the ground part of the operation, XXX Corps was to link up river crossings as far as the
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without its equipment. Anti-invasion defence became a priority and 86th (HY) Fd Rgt was concentrated at
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449:). After the Defence Force was stood down in July, the brigade attended its first annual training camp.
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1770:. On 6 April the Scots/Welsh group with 341 Bty attempted to break out of the Lingen bridgehead on the
1307:, supported by the Sextons of 86th (HY) Fd Rgt. On the evening of 31 August the regiment drove through
862:, with 86th (HY) Fd Rgt in support of 163 Bde, which was responsible for beach defence from Dunwich to
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The regiment handed over its forward deployment at Westleton in February 1940 and went into billets in
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Next, 86th (HY) Fd Rgt split off 344 (Hitchin) Bty, which together with 336 (Northamptonshire) Bty of
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Orders of Battle, United Kingdom and Colonial Formations and Units in the Second World War, 1939–1945
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Couzins of B Trp was ordered to take his Sexton forward and establish an outpost on the outskirts of
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1263:(CB) fire. On 13 August the regiment switched back to 43rd (W) Division to force a river crossing at
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on 4 May and the assault force went into its concentration areas: 86th (HY) Fd Rgt to Camp C14, near
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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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in 1963. 201 (Hertfordshire & Bedfordshire Yeomanry) Medium Bty was granted the Freedom of the
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Sextons of 341 Bty supporting Guards Armoured Division from a position near Menslage, 9 April 1945.
1727:. Then it joined Guards Armoured Division, which began passing through the bridgehead on 30 March.
1693:, 8 miles (13 km) away. On the afternoon of 7 March the division resumed its advance with 2nd
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for maintenance and training. However, that day the Germans launched their Ardennes Offensive (the
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in converting directly from towed 25-pdrs to Sextons. 50th (N) Division had been brought back with
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315:
184:
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History of the Second World War, United Kingdom Military Series: The Defence of the United Kingdom
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In February 1944 86th (HY) Fd Rgt began re-equipping once more, this time with the Canadian-built
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4120:, London: War Office, 7 November 1927 (RA sections also summarised in Litchfield, Appendix IV).
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required a second field regiment, 86th (HY) Fd Rgt was assigned to it on 10 June, and moved to
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fulfilling their reserve commitment, some of whom volunteered to remain in the TA afterwards.
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1461:; 341 Bty was brought up nearer to Veghel and both batteries, together with two batteries of
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The regiment returned to 50th (N) Division on 28 July, and on 30 July began firing from near
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The Hertfordshire Yeomanry Regiments, Royal Artillery, Part 1: The Field Regiments 1920-1946
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1820:, and against occasional targets as the division advanced through crumbling resistance to
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under XXX Corps. This division had no combat experience, and XXX Corps' commander, Lt-Gen
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1392:, but the area was quiet. On 15 September it moved to a gun area immediately south of the
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81:
40:
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The Sign of the Double 'T' (The 50th Northumbrian Division – July 1943 to December 1944)
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11th Armoured Division was then rested while 43rd (W) Division forced a crossing of the
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observed the two Rhine bridges being blown up as the German bridgehead was eliminated.
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1245:
1240:, ground burst and smoke ammunition. From 4 August the regiment supported the tanks of
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and wore the silver Hart badge on it. They were forced to give these up in late 1945.
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gun tractors. 286 Medium Rgt Trp, Royal Signals, joined from 61 HQ Signal Regiment at
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Q Battery at St Andrew House, Hertford (D Trp at Harpenden Road, St Albans, from 1953)
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3905:
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1938:
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Having closed up to the Rhine, 21st Army Group now prepared for an assault crossing (
1669:. Over the following days the regiment was almost constantly on call as 15th (S) and
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1084:
1060:
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529:
279:
3887:
History of the Second World War, United Kingdom Military Series: Victory in the West
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History of the Second World War, United Kingdom Military Series: Victory in the West
250:
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then arrived from 11th Armoured Division to create another stop line from Namur to
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on the Suffolk coast in November, before the regiment went into winter quarters in
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295:
1132:
A Sexton SP gun in the markings of 50th (Northumbrian) Division, displayed at the
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and the personnel were evacuated from western France almost three weeks after the
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on 13 June, 50th (N) Division continued its attacks on Tilly-sur-Seulles and the
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1914:
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was captured next day. But the fighting bogged down amongst the defences of the
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462 and 341 Btys, later joined by 342 Bty, had taken up positions in woods near
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1036:
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351:
271:
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Battleground Europe: Operation Plunder: The British and Canadian Rhine Crossing
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with the 15th/19th Hussars and on arrival helped to disperse an attack by six
1303:, with its open left flank guarded by the divisional reconnaissance regiment,
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armoured artillery, the regiment unofficially adopted the black beret of the
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Brig R.N. Hanbury, CBE, TD, former Hon Col of 479 (H) HAA Rgt, appointed 1957
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54th (East Anglian) Division's formation sign, adopted in the Spring of 1940.
