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  History of the Royal Tank Regiment   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
The tank, a revolutionary new weapon system, born of General Swinton's vision, was to break the stalemate of trench warfare and the dominance of the machine gun of the battlefields of Flanders sixteen years later.
The present Royal Tank Regiment, composed of two regular regiments, is the direct heir to the original armoured car pioneers of 1914, the Naval Brigade and the RNAS squadron which augmented the British Expeditionary Forces for the defence of Antwerp in August of that year.
The value of the tank was reinforced again as late as the Summer of 1999 as tanks from a variety of units, led by RTR officers, spearheaded the allied entry into Kosovo as part of the Fourth Armoured Brigade.
www.army.mod.uk /armcorps/firsttan/history.htm   (1312 words)

  
 The Royal Tank Regiment [UK]
VCs in the Royal Tank Regiment Museum, by Iain Stewart.
The tanks : the history of the Royal Tank Regiment and its predecessors, Heavy Branch, Machine-Gun Corps, Tank Corps, and Royal Tank Corps, 1914-1945.
Voyage to the desert : an account of the voyage of 4 Royal Tank Regiment & 4 NZ Fd Arty Regiment in HMT City of London from Liverpool to Suez in the winter of 1940-41.
www.regiments.org /regiments/uk/cav/RTR.htm   (1081 words)

  
 Guardian Unlimited | Special reports | Focus: the army
The Royal Armoured corps (RAC) and Household Cavalry consists of cavalry regiments and the royal tank regiment.
The county regiment of Devon and Dorset was formed in 1958 with the amalgamation of the Devonshire regiment and the Dorset regiment, which had forbears back to the 17th century.
This five-battalion strong regiment is the child of the 1642 King's Lyfe Guard of Foot and was known in the latter part of the 17th century as the Kiddies.
www.guardian.co.uk /military/army/0,12209,749315,00.html   (3995 words)

  
 Regimental History
Battalion, Royal Tank Corps, the Battalion moved to Lydd in Kent where it remained until the outbreak of the Second World War; the Regiment in the was remarkable.
The Regiment was centrally located in the Ledra Palace Hotel with many troops permanently based in outstations along the border between the Greek Cypriots to the south and the Turks to the north.
When the Tank Corps reformed at Bovington and Wareham in 1919, the arm badge was taken into general use by all officers and men and is believed to be the only badge of its kind which survived the years of the First World War and was continued in use as part of a peacetime uniform.
www.army.mod.uk /2rtr/regimental_history/index.htm   (4492 words)

  
 A brief history of the 44th Royal Tank Regiment
The Regiment was equipped with the Matilda Mk II Infantry Tank.
tank regiment the remnants (5 Matilda’s) of the 44
Tank Regiment and with carrier borne infantry mounted an offensive sweep to the west to threaten the enemy lines of communications on 12
uk.geocities.com /williamfdungey/odds/44rtr.html   (2566 words)

  
 The Royal Tank Regiment
The 1st Royal Tank Regiment is based at RAF Honington in Suffolk with A Squadron being posted to Warminster.
At the end of the war, the Regiment concentrated in Gluckstadt and after a refit with Comet Tanks in Belgium returned to Schleswig before moving to Berlin to rejoin the 7th Armoured Division.
Because of the static nature of the war, all the tanks were dug into pits to protect their suspension and lower parts from enemy fire.
www.royaltankregiment.com   (884 words)

  
 The Royal Tank Regiment   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
Shoot of 105mm cancelled as authority not granted for movement of the tanks into fire positions using the roads, so day was spent in recce of a fire position eliminating the use of the roads, and making a track to get to it with reasonable speed.
Tanks were heavily shelled but suffered no casualties, damage only to periscopes.
Tank of 22nd Armd Bde (driven with great difficulty due to ice on the track) into its prepared position at C BRUCIATA 240035 to act in an A/Tk role, manned with A/Tk crew.
www.warlinks.com /armour/6th_royal_tank/6rtr_45.html   (4120 words)

