Help with terms

Hi All,

I am going through a war diary and it says:

Wealdstone - vacation of V.P.53 by C company, home guard take over.

Any Ideas?

Cheers.

 

Would 'vulnerable point 53' make any sense?

 

Assume Wealdstone in Harrow nw London
Any more context in the war diary?
Main line runs through Euston to Manchester
There was a Z station located there. Still is but built over by high rise flatsAir Ministry Citadels

 

Cheers, yes wealdstone near harrow.

It was the 70th KRRC

Vulnerable point is interesting as I remember him talking about searchlights and air defence.

 

Try this thread on the definition: https://ww2talk.com/index.php?threads/help-with-war-diary-abbreviations.88386/ The VP part appears to be the 1st pg., then other abbreviations.

Only a small number of threads id'd with an online search: "vulnerable point" site:ww2talk.com

No threads easily id'd for the 70th KRRC, except this one: https://ww2talk.com/index.php?threads/70th-youth-batt-guarded-chartwell-house-1941.49390/

 

KRRC Association

Regular Battalions
1 KRRC Motor Battalion North Africa 1940-3
Italy 1944-5
2 KRRC Motor Battalion Calais 1940
North Africa 1941-3
Italy 1943-4
North-West Europe 1944-5

Special Reserve Battalions
5 (Huntingdon Militia) KRRC Emergency Reserve
6 (Royal 2nd Middlesex Militia) KRRC Emergency Reserve

Territorial Battalions
7 (Queen Victoria's Rifles) KRRC Motor Cycle/Motor Battalion (Disbanded 1943) Calais 1940
8 (Queen Victoria's Rifles) KRRC Motor Battalion to 1944
Holding Battalion 1944-5
9 KRRC (The Rangers) Motor Battalion (Disbanded 1942) Greece and Crete 1941
North Africa 1941-2
10 KRRC (The Rangers) Motor Battalion replacing 1 MTB (1943)
11 (The Queen's Westminsters) KRRC Motor Battalion North Africa 1942-3
Italy 1943-4
Greece 1944-5
North-West Europe 1944-5
12 (The Queen's Westminsters) KRRC Motor Battalion
30 KRRC Old Soldiers Battalion (Disbanded 1943)
70 KRRC Young Soldiers Battalion (Disbanded 1943)
1 Motor Training Battalion Replaced by 10 KRRC (1943)

 

Further Air Ministry annexe Wealdstone
https://www.kenleyrevival.org/content/history/local-lives/615-squadron-air-raid-on-wealdstone

 

So I have come across my grandads brother and found his award card.

Any help with deciphering the info below.

A. C. C. Attd 105 Ratt 78th Dloy. R. A.

Cheers

 

Please post a photograph of the document in which this line appears. I think you might have mistranscribed it.

ACC is often Army Catering Corps.

Attd is attached.

R.A. is Royal Artillery.

 

I think that’s 105 battery, 78 (Duke of Lancaster's Own Yeomanry) Medium Regiment, R.A.

 

Two members run this "go to" reference site for the RA. See: 78 (Duke of Lancaster’s Own Yeomanry) Medium Regiment RA (TA) - The Royal Artillery 1939-45

An online search with: "78 medium regiment" site:ww2talk.com id'd maybe six threads here. With: "78 medium" site:ww2talk.com a similar number. There may be duplicates. A few more - two at a glance using: "78 medium" + "DLOY" site:ww2talk.com

Good luck.

 

I think Richelieu has the correct answer above.