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98 (Surrey & Sussex Yeo Queen Marys) Field Regiment RA(TA)

Locations

3 Sep 39
Sep 39
Oct 39
Jan 40
May 40
17 May 40
19 May 40
22 May 40
28 May 40
29 May 40
Jun 40
Jun 40
Jul 40
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Nov 43
Dec 43
Jan 44
Jan 44
Feb 44
Apr 44
May 44
May 44
Jun 44
Jun 44
Jul 44
Jul 44
Aug 44
Sep 44
Oct 44
Dec 44
Jan 45
Feb 45
Mar 45
Apr 45
Apr 45
Apr 45
Apr 45

Eastern Command
BEF
BEF
1 Inf Div
I Corps
I Corps
I Corps
46 Inf Div
44 Inf Div
44 Inf Div
Home Forces
1 Inf Bde RA
Home Forces
Home Forces
Home Forces
V Corps
Depot Regt
Home Forces
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Home Forces
10 Armd Div
10 Armd Div
10 Armd Div
10 Armd Div
Middle East Forces
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8 Army
8 Army
8 Army
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8 Army
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8 Army
8 Army
8 Army
8 Army
8 Army
8 Army
8 Army
2 Army
2 Army
2 Army
2 Army
2 Army

Worthing, UK
Le Forêt, France
La Coquerie, France (1)
Lille, France
Wavre, Belgium
Kruis. Belgium
Tournai, Belgium (2)
La Couture, Belgium
Outtersteene, Belgium
Saint Jans Cappel, France (3)
Okehampton, Devon, UK
Bourne, Lincs, UK (4)
Hall Green, Birmingham, UK (5)
Ince Blundell Park, Lancs, UK (6)
Huyton, Lancs, UK (7)
Portsmouth
Larkhill, Wilts, UK
Sturminster Newton, Dorset, UK
Isle of Wight, UK
Wimborne, Dorset, UK
Kabrit, Egypt
Alamein
Galal, Egypt
Mersa Matruh
Cairo, Egypt
Alexandria, Egypt
Sicily
Reggio, Italy
Rosarno, Italy
Taranto, Italy
Manfredonia, Italy (8)
Foggia, Italy
Termoli, Italy
R Sangro, Italy
San Vito, Italy
Naples, Italy
Mondragone, Italy
Cassino, Italy
Nola, Italy
Mignano, Italy
Roccasecca, Italy
Tivoli, Italy
Lake Trasimene, Italy
San Marino, Italy
Poggibonsi, Italy
Strada, Italy
San Martino, Italy
Castel del Rio, Italy
Monte Grande, Italy
Tamborella, Italy
Vicchio, Italy
Menin, Belgium
Dunkirk, France
Duiven, Holland
Huissen, Holland
Dodewaard, Holland (9)

Batteries

3 Sep 39
1 Jan 41

391, 392 (Surrey Yeomanry)
391, 392, 471

Equipment

1940
Jan 1941
Apr 41
Sep 42
Apr 43
Mar 45

18/25 pdr, Morris CDSW Tractors
4xFrench 75mm guns (471 Bty), 2x25 pdrs each (391 & 392 Btys)
24x25 pdrs
Stuart OP Tanks
M7 105mm SP Priest
25 pdr SP Sexton

Notes

1. After completing the gun positions, half the Regiment moved back to Le Forêt leaving one Troop per Bty forward
2. 392 Bty detached to 46 Div at St Pol but diverted to Aire
3. Guns caught in traffic jam. Guns & vehicles destroyed, troops proceeded on foot for evacuation over the beaches at Dunkirk
4. Detachments sent to Sussex for anti-invasion duties. They formd C 20 Anti-Tank Bty (391) & C 7 Bty (392) armed with Albion mounted 12 pdrs & Scammel mounted 4 inch Naval guns
5. Equipped with vehicles for West coast defence. Vehicles were tradesmen's vans and 1 old Rolls Royce car
6. Sussex detachments rejoined. From here and later Huyton, detachments were sent out to man roadblocks and static guns
7. Part of 391 Bty with Hotchkiss 6 pdrs at Barford forming part of outer defences of Birmingham. Remainder of Bty on airfield defence in Tarvin. 392 Bty in detachments from Maryport to Speke with weapons ranging from 6 pdrs (obsolete submarine guns) to 1913 vintage 13 pdrs
8. 4 Day sea voyage on LST's
9. In April 45 the Regt moved to the Lubeck area of Germany as occupation forces. Demobilisation was started in Oct 45 and the Regt finally placed in suspended animation in Jun 46