61st Anti-Tank Reg [ Content Tag ]
Below is a list of the history pages, personal accounts, extracts and photos that have been tagged with a reference to '61st Anti-Tank Reg'...
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1. [ battalions ]
Royal Artillery
WWII
2. [ history ]
Sferro Hills
Jul/Aug 1943
Description of the Battle for the Sferro Hills, late July - early August 1943
3. [ public ]
152 Brigade in Sicily
August 1943
Two photos (and description) of 152 Light Aid Detachment in Sicily during the stand down in the Catania area prior to embarkation to the UK.
1. [ account ]
Accounts 61st Anti-Tank Reg. at Wadi Akarit
April 1943
Two personal accounts of the 61st Anti-Tank Regiment at Wadi Akarit (April 1943), reproduced here by kind permission of B. S. Barnes, author of "Operation Scipio - The 8th Army at the Battle of Wadi Akarit".
2. [ account ]
61ST ANTI-TANK Reg. IN SICILY
July 1943
An extract of detail from the record of 61st (Highland) Anti-Tank Regiment Royal Artillery in the Sicily Campaign, July 1943
3. [ account ]
THE ATTACK ON LE HAVRE
September 1944
An Account of the attack on Le Havre (September 1944), taken from "History of the 7th Aryglls" by Ian C Cameron.
1. [ photo ]
242 Battery "G" Troop
Before North Africa, 1942
Paul Witty, who's Father (Jim Witty) served in North Africa and Sicily with the 61st Anti-Tank Regiment, very kindly sent us a disc of scanned photographs of his Father's, taken during various periods of his service. Jim Witty is marked as 2nd row, 3rd from left.
2. [ photo ]
242 Battery "G" Troop, Sicily
Sicily, July 1943
Paul Witty, who's Father (Jim Witty) served in North Africa and Sicily with the 61st Anti-Tank Regiment, very kindly sent us a disc of scanned photographs of his Father's, taken during various periods of his service.
3. [ photo ]
242 Battery, Sicily
Sicily, July 1943
Paul Witty, who's Father (Jim Witty) served in North Africa and Sicily with the 61st Anti-Tank Regiment, very kindly sent us a disc of scanned photographs of his Father's, taken during various periods of his service.
4. [ photo ]
Map of Gerbini Attack
Sicily, 19th July 1943
Map showing the details of the Gerbini attack, belonged to Major W D Johnston, 243 Battery, 61st (Highland) Anti-Tank Regiment RA and is reproduced by kind permission of his son, Lieutenant Colonel (Ret'd) G S Johnston OBE, a trustee of the 51st Highland Division and Ross Bequest.
5. [ photo ]
Self Propelled Gun on Raft
24th March 1945
An Archer 17-pdr self propelled gun of Highland Division Anti Tank Regiment being loaded onto a raft. An RAF balloon winch is seen in the foreground. Sgt. Palmer 24th March 1945.