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2041:
1992:
1880:. The regiment began recruiting on 14 June with the following organisation:
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and then protected the division's flank as its leading elements entered the
1271:, which was given the task of pursuing the enemy as they fled to escape the
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86th (East Anglian) (Hertfordshire Yeomanry) Field Regiment, Royal Artillery
3893:, London: HM Stationery Office, 1968/Uckfield: Naval & Military, 2004,
3874:, London: HM Stationery Office, 1962/Uckfield: Naval & Military, 2004,
2190:, former CO of the Hertfordshire Yeomanry and Hon Col from 1916 (died 1930)
1128:
358:(RFA) and amalgamated with the 1st and 2nd Hertfordshire Batteries of the
3979:, London: HM Stationery Office, 1960/London: London Stamp Exchange, 1990,
3859:, London: HM Stationery Office, 1957/Uckfield: Naval & Military, 2004,
2238:
Upon conversion from yeomanry to artillery, the regiment had to adopt the
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with 43rd (W) Division as they attacked towards the dominating heights of
833:
In March 1941 54th (EA) Division left its coast defence role and moved to
4017:, Edinburgh: Blackwood, 1948/Uckfield: Naval & Military Press, 2014,
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1784:
1755:
1751:
1556:
1454:
1377:
1332:
1316:
1275:. The guns did little firing because of the speed of the German retreat.
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800:
460:. The brigade also had an affiliated section of 54th Divisional Signals,
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95:
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4000:
The Territorial Artillery 1908–1988 (Their Lineage, Uniforms and Badges)
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286 (Hertfordshire & Bedfordshire Yeomanry) Fd Rgt was granted the
1868:
When the TA was reconstituted in 1947, 86th (HY) Fd Rgt was reformed as
1539:) and next day the division was sent to establish a 'stop line' between
749:
Gunners sponging out an 18/25-pounder Mk V P during exercises in the UK.
4118:
Titles and Designations of Formations and Units of the Territorial Army
4066:, Welwyn: Hertfordshire Yeomanry and Artillery Trust/Hart Books, 2003,
4051:, Welwyn: Hertfordshire Yeomanry and Artillery Trust/Hart Books, 1999,
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2260:
1963:
1918:
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1457:. Shortly after it passed through, the road was cut between Veghel and
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1328:
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667:. With the regiment now over establishment, it was ordered to supply a
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652:
494:
A modernised 18-pdr Mark V gun being towed by a Morris tractor in 1938.
419:
409:
341 (Hertfordshire) Battery at Riding School, Harpenden Road, St Albans
303:
171:
4140:
3938:, Woolwich: Royal Artillery Institution, 1988/London: Brasseys, 1996,
2217:
Brig R.N. Hanbury, reappointed to 286 (H&BY) Fd Rgt 1 January 1963
2036:(Territorials) in TAVR III. 100 (Eastern) Medium Rgt was redesignated
1616:
Lieutenant-Col Fanshawe had been promoted to become commander, RA, of
1436:
arrived by parachute and glider. On 21 September 342 Bty moved up to
829:
25-pounder gun and Quad gun tractor on exercise in the UK, March 1941.
4135:
2366:, so 86th (HY) Fd Rgt switched to Churchills for its CP and OP tanks.
1836:
1771:
1698:
1567:; it arrived without artillery, so 342 and 462 Btys were assigned to
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1449:
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1320:
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1044:
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630:
4103:
The Victory Campaign – The Operations in North-West Europe 1944–1945
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moved to join the artillery batteries at their existing drill halls.
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86th (East Anglian) (Hertfordshire Yeomanry) Field Brigade/Regiment
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2307:(CWGC) lists 50 members of the regiment who died on service during
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was formed in July to prepare for the Allied invasion of Normandy (
2208:
Maj-Gen G.D. Fanshawe, DSO, OBE, former CO, appointed January 1952
1986:
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286th (Hertfordshire & Bedfordshire Yeomanry) Field Regiment
3824:, Germany: BAOR, 1947/Uckfield: Naval and Military Press, 2021,
1933:). As a result, the batteries at Hitchin and Hertford merged at
1788:
1666:
1528:
1490:. On 10/11 November the regiment made a long night move to near
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to come under GHQ Reserve; 86th (HY) Fd Rgt was billeted in the
4105:, Ottawa: Queen's Printer & Controller of Stationery, 1960.
4036:, London: Geoffrey Bles, 1956/Barnsley: Pen & Sword, 2017,
3822:
British Army of the Rhine Battlefield Tour: Operation Veritable
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before the war. It also began receiving its 25-pdr Mk II guns.
