1st Army Tank Brigade

Pleasure. Reasons for thinking that might have been the case is that I have never come across them being a Churchill brigade (and I haven't looked hard, however), and that they were disbanded so quickly.

Also, they were in 79 Armoured Division during Market Garden, which makes them a 'Funny' unit.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/79th_Armoured_Division_(United_Kingdom)

Here's a picture of a CDL Grant

THE BRITISH ARMY IN THE UNITED KINGDOM 1939-45 | Imperial War Museums

All the best

Andreas

 

I understand that Grant CDL's were used by B Sqn of the 49th RTR, on the Rhine crossing and also the Elbe crossing providing illumination for the crossing vehicles as well as fire support.
I have a vague memory of a photo of a line of CDL's, not sure which crossing it was, but cannot locate the image. The photos are very rare but perhaps someone may recall the photo.

Cheers
Kevin

 

My wife's grandfather, John Rollinson service number 7600895, was an army cook during WW2. He attested for service on 12/7/39 with the 55th West Lancashire Division and was posted to 3rd Tank Workshop RAOC. On 8/2/40 he was posted to No.1 Army Tank Brigade Workshop RAOC, arriving in France on 6/5/40 and leaving, via the Dunkirk evacuation, on 27-28/5/40.

Can anyone give me any advice as to how to fill in the gaps between his February posting and Dunkirk?

Many thanks,

Chris

 

Hi Chris

Welcome to the forum.

To research anyones military service the best place to start is with their service record - link - https://www.gov.uk/guidance/requests-for-personal-data-and-service-records#how-to-apply-for-service-personnel-records from this you can start to flesh out the skeleton.

TD

edited to add:

It would be worth starting a new thread for your relation as that will keep all his information together in one place

 

Thank you Tricky Dicky. I'll repost as a separate thread.

 

Start it in the 1940 section and I'll add some pages from the units war diary.

Cheers
Andy

 

Sorry Andy, but where do I find the 1940 Section?

Many thanks,

Chris

 

Chris

http://ww2talk.com/forums/ - then scroll down until you reach the '1940' on the left hand side

TD

 

Now posted in 1940 section.

Chris