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elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-23bc1cd\" data-id=\"23bc1cd\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1ea46d9f elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"1ea46d9f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">1944<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-d39119a elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"d39119a\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-784b350\" data-id=\"784b350\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-508d4db elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"508d4db\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"color: #008080;\"><strong>1944 was an important year for the Regiment.\u00a0 After the set-back of being informed they \u00a0were no longer to be mobilized they were detailed to become part of the Marshalling party for the thousands of Allied troops being sent off to the Normandy beaches and the invasion of Europe \u2013 Operation Overlord.<\/strong><\/span><br \/><span style=\"color: #008080;\"><strong>In August the Regiment was told to mobilize for service overseas again, shipping out to France in October.\u00a0 Then later, in December, the 63<sup>rd<\/sup> (OY) A\/Tank Regt was merged with the 91<sup>st<\/sup> (A&amp;SH) A\/Tank Regt, forming a new 63<sup>rd<\/sup> A\/Tank Regt (with the \u201cOxfordshire Yeomanry\u201d dropped from its title).<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-1ac5556 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"1ac5556\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-f28633e\" data-id=\"f28633e\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a355b3f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a355b3f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0The following text has been taken from the War Diaries.\u00a0 <em>Italicised<\/em> text enclosed in &#8216;square&#8217; brackets &#8211; [<em>text<\/em>] &#8211; is usually text added by myself, for clarity and extra information.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-1fa917f elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"1fa917f\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-1f7777a\" data-id=\"1f7777a\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9e8b4a7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"9e8b4a7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2><span style=\"color: #993366;\"><strong><em><u>1944<\/u><\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/h2><p>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0More officer postings, both in and out of the Regiment, happened throughout January.<br \/>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0On 3rd February, Lt-Col J Thomson, Maj WG Bryan (2i\/c), Capt ATM Beaven (Adjt), Lt(QM) FM Lewis, RSM Allison and 80 OR&#8217;s from 251 Bty were inspected by Gen Sir Bernard L Montgomery, KCB, DSO.<br \/>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Again, more officer postings happened during February and March with many going to and from the Depot RA at Woolwich. (<em>There was no mention of why this many postings to the Depot RA, but it may have been for extra training courses<\/em>.)\u00a0 At the end of March, 31 gunners were posted out to the 68<sup>th<\/sup> AT Regt RA.<br \/>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Towards the end of March 1944, the CO, Lt-Col J Thomson TD, was Informed by the CRA, 61<sup>st<\/sup> Inf Div, Brig MWW Selby-Lowndes, DSO, that the Regiment would perform a special task in connection with the marshalling of units of the 21 Army Group, before and during the attack upon Europe.\u00a0 The CO subsequently attended a conference at HQs, Eastern Command.\u00a0 The instructions he received were classed \u2018TOP SECRET\u2019, but he later informed selected officers of the Regt, that the plan was as follows :-<br \/>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 The Regt, less 252 Bty, would come under command HQ, 183 Inf Bde and would move to the Southend\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 area.\u00a0 Their task would be to accommodate, feed, and provide a complete \u201chotel service\u201d for \u201cresidues\u201d from\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 units of 21 Army Group, which would be cast off before marshalling.\u00a0 Later, these residues would follow their\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 units overseas.\u00a0 Large blocks of accommodation would be taken over, and as all ranks would be needed for\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 the job, normal training would virtually cease.\u00a0\u00a0 252 Bty would come under command 120 Fd Regt RA, and\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 would move to the Ipswich area, where it would staff and provide hotel services for a Sub-Area of\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Marshalling Area R.