32:
86th (East Anglian) (Hertfordshire Yeomanry) Field Regiment, RA
1946:
286 (Hertfordshire & Bedfordshire Yeomanry) Field Regiment
1540:
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drive through Sint-Oedenrode and Grave to go into action near
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on 15 October. There was further training in conjunction with
4099:
Official History of the Canadian Army in the Second World War
2202:, TD, former CO of 86th Field Bde, appointed 21 February 1931
1791:
on 11 April, accompanied by 86th (HY) Fd Rgt's OP on foot.
3618:
Hertfordshire & Bedfordshire Yeomanry at Regiments.org.
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plan, this unit was placed in suspended animation in 2014.
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D Trp (2 × 60-pdr) – Easthouses Farm, under command 341 Bty
602:
341 (St Albans) Battery (A, B, C Trps) – 4.5-inch howitzers
2026:
201 (Hertfordshire & Bedfordshire Yeomanry) Medium Bty
1872:, as a towed 25-pounder unit forming part of 89th (Field)
534:
79th (Hertfordshire Yeomanry) Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment
1956:
286 (Hertfordshire & Bedfordshire Yeomanry) Field Rgt
1847:
in August ended these plans and the regiment remained in
1680:
The Reichswald offensive was renewed on 26 February with
1498:. Part of this operation was to be carried out by the US
1358:. This left 86th (HY) Fd Rgt and the 'White Army' of the
384:
86th (East Anglian) (Hertfordshire Yeomanry) Brigade, RFA
4015:
The History of the Fifteenth Scottish Division 1939–1945
909:. On completion of the exercise the regiment moved into
487:
gun tractors were issued to TA batteries in early 1939.
418:
344 (Hertfordshire) Battery (Howitzer) at Bearton Camp,
2263:
of fleurs-de-lis in yellow on a royal blue background.
2224:, appointed to 286th (H&BY) Fd Rgt 26 December 1964
1937:
with the LAD, and the former 479 HAA Rgt drill hall at
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aircraft. On 8 April the Coldstream group pushed on to
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divisions leapfrogged forwards short distances towards
2163:
were appointed when the unit was established in 1920:
1925:
was abolished on 10 March 1955, the regiment absorbed
1192:
By then 86th (HY) Fd Rgt had been switched to support
633:
nearby, then on 20 October advance parties set out to
629:. Training continued at the drill halls, with the men
415:
343 (Hertfordshire) Battery at Clarendon Hall, Watford
286:
were among the first artillery to land in Normandy on
1887:
P Battery at Harpenden Road and Abbey Camp, St Albans
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Military units and formations disestablished in 1946
3656:
3654:
3652:
1783:, then on 9 April the Scots/Welsh group led towards
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Under the Overlord plan 50th (N) Division landed on
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as part of a series on 50th (Northumbrian) Division.
18:
344th (Hertfordshire) Field Battery, Royal Artillery
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Land Forces of Britain, the Empire and Commonwealth
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1950:On 1 April 1961 the regiment was amalgamated with
1799:. The regiment's OPs joined 13th/18th Hussars and
4199:Military units and formations established in 1938
3839:, Market Weighton: Sentinel Press, 2nd Edn 2008,
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386:, with the following organisation and locations:
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1404:, ready to take part in the opening barrage for
850:. In between, it was housed at a tented camp at
671:to form a new regiment, but this was cancelled.
3919:, Vol II, Wakefield: Microform Academic, 1984,
3629:Summary of Reserve Structure and Basing Changes
2194:Thereafter the following served in the office:
2183:, TD, Hon Col of 4th East Anglian Bde from 1909
891:191st (Hertfordshire and Essex Yeomanry) Fd Rgt
760:LAD and B Echelon – Campbell's Farm, Old Felton
338:4th East Anglian Brigade, Royal Field Artillery
34:286 (Hertfordshire Yeomanry) Field Regiment, RA
4184:Military units and formations in Hertfordshire
2429:
2427:
2150:Acting Lt-Col C.W.S. Runham, TD, 1 August 1966
2120:286th (Hertfordshire Yeomanry) Field Regiment
3987:/Uckfield: Naval & Military Press, 2003,
3917:Lineage Book of British Land Forces 1660–1978
2566:Sainsbury, Pt 1, pp. 15–7, 34–41, Appendix 4.
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246:Hertfordshire Yeomanry collar and beret badge
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2287:of St Albans in 1962 and the Freedom of the
2024:(TAVR) on 1 April 1967, the regiment became
1738:86th (HY) Field Rgt was assigned to support
4146:Imperial War Museum, War Memorials Register
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2113:Maj R.G. Gordon-Finlayson, 27 December 1944
1864:286 (Hertfordshire Yeomanry) Field Regiment
1636:, directly supporting its attached armour,
1587:patrolling towards Bure. On 1 January 1945
1168:After 7th Armoured Division failed to take
1153:took the lead, with 462 Bty supporting 2nd
4136:Commonwealth War Graves Commission records
3962:Battleground Europe: Normandy: Mont Pinçon
3503:
3501:
932:A Priest SP gun during training in the UK.
