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Dad in the army WWII
Remembering my Dad, who served in WWII.
Training in Scotland, then engaged in North Africa, Italy and Austria. Was at Monte Cassino, Italy. Lance Corporal Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers, 26 Armoured Brigade Workshop Company, 6th Armoured Division.
Military conduct: Exemplary
news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/3487075.stm
15th August 2020 marked the 75th anniversary of the end of WWII.
Training in Scotland, then engaged in North Africa, Italy and Austria. Was at Monte Cassino, Italy. Lance Corporal Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers, 26 Armoured Brigade Workshop Company, 6th Armoured Division.
Military conduct: Exemplary
news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/3487075.stm
15th August 2020 marked the 75th anniversary of the end of WWII.
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26th Armoured Brigade (1940-45)
•16th/5th Lancers
•17th/21st Lancers
•2nd Lothian and Border Horse
•10th The Rifle Brigade
The 17th/21st Lancers was a cavalry regiment of the British Army from 1922 to 1993.
On the outbreak of war, the regiment immediately transferred back to the UK, acting under 1st Motor Machine Gun Brigade in the summer of 1940, and then under 26th Armoured Brigade in 6th Armoured Division later in the year. A group of personnel from the regiment were detached in December to form the cadre of the 24th Lancers.
In November 1942, the division was deployed to Tunisia after Operation Torch. Now equipped with Valentine tanks, the regiment saw action for some time, including taking heavy losses defending Thala in the Battle of the Kasserine Pass in February 1943 - all but twelve tanks were put out of action. After this the regiment was withdrawn, and equipped with M4 Sherman tanks. In April, an attempt to take the Fondouk Pass again put most of the regiment out of action.
The 6th Armoured Division deployed to Italy in March 1944, and fought to breach the Gustav Line. The regiment advanced to the Gothic Line, and spent the winter there - at points, serving as infantry rather than as an armoured unit, due to the static nature of the trench warfare there. After the final breakthrough in 1945, the regiment ended the war in Austria.
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Gillian Everett club has replied to Xata clubGillian Everett club has replied to tiabunna clubGillian Everett club has replied to Josiane Dirickx clubGillian Everett club has replied to Nouchetdu38 clubLike my father: wasn't twenty years old yet. First sent to France, and then into USSR all the way to Caucasus moutains - and the whole stupid trip back again ...
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