<br \/>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0On 12<sup>th<\/sup> April, the Regt (less 252 Bty) moved from Folkestone to Eastwood, nr Leigh-on-Sea, Essex and occupied requisitioned billets.\u00a0 Blocks of empty houses were allocated to each Bty.\u00a0 RHQ Office was established at 20 The Fairway, Eastwood.\u00a0 252 Bty remain in its present location at Wootton, Kent.\u00a0 But on 20<sup>th<\/sup> April the plan was changed.\u00a0 The CO received orders from Eastern Command, that the Regt, less 252 Bty, would change places and roles with 6 Bn, The Royal Sussex Regt, and would move into Marshalling Area S and provide the staff for Camp S2.\u00a0 The Royal Sussex would move from Camp S2 to Eastwood.\u00a0 Both moves took place on 23 April 44.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-ef455c8 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"ef455c8\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-9feab0d\" data-id=\"9feab0d\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e45a8ff elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e45a8ff\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>On 21<sup>st<\/sup> April, 252 Bty moved from Wootton to Bramford Hall, nr Ipswich.\u00a0 The Advance Party, RHQ, 249, 250, and 251 Bty&#8217;s left Eastwood for the Tilbury area.\u00a0 A maintenance Party was left behind at Eastwood to look after the guns and tracked vehicles.<\/p><p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">The role of Marshalling Area S was to marshal troops before embarking at Tilbury and Purfleet.\u00a0 It is split up into eight Sub-Areas, numbered 1 to 8.\u00a0 Each Sub-Area is split up into eight camps and, except for Sub-Area 2, has the role of marshalling, ie sorting units into craft loads.<\/p><p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">Sub-Area 2, staffed by this Regt, is the reserve Sub-Area and also administers the large static staff.\u00a0 It is divided into eight camps, Letters A to I, and consists entirely of tented camps.\u00a0 It is situated in Tilbury.\u00a0 Camp A is occupied by two Companies of Stevedores and is entirely self-contained.\u00a0 Camp B is the overflow camp for the static staff.\u00a0 Camp C contains Sub-Area HQ and houses RHQ of this Regt and the greater proportion of the static staff.\u00a0 Camps D and E are commanded by Maj BG Barnett, 249 Bty, staffed by his Bty and can accommodate 1,000 men in all.\u00a0 Camps F and G are commanded by Maj CH Priestley (250 Bty) and can accommodate the same number.\u00a0 Camps H and I are commanded by Maj RAP Butler (251 Bty) and can also accommodate 500 men each.\u00a0 As stated above, Camps D to I are reserve camps.\u00a0 It is not intended at present that they shall be used for marshalling.\u00a0 But they will be used for troops who have embarked and then for some reason have to be disembarked again, and for drivers who are waiting for their vehicles to be loaded and need accommodation for the night, and for casualties, etc.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-7db1d51 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"7db1d51\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-6949f48\" data-id=\"6949f48\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-be08276 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"be08276\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0At the end of Apr and beginning of May several short exercises were carried out to practice the various duties of the sub-area, culminating on 1<sup>st<\/sup> May in Exercise FABIUS, lasting four days, when marshalling and embarkation of units of 21 Army Group were practiced, the units afterwards disembarking and returning to their concentration areas &#8211; it now known that this was for OPERATION OVERLORD, the invasion of Europe.<br \/>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0The numerous junior officer movements still continued through May, June, July and August.\u00a0 In July and August, the number of men passing through the &#8216;S&#8217; marshalling areas decreased considerably, and it was possible to return to their units a large number of the attached infantry.\u00a0 In Aug, the \u2018S\u2019 marshalling area gradually begun to close down, and on 24th Aug, 141 Fd Regt took over the duties of 63<sup>rd<\/sup> AT Regt RA, and the Regt moved to Easthampstead Park Camp, near Wokingham.<br \/>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0On 25 August, instructions were received for the Regt, including the LAD, to mobilize for service overseas.\u00a0 This prompted the posting of certain officers and ORs to &#8216;Home Details&#8217; [<em>a phrase used when troops are returned to Britain from overseas, or are to remain in Britain<\/em>], followed by an increase of more officers and ORs to bring the Regt up to its WE strength throughout the month of September.