905:, before retiring to a defensive 'box' in
398:Headquarters (HQ) at 27 St Andrew Street,
346:was a cavalry unit of Britain's part-time
4189:Military units and formations in Hertford
4034:The Story of the Guards Armoured Division
2016:100th (Yeomanry) Regiment Royal Artillery
1895:Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers
1354:in the bridgehead it had seized over the
580:in February 1942. Many of the regiment's
3533:266–288 Rgts RA at British Army 1945 on.
3528:
3526:
3524:
3522:
2670:
2668:
2525:Hertfordshire Yeomanry at Regiments.org.
2057:The following served as CO of the unit:
1331:at about 15.00 and were across the main
3910:The 43rd Wessex Division at War 1944–45
2520:
2518:
2516:
2514:
2512:
2510:
2508:
2378:
2324:
2110:Lt-Col G.D. Fanshawe, OBE, January 1942
2034:Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment
1828:. Hostilities ended on 5 May after the
471:Series D six-wheeled lorries acting as
412:342 (Hertfordshire) Battery at Hertford
4179:Field regiments of the Royal Artillery
3332:Stacey, pp. 491, 494, 496, 515, 520–1.
3048:Hunt, pp. 35–46, 57–61, 77–83, 93–130.
2495:
2493:
2491:
2489:
2487:
2485:
2483:
2481:
2267:Bty of 52nd (BY) Heavy Rgt during the
2147:Lt-Col J.D. Bolton, TD, 1 January 1963
2079:Lt-Col Barré A.H. Goldie, 1 April 1926
2022:Territorial and Army Volunteer Reserve
1927:479th (Hertfordshire Yeomanry) HAA Rgt
1870:286 (Hertfordshire Yeomanry) Field Rgt
1750:before dark. The column drove through
953:chassis, which had been improvised as
796:E Trp (4 × 18/25-pdr) – Eastfield Hall
378:.) When the TF was reorganised as the
28:
2030:100 (Eastern) Medium Rgt (Volunteers)
1952:305 (Bedfordshire Yeomanry) Light Rgt
1598:13th (Lancashire) Parachute Battalion
1362:to defend the whole of Antwerp until
1089:342 Bty – 6th Battalion Green Howards
605:342 (Hertford) Battery (D, E, F Trps)
565:84th (1st East Anglian) Field Brigade
528:The TA was doubled in size after the
7:
4002:, Nottingham: Sherwood Press, 1992,
2124:Lt-Col R.D. Cribb, TD, 30 April 1947
1929:, descended from 343 (Watford) Bty (
1291:; 86th (HY) Fd Rgt was quartered at
817:gun tractors arrived, together with
708:German invasion of the Low Countries
266:, was a unit of Britain's part-time
4081:, Barnsley: Pen & Sword, 2006,
3740:Sainsbury, Pt 1, pp. 47, 84–5, 151.
2362:6 Guards Armoured Brigade operated
1812:, coming into action at the Bremen–
1632:. 86th (HY) Fd Rgt was assigned to
1206:144th Regiment Royal Armoured Corps
772:A Trp (4 × 75mm) – Northsteads Farm
214:Geoffrey Lawrence, 1st Baron Oaksey
3590:Sainsbury, Pt 3, pp. 213–6, 222–7.
2305:Commonwealth War Graves Commission
2127:Lt-Col D.E. Newton, TD, 1 May 1951
1830:German surrender at Lüneburg Heath
1648:and a squadron of 4th Armoured Bn
973:as a SP field artillery regiment.
949:', 25-pdr Mk II guns mounted on a
889:provided the cadres to form a new
576:regiment had been captured at the
25:
3292:Stacey, pp. 469, 476, 482–3, 490.
3243:, pp. 30, 39, 70–1, 84, 108, 117.
2747:Sainsbury, Pt 1, pp. 19–20, 74–5.
2587:Sainsbury, Pt 1, pp. 17–9, 42–55.
2144:Lt-Col K. Lomas, TD, 1 April 1961
2133:Lt-Col A.H. Watts, TD, 1 May 1957
2116:Lt-Col R.C. Symonds, 2 April 1945
2028:, based at Marsh Road, Luton, in
2020:When the TA was reduced into the
2002:BHQ and one section at Sty Albans
1977:One section at Welwyn Garden City
1958:with the following organisation:
1400:Canal, with OPs in the houses of
1215:in support of a fresh offensive (
782:C Trp (4 × 75mm) – Houndalee Farm
447:86th Brigade, RFA (Defence Force)
3558:Sainsbury, Pt 3, pp. 195, 197–8.