  
 45th (Leeds Rifles) Royal Tank Corps (TA)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
In 1938 the 7th (Leeds Rifles) Battalion was converted to the armoured rôle, and redesignated '45th (Leeds Rifles) Royal Tank Corps (TA)' (45 RTR).
In 1952 the Regiment was redesignated as 45th/51st (Leeds Rifles) Royal Tank Regiment (TA).
Following the conversion in 1938 of the 7th (Leeds Rifles) Battalion to 45RTR, in June 1939 a detached Company of 45RTR formed the basis of the 51st Bn Royal Tank Regiment in Morley, an ancient town to the south of Leeds.
www.yorkshirevolunteers.org.uk /51RTR.htm   (1090 words)

  
 royal * Gammaray astronomy a Royal Society...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
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 D Day Tanks and countdown to 60th anniversary of D-Day from the Tank Museum Bovington
As E Battalion, Tank Corps it served on the Western Front and had a detachment in Palestine, where this photo was taken.
It was thus the first tank regiment ever to operate tanks in a desert environment.
In the years between the wars, equipped with Medium Tanks, 5th Battalion Royal Tank Corps was a major player in the important tank exercises of that era.
www.d-daytanks.org.uk /regiments/royal-tank-regiment.html   (253 words)

  
 by Liddell Hart (Cassell, London, 1959; Praeger, New York, 1959)
Papers relating to the index of The Tanks: The History of the Royal Tank Regiment by Liddell Hart (Cassell, London, 1959; Praeger, New York, 1959), including galley proofs of the General Index, annotated by Liddell Hart [1958]; correspondence with Hebe Jerrold, Mar-Aug 1958, and Maj John Dexter Masters, Royal Tank Regiment, Aug 1958.
Typescript of chapters of The Tanks: The History of the Royal Tank Regiment by Liddell Hart (Cassell, London, 1959; Praeger, New York, 1959) by Maj Eric William Sheppard.
A short history of the 2nd Royal Tank Regiment by Chadwick [1969]; correspondence with Kathleen Liddell Hart, Lady Liddell Hart, on the publication of The Royal Tank Regiment by Chadwick (Leo Cooper, London, 1970), Jan 1971.
www.kcl.ac.uk /lhcma/cats/liddell/li0928.htm   (2951 words)

  
 1st Royal Tank Regiment Interest
He saw active service in the Middle East and Northern Ireland and commanded 1st Royal Tank Regiment in Germany, while the Warsaw Pact forces were still the major threat to peace, and subsequently 11th Armoured Brigade in the same theatre.
Competition was intense and often pursued with no quarter given, but in the assessment of the divisional commander he emerged as the most decisive and quick-thinking of his brigade commanders, with a remarkable sense of how to use the ground to best tactical advantage.
He was Colonel-Commandant of the Royal Mechanical and Electrical Engineers, 1987-92, of the Royal Tank Regiment, 1988-95 and of the Royal Armoured Corps, 1993-95 and Honorary Colonel of the Royal Yeomanry and Westminster Dragoons from 1997 to 2004.
www.1rtr.net /historynotes2.html   (1781 words)

  
 The Royal Tank Regiment   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
Lt Col HM Liardet OBE, assumes command of 7th Armd Bde during the absence of Brigadier JH Anstice DSO, in INDIA.
All the tanks which have been lost through A/Tk guns have been due to very well sited and camouflaged 105 SP guns (only a very few 88’s have been met) which have opened up at between 80 and 120 yards.
There are always the road-ditched tank and carrier owing to the nature of the country.
www.warlinks.com /armour/6th_royal_tank/6rtr_43.html   (3485 words)

  
 2ndWar Battalions
Converted to 44th Royal Tank Regiment, November 1938.
Converted to 159th Regiment, Royal Armoured Corps, July 1942.
In October the Battalion moved to Shorncliffe and were renamed the 11th Battalion The Gloucestershire Regiment.
members.tripod.com /~Glosters/ww2bats.htm   (768 words)

