86th (East Anglian) (Hertfordshire Yeomanry) Field Regiment, Royal Artillery

1096:(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 1045: 1629:. 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 1720: 1312:; 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 1755:. 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 379: 1197:, 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. 468:(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 735: 699:; 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. 1703:). 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 910: 811:

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.

1499:... 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 3774: 918: 464:. However, the iron-tyred wooden wheels of the guns were not replaced, and towing speed was restricted to 8 miles (13 km) per hour. 344 Battery reached the finals of the annual King's Cup TA artillery competition that year – the only mechanised battery to do so – and won the trophy, despite one gun tractor overturning on the way to the competition leaving one gun with an improvised crew due to the injuries. In the 1930s the guns were towed at annual camp by lorries supplied by the 1454:, 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. 815: 480: 1593:); they were withdrawn on the night of 5/6 January, covered by an artillery programme. Wavreille and Chapel Hill were successfully cleared, Chapel Hill then being held by a squadron of 2nd FFY and the OP tank of 86th (HY) Fd Rgt with no infantry support during daylight. The enemy withdrew on 8 January and on 15 January XXX Corps was released from its commitments in the Ardennes. By 18 January 86th (HY) Fd Rgt was in a maintenance and training area near 30: 54: 71: 1409:. 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 1146:. That night the Germans counter-attacked with tanks, and the officer commanding (OC), Maj E.G. Scammell and the battery's OPs were involved in the grim night-fighting, bringing down fire support almost on top of themselves to drive the Germans off. E Troop's commander, Capt R.D. Turnbull, rallied some of the infantry and then set off by bicycle through the surrounding enemy to summon reinforcements. Next morning, 341 Bty supported 2nd 1174:(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 1797:

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

664: 1633:, though the brigade was unaware that this support was available. Next day, Guards Armoured and 43rd (W) Division were to pass through 15th (S) Division and 'flying columns', each with a battery of 86th (HY) Fd Rgt's Sextons attached, were supposed to fan out from the Materborn. However, mud, floods and traffic chaos prevented this from happening until 12 February, when 341 Bty supported 7th 1360:, 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 1237:. 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. 1118: 2248:`) 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 1471:

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

1154:, 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. 1044: 1743:(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 2260:; 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' 1507:; 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. 1747:, 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 2235:

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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The CO was Lt-Col R.D. Cribb (first commissioned in the 86th Fd Bde in 1928, who had served with other units during World War II) with Maj J.B. Morgan Smith (first commissioned in 86th Fd Bde in 1927, who had won a DSO with the regiment on D Day) as adjutant and the wartime 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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to protect 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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286 (Hertfordshire & Bedfordshire 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

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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

1568:(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 830:

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

434:, 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 1776:, 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 731:. 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: 2243:

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

2300:; there may be others who were simply listed as RA. A stone tablet commemorating the men of all four Hertfordshire Yeomanry artillery regiments who died during World War II was unveiled on 19 September 1954 in the War Memorial Chapel of 561: 1915: 522: 1288:. 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 418:, 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. 879: 718:

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

343:. 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 847:. 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 521:, 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 950:. 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 2320:

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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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T. Lightfoot, as one of the Permanent Staff Instructors. Several of the other officers and NCOs had wartime experience with 86th (HY) or 191st (H&EY) Fd Rgts. Most of the personnel in the 1950s were

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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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With no immediate prospect of overseas service, 54th (EA) Division was placed on a lower establishment in January 1942 and it became a source of men and units for other parts of the field force. When

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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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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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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

1068:, each supported by one SP field regiment (86th (HY) and 90th (CoL) respectively). Within 69 Bde, landing on 'King' Beach, 86th (HY) Fd Rgt's batteries were assigned as follows: 1009: 614:, was commander, RA, of 54th (EA) Division. About three weeks after mobilisation the regiment was brought up to its full establishment strength with a draft of 'Army Class I' 653: 4177: 553: 2018: 1792:, which were operating on the division's flanks and meeting patchy opposition. The regiment fired small fireplans to help clear the villages. A preliminary attack by 1369:. The leading reconnaissance elements of 51st (H) Division arrived at the end of 8 September, before the Germans realised how small the force in Antwerp really was. 1138:

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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Prior to World War I the HQs of the Hertfordshire Yeomanry and 4th (EA) Bde, RFA, had shared the site at St Andrew Street, Hertford; the Yeomanry squadrons at

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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

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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

3606: 1673:. 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 1589:

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

855:; 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 414:

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

1008:

carrying a dummy gun but increased wireless equipment; these were also used as battery and troop command posts (CPs). The regiment assisted

990: 1451: 723:(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 2054: 1573: 1194: 415: 202: 4018: 2293: 1892: 584:. 86th (HY) Field Rgt struggled with various rearrangements of its batteries, but on the outbreak of war it was organised as follows: 185: 4075: 4060: 4045: 3996: 3981: 3973: 3958: 3932: 3913: 3887: 3868: 1622: 487:

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

378: 368: 256: 74: 1898:

On 1 October 1954 the regiment was converted to medium artillery without changing its number or subtitle. It was now equipped with

311:

and the advance across Germany. The regiment continued in the postwar TA until 1967, and its successor battery continued to 2014.