3516:Sainsbury, Pt 3, pp. 193–5, 200.
2842:The National Archives (TNA), Kew
2102:Sir Patrick Coghill, 6th Baronet
2084:Sir Geoffrey Church, 2nd Baronet
2010:LAD, REME, at Welwyn Garden City
1897:(REME), at Bearton Camp, Hitchin
924:A Bishop SP gun in North Africa.
651:, to cover possible landings at
623:Sir Geoffrey Church, 2nd Baronet
616:Sir Patrick Coghill, 6th Baronet
249:
230:Sir Patrick Coghill, 6th Baronet
222:Sir Geoffrey Church, 2nd Baronet
80:
63:
39:
4131:British Army units from 1945 on
3912:, London: William Clowes, 1952.
2862:Sainsbury, Pt 1, pp. 27, 88–93.
2536:Hertford at Drill Hall Project.
2475:Sainsbury, Pt 1, pp. 1–4, 31–6.
2130:Lt-Col G.A. Loveday, 1 May 1954
4155:– Regiments.org (archive site)
3964:, Barnsley: Leo Cooper, 2003,
3646:Sainsbury, pp. 81–2, 131, 146.
2853:Sainsbury, Pt 1, pp. 25, 84–7.
2683:Sainsbury, Pt 1, pp. 60–5, 71.
2293:Municipal Borough of Dunstable
536:. This regiment served in the
452:The RFA was subsumed into the
1:
3692:Sainsbury, Pt 3, pp. 199–201.
3421:Rosse & Hill, pp. 222–52.
3363:Rosse & Hill, pp. 219–22.
3314:Rosse & Hill, pp. 204–15.
2662:Sainsbury, Pt 1, pp. 153–214.
2107:Lt-Col R.S. Wade, 28 May 1941
1999:R (South Hertfordshire) Bty:
1202:1st Northamptonshire Yeomanry
599:Regimental Headquarters (RHQ)
511:344 (Hitchin) Field Bty (How)
364:3rd East Anglian Brigade, RFA
360:4th East Anglian Brigade, RFA
3767:Sainsbury, Pt 3, pp. 218–21.
3660:Sainsbury, Pt 3, Appendix 3.
3567:Sainsbury, Pt 3, pp. 203–13.
3495:Frederick, pp. 1001–3, 1017.
3479:Sainsbury, Pt 1, pp. 148–52.
3430:Sainsbury, Pt 1, pp. 139–46.
3221:Rosse & Hill, pp. 184–5.
3150:Sainsbury, Pt 1, pp. 115–22.
3075:Sainsbury, Pt 1, pp. 108–10.
2902:Sainsbury, Pt 1, pp. 94–100.
2831:Sainsbury, Pt 1, pp. 25, 84.
2718:Sainsbury, Pt 1, Appendix 3.
2644:Sainsbury, Pt 2, pp. 27–114.
2557:Sainsbury, Pt 1, Appendix 2.
2076:, appointed 16 February 1920
2005:One section at Croxley Green
1585:61st Reconnaissance Regiment
1071:with two infantry brigades,
1025:50th (Northumbrian) Division
1021:90th (City of London) Fd Rgt
458:54th (East Anglian) Division
274:from existing artillery and
127:54th (East Anglian) Division
3796:Sainsbury, Pt 2, pp. 204–5.
3776:Sainsbury, Pt 3, pp. 243–4.
3758:Sainsbury, Pt 3, pp. 240–3.
3749:Sainsbury, Pt 3, pp. 196–7.
3722:Sainsbury, Pt 3, pp. 216–7.
3470:Sainsbury, Pt 1, pp. 146–8.
3372:Sainsbury, Pt 1, pp. 137–9.
3323:Sainsbury, Pt 1, pp. 135–7.
3283:Sainsbury, Pt 1, pp. 131–5.
3274:Martin, pp. 225–46, 254–70.
3230:Sainsbury, Pt 1, pp. 127–3.
3199:Sainsbury, Pt 1, pp. 125–7.
3159:Sainsbury, Pt 1, pp. 122–5.
3128:Sainsbury, Pt 1, pp. 114–5.
3119:Sainsbury, Pt 1, pp. 110–4.
3057:Sainsbury, Pt 1, pp. 106–8.
3008:Sainsbury, Pt 1, pp. 104–6.
2973:Sainsbury, Pt 1, pp. 102–4.
2933:Sainsbury, Pt 1, pp. 100–1.
2706:Sainsbury, Pt 1, pp. 68–73.
