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16th Field Regiment, Royal Artillery    16th Field Regiment, Royal Artillery served in France with the BEF as part of 2nd Division. They were evacuated through Dunkirk and re-equipped in Britain, being deployed to Yorkshire on Home Defence duties. They saw action in Burma and India from 1942 onwards.   4th Sep 1939 Mobilisation 9th Sep 1939 Preparations 13th Sep 1939 On the Move 16th Sep 1939 On the Move 23rd Sep 1939 On the Move 24th Sep 1939 On the Move 27th Sep 1939 On the Move 1st Oct 1939 On the Move 2nd Oct 1939 On the Move 3rd Oct 1939 On the Move 4th Oct 1939 On the Move 14th Oct 1939 Heavy Rain 19th Oct 1939 Heavy Rain 21st Oct 1939 Heavy Rain 1st Nov 1939 Training 2nd Nov 1939 Gun Fire 7th Nov 1939 Construction and Repairs 25th Nov 1939 Billets 28th Nov 1939 Training 30th Nov 1939 Training 3rd Dec 1939 Visibility 5th Dec 1939 Visit 27th Dec 1939 At Rest 15th Jan 1940 Leave 28th Feb 1940 Poor Weather 4th Mar 1940 Training 15th Mar 1940 Training 18th Mar 1940 On the Move 19th Mar 1940 On the Move 10th May 1940 On the Move 11th May 1940 Ready 12th May 1940 Quiet 13th May 1940 Enemy Active 14th May 1940 Enemy Active 15th May 1940 Orders 16th May 1940 Withdrawal 17th May 1940 Withdrawal 18th May 1940 Withdrawal 19th May 1940 Withdrawal 20th May 1940 In Action 21st May 1940 In Action 22nd May 1940 Withdrawal 23rd May 1940 In Action 24th May 1940 On the Move 25th May 1940 Anti-Tank Guns 26th May 1940 In Action 27th May 1940 In Action 28th May 1940 Withdrawal 29th May 1940 Reorganisation 30th May 1940 Enemy Advance 31st May 1940 In the Dunes   1st Jun 1940 Shelling 2nd Jun 1940 On the Beach   3rd Jun 1940 Home 5th Jun 1940 Reorganisation 14th Jun 1940 Reorganisation 15th Jun 1940 Reorganisation 21st Jun 1940 Reorganisation 23rd Jun 1940 On the Move 24th Jun 1940 On the Move 30th Jun 1940 Promotion 6th Jul 1940 Reorganisation 11th Jul 1940 Reorganisation 16th Jul 1940 New CO 19th Jul 1940 On the Move Aug 1940 Guns 7th Sep 1940 Alert 8th Sep 1940 Alert 16th Oct 1940 On the Move 18th Oct 1940 On the Move 27th Dec 1940 On the Move 3rd Jan 1941 On the Move 6th Jan 1941 Reorganisation 19th Jan 1941 Snow 5th Feb 1941 Training 20th Mar 1941 Exercise 26th Mar 1941 Demonstration 27th Mar 1941 Exercise 31st Mar 1941 Guns 6th Apr 1941 Exercise 8th Apr 1941 Air Raid 9th Apr 1941 Air Raid 11th May 1941 Training 7th Jun 1941 Training 13th Jun 1941 Coastal Defence 16th Jun 1941 Exercise 1st Jul 1941 Exercise 19th Jul 1941 Exercise 7th Aug 1941 New CO 8th Aug 1941 Equipment Arrives 14th Aug 1941 Exercise 13th of February 1943 Field Firing Exercise   15th Mar 1943 Artillery Registration 16th Mar 1943 Heavy Firing 17th Mar 1943 Patrol 18th Mar 1943 Attack Made 19th Mar 1943 Reliefs 24th Mar 1943 Shelling 3rd Apr 1944 In Action 17th Apr 1944 Change of Command   19th Apr 1944 Artillery in Action 20th Apr 1944 Attack Made 21st Apr 1944 Barrage 22nd Apr 1944 Bombardment 23rd Apr 1944 Empty Positions 24th Apr 1944 Advance   26th Apr 1944 Box Formed   29th Dec 1944 In Action 4th Jan 1945 Attack Made 5th Jan 1945 Reliefs 7th Jan 1945 Enemy Aircraft   8th of February 1945 Orders   8th of February 1945 Moves   9th of February 1945 Patrols   10th of February 1945 Advance   11th of February 1945 Patrols   12th of February 1945 Road and Rail Crossing   14th of February 1945 Report   15th of February 1945 Search   16th of February 1945 Orders   16th of February 1945 Dust Clouds   16th of February 1945 Operation Instruction No 3   26th of March 1945 Summary of events   If you can provide any additional information, especially on actions and locations at specific dates, please add it here. Those known to have served with 16th Field Regiment, Royal Artillery during the Second World War 1939-1945. Allan Osborne Ronald. Sgt. Hatton Richard George. L/Sjt. (d.11th May 1944) The names on this list have been submitted by relatives, friends, neighbours