\u00a0 The Regt had to return all their guns, vehicles and equipment, travelling with just their personal equipment and weapons.<br \/>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0What had happened to prompt this this re-think ?\u00a0 There is no mention in the War Diary which explains this \u2018change of heart\u2019, but researching through some pages of John Thomson\u2019s personal War Dairy and other documents, I found the following &#8211; <em>At the end of June 44, the CO, Lt-Col John Thomson gave an address to the Regiment stating that he was well aware how they all felt \u2013 \u201cnot being in France and playing our part in the ultimate defeat of the enemy, etc\u201d.\u00a0 Therefore, he would be contacting our Colonel-in-Chief, none other than the PM, the Rt Hon Winston Churchill, whom he hoped would authorise the necessary instructions to proceed to France.\u00a0 Through June and July, he made strenuous efforts, with the aid of Birkenhead to get them transferred \u201cinto the war\u201d.\u00a0 Birkenhead went down to Tilbury (where the Regiment was aiding the Allied Invasion) to prepare a petition to present to Churchill.\u00a0 Freddy Birkenhead had been in the Oxfordshire Yeomanry until 1941 when he went off to join the Foreign Office\u2019s Political Intelligence Department.\u00a0 It\u2019s not known what the terms of the \u2018petition\u2019 he\u2019d prepared with John Thomson, but he was the ideal person to deliver it, as he was the son of one of Churchill\u2019s oldest friends, and also Churchill\u2019s godson !<\/em><br \/><em>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Whatever the wording of the petition, it worked, and Churchill backed it and the War Office capitulated \u2013 the Oxfordshire Yeomanry were to go to war, again.\u00a0 However, there was one considerable problem:\u00a0 there was no requirement for a <u>Divisional A\/Tank regiment<\/u>, the role for which the OY had been equipped and trained for, though there might just be one for a <u>Corps A\/Tank regiment<\/u>.\u00a0 This decision was not easily accepted by the Army hierarchy.<\/em>\u00a0 [<em>Reading \u2018between the lines\u2019 of the resulting outcome, I\u2019m of the opinion that the Regiment was made to suffer as a result of this decision made by Churchill<\/em>.]<br \/>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0On 6<sup>th<\/sup> September, 69 ORs were posted to the Regiment from 96<sup>th<\/sup> AT Regt RA, with another 37 OR&#8217;s posted to the Regiment from 94<sup>th<\/sup> AT Regt RA.\u00a0 On 7<sup>th<\/sup> September, 15 Officers and 47 OR&#8217;s were posted from this unit to \u2018Home Details\u2019[<em>remaining in Britain<\/em>].\u00a0 On 11<sup>th<\/sup> September, a further 20 OR&#8217;s were posted to the Regiment from 94<sup>th<\/sup> AT Regt RA, 3 OR&#8217;s posted to the Regiment from 51 RA Training Regt (SP), and 31 OR&#8217;s posted to the Regiment from 117 Fd Regt RA.\u00a0 On 18<sup>th<\/sup> Sep, 6 OR&#8217;s posted to the Regiment from 51 RA Training Regt (SP).<br \/>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0On 2<sup>nd<\/sup> October the Regiment was placed on 6 hrs-notice from 23.59 that night.\u00a0 On 4<sup>th<\/sup> October, the Regt was moved by two special trains from Bracknell station to Newhaven, East Sussex.\u00a0 The first train, comprised of RHQ, 250 and 252 Btys, and left about 07.00; with the remainder of the Regt on the second train leaving about 10.00.\u00a0 They arrived at Newhaven approximately 12.00 and 15.00 respectively.\u00a0 They stayed at the Transit Camp, Newhaven overnight.<br \/>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0On 5<sup>th<\/sup> October, at 15.00, the first party (less Maj CH Priestley [BC 250 Bty] and Lt AHI Swift [Intl Offr]) embarked onto 4 LCI&#8217;s [<em>Landing Craft Infantry<\/em>].\u00a0 On 6<sup>th <\/sup>October, the above party sailed at 07.00 (a rough crossing).\u00a0 Arrived at 14.00 at Dieppe, Normandy, France.\u00a0 At 15.00 hrs, 249 and 251 Bty&#8217;s (plus Maj Priestley and Lt AHI Swift) embarked at Newhaven and was due to sail the following morning, but postponed until early on the 8<sup>th<\/sup>, due to the bad weather.\u00a0 At 17.00, the first party (RHQ, 250 and 252 Btys) were conveyed by transport from Dieppe to 51 RHU [<em>Reinforcement Holding Unit<\/em>] at Intraville, Normandy, France.<br \/>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0On 7<sup>th<\/sup> October, the CO (Lt-Col J Thomson) and QM (Capt FM Lewis) left by car for Brussels.\u00a0 The CO to see BRA [Brig RA], 2nd Army.\u00a0 The QM to see Q, 2nd Army.