  
 The 2nd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
The NCOs were encouraged to join the Royal Fusilier patrols, and on the night of 30th April one such patrol became involved in a fire-fight, suffering casualties.
Situated within the Battalion area was a troop of Centurion tanks of 1st Royal Tank Regiment, one located on the crest line of Hill 210, another on the crest line Hill 159, and one in reserve.
There is no doubt on one point-had it not been for a few stalwart infantrymen on Hill 121 and two tanks in the blocking position between Hills 111 and 121 and for the speed and flexibility and weight of the 1st Commonwealth Division artillery, the enemy would have broken through.
www.kmike.com /oz/2rar/2rarA.htm   (6483 words)

  
 Britain's Matilda Tanks   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
Matilda I: Went with 4th and 7th Royal Tank Regiment, and 1st Army Tank Brigade to France in 1940 and took part in battle of Arras.
Was used by the 42nd and 44th Royal Tank Regiments in Egypt and Cyrenaica.
Half squadron of the 7th Royal Tank Regiment was lost on Crete.
www.wwiivehicles.com /unitedkingdom/infantry/matilda.html   (1563 words)

  
 list   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
The Royal Northumberland Fusiliers (Sequl, Imjin, Kowang-San, Korea 1950/51)
The Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders received the South Korean Presidental Citation for holding 'a critical sector of the Naktong River during the height of the enemy's attack, and for its participation in the general offensive of 16 September'.
61 Light Regiment was the longest serving unit in the Korean War, continuing to support infantry unit replacements, such as the 2nd US Marines when other units went out of the line for rest and recuperation.
www.chls11113.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk /ukvets/units_list.htm   (2025 words)

  
 Corgi - Diecast Models - Cruiser Tank MkVII, A27M Cromwell Mark VI - Squadron HQ, B Squadron, 5th Royal Tank ...
Tank regiments in the 22nd Armoured Brigade were equipped, in the main, with British cruiser tanks including Cromwell Mk VI close support tanks with 95mm howitzer.
This particular tank had an additional stowage box added to the turret side and the so-called Normandy Cowl deflector at the back.
Those regiments involved in Operation Blackcock were also given a coat of whitewash over the normal olive drab colour.
www.corgi.co.uk /CorgiSite/WWII%20Military/CC60604.htm   (170 words)

  
 Junior Leaders Battalion - Royal Army Ordnance Corps   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
In the mid 1925, it moved from Aldershot to the Ordnance Depot at Hilsea in Portsmouth, which was the Training Establishment.
In 1940, just before commencement of the Second World War, the Royal Army Ordnance Corps Boy’s Wing moved back to Aldershot, as the Ordnance Depot Hilsea was loaned to the Americans for the duration of the Second World War.
This was found just up the road from Haslar in Lee on Solent, at Fort Gomer, (having at the time, been vacated by the 7th Royal Tank Regiment).
www.juniorleadersraoc.co.uk   (786 words)

  
 History of 88mm Flak Gun
88mm AA guns of the 23rd Flak Regiment, used as anti-tank guns by orders of Rommel himself, are shown firing on British Matilda tanks of 4th/7th Royal Tank Regiment.
In an effort to restrain the Germans advance the British 1st Tank Brigade, 6th Durham Light Infantry and the French 3rd Light Armoured Division were quickly mustered under the command of Major General Franklyn.
The subsequent attack on Rommel's 7th Panzer Division divided the panzers into two, devastated two rifle regiments, and some of the 3rd SS Division panicked and ran.
www.world-wartwo.co.uk /flak.htm   (803 words)

  
 Roll of Honour - Sussex - Wisborough Green
Fleet Paymaster, H.M.S. “Invincible”, Royal Navy, lost with the Battlecruiser at the Battle of Jutland 31st May 1916.
Son of The Rev William and Catherine Mary Mainprice of The Vicarage, Wisborough Green.
Son of Colonel Cecil A. Osmaston, C.B., C.B.E., Royal Marines (Retd.), and Minnie B. Osmaston, of Fittleworth, Sussex.
www.roll-of-honour.com /Sussex/WisboroughGreen.html   (931 words)

