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World War 2 Two II WW2 WWII 1939 1945

31st Field Battery, Royal Artillery



   25th Field Regiment, Royal Artillery, made up of 12th, 25th, 31st and 58th Batteries was in India when war broke out in 1939. They served in North Africa, Iraq and North Western Europe.

 

4th Oct 1944 Move into Holland

5th Oct 1944 In Position  location map

8th Oct 1944 Orders

9th Oct 1944 Reliefs  location map

11th Oct 1944 Operations  location map

12th Oct 1944 In Action  location map

13th Oct 1944 In Action  location map

18th Oct 1944 Objective Gained  location map

19th Oct 1944 Poor Conditions  location map

20th Oct 1944 Support  location map

27th Oct 1944 Orders  location map

28th Oct 1944 In Action  location map

31st Oct 1944 Patrols  location map

3rd November 1944 In Action  location map

4th November 1944 Advance  location map

5th November 1944 Very Quiet  location map

8th November 1944 Move  location map

9th November 1944 Terrible Weather

12th November 1944 Reliefs  location map

18th November 1944 Observation

25th November 1944 Difficulties  location map

30th November 1944 Reliefs  location map

1st Dec 1944 Preparations

2nd Dec 1944 Preparations

3rd Dec 1944 Attack Made  location map

4th Dec 1944 Objective Captured  location map

9th Dec 1944 Quiet  location map

10th Dec 1944 On the Move  location map

31st Dec 1944 In Reserve  location map

1st Jan 1945 Reliefs  location map

5th Jan 1945 In Action

9th Jan 1945 Ammunition  location map

10th Jan 1945 Reliefs

11th Jan 1945 Artillery Support  location map

18th Jan 1945 Reliefs

24th Jan 1945 Reliefs  location map

31st Jan 1945 Propaganda  location map

2nd Feb 1945 Propaganda  location map

14th Feb 1945 Targets  location map

15th Feb 1945 On the Move  location map

19th Feb 1945 River Levels  location map

21st Feb 1945 Reliefs  location map

22nd Feb 1945 On the Move  location map

24th Feb 1945 Rescue  location map

1st Mar 1945 Harrassing Fire

2nd Mar 1945 Orders

3rd Mar 1945 Orders  location map

4th Mar 1945 Posting  location map

5th Mar 1945 Orders  location map

6th Mar 1945 Exercise  location map

7th Mar 1945 At Rest  location map

9th Mar 1945 Exercise  location map

11th Mar 1945 Exercise

12th Mar 1945 Exercise  location map

13th Mar 1945 Preparations

14th Mar 1945 Recce  location map

16th Mar 1945 Ammunition  location map

17th Mar 1945 Calibration  location map

18th Mar 1945 On the Move

19th Mar 1945 Ammunition  location map

20th Mar 1945 Into Position

21st Mar 1945 Conference

22nd Mar 1945 Gun Pits  location map

23rd Mar 1945 In Action  location map

24th Mar 1945 In Action  location map

25th Mar 1945 Advance  location map

26th Mar 1945 Objectives Taken

27th Mar 1945 Advance  location map

28th Mar 1945 Advance  location map

29th Mar 1945 Advance

30th Mar 1945 Advance Continues

31st Mar 1945 In Action  location map

1st May 1945 Move

2nd May 1945 On the Move


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31st Field Battery, Royal Artillery

during the Second World War 1939-1945.

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