2021:, in TAVR II. 286 (H&BY) Field Rgt also provided personnel to No 2 (Hertfordshire) and No 3 (Bedfordshire) Companies of the 1866: 360: 3521: 2203:

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

802:

Shortly afterwards the four 60-pdrs were handed back, resulting in two troops being without guns, but the first of the new

4139: 2231:'s 'gun' cap badge. However, from its formation all four batteries of the regiment also wore the Hertfordshire Yeomanry's 1606: 1488: 1190: 1650:

began pushing through the low ground between the Cleve–Calcar road and the Rhine. D Troop of 342 Bty found the Canadian

1248:, followed by a two-day battle for Point 229. 86th (HY) Field Rgt did little firing, but suffered a few casualties from 1225:

exposed position. During the night 86th (HY) Fd Rgt fired a complicated HF plan on likely enemy withdrawal routes using

883: 793: 446: 280: 115: 2325:. In the Territorials, unlike the Regulars, unit heritage is carried by the brigade/regiment, rather than the battery. 2188: 2083: 2058: 1732: 1413:

and 86th (HY) Fd Rgt was called forward to defend the flank of their long line of communications. 341 Battery went to

756: 223: 206: 1844:

began in the autumn, and the regiment was placed in suspended animation at Verden Barracks in BAOR on 10 April 1946.

909: 2322: 1862: 1324:–Antwerp road by nightfall. Next day (4 September) the regiment with 15th/19th Hussars covered the crossing of the 1017: 724: 608: 123: 1421:. On 20 September it claimed two of the six tanks knocked out attacking Zon before a reinforcement wave of the US 1837: 1496: 1378: 871: 848: 836: 676: 570: 456:

Partial mechanisation of the brigade began in July 1927, with 343 and 344 Btys replacing their horses with hired

930:

Shortly after arriving at Upton Lovell, the regiment was unexpectedly ordered to collect 24 'tanks' from nearby

426:

The establishment of a TA RFA brigade was four 4-gun horsedrawn batteries, three of the batteries equipped with

2149: 1569: 1437:. In the afternoon the town came under shellfire as a German battlegroup counter-attacked the vital bridges at 1430: 1352: 1340: 1185:

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

355:. The Yeomanry component supplied 3rd and 4th Hertfordshire Batteries. (The remainder of 4th (EA) Brigade, the 272: 133: 917: 2716: 1828:

86th (HY) Fd Rgt rejoined Guards Armoured Division in disarming German troops at Cuxhaven and then moved to

1789: 1674: 1565: 1422: 1394: 1245: 1082: 981:

SP guns. The first full run-in shoot, with all three batteries firing, was conducted in Kilbride Bay in the

931: 715: 296: 164: 2829:

Order of Battle of the Forces in the United Kingdom, Part 2: 21 Army Group, 24 July 1943, with amendments,

1748: 969:, which had been added to the regimental establishment. It also began training in amphibious assaults from 2062: 1899: 1467: 1126: 1122: 947: 744: 469: 457: 450: 427: 332: 320: 965:

The regiment carried out field firing with the new equipment on Salisbury Plain, with the OPs mounted in

2165: 1911: 1670: 1659: 1520:. When this operation was cancelled Guards Armoured was ordered on 16 December to begin to move back to 1397:. In 'Garden', the ground part of the operation, XXX Corps was to link up river crossings as far as the 710:

without its equipment. Anti-invasion defence became a priority and 86th (HY) Fd Rgt was concentrated at

534: 438:). After the Defence Force was stood down in July, the brigade attended its first annual training camp. 344: 177: 1759:. On 6 April the Scots/Welsh group with 341 Bty attempted to break out of the Lingen bridgehead on the 1296:, supported by the Sextons of 86th (HY) Fd Rgt. On the evening of 31 August the regiment drove through 851:, with 86th (HY) Fd Rgt in support of 163 Bde, which was responsible for beach defence from Dunwich to 671:

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

3966:

Orders of Battle, United Kingdom and Colonial Formations and Units in the Second World War, 1939–1945

2237: 1634: 1308:

Couzins of B Trp was ordered to take his Sexton forward and establish an outpost on the outskirts of

1253: 1252:(CB) fire. On 13 August the regiment switched back to 43rd (W) Division to force a river crossing at 1249: 1032:

on 4 May and the assault force went into its concentration areas: 86th (HY) Fd Rgt to Camp C14, near

431: 2524: 3925:

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

2273: 2161: 1829: 1769: 1723:

Sextons of 341 Bty supporting Guards Armoured Division from a position near Menslage, 9 April 1945.

1716:. Then it joined Guards Armoured Division, which began passing through the bridgehead on 30 March. 1682:, 8 miles (13 km) away. On the afternoon of 7 March the division resumed its advance with 2nd 1610: 1525: 1524:

for maintenance and training. However, that day the Germans launched their Ardennes Offensive (the

1241: 1016:

in converting directly from towed 25-pdrs to Sextons. 50th (N) Division had been brought back with

970: 304: 173: 3845:

History of the Second World War, United Kingdom Military Series: The Defence of the United Kingdom

1361: 1000:

In February 1944 86th (HY) Fd Rgt began re-equipping once more, this time with the Canadian-built

4086: 3843: 2277: 1923: 1833: 1410: 1348: 1205: 1186: 1175: 1001: 955: 935: 707: 530: 288: 155: 151: 1162: 814: 479: 4109:, London: War Office, 7 November 1927 (RA sections also summarised in Litchfield, Appendix IV). 866:

required a second field regiment, 86th (HY) Fd Rgt was assigned to it on 10 June, and moved to

4071: 4056: 4041: 4026: 4007: 3992: 3977: 3969: 3954: 3928: 3909: 3883: 3864: 3829: 3814: 2169: 1895:

fulfilling their reserve commitment, some of whom volunteered to remain in the TA afterwards.

