pieces of the puzzle. 3rd Inf Div RA

Discussion in 'Royal Artillery' started by TreesSZ, Jul 23, 2009.

  1. Drew5233

    Drew5233 #FuturePilot 1940 Obsessive

    Come on then....Who was with in 1940 :D
     
  2. mapshooter

    mapshooter Senior Member

    All 3 fd regts of 3 Div landed on DDay, all were 105mm M7 and would have fired on the run-in fireplan from their landing craft, with Coventry Clocks ticking away.

    Its possible that when most M7 were withdrawn at the end of the Normandy campaign (a few non-divisional regts kept them), they were replaced by 25-pr Seton SPs. The War Diaries should clarify this. These were probably brand new, possibly shipped direct from Canada. By the end of the Normandy campaign 25 pr ammo was getting short despite the massive stockpile on DDay, this resulted in ammo coming from all over the place.

    92 LAA Regt was the fifth regt of the div arty but didn't land on DDay. Originally the div has 23 fd regt but this was replaced by 76 in March 40.
     
  3. TreesSZ

    TreesSZ Junior Member

    hi lads and lasses, a few dates for qualifications etc.

    driver I/C 31/10/ 29 so horse drawn?

    awarded 39-43 star

    he embarked for europe 3/6/44.

    awarded L5 EGC or LS.GO (then unclear handwriting maybe pay?) (1st award) 11/2/45.

    all with 7 fd regt RA of 206A serial no 2986

    will try and get the whole lot scanned and posted soon!

    thanks again for all the info provided!!

    Tim
     
  4. mapshooter

    mapshooter Senior Member

    Driver I/C applied to MT. Field btys started becoming mechanised from 1923 onwards, although they were fairly thin on the ground for the first decade.
     
  5. op-ack

    op-ack Senior Member

    hi lads and lasses, a few dates for qualifications etc.

    driver I/C 31/10/ 29 so horse drawn?

    awarded 39-43 star

    he embarked for europe 3/6/44.

    awarded L5 EGC or LS.GO (then unclear handwriting maybe pay?) (1st award) 11/2/45.

    all with 7 fd regt RA of 206A serial no 2986

    will try and get the whole lot scanned and posted soon!

    thanks again for all the info provided!!

    Tim

    Tim

    I would hazard that L5 EGC or LS.GO is in fact LSGC for Long Service and Good Conduct, although I am prepared to be corrected.

    Phil
     
  6. TreesSZ

    TreesSZ Junior Member

    Tim

    I would hazard that L5 EGC or LS.GO is in fact LSGC for Long Service and Good Conduct, although I am prepared to be corrected.

    Phil

    Thanks Phil thats nice to know, some of the hand writing is quite indistinct:confused:
     
  7. TreesSZ

    TreesSZ Junior Member

    Dear all, have been clearing out my folks loft and unearthed a few more images. One shows my grandpa with an artillery piece and I think the second one is taken in France (due to the decor). Granddad is second from left in that one. Does anyone recognise the artillery piece in the first image?

    All the best,

    Tim
     

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  8. mapshooter

    mapshooter Senior Member

    60-pr, almost certainly, just possibly a 4.5 Mk 1 - what's the date of the photo?
     
  9. TreesSZ

    TreesSZ Junior Member

    I think the first one maybe pre 39. He signed up well before the war begun. There is a great image of him in peaked cap and putees which we also found. Thanks for the info mapshooter
     

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