2136:Lt-Col K. Lomas, 1 May 1960
1921:, on 1 November 1954. When
1463:124th (Northumbrian) Fd Rgt
1390:100th Anti-Aircraft Brigade
1219:), switching to supporting
1002:49th (West Riding) Division
715:British Expeditionary Force
706:' ended on 10 May with the
233:Lt-Col G.D. Fanshawe, DSO,
4220:
3021:, pp. 388–90, 402, 409–10.
2822:Sainsbury, Pt 1, pp. 82–4.
2792:Sainsbury, Pt 1, pp. 81–2.
2783:Sainsbury, Pt 1, pp. 78–9.
2765:Sainsbury, Pt 1, pp. 76–7.
2635:Sainsbury, Pt 1, pp. 58–9.
2385:Litchfield, pp. 1 & 5.
2013:
1874:Army Group Royal Artillery
738:arrived from the US under
665:85th (East Anglian) Fd Rgt
350:(TF), which had served in
335:
329:
292:North West Europe campaign
290:and served throughout the
4162:The Territorial Army 1947
3461:Rosse & Hill, p. 252.
2576:Titles & Designations
2433:Frederick, pp. 30–1, 522.
2401:Sainsbury, Pt 1, pp. 4–6.
2093:Lt-Col W.R.D. Robertson,
1849:British Army of the Rhine
1508:Sherwood Rangers Yeomanry
883:Slingsby, North Yorkshire
688:Royal Army Ordnance Corps
502:341 (St Albans) Field Bty
393:Yeomanry House, Hertford.
45:Royal Artillery cap badge
38:
4110:21 December 2020 at the
3998:Norman E.H. Litchfield,
3957:, London: Collins, 1960.
3731:Sainsbury, Pt 3, p. 221.
3706:Sainsbury, Pt 3, p. 208.
3678:Sainsbury, Pt 3, p. 194.
3669:Sainsbury, Pt 1, p. 150.
3608:Sainsbury, Pt 3, p. 239.
2813:Frederick, pp. 533, 541.
1634:15th (Scottish) Division
1581:Fife and Forfar Yeomanry
1442:44th Royal Tank Regiment
1364:51st (Highland) Division
1352:Guards Armoured Division
1159:Gloucestershire Regiment
1092:462 Bty – 5th Battalion
1083:341 Bty – 7th Battalion
799:F Trp (4 × 18/25-pdr) –
723:Linden Hall, Longhorsley
584:served on the notorious
505:342 (Hertford) Field Bty
477:Royal Army Service Corps
372:1st East Anglian Brigade
368:Northamptonshire Battery
145:Yeomanry House, Hertford
4047:Lt-Col J.D. Sainsbury,
3507:Litchfield, Appendix 5.
2893:Sainsbury, Pt 1, p. 94.
2617:Sainsbury, Pt 1, p. 19.
2608:Sainsbury, Pt 1, p. 46.
2229:Heritage and ceremonial
2198:Col Barré A.H. Goldie,
1985:BHQ and one section at
1971:BHQ and one section at
1801:2nd Derbyshire Yeomanry
1686:East Yorkshire Regiment
1624:, aiming to clear the
1577:3rd Royal Tank Regiment
1434:101st Airborne Division
1406:Operation Market Garden
1257:Saint-Pierre-la-Vieille
1094:East Yorkshire Regiment
945:. These were actually '
552:and then served in the
508:343 (Watford) Field Bty
302:, at the liberation of
176:Operation Market Garden
54:March 1920–1 April 1967
4194:Hertfordshire Yeomanry
4141:The Drill Hall Project
3872:The Battle of Normandy
3581:Litchfield, pp. 18–21.
3110:Horrocks, pp. 194–204.
2738:Sainsbury, Pt 1, p 75.
2459:Litchfield, pp. 101–3.
2097:, MC, TD, 1 April 1936
1735:
1479:82nd Airborne Division
1444:and a squadron of the
1269:11th Armoured Division
1221:43rd (Wessex) Division
1141:
1138:Fort Nelson, Hampshire
1134:Royal Armouries Museum
1064:
969:), it was assigned to
959:North African campaign
933:
925:
887:147th (Essex Yeomanry)
875:42nd Armoured Division
830:
750:
732:60-pounder medium guns
719:evacuated from Dunkirk
679:
495:
462:Royal Corps of Signals
433:Equipment and training
394:
344:Hertfordshire Yeomanry
332:Hertfordshire Yeomanry
131:42nd Armoured Division
4032:& Col E.R. Hill,
3891:The Defeat of Germany
3354:Horrocks, pp. 257–60.
3265:Horrocks, pp. 248–54.
3039:Horrocks, pp. 186–90.
2774:Farndale, pp. 99.–100
2599:Frederick, pp. 491–5.