1700: 1647: 1638: 1614: 1484: 1293: 1230: 1167: 1151: 807: 720: 566: 542: 461: 336: 308: 300: 181: 168: 105: 1450:; 341 Bty was brought up nearer to Veghel and both batteries, together with two batteries of 1200:

The regiment returned to 50th (N) Division on 28 July, and on 30 July began firing from near

4038:

The Hertfordshire Yeomanry Regiments, Royal Artillery, Part 1: The Field Regiments 1920-1946

2257: 2176: 2090: 1201: 895: 696: 657: 604: 526: 264: 218: 4100: 3920: 3624: 2228: 2072: 1809:, and against occasional targets as the division advanced through crumbling resistance to 1752: 1709: 1491:

under XXX Corps. This division had no combat experience, and XXX Corps' commander, Lt-Gen

1406: 1381:, but the area was quiet. On 15 September it moved to a gun area immediately south of the 1333: 1171: 1021: 951: 844: 832: 823: 645: 611: 442: 210: 147: 94: 70: 29: 4148: 3826:

The Sign of the Double 'T' (The 50th Northumbrian Division – July 1943 to December 1944)

3532: 1272:

11th Armoured Division was then rested while 43rd (W) Division forced a crossing of the

3939: 3794: 2352: 2076: 1841: 1806: 1765: 1691:

observed the two Rhine bridges being blown up as the German bridgehead was eliminated.

1590: 1504: 1492: 1434: 1426: 1414: 1261: 1234: 1229:, ground burst and smoke ammunition. From 4 August the regiment supported the tanks of 1143: 1029: 982: 939: 623: 214: 59: 2240:

and wore the silver Hart badge on it. They were forced to give these up in late 1945.

1906:

gun tractors. 286 Medium Rgt Trp, Royal Signals, joined from 61 HQ Signal Regiment at

1879:

Q Battery at St Andrew House, Hertford (D Trp at Harpenden Road, St Albans, from 1953)

4161: 3894: 3839: 2261: 1927: 1704: 1699:

Having closed up to the Rhine, 21st Army Group now prepared for an assault crossing (

1658:. Over the following days the regiment was almost constantly on call as 15th (S) and 1500: 1073: 1049: 966: 684: 632: 574: 518: 268: 3876:

History of the Second World War, United Kingdom Military Series: Victory in the West

3857:

History of the Second World War, United Kingdom Military Series: Victory in the West

239: 3852: 2297: 1683: 1557: 1552:

then arrived from 11th Armoured Division to create another stop line from Namur to

1541: 1418: 1344: 1313: 1277: 1005: 993:

on the Suffolk coast in November, before the regiment went into winter quarters in

899: 840: 284: 1121:

A Sexton SP gun in the markings of 50th (Northumbrian) Division, displayed at the

663: 529:

and the personnel were evacuated from western France almost three weeks after the

1161:

on 13 June, 50th (N) Division continued its attacks on Tilly-sur-Seulles and the

4082: 2232: 1961: 1903: 1810: 1785: 1756: 1503:

was captured next day. But the fighting bogged down amongst the defences of the

1462:

462 and 341 Btys, later joined by 342 Bty, had taken up positions in woods near

1329: 1097: 1025: 473: 340: 260: 4068:

Battleground Europe: Operation Plunder: The British and Canadian Rhine Crossing

1472: 1417:

with the 15th/19th Hussars and on arrival helped to disperse an attack by six

1292:, with its open left flank guarded by the divisional reconnaissance regiment, 1285: 1281: 1057: 887: 827: 728: 692: 672: 2236:

armoured artillery, the regiment unofficially adopted the black beret of the

2200:

Brig R.N. Hanbury, CBE, TD, former Hon Col of 479 (H) HAA Rgt, appointed 1957

667:

54th (East Anglian) Division's formation sign, adopted in the Spring of 1940.

2335: 2030: 1981: 1869:. The regiment began recruiting on 14 June with the following organisation: 1736: 1713: 1582: 1463: 1398: 1332:

and then protected the division's flank as its leading elements entered the

1260:, which was given the task of pursuing the enemy as they fled to escape the 1226: 978: 903: 891: 867: 852: 803: 688: 637: 538: 253:

86th (East Anglian) (Hertfordshire Yeomanry) Field Regiment, Royal Artillery

3882:, London: HM Stationery Office, 1968/Uckfield: Naval & Military, 2004, 3863:, London: HM Stationery Office, 1962/Uckfield: Naval & Military, 2004, 2179:, former CO of the Hertfordshire Yeomanry and Hon Col from 1916 (died 1930) 1117: 347:(RFA) and amalgamated with the 1st and 2nd Hertfordshire Batteries of the 3968:, London: HM Stationery Office, 1960/London: London Stamp Exchange, 1990, 3848:, London: HM Stationery Office, 1957/Uckfield: Naval & Military, 2004, 2227:

Upon conversion from yeomanry to artillery, the regiment had to adopt the

1233:

with 43rd (W) Division as they attacked towards the dominating heights of

822:

In March 1941 54th (EA) Division left its coast defence role and moved to

4006:, Edinburgh: Blackwood, 1948/Uckfield: Naval & Military Press, 2014, 1814: 1773: 1744: 1740: 1545: 1443: 1366: 1321: 1305: 1264:. The guns did little firing because of the speed of the German retreat. 1213: 856: 789: 449:. The brigade also had an affiliated section of 54th Divisional Signals, 388: 84: 4119: 3989:

The Territorial Artillery 1908–1988 (Their Lineage, Uniforms and Badges)

2272:

286 (Hertfordshire & Bedfordshire Yeomanry) Fd Rgt was granted the

1857:

When the TA was reconstituted in 1947, 86th (HY) Fd Rgt was reformed as

1528:) and next day the division was sent to establish a 'stop line' between 738:

Gunners sponging out an 18/25-pounder Mk V P during exercises in the UK.

