1. FROM CIVILIANS TO SOLDIERS
12/12/12 10:37
July 1940 to February 1941
'The sum total of the training equipment consisted of 40 rifles, half a dozen impressed vehicles and a few boxes of grenades. Everything was either made of wood, borrowed for the afternoon - or simply imagined '
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'The sum total of the training equipment consisted of 40 rifles, half a dozen impressed vehicles and a few boxes of grenades. Everything was either made of wood, borrowed for the afternoon - or simply imagined '
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2. THE YORKSHIRE COAST
12/12/11 10:51
February to November 1941
'There was deep snow and frost and the men were thrown entirely on their own initiative. It would be difficult to imagine a harder or more exacting life '
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'There was deep snow and frost and the men were thrown entirely on their own initiative. It would be difficult to imagine a harder or more exacting life '
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3. FROM INFANTRY TO GUNNERS
12/12/10 13:38
November to December 1941
'I know you will live up to your old motto, Loyaute M'Oblige. You will soon be holding more than your own as a highly-efficient regiment of the Royal Artillery '
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'I know you will live up to your old motto, Loyaute M'Oblige. You will soon be holding more than your own as a highly-efficient regiment of the Royal Artillery '
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4. AIR DEFENCE OF GREAT BRITAIN
12/12/09 13:44
December 1941 to March 1943
'Training has been constant, with many lessons learned. We are now equipped with all our guns and have had some grand engagements.' Read More...
'Training has been constant, with many lessons learned. We are now equipped with all our guns and have had some grand engagements.' Read More...
5. COUNTDOWN TO OVERLORD
12/12/08 13:54
March 1943 to June 1944
'We knew we were to be part of the invasion - we just didn't know where or when. But the feeling of the men was for getting on with the job' Read More...
'We knew we were to be part of the invasion - we just didn't know where or when. But the feeling of the men was for getting on with the job' Read More...
6. SWORD BEACH AND THE BENOUVILLE BRIDGES
12/12/07 13:57
June 6, 1944
'As we approached the beach, we quickly came under fire from a large gun to the east. The first shell landed on the port side, with the noise as if we had been hit on the underside by a giant hammer.' Read More...
'As we approached the beach, we quickly came under fire from a large gun to the east. The first shell landed on the port side, with the noise as if we had been hit on the underside by a giant hammer.' Read More...
7. BATTLE OF THE BRIDGEHEAD
12/12/06 14:45
June to August 1944
`All ranks enjoyed these night barrages, which were fired along likely bomber run-ins. At first sight, they appeared a trifle chancy, as early warning consisted largely of the whistle of the first bomb. But they worked very well ' Read More...
`All ranks enjoyed these night barrages, which were fired along likely bomber run-ins. At first sight, they appeared a trifle chancy, as early warning consisted largely of the whistle of the first bomb. But they worked very well ' Read More...
8. WINTER ON THE MAAS
12/12/05 20:00
September to December 1944
'It was our sixth war Christmas, but it was the view of everyone that it was the best of the six, which says much considering it was our first in the line' Read More...
'It was our sixth war Christmas, but it was the view of everyone that it was the best of the six, which says much considering it was our first in the line' Read More...
9. FOURTEEN RAIDERS DOWNED
12/12/04 20:07
New Year's Day, 1945
`The enemy attacks were very low-level indeed. On several occasions the guns had to break off firing owing to the target disappearing behind buildings or trees' Read More...
`The enemy attacks were very low-level indeed. On several occasions the guns had to break off firing owing to the target disappearing behind buildings or trees' Read More...
10. ACROSS THE RHINE TO VICTORY
12/12/03 20:10
January to May 1945
'Through the early hours of the April 25th, the regiment's batteries used up 36,000 rounds. By that evening, organised resistance in Bremen was collapsing and prisoners testified in no uncertain terms as to the effect of sustained Bofors fire in an area shoot ' Read More...
'Through the early hours of the April 25th, the regiment's batteries used up 36,000 rounds. By that evening, organised resistance in Bremen was collapsing and prisoners testified in no uncertain terms as to the effect of sustained Bofors fire in an area shoot ' Read More...
11. OCCUPATION ARMY AND THE FINAL DAYS
12/12/02 20:16
May 1945 to February 1946
'You are proud to be Loyals, and the division is proud of you. You can feel happy and proud to have fought through from D-Day and to have earned, by your behaviour and your skill and courage, the affection and admiration of 3rd British Infantry Division' Read More...
'You are proud to be Loyals, and the division is proud of you. You can feel happy and proud to have fought through from D-Day and to have earned, by your behaviour and your skill and courage, the affection and admiration of 3rd British Infantry Division' Read More...