  
 Commonwealth Forces in Crete May 1941
Heavy British losses occurred on May 27th, when Force Reserve the 1st Welch Regiment and the remnants of the Rangers and Northumberland Hussars went forward to hold the German advance on Suda and Canea.
16 Light tanks of 3rd Hussars were sent from Egypt along with 7 infantry tanks of the 7th Royal Tank Regiment.
There were 10 Greek Regiments made up of 9,000 men that made up the regular army, plus genderamie and guerrilas.
www.wolftree.freeserve.co.uk /Wargaming/Allied_Units_in_Crete_1941.html   (663 words)

  
 German Tanks
the charge led by fifty tanks of 22nd panzer regiment and supporting Panzer grenadiers was engaged on its eastern flank by heavy British anti tank fire and the bulk of the force was pinned down or destroyed.
In their defense of the northern flank of what is to become the Falaise Gap the new Jagdpanzer IV in particular is to prove a formidable foe to the attacking British and Canadian tanks.
General Major Erwin Rommel leads the vanguard of his vaunted 7th Panzer (Ghost) Division past an abandoned French Char B tank on its epic drive from the Ardennes to the English Channel.
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 Antics, Unimax 1:32 7th Armoured Division 3rd Royal Tank Regiment (83203)
Antics, Unimax 1:32 7th Armoured Division 3rd Royal Tank Regiment (83203)
Vehicles and aircraft feature true to life detail, including tank tracks that roll along on independent suspension, hatches & access ports that reveal internal compartments and turrets and gun barrels that manoeuvre just like they did in battle.
Unimax 1:32 7th Armoured Division 3rd Royal Tank Regiment (83203)
www.anticsonline.co.uk /994_1_17255.html   (244 words)

  
 Bosleys, royal air force, regiment officer
14 Royal Sherwood Foresters pre 1881 glengarry badge.
36 Royal Welch Fusiliers bandsman’s fur cap grenade.
93 Royal Scots Fusiliers Victorian Officer’s forage cap badge.
www.bosleys.co.uk /preview/preview-body.html   (5388 words)

  
 UK 7th AD 3rd Royal Tank Regiment (unx83203) Unimax Diecast Figure Military   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
These are U.K. Army 7th Armored Division, 3rd Reg.
Stunning replicas of soldiers from the 7th Armored Division, 3rd Royal Tank Regiment during the Normandy Campaign (1944).
Info: Stunning replicas of soldiers from the 7th Armored Division, 3rd Royal Tank Regiment during the Normandy Campaign (1944).
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 Antics, Unimax 1:32 7th Armoured Division 3rd Royal Tank Regiment (83203)
The advanced range has ultra fine detail with extra features and and accessories.
A set of five battlefield diorama figures in the battle uniform of the 7th Armoured Division, 3rd Royal Tank Regiment, British Army in Normandy during 1944.
Designed for use with Forces of Valor models like the Sherman Tank, the figure set is supplied with an additional heavy machine gun, anti-tank obstacles, destroyed wall sections and a sand bag pile for defensive cover, crates, oil drums and cans.
www.anticsonline.co.uk /636_1_17255.html   (244 words)

  
 The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment) in 1914-1918
The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment) in 1914-1918
20 December 1915 : transferred to 91st Brigade, 7th Division.
June1917 : transferred to Labour Corps, as Eastern Command Labour Centre.
www.1914-1918.net /queens.htm   (512 words)

  
 Units   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
7th Hussars / 4th Arm Bde / 7th Arm Div / XIII corps
8th Hussars / 7th Arm Bde / 7th Arm Div / XIII corps
The files are free for download, copying, and distribution, but may not be sold.
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 This is Dorset | CommuniGate | Commonwealth Forces in Korea
3rd Battalion The Royal Australian Regiment, September 1950-April 1951
Ist Battalion The Royal Australian Regiment, March 1952-March-1953
1st Battalion The Royal Norfolk Regiment, October 1951-September-1952
www.communigate.co.uk /dorset/wessexbkva/page3.phtml   (329 words)

  
 Battle of Arras
German 88mm guns of Rommel's 7th Panzer division devastate Matilda tanks of the British 1st Tank Brigade of the British Expeditionary Force (BEF).
However, Rommel eventually beat off the British tanks using his anti-aircraft guns.
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