4107:

Titles and Designations of Formations and Units of the Territorial Army

4055:, Welwyn: Hertfordshire Yeomanry and Artillery Trust/Hart Books, 2003, 4040:, Welwyn: Hertfordshire Yeomanry and Artillery Trust/Hart Books, 1999, 2339: 2249: 1952: 1907: 1802: 1521: 1480: 1446:. Shortly after it passed through, the road was cut between Veghel and 1386: 1325: 1317: 1289: 1221: 1217: 994: 680: 656:. With the regiment now over establishment, it was ordered to supply a 649: 641: 483:

A modernised 18-pdr Mark V gun being towed by a Morris tractor in 1938.

408: 398:

341 (Hertfordshire) Battery at Riding School, Harpenden Road, St Albans

292: 160: 4129: 3927:, Woolwich: Royal Artillery Institution, 1988/London: Brasseys, 1996, 2206:

Brig R.N. Hanbury, reappointed to 286 (H&BY) Fd Rgt 1 January 1963

2025:(Territorials) in TAVR III. 100 (Eastern) Medium Rgt was redesignated 1605:

Lieutenant-Col Fanshawe had been promoted to become commander, RA, of

1425:

arrived by parachute and glider. On 21 September 342 Bty moved up to

818:

25-pounder gun and Quad gun tractor on exercise in the UK, March 1941.

4124: 2355:, so 86th (HY) Fd Rgt switched to Churchills for its CP and OP tanks. 1825: 1760: 1687: 1556:; it arrived without artillery, so 342 and 462 Btys were assigned to 1553: 1476: 1438: 1402: 1390: 1309: 1297: 1106: 1033: 974: 765: 619: 4092:

The Victory Campaign – The Operations in North-West Europe 1944–1945

2342:

moved to join the artillery batteries at their existing drill halls.

2049:

86th (East Anglian) (Hertfordshire Yeomanry) Field Brigade/Regiment

4134: 2296:(CWGC) lists 50 members of the regiment who died on service during 954:

was formed in July to prepare for the Allied invasion of Normandy (

2197:

Maj-Gen G.D. Fanshawe, DSO, OBE, former CO, appointed January 1952

1975: 1798: 1718: 1679: 1663: 1642: 1618: 1594: 1561: 1537: 1533: 1382: 1301: 1273: 1116: 1093: 1043: 916: 908: 813: 733: 662: 644:, while 342 Bty took over Redgrave Hall (later at Sudbourne Hall, 581: 478: 377: 276: 143: 2129:

286th (Hertfordshire & Bedfordshire Yeomanry) Field Regiment

3813:, Germany: BAOR, 1947/Uckfield: Naval and Military Press, 2021, 1922:). As a result, the batteries at Hitchin and Hertford merged at 1777: 1655: 1517: 1479:. On 10/11 November the regiment made a long night move to near 1447: 1102: 826:

to come under GHQ Reserve; 86th (HY) Fd Rgt was billeted in the

4094:, Ottawa: Queen's Printer & Controller of Stationery, 1960. 4025:, London: Geoffrey Bles, 1956/Barnsley: Pen & Sword, 2017, 3811:

British Army of the Rhine Battlefield Tour: Operation Veritable

859:

before the war. It also began receiving its 25-pdr Mk II guns.

21:

86th (East Anglian) (Hertfordshire Yeomanry) Field Regiment, RA

1935:

286 (Hertfordshire & Bedfordshire Yeomanry) Field Regiment

1529: 1442:

drive through Sint-Oedenrode and Grave to go into action near

985:

on 15 October. There was further training in conjunction with

4088:

Official History of the Canadian Army in the Second World War

2191:, TD, former CO of 86th Field Bde, appointed 21 February 1931 1780:

on 11 April, accompanied by 86th (HY) Fd Rgt's OP on foot.

3607:

Hertfordshire & Bedfordshire Yeomanry at Regiments.org.

2033:

plan, this unit was placed in suspended animation in 2014.

782:

D Trp (2 × 60-pdr) – Easthouses Farm, under command 341 Bty

591:

341 (St Albans) Battery (A, B, C Trps) – 4.5-inch howitzers

2015:

201 (Hertfordshire & Bedfordshire Yeomanry) Medium Bty

1861:, as a towed 25-pounder unit forming part of 89th (Field) 523:

79th (Hertfordshire Yeomanry) Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment

1945:

286 (Hertfordshire & Bedfordshire Yeomanry) Field Rgt

1836:

in August ended these plans and the regiment remained in

1669:

The Reichswald offensive was renewed on 26 February with

1487:. Part of this operation was to be carried out by the US 1347:. This left 86th (HY) Fd Rgt and the 'White Army' of the 373:

86th (East Anglian) (Hertfordshire Yeomanry) Brigade, RFA

4004:

The History of the Fifteenth Scottish Division 1939–1945

898:. On completion of the exercise the regiment moved into 476:

gun tractors were issued to TA batteries in early 1939.

