69th (Caernarvon & Denbighshire Yeomanry) MR, RA.
In 1939, 61st Medium Regiment formed
a duplicate unit, 69th Medium Regiment, RA which in February
1942 was designated as 69th (Caernarvon & Denbigh Yeomanry)
Medium Regiment, RA. It
also saw service with the BEF in
1940, before being sent to North
Africa in 1942, where it took part in the Battle
of El Alamein. It joined the 2nd
AGRA (Army
Group Royal Artillery) and took part in the Italian
Campaign from 1943 to 1945. It ended the war in
North-West Europe with the 2nd
Army. |
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4.5-inch gun of 69th (Caernarvon &
Denbigh Yeomanry) Med Rgt firing at the crossing of Garigliano
River in Italy, 17/18 January 1944 |
891670 Gunner Alfred Spencer
Davies 69th (Caernarvon & Denbighshire
Yeomanry) Medium Regiment RA 6th Army Group Royal Artillery
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-north-west-wales-43924596
Alfred's tie is that of the 361st (Carnarvon and Denbigh
Yeomanry) Medium Regiment RA (TA). He said: “I was in the
61st Medium Regiment which was made up of men from Llandudno,
Caernarfon, Bangor and Anglesey. After the war started I ended
up fighting across Northern France. But the Germans advanced and
pushed us back. We were part of a gun crew, not a heavy gun but
it was big enough. We spiked it so the Germans couldn’t use it
as we made our way to Dunkirk."
http://www.dailypost.co.uk/news/north-wales-news/watch-llandudno-world-war-ii-8076757
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Gunner Bernard Kitchener Jones
Llandudno |
Gunner Charles Albert Cashmore
69th (Denbighshire Yeomanry) Medium Regiment, Royal Artillery.
Killed in Action, 29th October 1943, Naples, Italy. |
Gunner George Davies
From Llandudno, killed in action in Tunisia, aged 27. |
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