133rd Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment RA, My Blog

Discussion in 'Royal Artillery' started by campfollower, Sep 22, 2013.

  1. campfollower

    campfollower Member

    I think 113 regt can be ignored - this is all about 133 regt!
     
  2. Pieter F

    Pieter F Very Senior Member

    Ignore my previous post about Morgan, it makes no sense. I misread 113 for 133.
     
  3. campfollower

    campfollower Member

    I've added to the blog - adding photos in the order they are in the album means that it is still 1944!

    However, I do have yet more pictures of W M Morgan
     
  4. Buteman

    Buteman 336/102 LAA Regiment (7 Lincolns), RA

    I've had a quick response to my e-mail to CWGC. Someone else must have spotted the incorrect headstone, as CWGC said they replaced it on 22 July 2015. :)

    I just need to get a new photo for the RA Commemoration thread.
     
  5. Pieter F

    Pieter F Very Senior Member

    I made an inquiry to the CWGC about Westduin as well - on the 12th - but haven't received a reply yet. I told you last week that a couple of stones had be replaced and I have seen that one of them was on the front row, but I had not noticed it was D'Arcy's headstone. Otherwise I would have taken a photo of it. Will do so next time.
     
  6. Pieter F

    Pieter F Very Senior Member

    Here is a photo of the new headstone. As you can see on the other photo, the pieces of wood to keep the new headstone in place were still there.

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  7. campfollower

    campfollower Member

    I've been adding to the 133 regt blog - mostly pictures of men, some of Belgian children who they befriended - and now, today, some which include guns and a sketch map to show where 444 battery
    were deployed to defend Antwerp
     
  8. Pieter F

    Pieter F Very Senior Member

    Very interesting to see another picture of Morgan. Thanks for sharing!
     
  9. campfollower

    campfollower Member

    133 regt are now in Grave in the Netherlands...
     
  10. Pieter F

    Pieter F Very Senior Member

    Again, great photographs. Great to see more pictures of the three men who are buried at Westduin.
     
  11. campfollower

    campfollower Member

    But can we find Kris? He would be in his seventies now.
     
  12. Pieter F

    Pieter F Very Senior Member

    It's definitely worth a try. With your permission, I am happy to contact the local newspaper in Grave to see if they're interested in publishing the photo and an appeal. Ramacal and I have done that successfully before.
     
  13. campfollower

    campfollower Member

    Oh, that would be great!
     
  14. campfollower

    campfollower Member

    I've just posted the last of these photographs and a page written by the original, German, owner.

    It includes a picture of 3 Dutch resistance officers

    Now the book goes to the Imperial War Museum. I just wanted to release the information into the wild before the book was stored.
     
  15. StuartHocknell

    StuartHocknell New Member

    I am writing a short obituary of William Michael Morgan of Forest Hall, Fforestfach, Swansea, for publication on the Fforestfach History website.

    In preparation for this I have collected information from the Imperial War Museum, local newspapers and elsewhere. I paid my respects at his grave in June 2015.

    I seek permission to use the photograph of Farquarson, D'Arcy and Morgan taken at East Wittering in 1944 during William Michael Morgan's operational training before he was posted to operational duties.

    SH
     
  16. campfollower

    campfollower Member

    Yes... You certainly have my husband's permission to use that picture (he owns/owned it before giving the book to the IWM) please post a link to the obit on this thread so we can read it? JJ Farquharson spoke about him as a friend.
    (You have found the sound recording by JJF at the IWM - it's on the website)
     
  17. StuartHocknell

    StuartHocknell New Member

    Very many thanks.

    I'll post a draft of the obituary on these pages in a few days. The post on the Fforestfach History website will take longer, I'm afraid, since the website is dealing with all of the names on the Fforestfach war memorial.

    SH
     
  18. campfollower

    campfollower Member

    It would be good to see the draft but I'm happy to wait for the main site
     
  19. Sarah D'Arcy

    Sarah D'Arcy New Member

    This is my grandfather
     
  20. campfollower

    campfollower Member

    Do look at my blog, Sarah - there are pictures of him. My husband's step-father served with him.
     

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