407:

344 (Hertfordshire) Battery (Howitzer) at Bearton Camp,

2252:

of fleurs-de-lis in yellow on a royal blue background.

2213:, appointed to 286th (H&BY) Fd Rgt 26 December 1964 1926:

with the LAD, and the former 479 HAA Rgt drill hall at

1768:

aircraft. On 8 April the Coldstream group pushed on to

1662:

divisions leapfrogged forwards short distances towards

2152:

were appointed when the unit was established in 1920:

1914:

was abolished on 10 March 1955, the regiment absorbed

1181:

By then 86th (HY) Fd Rgt had been switched to support

622:

nearby, then on 20 October advance parties set out to

618:. Training continued at the drill halls, with the men 404:

343 (Hertfordshire) Battery at Clarendon Hall, Watford

275:

were among the first artillery to land in Normandy on

1876:

P Battery at Harpenden Road and Abbey Camp, St Albans

4193:

Military units and formations disestablished in 1946

3645: 3643: 3641: 1772:, then on 9 April the Scots/Welsh group led towards 1056:

Under the Overlord plan 50th (N) Division landed on

1052:

as part of a series on 50th (Northumbrian) Division.

4142:

Land Forces of Britain, the Empire and Commonwealth

2703: 2701: 234: 229: 196: 191: 139: 129: 111: 100: 90: 80: 65: 47: 39: 20: 1939:On 1 April 1961 the regiment was amalgamated with 1788:. The regiment's OPs joined 13th/18th Hussars and 4188:Military units and formations established in 1938 3828:, Market Weighton: Sentinel Press, 2nd Edn 2008, 3480: 3478: 3476: 3474: 375:, with the following organisation and locations: 3707: 3705: 3703: 3701: 3691: 3689: 3687: 3677: 3675: 3673: 2584: 2582: 2542: 2540: 2538: 2536: 2534: 2532: 1393:, ready to take part in the opening barrage for 839:. In between, it was housed at a tented camp at 660:to form a new regiment, but this was cancelled. 3908:, Vol II, Wakefield: Microform Academic, 1984, 3618:Summary of Reserve Structure and Basing Changes 2183:Thereafter the following served in the office: 2172:, TD, Hon Col of 4th East Anglian Bde from 1909 880:191st (Hertfordshire and Essex Yeomanry) Fd Rgt 749:LAD and B Echelon – Campbell's Farm, Old Felton 327:4th East Anglian Brigade, Royal Field Artillery 23:286 (Hertfordshire Yeomanry) Field Regiment, RA 4173:Military units and formations in Hertfordshire 2418: 2416: 2139:Acting Lt-Col C.W.S. Runham, TD, 1 August 1966 2109:286th (Hertfordshire Yeomanry) Field Regiment 3976:/Uckfield: Naval & Military Press, 2003, 3906:Lineage Book of British Land Forces 1660–1978 2555:Sainsbury, Pt 1, pp. 15–7, 34–41, Appendix 4. 2414: 2412: 2410: 2408: 2406: 2404: 2402: 2400: 2398: 2396: 235:Hertfordshire Yeomanry collar and beret badge 8: 2460: 2458: 2456: 2454: 2444: 2442: 2440: 2438: 2436: 2434: 2432: 2430: 2428: 2386: 2384: 2382: 2380: 2276:of St Albans in 1962 and the Freedom of the 2013:(TAVR) on 1 April 1967, the regiment became 1727:86th (HY) Field Rgt was assigned to support 4135:Imperial War Museum, War Memorials Register 3566: 3564: 3562: 2789: 2787: 2682: 2680: 2678: 2102:Maj R.G. Gordon-Finlayson, 27 December 1944 1853:286 (Hertfordshire Yeomanry) Field Regiment 1625:, directly supporting its attached armour, 1576:patrolling towards Bure. On 1 January 1945 1157:After 7th Armoured Division failed to take 1142:took the lead, with 462 Bty supporting 2nd 4125:Commonwealth War Graves Commission records 3951:Battleground Europe: Normandy: Mont Pinçon 3492: 3490: 921:A Priest SP gun during training in the UK. 894:, before retiring to a defensive 'box' in 387:Headquarters (HQ) at 27 St Andrew Street, 335:was a cavalry unit of Britain's part-time 4178:Military units and formations in Hertford 4023:The Story of the Guards Armoured Division 2005:100th (Yeomanry) Regiment Royal Artillery 1884:Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers 1343:in the bridgehead it had seized over the 569:in February 1942. Many of the regiment's 3522:266–288 Rgts RA at British Army 1945 on. 3517: 3515: 3513: 3511: 2659: 2657: 2514:Hertfordshire Yeomanry at Regiments.org. 2046:The following served as CO of the unit: 1320:at about 15.00 and were across the main 3899:The 43rd Wessex Division at War 1944–45 2509: 2507: 2505: 2503: 2501: 2499: 2497: 2367: 2313: 2099:Lt-Col G.D. Fanshawe, OBE, January 1942 2023:Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment 1817:. Hostilities ended on 5 May after the 460:Series D six-wheeled lorries acting as 401:342 (Hertfordshire) Battery at Hertford 4168:Field regiments of the Royal Artillery 3321:Stacey, pp. 491, 494, 496, 515, 520–1. 