2234:Uniforms and insignia
2169:Marquess of Salisbury
2104:, TD, 17 January 1939
1923:Anti-Aircraft Command
1744:5 Guards Armoured Bde
1733:
1682:Operation Blockbuster
1638:6 Guards Armoured Bde
1589:6th Airborne Division
1151:7th Armoured Division
1131:
1058:
931:
923:
828:
775:B Trp (2 × 60-pdr) –
748:
677:
546:Anti-Aircraft Command
544:had ended. It was in
493:
392:
356:Royal Field Artillery
4062:Col J.D. Sainsbury,
4013:Lt-Gen H.G. Martin,
3975:Lt-Col H.F. Joslen,
3452:Horrocks, pp. 262–6.
3443:, pp. 311, 316, 333.
3412:Horrocks, pp. 260–2.
3141:, pp. 37, 39–40, 43.
2249:Royal Armoured Corps
1646:Seaforth Highlanders
1477:, supporting the US
1189:south-east of Caen.
982:Landing craft, tanks
790:BHQ – Eastfield Hall
638:independently under
573:135th Field Regiment
3599:Frederick, p. 1039.
2964:Barnes, pp. 112–27.
2955:, pp. 230–1, 250–1.
2942:Barnes, pp. 102–12.
2728:Collier, Chapter 5.
2313:St Albans Cathedral
2285:Freedom of the City
2053:Commanding officers
2040:in 1976. Under the
1904:National Servicemen
1893:R Battery and LAD,
1622:Operation Veritable
1537:Battle of the Bulge
1373:75 mm main armament
1253:Le Plessis-Grimoult
768:Widdrington Station
754:RHQ – Acton House,
694:, 341 Bty occupied
298:, seeing action in
284:self-propelled guns
278:units recruited in
197:Invasion of Germany
3915:J.B.M. Frederick,
3806:IWM WMR Ref 49184.
3634:2013-08-10 at the
3390:Sainsbury, p. 145.
3381:Saunders pp. 65-7.
3066:Barnes, pp. 132–3.
3030:Essame, pp. 55–69.
2911:Barnes, pp. 74–90.
2844:, file WO 212/238.
2674:Farndale, Annex A.
2653:Frederick, p. 531.
2626:Frederick, p. 775.
2289:Borough of Bedford
2038:100 (Yeomanry) Rgt
1962:RHQ and HQ Bty at
1935:Welwyn Garden City
1845:Surrender of Japan
1760:Dortmund–Ems Canal
1736:
1416:via a 'carpet' of
1360:Belgian Resistance
1347:before nightfall.
1217:Operation Bluecoat
1198:Fontenay-le-Pesnel
1187:Operation Goodwood
1142:
1065:
967:Operation Overlord
957:(SP) guns for the
934:
926:
831:
819:Universal Carriers
751:
680:
542:Dunkirk evacuation
496:
443:4.5-inch howitzers
395:
270:(TA) formed after
167:Operation Bluecoat
163:Operation Goodwood
4042:978-1-52670-043-8
4023:978-1-78331-085-2
3845:978-0-9534262-0-1
3830:978-1-78331-813-1
3305:, pp. 272–3, 276.
3190:Horrocks, p. 236.
3168:Horrocks, p. 235.
2756:Farndale, p. 103.
2500:Monthly Army List
2334:brigadier-general
2161:Honorary Colonels
2155:Honorary Colonels
2066:Geoffrey Lawrence
1742:, which followed
1712:Operation Plunder
1659:II Canadian Corps
1650:Coldstream Guards
1496:Operation Clipper
1305:15th/19th Hussars
1265:Condé-sur-Noireau
1242:13th/18th Hussars
1179:Hottot-les-Bagues
1163:Tilly-sur-Seulles
937:Overlord Training
690:were billeted at
618:. Its former CO,
578:Fall of Singapore
469:Morris Commercial
427:Geoffrey Lawrence
348:Territorial Force
257:
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193:Operation Plunder
180:Operation Clipper
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805:162 Infantry Bde
803:, under command
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582:Prisoners of War
571:) began forming
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2236:
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2055:
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2018:
1948:
1878:Eastern Command
1866:
1861:
1708:
1652:advancing from
1614:
1561:29 Armoured Bde
1524:
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1418:airborne troops
1386:
1345:Port of Antwerp
1281:
1261:counter-battery
1194:33 Armoured Bde
1183:Operation Epsom
1126:
1053:
1033:Sicily Campaign
963:21st Army Group
943:Codford station
939:
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844:Salisbury Plain
835:Gloucestershire
736:75mm field guns
717:(BEF) had been
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4094:C.P. Stacey
3960:Eric Hunt,
3955:A Full Life
3949:Lt-Gen Sir
1973:Biggleswade
1942:abolished.