\u00a0 On the same afternoon, the Adjutant (Capt ATM Beaven) attended a conference at 6 LofC Sub-Area [<em>Lines of Communication &#8211; a route that connects an operating military force with a base of operations and along which supplies and military forces move<\/em>], and was told the Regt would be moved to Louvain (Walloon Region, Belgium), on 9th October.\u00a0 Transport and movement would be arranged by Q (Mov) [<em>Movement Control<\/em>] 2nd Army and 11 LofC Area.\u00a0 Meanwhile, the remainder of the Regt arrived at Dieppe (having had a good crossing) at 16.00 on the 8<sup>th<\/sup> Oct and were conveyed to Intraville.<br \/>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0An advance party left in the afternoon of the 9<sup>th<\/sup> October, heading for Louvain, Belgium, with the main body of the Regiment leaving on the 10<sup>th<\/sup> October, with two RASC platoons providing the transport.\u00a0 The route taken to Louvain was via Abbeville, Doullens, Arras, Doui, Tournai, and Brussels (approx 230 miles), with an overnight stay at Flines (nr Doui), arriving mid-day on the 11<sup>th<\/sup> October.\u00a0 The accommodation which had been allotted was the College Philosophique, Louvain (a very large Jesuit establishment which had been completely gutted by fire in 1940.\u00a0 Very cold and draughty &#8211; no doors or windows).\u00a0 At a conference later in the day, the CO informed the BC&#8217;s [<em>Battery Cmdrs<\/em>] that the Regt was to take over, in due course, from a Corps AT Regt which at present was in the line.\u00a0 In the meantime, a large number of officers and gun No&#8217;s 1 would be attached to Corps AT Regts to gain experience.\u00a0 Also, a certain number of SP M10&#8217;s and 17-pdrs would be supplied for training.\u00a0 On 12<sup>th<\/sup> October, approx half of the Regt&#8217;s officers and gun No&#8217;s 1 were attached to the Corps AT regiments of 1, 8, 12 and 30 Corps (the CO went to 8 Corps).<br \/>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0In view of the bad accommodation at the College Philosophique, new billets were recced in Louvain.\u00a0 Eventually deciding to move 249 and 250 Batteries to the College of Anatomy, and RHQ and LAD to the School of Physical Culture.\u00a0 Both these billets provided good accommodation.\u00a0 HQ 63<sup>rd<\/sup> (Oxf Yeo) AT Regt RA and LAD moved to the School of Physical Culture on the 14<sup>th<\/sup> October.\u00a0 It had been decided it was essential to move all troops from College Philosophique, so hunted for further accommodation for 251 and 252 Batteries.\u00a0 Accommodation was found in a factory in the north part of Louvain, not too good, but will probably do.\u00a0 On 16<sup>th<\/sup> October, 249 and 250 Batteries move to School of Anatomy.\u00a0 Requisitioned Moulin de La Dyle (factory mentioned above) for 251 and 252 Batteries, who moved on 20<sup>th<\/sup> October.\u00a0 During these past few days several M10&#8217;s [<em>Self-propelled (SP) guns<\/em>] and 17 pdr guns were received providing limited training facilities.<br \/>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0The Brig RA and GSO1 RA [<em>General Staff Officer Class 1<\/em>] of the 2<sup>nd<\/sup> Army arrived on 21<sup>st<\/sup> October to discuss the tradesman situation in the 63<sup>rd<\/sup> AT Regt and said that 21 Army Group were trying to arrange special courses for the tradesmen.\u00a0 They also said that they would try and fix a date for when the take over from 91<sup>st<\/sup> (A&amp;SH) AT Regt must be completed &#8211; this would not be early due the tradesman situation.\u00a0 Officers and NCOs of the first party returned from their attachment to 1, 8, 12, and 30 Corps on 22<sup>nd<\/sup> October, with Officers and NCO&#8217;s of a second party leaving for attachment to 8, 12 and 30 Corps on the 23<sup>rd<\/sup>.<br \/>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Further training had been arranged and on 28<sup>th<\/sup> Oct, 92 officers and OR&#8217;s (Tp Cmdrs, Veh-Mechs and Dvr-Mechs) went by road to Ostend for embarkation to Folkestone, en route to RAMT School at Rhyl, N Wales on M10 and Crusader courses, the courses lasting from 2<sup>nd<\/sup> Nov to 4<sup>th<\/sup> Dec.\u00a0 Officers included Capt J Sutcliffe (Technical Adjt), Capt NR Walls (Q Capt 250 Bty), Lt HV Gibson (Lsn Offr 252 Bty), and all Troop Cmdrs.<br \/>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0The Regt moved, on 29<sup>th<\/sup> October, in TCV&#8217;s [<em>Troop Carrying Vehicle<\/em>], to a new location at Waterscheide, Belgium.\u00a0 This is the first British unit to be stationed here, and the inhabitants were most kind and helpful and gave a great welcome.\u00a0 In November it had been reported that Sgt Greenaway (252 Bty), one of the NCO&#8217;s attached to 12 Corps, had become a battle casualty, being in an M10 hit by an 88mm gun during the attack on &#8216;s-Hertogenboch, North Brabant, the Netherlands.