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58th 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   8th Oct 1944 Orders 9th Oct 1944 Reliefs   11th Oct 1944 Operations   12th Oct 1944 In Action   13th Oct 1944 In Action   18th Oct 1944 Objective Gained   19th Oct 1944 Poor Conditions   20th Oct 1944 Support   27th Oct 1944 Orders   28th Oct 1944 In Action   31st Oct 1944 Patrols   3rd November 1944 In Action   4th November 1944 Advance   5th November 1944 Very Quiet   8th November 1944 Move   9th November 1944 Terrible Weather 12th November 1944 Reliefs   18th November 1944 Observation 25th November 1944 Difficulties   30th November 1944 Reliefs   1st Dec 1944 Preparations 2nd Dec 1944 Preparations 3rd Dec 1944 Attack Made   4th Dec 1944 Objective Captured   9th Dec 1944 Quiet   10th Dec 1944 On the Move   31st Dec 1944 In Reserve   1st Jan 1945 Reliefs   5th Jan 1945 In Action 9th Jan 1945 Ammunition   10th Jan 1945 Reliefs 11th Jan 1945 Artillery Support   18th Jan 1945 Reliefs 24th Jan 1945 Reliefs   31st Jan 1945 Propaganda   2nd Feb 1945 Propaganda   14th Feb 1945 Targets   15th Feb 1945 On the Move   19th Feb 1945 River Levels   21st Feb 1945 Reliefs   22nd Feb 1945 On the Move   24th Feb 1945 Rescue   1st Mar 1945 Harrassing Fire 2nd Mar 1945 Orders 3rd Mar 1945 Orders   4th Mar 1945 Posting   5th Mar 1945 Orders   6th Mar 1945 Exercise   7th Mar 1945 At Rest   9th Mar 1945 Exercise   11th Mar 1945 Exercise 12th Mar 1945 Exercise   13th Mar 1945 Preparations 14th Mar 1945 Recce   16th Mar 1945 Ammunition   17th Mar 1945 Calibration   18th Mar 1945 On the Move 19th Mar 1945 Ammunition   20th Mar 1945 Into Position 21st Mar 1945 Conference 22nd Mar 1945 Gun Pits   23rd Mar 1945 In Action   24th Mar 1945 In Action   25th Mar 1945 Advance   26th Mar 1945 Objectives Taken 27th Mar 1945 Advance   28th Mar 1945 Advance   29th Mar 1945 Advance 30th Mar 1945 Advance Continues 31st Mar 1945 In Action   1st May 1945 Move 2nd May 1945 On the Move If you can provide any additional information, especially on actions and locations at specific dates, please add it here. 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