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5th Royal Tank Regiment

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In 2007, an image of a 1944 tank commander in the 5th Royal Tank Regiment uniform was used on one of a series of
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The 5th Royal Tank Regiment Reunion Association holds annual reunions.
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in existence for 52 years, from 1917 until 1969. It was part of the
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In December 1946, the regiment was the first to use
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5th Royal Tank Regiment Reunion Association website
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Index

British Army
Regiment
Royal Armoured Corps
armoured
regiment
British Army
Royal Tank Regiment
Royal Armoured Corps
Battle of Cambrai
First World War
Second World War
1940 retreat from France
Western Desert Campaign
Normandy
into Germany
22nd Armoured Brigade
7th Armoured Division
Centurion tanks
Hugo Ironside
8th Royal Tank Regiment
Royal mail
incomplete
adding missing items
Allan Taylor
Hugo Ironside
Richard Lawson
The Centurion Tank
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ISBN
1-86126-701-0

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