3037:Hunt, pp. 35–46, 57–61, 77–83, 93–130. 2484: 2482: 2480: 2478: 2476: 2474: 2472: 2470: 2256:Bty of 52nd (BY) Heavy Rgt during the 2136:Lt-Col J.D. Bolton, TD, 1 January 1963 2068:Lt-Col Barré A.H. Goldie, 1 April 1926 2011:Territorial and Army Volunteer Reserve 1916:479th (Hertfordshire Yeomanry) HAA Rgt 1859:286 (Hertfordshire Yeomanry) Field Rgt 1739:before dark. The column drove through 942:chassis, which had been improvised as 785:E Trp (4 × 18/25-pdr) – Eastfield Hall 367:.) When the TF was reorganised as the 17: 2019:100 (Eastern) Medium Rgt (Volunteers) 1941:305 (Bedfordshire Yeomanry) Light Rgt 1587:13th (Lancashire) Parachute Battalion 1351:to defend the whole of Antwerp until 1078:342 Bty – 6th Battalion Green Howards 594:342 (Hertford) Battery (D, E, F Trps) 554:84th (1st East Anglian) Field Brigade 517:The TA was doubled in size after the 7: 3991:, Nottingham: Sherwood Press, 1992, 2113:Lt-Col R.D. Cribb, TD, 30 April 1947 1918:, descended from 343 (Watford) Bty ( 1280:; 86th (HY) Fd Rgt was quartered at 806:gun tractors arrived, together with 697:German invasion of the Low Countries 255:, was a unit of Britain's part-time 4070:, Barnsley: Pen & Sword, 2006, 3729:Sainsbury, Pt 1, pp. 47, 84–5, 151. 2351:6 Guards Armoured Brigade operated 1801:, coming into action at the Bremen– 1621:. 86th (HY) Fd Rgt was assigned to 1195:144th Regiment Royal Armoured Corps 761:A Trp (4 × 75mm) – Northsteads Farm 203:Geoffrey Lawrence, 1st Baron Oaksey 3579:Sainsbury, Pt 3, pp. 213–6, 222–7. 2294:Commonwealth War Graves Commission 2116:Lt-Col D.E. Newton, TD, 1 May 1951 1819:German surrender at Lüneburg Heath 1637:and a squadron of 4th Armoured Bn 962:as a SP field artillery regiment. 938:', 25-pdr Mk II guns mounted on a 878:provided the cadres to form a new 565:regiment had been captured at the 14: 3281:Stacey, pp. 469, 476, 482–3, 490. 3232:, pp. 30, 39, 70–1, 84, 108, 117. 2736:Sainsbury, Pt 1, pp. 19–20, 74–5. 2576:Sainsbury, Pt 1, pp. 17–9, 42–55. 2133:Lt-Col K. Lomas, TD, 1 April 1961 2122:Lt-Col A.H. Watts, TD, 1 May 1957 2105:Lt-Col R.C. Symonds, 2 April 1945 2017:, based at Marsh Road, Luton, in 2009:When the TA was reduced into the 1991:BHQ and one section at Sty Albans 1966:One section at Welwyn Garden City 1947:with the following organisation: 1389:Canal, with OPs in the houses of 1204:in support of a fresh offensive ( 771:C Trp (4 × 75mm) – Houndalee Farm 436:86th Brigade, RFA (Defence Force) 3547:Sainsbury, Pt 3, pp. 195, 197–8. 3505:Sainsbury, Pt 3, pp. 193–5, 200. 2831:The National Archives (TNA), Kew 2091:Sir Patrick Coghill, 6th Baronet 2073:Sir Geoffrey Church, 2nd Baronet 1999:LAD, REME, at Welwyn Garden City 1886:(REME), at Bearton Camp, Hitchin 913:A Bishop SP gun in North Africa. 640:, to cover possible landings at 612:Sir Geoffrey Church, 2nd Baronet 605:Sir Patrick Coghill, 6th Baronet 238: 219:Sir Patrick Coghill, 6th Baronet 211:Sir Geoffrey Church, 2nd Baronet 69: 52: 28: 4120:British Army units from 1945 on 3901:, London: William Clowes, 1952. 2851:Sainsbury, Pt 1, pp. 27, 88–93. 2525:Hertford at Drill Hall Project. 2464:Sainsbury, Pt 1, pp. 1–4, 31–6. 2119:Lt-Col G.A. Loveday, 1 May 1954 4144:– Regiments.org (archive site) 3953:, Barnsley: Leo Cooper, 2003, 3635:Sainsbury, pp. 81–2, 131, 146. 2842:Sainsbury, Pt 1, pp. 25, 84–7. 2672:Sainsbury, Pt 1, pp. 60–5, 71. 2282:Municipal Borough of Dunstable 525:. This regiment served in the 441:The RFA was subsumed into the 1: 3681:Sainsbury, Pt 3, pp. 199–201. 