| Commanding Officer: Lt.Col. G.M. Palmer M.C. R.A. | ||||
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| Place | Date | Hour | Summary | References to Appendices |
| LUBECK | 1 to 9 Jan | A Regiment much reduced in personnel brought in the new year in traditional Scottish fashion, then set about the task of disbanding itself. Posting of personnel commenced on 27th Dec. Main postings of O.R.s were as follows:- To :- 21st Anti-Tank Regiment 87. 53rd Hvy Regt R.A. 201. 109 L.A.A. Regiment R.A. 68. H.Q. 227 (H) Inf Bde 37. 102 Anti-Tank Regiment R.A. 42. By 9th Jan, date on which the Regiment was officially dissolved, only a small rear party of 30 remained. These would continue till the 15th Jan to wind up affairs then join their new units. Officers were posted as under:- Lt. Col. G.M. Palmer M.C. R.A. - 59th Hvy Regiment R.A. Major N.B.M. Smithson R.A. - 112 Field Regiment R.A. Major T.C. Palmer R.A. - 63rd Anti-Tank Regiment R.A. Capt. J.M.B. McMillan M.C. R.A. - 21st Anti-Tank Regiment R.A. Capt. A.A. McHattie R.A. - X(iv) List. 52nd RHU att 99th Hvy AA Regt RA Capt. J.Crawley M.C. R.A. - X(iv) List. 52nd RHU att 99th Hvy AA Regt RA Capt.E.O.H. Horsley R.A. - X(iv) List. 52nd RHU att 99th Hvy AA Regt RA Capt.T.Luke - X(iv) List. 52nd RHU att 2nd L.A.A./S.L. Regt R.A. RA Capt. K.R. Thresher R.A. - X(iv) List. 52nd RHU att 42nd L.A.A./S.L. Regt R.A. RA Capt A.Wells R.A. - 20th L.A.A. Regt. R.A. Capt A.S. Tee R.A. - 1st Hvy. Regt.R.A. Capt. J.C.M. Stevenson R.A. - 312 Mil. Gov. Det. Lt(QM) J.A. Tombazis R.A. - 21st Anti-Tank Regiment R.A. Lt R.J. Ladkin R.A. - 13th Regt. R.A. Lt R.M. Gibson R.A. - 20th L.A.A. Regt. R.A. Lt. W.C. Kyle R.A. - 102 Anti-Tank Regt. R.A. Lt C.J. Mair R.A. - 102 Anti-Tank Regt. R.A. Lt. G.S. Rose R.A. - 121 L.A.A. Regt. R.A. Lt. J.B. Smith R.A. - 71st L.A.A. Regt. R.A. Lt J. Osman R.A. - 109 L.A.A. Regt R.A. Capt. J Swan RAMC - 94th Br Gen Hosp. Major J.F. Clark R.A. - To U.K. for class A Release 8.1.46 Capt. G.R. Goodchild R.A. - To U.K. for class a Release 11.1.46 Of original Territorial Members of the Regiment who have served continuously in it since April 1939 remained on the 9th Jan :- Original Officers :- Nil. Original O.R.s :- Gnrs :- J.M.B. McMillan (now Capt.& Adjt.) J.A. Tomazis (Now Lt. Q.M.) C. Denholm (Now B.S.M.) H. Hallan (Now BQMS) J.S. McIntyre (Now L/Sgt) J. Forrest (Now L/Sgt) B. Fierstein (Now L/Bdr) J.C. McEwan (Now L/Sgt) The Regiment has been in existence for 6 years and 9 months. Men who have been trained in it and passed through have fought and died in every battlefield in which the British Forces have been engaged. As a unit of 15th Scottish Division the Regiment itself took part in every single action of the Divisions from Normandy to the Baltic and in many other actions in support of other formations. It has been a really great Regiment in every sense of that word and it dies as it always lived - challenging and proudly. |
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