<br \/>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0On 4<sup>th<\/sup> November, the SCRA [<em>Staff Captain, RA<\/em>], 8 Corps visited to tell the Regt it had been ordered by the 2<sup>nd<\/sup> Army, to move up to Mill, North Brabant, the Netherlands.\u00a0 The Regt was to move the following day and that 2<sup>nd<\/sup> Army was to provide transport to move 800 men.\u00a0 The CO was to return with the SCRA to see CCRA [<em>Commander Corps Royal Artillery<\/em>] 8 Corps (Brig AG Matthew, DSO).\u00a0 In the early hours of 5<sup>th<\/sup> November, the CO returned and BC&#8217;s sent for.\u00a0 He told them the whole Regt must be moved today and was to come under command 8 Corps on arrival in the new location and would be employed partly operationally and partly on training.\u00a0 In the evening of 5<sup>th<\/sup> November, a message was received that the Army Cmdr would see the CO at 10.00 tomorrow, and that the Regt would remain concentrated with no operational duties until more equipment supplied.\u00a0 The Regt remains under command 8 Corps, but is administered by 3<sup>rd<\/sup> British Inf Div.\u00a0 On 7<sup>th<\/sup> November they were informed that the Regt would come under command of 2 HCR [<em>Household Cavalry Regiment<\/em>] for operations.\u00a0 The Regt were to be used as infantry and come under command of the 2 HCR, and subsequently the Royal Dragoons, as the 2 HCR were leaving the area on 12th Nov.\u00a0 The front on which they were to operate was from, including Sambeek on the right, to including St Agatha on the left.\u00a0 249 Battery was allotted Sambeek area, 250 Battery-Boxmeer area, 251 Battery-Beugen area, and 252 Battery-Ceffelt and St Agatha area.\u00a0 Each Battery was to dig three strong points in their areas.\u00a0 These were to be occupied each evening at dusk and remain manned until first light next morning.\u00a0 The situation when they arrived was that although the River Maas formed the front line between the Allies and the enemy, the Germans has been sending patrols across the river each night and had been entering the above-named Villages.\u00a0 The Regt\u2019s task was to stop this patrolling and to kill or capture the German patrols.<br \/>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0On 9<sup>th<\/sup> November, the Batteries moved out of the Mill area to take up their positions on the line of the River Maas.\u00a0 For a period, their nights were quiet with little to report, then on 16<sup>th<\/sup> November a post of 250 Bty engaged an enemy patrol at 03.15 in the morning.\u00a0 They suffered no casualties but the post is certain the enemy suffered some casualties.\u00a0 The ground was examined after daybreak and German small arms, ammunition and other equipment was found.\u00a0 During the day the area around RHQ came under shelling from German 88mm guns.\u00a0 At 21.00, a post of 252 Bty had encountered an enemy patrol of 6 at Boxmeer at 18.30 and killed three of them and captured three.\u00a0 These were sent to 3 British Inf Div for questioning.\u00a0 They turned out to be from an Intel Coy of 202 Luftwaffe Regt who had been sent on patrol to locate our positions.\u00a0 On 17<sup>th<\/sup> November, at 08.30, 250 Bty&#8217;s location at Boxmeer was heavily shelled.\u00a0 A direct hit on a trench where a number has taken shelter had caused the following casualties, killed:- Sgt Dyason, L\/Sgt Painting, L\/Bdr Hankin, L\/Bdr Quainton, Gnr Bland, Gnr Cleall, Gnr Wisker.\u00a0 Wounded:- L\/Sgt Coggins, Gnr Butler, Gnr Dowling, Gnr Johnson, Gnr Kilby, and Cpl Bailey (REME).\u00a0 At 18.00, one of 250 Bty&#8217;s posts was heavily mortared, two men slightly wounded.\u00a0 More shelling at RHQ at various times during day.\u00a0 On 18<sup>th<\/sup> November, there was nothing to report from any posts during night of 17\/18<sup>th<\/sup>, except increased shelling and mortaring.\u00a0 RHQ also received further attention during the day, but most shells fell about 600\/800 yds to the West.\u00a0 On 20<sup>th<\/sup> November, J Troop post of 252 Bty again encountered a German patrol on the night of 19\/20<sup>th<\/sup> Nov.\u00a0 They opened fire and wounded at least one man.\u00a0 Next morning, they found three machine carbines on the scene of the action, and a little later a wounded German Sgt surrendered himself.\u00a0 He said that two of the patrol had been killed and thought the other two had escaped.\u00a0 On 22<sup>nd<\/sup> November, a post of 250 Bty (F Troop) fought an action with an enemy patrol of 6 during the night of 21<sup>st<\/sup>\/22<sup>nd<\/sup>.\u00a0 One German was killed and body recovered in the morning.\u00a0 The following of F Tp sustained slight wounds &#8211; Gnr Cottrill, Gnr Payne, and Gnr Spillier.\u00a0 There had been very heavy rain the last three days and the River Maas is rapidly flooding.\u00a0 It was worst in the Sambeek (249 Bty) area.\u00a0 If the flooding gets any worse it may be necessary for 249 Bty to abandon their positions.