3410:Rosse & Hill, pp. 222–52. 3352:Rosse & Hill, pp. 219–22. 3303:Rosse & Hill, pp. 204–15. 2651:Sainsbury, Pt 1, pp. 153–214. 2096:Lt-Col R.S. Wade, 28 May 1941 1988:R (South Hertfordshire) Bty: 1191:1st Northamptonshire Yeomanry 588:Regimental Headquarters (RHQ) 500:344 (Hitchin) Field Bty (How) 353:3rd East Anglian Brigade, RFA 349:4th East Anglian Brigade, RFA 3756:Sainsbury, Pt 3, pp. 218–21. 3649:Sainsbury, Pt 3, Appendix 3. 3556:Sainsbury, Pt 3, pp. 203–13. 3484:Frederick, pp. 1001–3, 1017. 3468:Sainsbury, Pt 1, pp. 148–52. 3419:Sainsbury, Pt 1, pp. 139–46. 3210:Rosse & Hill, pp. 184–5. 3139:Sainsbury, Pt 1, pp. 115–22. 3064:Sainsbury, Pt 1, pp. 108–10. 2891:Sainsbury, Pt 1, pp. 94–100. 2820:Sainsbury, Pt 1, pp. 25, 84. 2707:Sainsbury, Pt 1, Appendix 3. 2633:Sainsbury, Pt 2, pp. 27–114. 2546:Sainsbury, Pt 1, Appendix 2. 2065:, appointed 16 February 1920 1994:One section at Croxley Green 1574:61st Reconnaissance Regiment 1060:with two infantry brigades, 1014:50th (Northumbrian) Division 1010:90th (City of London) Fd Rgt 447:54th (East Anglian) Division 263:from existing artillery and 116:54th (East Anglian) Division 3785:Sainsbury, Pt 2, pp. 204–5. 3765:Sainsbury, Pt 3, pp. 243–4. 3747:Sainsbury, Pt 3, pp. 240–3. 3738:Sainsbury, Pt 3, pp. 196–7. 3711:Sainsbury, Pt 3, pp. 216–7. 3459:Sainsbury, Pt 1, pp. 146–8. 3361:Sainsbury, Pt 1, pp. 137–9. 3312:Sainsbury, Pt 1, pp. 135–7. 3272:Sainsbury, Pt 1, pp. 131–5. 3263:Martin, pp. 225–46, 254–70. 3219:Sainsbury, Pt 1, pp. 127–3. 3188:Sainsbury, Pt 1, pp. 125–7. 3148:Sainsbury, Pt 1, pp. 122–5. 3117:Sainsbury, Pt 1, pp. 114–5. 3108:Sainsbury, Pt 1, pp. 110–4. 3046:Sainsbury, Pt 1, pp. 106–8. 2997:Sainsbury, Pt 1, pp. 104–6. 2962:Sainsbury, Pt 1, pp. 102–4. 2922:Sainsbury, Pt 1, pp. 100–1. 2695:Sainsbury, Pt 1, pp. 68–73. 2125:Lt-Col K. Lomas, 1 May 1960 1910:, on 1 November 1954. When 1452:124th (Northumbrian) Fd Rgt 1379:100th Anti-Aircraft Brigade 1208:), switching to supporting 991:49th (West Riding) Division 704:British Expeditionary Force 695:' ended on 10 May with the 222:Lt-Col G.D. Fanshawe, DSO, 4209: 3010:, pp. 388–90, 402, 409–10. 2811:Sainsbury, Pt 1, pp. 82–4. 2781:Sainsbury, Pt 1, pp. 81–2. 2772:Sainsbury, Pt 1, pp. 78–9. 2754:Sainsbury, Pt 1, pp. 76–7. 2624:Sainsbury, Pt 1, pp. 58–9. 2374:Litchfield, pp. 1 & 5. 2002: 1863:Army Group Royal Artillery 727:arrived from the US under 654:85th (East Anglian) Fd Rgt 339:(TF), which had served in 324: 318: 281:North West Europe campaign 279:and served throughout the 4151:The Territorial Army 1947 3450:Rosse & Hill, p. 252. 2565:Titles & Designations 2422:Frederick, pp. 30–1, 522. 2390:Sainsbury, Pt 1, pp. 4–6. 2082:Lt-Col W.R.D. Robertson, 1838:British Army of the Rhine 1497:Sherwood Rangers Yeomanry 872:Slingsby, North Yorkshire 677:Royal Army Ordnance Corps 491:341 (St Albans) Field Bty 382:Yeomanry House, Hertford. 34:Royal Artillery cap badge 27: 4099:21 December 2020 at the 3987:Norman E.H. Litchfield, 3946:, London: Collins, 1960. 3720:Sainsbury, Pt 3, p. 221. 3695:Sainsbury, Pt 3, p. 208. 3667:Sainsbury, Pt 3, p. 194. 3658:Sainsbury, Pt 1, p. 150. 3597:Sainsbury, Pt 3, p. 239. 2802:Frederick, pp. 533, 541. 1623:15th (Scottish) Division 1570:Fife and Forfar Yeomanry 1431:44th Royal Tank Regiment 1353:51st (Highland) Division 1341:Guards Armoured Division 1148:Gloucestershire Regiment 1081:462 Bty – 5th Battalion 1072:341 Bty – 7th Battalion 788:F Trp (4 × 18/25-pdr) – 712:Linden Hall, Longhorsley 573:served on the notorious 494:342 (Hertford) Field Bty 466:Royal Army Service Corps 361:1st East Anglian Brigade 357:Northamptonshire Battery 134:Yeomanry House, Hertford 4036:Lt-Col J.D. Sainsbury, 3496:Litchfield, Appendix 5. 2882:Sainsbury, Pt 1, p. 94. 2606:Sainsbury, Pt 1, p. 19. 2597:Sainsbury, Pt 1, p. 46. 