64th later 264th Field Regiment (7th London Brigade) Royal Artillery, 56th Div

I'm looking for this unit, especially a war diary reference: I'm researching Sgt. Norman Squire (1909 - 1979) - - among Norman's papers were some interesting end-of-war cuttings from Union Jack describing how wide their service had been (which I will try and post.

Fingers crossed

SHF

 

64 (7 London) Field Regiment was placed in suspended animation in May 1946. They were reconstituted as 264 (7 London) Field Regiment RA(TA) in January 1947.

 

Thank you - that's wonderful!

I'll enquire about the photo...

 

7th County of London Brigade, Royal Field Artillery - Wikipedia
64 FR is mentioned several times in section Second World War

UNION JACK : (ITALY DAILY EDITION) : THE NEWSPAPER FOR THE BRITISH FIGHTING FORCES

Tried to enhance and enlarge the photo in #2 with very limited success. Not worth posting here.
The photograph of the Union Jack article is related to this:
Eighth Army (United Kingdom) - Wikipedia

Need someone who is familiar with TNA to advise on the availability of the War Diary.

Might get someone along later.

 

WAR DIARY 64th Jan 1943 to Dec 1943

• I recently got a page count for this document and a quote for digital copying: Jan - Dec 1943 : £600! 500+ pages - Item number: RC6847214 an impossible price...any suggestions as to a next step? Find 100 friends to order six pages each?
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  Royal Artillery: 64 Field Regiment (RA Fd Regt)
  Page check completed
  Reference: WO 169/9488
  Record date: 1943 Jan.- Dec.
  Place your copy order

• Order date: 08 Dec 2023
  
• Transaction number: C/267770167207315C

 

Try Gary Tankard. He is very good. He is on this site.

Regards

Frank

 

Gary Tankard - can you do better than 6 hundred pounds? My wife will divorce me if I spend this on a war diary...