\u00a0 It is thought the situation has been aggravated by the Germans tampering with the flood banks.\u00a0 On 26<sup>th<\/sup> November, the weather improved &#8211; sun shining in the morning.\u00a0 There was more shelling of Oeffelt in the morning of 27<sup>th<\/sup> November.\u00a0 During the afternoon L\/Sgt Owens of 251 Bty was wounded by a mortar bomb in Beugen.<br \/>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Orders were received on 29<sup>th<\/sup> November for the Regt to move from their present location to the area of Nuenen on 30<sup>th<\/sup> November.\u00a0 A RASC Platoon with 30 vehicles is to report to RHQ at 10.00 on 30<sup>th<\/sup> to lift personnel.\u00a0 In the Orders it was stated that there is a prodigious movement programme on tomorrow and keeping to time is of the utmost importance.\u00a0 Movement on the roads will probably be extremely difficult as it is likely a whole Bde will be moving into the Mill area during the morning.\u00a0 It is therefore important that \u2018B\u2019 Echs make an early start.\u00a0 It had been feared that 249, 250, and 251 Batteries would get shelled as their convoys moved out of their locations which were under observation from the enemy.\u00a0 This, however, did not happen although they received some mortar fire during the morning.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-e89ba62 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"e89ba62\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-3435584\" data-id=\"3435584\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ebcd222 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ebcd222\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0On 1<sup>st<\/sup> December, was spent in settling into our new accommodation.\u00a0\u00a0 At 10.00 the CO went to Corps Commander again.\u00a0 Subject discussed was reorganisation of the Regt.\u00a0 The policy laid down by the Army Commander looks pretty bad for the Oxfordshire Hussars.\u00a0 The attached extract of a letter of 8 Corps outlines this policy :-<\/p><p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><strong>1<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Second Army have ordered that 63<sup>rd<\/sup> (Oxf Yeo) AT Regt RA will be composed as follows :-<br \/><strong>RHQ, 63 AT Regt<\/strong>\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Personnel from 63<sup>rd<\/sup> AT Regt, except that a minimum number of essential specialists may be cross posted from HQ 91<sup>st<\/sup> AT Regt.<br \/><strong>250 (SP) Bty<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The complete personnel will be cross posted from one SP Bty 91<sup>st<\/sup> AT Regt as at present constituted.<br \/><strong>252 (SP) Bty<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The complete personnel will be cross posted from one SP Bty 91<sup>st<\/sup> AT Regt as at present constituted.<br \/><strong>249 (towed) Bty<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Personnel of 63<sup>rd<\/sup> AT Regt.<br \/><strong>251 (towed) Bty<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Personnel of 63<sup>rd<\/sup> AT Regt.<\/p><p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><strong>2<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Detailed programme of hand over will be as follows (Btys referred to are numbered as at present).<br \/><strong>6 Dec<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Taking over parties from HQ 63<sup>rd<\/sup> AT Regt, 249 AT Bty and 251 AT Bty will report at Geldrop at 1000 hrs to take over all stores and eqpt of HQ 91<sup>st<\/sup> AT Regt, 145 AT Bty and 344 AT Bty.<br \/><strong>7, 8, and 9 Dec<\/strong>\u00a0 \u00a0Take over continues and will be completed by 1200 hrs 9 Dec.<br \/><strong>9 Dec<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Personnel of 250 AT Bty and 252 AT Bty will leave by TCVs at 0900 and will go to an area allotted by Second Army (to be notified later).\u00a0 This will involve approx four hundred personnel.\u00a0 91<sup>st<\/sup> AT Regt will take over vehs from 63<sup>rd<\/sup> AT Regt for Adm in Army Area.<br \/><strong>10 Dec<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Personnel of 91<sup>st<\/sup> AT Regt (HQ, 145 Bty, and 344 Bty) going under Army control, will take over cooking utensils from 63<sup>rd<\/sup> AT Regt and depart 1300 by TCV for an area allotted by Second Army.<br \/>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Personnel of HQ 63<sup>rd<\/sup> AT Regt, 249 and 251 AT Btys will move in the afternoon from Stiphout to accommodation vacated by HQ 91<sup>st<\/sup> AT Regt, 145 and 344 AT Btys.<br \/>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0146 SP Bty and 144 SP Bty, at present under command 11 Armd Div and 3 Brit Div respectively, will come under command 63<sup>rd<\/sup> AT Regt and report to Stiphout area at 1500.