2218:Heritage and ceremonial 2187:Col Barré A.H. Goldie, 1974:BHQ and one section at 1960:BHQ and one section at 1790:2nd Derbyshire Yeomanry 1675:East Yorkshire Regiment 1613:, aiming to clear the 1566:3rd Royal Tank Regiment 1423:101st Airborne Division 1395:Operation Market Garden 1246:Saint-Pierre-la-Vieille 1083:East Yorkshire Regiment 934:. These were actually ' 541:and then served in the 497:343 (Watford) Field Bty 291:, at the liberation of 165:Operation Market Garden 43:March 1920–1 April 1967 4183:Hertfordshire Yeomanry 4130:The Drill Hall Project 3861:The Battle of Normandy 3570:Litchfield, pp. 18–21. 3099:Horrocks, pp. 194–204. 2727:Sainsbury, Pt 1, p 75. 2448:Litchfield, pp. 101–3. 2086:, MC, TD, 1 April 1936 1724: 1468:82nd Airborne Division 1433:and a squadron of the 1258:11th Armoured Division 1210:43rd (Wessex) Division 1130: 1127:Fort Nelson, Hampshire 1123:Royal Armouries Museum 1053: 958:), it was assigned to 948:North African campaign 922: 914: 876:147th (Essex Yeomanry) 864:42nd Armoured Division 819: 739: 721:60-pounder medium guns 708:evacuated from Dunkirk 668: 484: 451:Royal Corps of Signals 422:Equipment and training 383: 333:Hertfordshire Yeomanry 321:Hertfordshire Yeomanry 120:42nd Armoured Division 4021:& Col E.R. Hill, 3880:The Defeat of Germany 3343:Horrocks, pp. 257–60. 3254:Horrocks, pp. 248–54. 3028:Horrocks, pp. 186–90. 2763:Farndale, pp. 99.–100 2588:Frederick, pp. 491–5. 2223:Uniforms and insignia 2158:Marquess of Salisbury 2093:, TD, 17 January 1939 1912:Anti-Aircraft Command 1733:5 Guards Armoured Bde 1722: 1671:Operation Blockbuster 1627:6 Guards Armoured Bde 1578:6th Airborne Division 1140:7th Armoured Division 1120: 1047: 920: 912: 817: 764:B Trp (2 × 60-pdr) – 737: 666: 535:Anti-Aircraft Command 533:had ended. It was in 482: 381: 345:Royal Field Artillery 4051:Col J.D. Sainsbury, 4002:Lt-Gen H.G. Martin, 3964:Lt-Col H.F. Joslen, 3441:Horrocks, pp. 262–6. 3432:, pp. 311, 316, 333. 3401:Horrocks, pp. 260–2. 3130:, pp. 37, 39–40, 43. 2238:Royal Armoured Corps 1635:Seaforth Highlanders 1466:, supporting the US 1178:south-east of Caen. 971:Landing craft, tanks 779:BHQ – Eastfield Hall 627:independently under 562:135th Field Regiment 3588:Frederick, p. 1039. 2953:Barnes, pp. 112–27. 2944:, pp. 230–1, 250–1. 2931:Barnes, pp. 102–12. 2717:Collier, Chapter 5. 2302:St Albans Cathedral 2274:Freedom of the City 2042:Commanding officers 2029:in 1976. Under the 1893:National Servicemen 1882:R Battery and LAD, 1611:Operation Veritable 1526:Battle of the Bulge 1362:75 mm main armament 1242:Le Plessis-Grimoult 757:Widdrington Station 743:RHQ – Acton House, 683:, 341 Bty occupied 287:, seeing action in 273:self-propelled guns 267:units recruited in 186:Invasion of Germany 3904:J.B.M. Frederick, 3795:IWM WMR Ref 49184. 3623:2013-08-10 at the 3379:Sainsbury, p. 145. 3370:Saunders pp. 65-7. 3055:Barnes, pp. 132–3. 3019:Essame, pp. 55–69. 2900:Barnes, pp. 74–90. 2833:, file WO 212/238. 2663:Farndale, Annex A. 2642:Frederick, p. 531. 2615:Frederick, p. 775. 2278:Borough of Bedford 2027:100 (Yeomanry) Rgt 1951:RHQ and HQ Bty at 1924:Welwyn Garden City 1834:Surrender of Japan 1749:Dortmund–Ems Canal 1725: 1405:via a 'carpet' of 1349:Belgian Resistance 1336:before nightfall. 1206:Operation Bluecoat 1187:Fontenay-le-Pesnel 1176:Operation Goodwood 1131: 1054: 956:Operation Overlord 946:(SP) guns for the 923: 915: 820: 808:Universal Carriers 740: 669: 531:Dunkirk evacuation 485: 432:4.5-inch howitzers 384: 259:(TA) formed after 156:Operation Bluecoat 152:Operation Goodwood 4031:978-1-52670-043-8 4012:978-1-78331-085-2 3834:978-0-9534262-0-1 3819:978-1-78331-813-1 3294:, pp. 272–3, 276. 3179:Horrocks, p. 236. 3157:Horrocks, p. 235. 2745:Farndale, p. 103. 2489:Monthly Army List 2323:brigadier-general 2150:Honorary Colonels 2144:Honorary Colonels 2055:Geoffrey Lawrence 1731:, which followed 1701:Operation Plunder 1648:II Canadian Corps 1639:Coldstream Guards 1485:Operation Clipper 1294:15th/19th Hussars 1254:Condé-sur-Noireau 1231:13th/18th Hussars 1168:Hottot-les-Bagues 1152:Tilly-sur-Seulles 926:Overlord Training 679:were billeted at 607:. 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