1915:AEC Matador
1822:Bremerhaven
1818:Bremervörde
1810:River Weser
1797:Delmenhorst
1341:Dendermonde
1246:Mont Pinçon
1109:Ver-sur-Mer
1037:Bournemouth
895:Scarborough
848:Sennybridge
713:By now the
702:Hall. The '
560:campaigns.
548:during the
485:Morris CDSW
352:World War I
272:World War I
189:Blockbuster
183:Operations
151:Engagements
141:Garrison/HQ
4173:Categories
3889:, Vol II:
3864:L.F. Ellis
3814:References
3101:, pp. 4–6.
2048:Commanders
1876:(AGRA) in
1789:River Hase
1628:up to the
1626:Reichswald
1612:Reichswald
1529:River Roer
1484:River Maas
1069:Gold Beach
899:Hungerford
839:Tewkesbury
740:Lend-Lease
704:Phoney War
684:Chelmsford
210:commanders
203:Commanders
4028:Capt the
3906:H. Essame
3870:, Vol I:
3241:Veritable
3181:, p. 161.
2999:, p. 334.
2347:St Albans
2319:Footnotes
2042:Army 2020
1993:Dunstable
1931:see above
1768:River Ems
1748:Oldenzaal
1725:Isselburg
1594:Wavreille
1475:Groesbeek
1410:Nederrijn
1238:Air burst
1174:Verrières
915:Wiltshire
903:Berkshire
879:Hovingham
864:Aldeburgh
700:Capheaton
649:Westleton
627:Miltiamen
620:Brigadier
569:see above
376:see below
316:Veritable
185:Veritable
135:XXX Corps
117:Batteries
4108:Archived
3930:Gen Sir
3904:Maj-Gen
3632:Archived
3544:Watson,
3139:Normandy
3086:Normandy
3019:Normandy
2997:Normandy
2984:Normandy
2953:Normandy
2922:Normandy
2873:Normandy
2299:Memorial
2279:Freedoms
1954:to form
1851:(BAOR).
1826:Cuxhaven
1785:Menslage
1756:Nordhorn
1752:Enschede
1663:Kangaroo
1557:Jodoigne
1522:Ardennes
1455:Nijmegen
1378:Wijnegem
1333:Brussels
1327:through
1317:Sergeant
1225:Cahagnes
1124:Normandy
913:Camp in
868:adjutant
860:XI Corps
801:Swarland
787:342 Bty
763:341 Bty
631:billeted
554:Tunisian
483:. A few
400:Hertford
300:Normandy
241:Insignia
96:Yeomanry
3546:TA 1947
3441:Germany
3439:Ellis,
3401:Germany
3399:Ellis,
3343:Germany
3341:Ellis,
3303:Germany
3301:Ellis,
3254:Germany
3252:Ellis,
3210:Germany
3208:Ellis,
3179:Germany
3177:Ellis,
3137:Ellis,
3099:Germany
3097:Ellis,
3084:Ellis,
3017:Ellis,
2995:Ellis,
2982:Ellis,
2951:Ellis,
2920:Ellis,
2871:Ellis,
2351:Watford
2261:Coronet
2100:Lt-Col
2082:Lt-Col
1982:Q Bty:
1968:P Bty:
1964:Bedford
1919:Bedford
1859:Postwar
1814:Hamburg
1805:152 Bde
1777:Typhoon
1706:Germany
1699:Sappers
1533:Louvain
1492:Sittard
1337:Scheldt
1329:Tournai
1301:Antwerp
1297:L'Aigle
1279:Antwerp
1229:Jurques
1213:Caumont
1006:Norwich
971:I Corps
947:Bishops
846:and at
727:Morpeth
725:, near
692:Whalton
661:Yoxford
653:Dunwich
558:Italian
420:Hitchin
312:Clipper
304:Antwerp
208:Notable
172:Antwerp
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1835:After
1772:Bremen
1764:Lingen
1721:Anholt
1565:Dinant
1488:Venray
1450:Veghel
1414:Arnhem
1402:Lommel
1398:Escaut
1321:Avelin
1309:Amiens
1289:Vernon
1120:road.
1118:Bayeux
1045:Romsey
1013:Sexton
998:70 Bde
990:Priest
986:Dorset
777:Ulgham
766:BHQ –
756:Felton
657:Orford
593:troops
326:Origin
318:, the
282:. Its
77:Branch
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51:Active
2578:1927.
2374:Notes
2186:Col
1987:Luton
1781:Berge
1691:Wesel
1675:Weeze
1654:Cleve
1630:Rhine
1606:Diest
1573:Givet
1549:Meuse
1545:Namur
1486:near
1440:with
1422:Grave
1394:Meuse
1313:Lille
1285:Seine
1233:Tiger
1200:with
1161:into
1105:D-Day
1051:D Day
669:cadre
550:Blitz
288:D Day
155:D Day
4092:Col
4083:ISBN
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