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-46fd321 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"46fd321\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-8f47bda\" data-id=\"8f47bda\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2fe362d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2fe362d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0At 20.15 on 1<sup>st<\/sup> December, a BC&#8217;s Conference was held to discuss reorganisation as detailed above.\u00a0 The two Batteries of the Oxfordshire Hussars to be disbanded are 250 Bty (Maj EM Cornforth) and 252 Bty (Maj CE Brackenbury).\u00a0 249 and 251 Batteries remain.\u00a0 It was agreed that certain cross-postings of officers and OR&#8217;s should be carried out in order to preserve the \u2018Yeomen\u2019 in 250 and 252 Batteries.<br \/>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0On 3<sup>rd<\/sup> December at 10.30, the CO, 2i\/c, Adj, and QM went to a conference at RA 8 Corps presided over by CCRA.\u00a0 The composition of the RHQ of the new 63<sup>rd<\/sup> AT Regt was also discussed at the conference and the following was decided upon :-<br \/>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 2IC\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Maj CH Priestley, 63 AT Regt.<br \/>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Adt\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Capt ATM Beaven, 63 AT Regt.<br \/>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Intel Offr\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Lt AHI Swift, 63 AT Regt.<br \/>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Tech Adj\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Capt P Maxwell, 91 AT Regt.<br \/>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Sigs Offr\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Lt WP Carpenter, 63 AT Regt.<br \/>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 QM\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Capt FM Lewis, 63 AT Regt.<br \/>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0On 4<sup>th<\/sup> December, the news was released that LT-Col J Thomson TD, RA would not command the new Regt.\u00a0 He had been with the Regt for 17 yrs and had commanded it since May 1942.\u00a0 This was a very great shock to the Regt.\u00a0 On the 5<sup>th<\/sup> December he was told by the Army Commander that he was going to 21<sup>st<\/sup> AT Regt as 2i\/c.\u00a0 He left the Regt for 21<sup>st<\/sup> AT Regt on 7<sup>th<\/sup> December 1944.<br \/>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0On 5th December, the cross-postings the Regiment had arranged between 249 and 250 Batteries and 251 and 252 Batteries were agreed to.\u00a0 At 13.30, the 2i\/c and Adj went to RA 8 Corps to see representative of Reforsec 2nd Army to see what could be done to find jobs quickly for displaced NCO&#8217;s.\u00a0 Nothing very concrete was obtained.\u00a0 On 8<sup>th<\/sup> December, the hand-over between Batteries continues, and Advance parties from RHQ started to take over RHQ stores and equipment.<br \/>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0On 9<sup>th<\/sup> December, personnel of 250 and 252 Batteries plus the LAD left for the Army area allocated, which was at Renaix [<em>French pronunciation of Ronse, a Belgium city in the Flemish province of East Flanders<\/em>], about 180 km south west of Geldrop.\u00a0 An unfortunate situation arose on the afternoon, at 15.00. &#8211; Two officers reported to RHQ, from their course at Rhyl, and said that there were several more officers and some 50 ORs at 31 RHU at Bourg Leopold waiting to come back (<em>these were the personnel which had been sent on M10 and Crusader Courses at the end of October<\/em>).\u00a0 Many of these officers and men are now displaced from the Regt on account of the reorganisation and this news had to be broken to them.<br \/>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0On 10<sup>th<\/sup> December, RHQ and 249 Bty moved to Geldrop, with 251 Bty moving to Heeze occupying accommodation vacated by RHQ, 145 and 344 Btys of 91<sup>st<\/sup> AT Regt, who also moved back to Renaix.\u00a0 In the afternoon, 144 Bty (ex 91<sup>st<\/sup> AT Regt) moved from under command 3 Br Inf Div to Stiphout, and 146 Bty (ex 91<sup>st<\/sup> AT Regt) moved from under command 11 Armd Div to Eeneind, both batteries now under command 63<sup>rd<\/sup> AT Regt.\u00a0 All these locations are in North Brabant, the Netherlands.\u00a0 At 17.30, Lt-Col RIG Taylor, DSO, MC arrived from 21<sup>st<\/sup> AT Regt (where he had been 2i\/c) to take over command of the new Regiment.<br \/>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0On 11<sup>th<\/sup> December, at 09.30, the new CO held a BCs Conference to discuss future policy of the Regt,\u00a0 It was agreed that the Regt would be known as 63<sup>rd<\/sup> AT Regt (without the &#8216;Oxfordshire Yeomanry&#8217; inserted in brackets), and that 249 and 251 Btys should continue to call themselves &#8216;Oxfordshire Yeomanry&#8217; and that 144 and 146 Btys should call themselves &#8216;Argyll &amp; Sutherland Highlanders&#8217;.\u00a0 Also, it was agreed that all members of the Regt should continue to wear the dress and cap badges they had worn prior to the reorganisation.\u00a0 The CCRA visited the Regt, on the 12th and spoke to all ranks.<br \/>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0On 15<sup>th<\/sup> December, the Regt was put at 4 hours&#8217; notice to move, wef 10.00 hrs 16<sup>th<\/sup> December.\u00a0 On the 16<sup>th<\/sup> the Regt came under command of 11 Armd Div and were told they were taking over responsibility of a sector of the River Maas in the Ophoven (Limburg, the Netherlands) area.\u00a0 After, the CO had met with Cmdr 4 Armd Bde, and it was decided this task would be done with one Battery (251 Bty).\u00a0 Remainder of Regt would concentrate in Weert, Limburg, the Netherlands.\u00a0 On the 17<sup>th<\/sup> the Regt came under command 4 Armd Bde.\u00a0 At 09.00, 251 Bty left Heeze for Ophoven.\u00a0 On the 18<sup>th<\/sup> the Regt (less 251 Bty) reverted to command 8 Corps.\u00a0 The Regt now at 2 hrs notice in view of German offensive to the South on the American sector.\u00a0 On the 19<sup>th<\/sup> the Regt (less 251 Bty) moved from Geldrop to Weert.\u00a0 On the 20<sup>th<\/sup> reports received that on the American Sector, the Germans are dropping parachute troops to disrupt communications.\u00a0 The Regt have been warned to expect the same.\u00a0 For this reason, the Regt has been made responsible for the protection of 3 bridges in the Weert area.\u00a0 On the 22<sup>nd<\/sup> the CO attended a conference at 100<sup>th<\/sup> AA Bde HQ in Weert.\u00a0 Comdr of 100<sup>th<\/sup> AA Bde had been made responsible for the co-ordination of defence of Weert.\u00a0 The CO was appointed Defence Commander of Weert.\u00a0 Certain posts were selected in each sector which would be manned by standing patrols every night.\u00a0 On 23<sup>rd<\/sup> December, at 23.00, warning received by telephone from 100<sup>th<\/sup> AA Bde that German parachutists had been dropped about 10 miles West of Weert.\u00a0 The SP battery on duty was turned out immediately and proceeded to take up their positions in defence of the Weert bridges.\u00a0 It was later discovered that parachutists had NOT in fact been dropped, but that some escaped POWs who were thought to be parachutists had been found.<br \/>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0On 25<sup>th<\/sup> December, a very successful Christmas was had by all Batteries, less 251 Bty who were in the line under command 4 Armd Bde.\u00a0 They were, however, being relieved on 27 Dec, when they will return to barracks and celebrate their Christmas.\u00a0 On the 27<sup>th<\/sup> 251 Bty was relieved by a Battery of 75<sup>th<\/sup> AT Regt and returned to barracks at Weert and celebrated their Christmas.\u00a0 On the 29<sup>th<\/sup> information was received from RA 8 Corps, that the Regt would relieve a Battalion of 11<sup>th<\/sup> Armd Div on the R Maas, probably on 8<sup>th<\/sup> January.\u00a0 This will be an infantry role once again and we may have to do some patrolling.\u00a0 On 31<sup>st<\/sup> December, the Regt had a very successful New year&#8217;s Eve party.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-4641192 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"4641192\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-9088487\" data-id=\"9088487\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fcb7ac5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"fcb7ac5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #008080;\">Please also look at the further pages which depict :<\/span>&#8211;<\/strong><\/p><p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>1939<\/strong> &#8211; <strong>1940<\/strong>;\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<strong>1941<\/strong> &#8211; <strong>1942<\/strong>;\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<strong>1943<\/strong>;\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<strong>1944<\/strong>;\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<strong>1945<\/strong>;\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<strong>1946<\/strong>.<\/p><p>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0The <strong>1944<\/strong> page also details the merger with the 91<sup>st<\/sup> (A&amp;SH) AT Regt.<br \/>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0In the <strong>1946<\/strong> page can be found more information as to what happened to 250 and 252 Bty\u2019s post the merger.\u00a0 There is also a list of the Commanding Officers of the 63<sup>rd<\/sup> AT Regt.<\/p><p>\u00a0 \u00a0 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