and others who wish to remember them, if you have any names to add or any recollections or photos of those listed, please Add a Name to this List Records of 16th Field Regiment, Royal Artillery from other sources. The Wartime Memories Project is the original WW1 and WW2 commemoration website. Announcements 1st of September 2024 marks 25 years since the launch of the Wartime Memories Project. Thanks to everyone who has supported us over this time. The Wartime Memories Project has been running for 25 years. If you would like to support us, a donation, no matter how small, would be much appreciated, annually we need to raise enough funds to pay for our web hosting and admin or this site will vanish from the web. 18th Dec 2024 - Please note we currently have a huge backlog of submitted material, our volunteers are working through this as quickly as possible and all names, stories and photos will be added to the site. If you have already submitted a story to the site and your UID reference number is higher than 265120 your information is still in the queue, please do not resubmit, we are working through them as quickly as possible. Looking for help with Family History Research?   Please read our Family History FAQs The free to access section of The Wartime Memories Project website is run by volunteers and funded by donations from our visitors. If the information here has been helpful or you have enjoyed reaching the stories please conside making a donation, no matter how small, would be much appreciated, annually we need to raise enough funds to pay for our web hosting or this site will vanish from the web. If you enjoy this site please consider making a donation. Want to find out more about your relative's service? Want to know what life was like during the War? Our Library contains an ever growing number diary entries, personal letters and other documents, most transcribed into plain text. Wanted: Digital copies of Group photographs, Scrapbooks, Autograph books, photo albums, newspaper clippings, letters, postcards and ephemera relating to WW2. We would like to obtain digital copies of any documents or photographs relating to WW2 you may have at home. If you have any unwanted photographs, documents or items from the First or Second World War, please do not destroy them. The Wartime Memories Project will give them a good home and ensure that they are used for educational purposes. Please get in touch for the postal address, do not sent them to our PO Box as packages are not accepted. World War 1 One ww1 wwII second 1939 1945 battalion Did you know? We also have a section on The Great War. and a Timecapsule to preserve stories from other conflicts for future generations. Want to know more about 16th Field Regiment, Royal Artillery? There are:554 items tagged 16th Field Regiment, Royal Artillery available in our Library   These include information on officers, regimental histories, letters, diary entries, personal accounts and information about actions during the Second World War. Sgt. Osborne Ronald Allan 27th Field Battery Royal Artillery My Father Ron Allan, served with the Royal Artillery during WW2. He spent most of his time in the UK in South West coastal regions and including Ireland and Scotland. From his records it was obvious he was trying to see more active action overseas as he kept resigning his post to get more action. In 1945 he was transferred to the Pacific region and was part of the Allied South East Asia Force in 27th Field Battery R A (jungle force) to drive out the Japanese from Burma. He returned home from Rangoon in 1946. My cousin informs me my dad told his brother he was at Changi, presumably part of the army force that released the prisons of war held there, but I have no information to say whether that is the case as the army records are vague and mostly say W/S (war sergeant) increased pay. If anyone has any information on this regiments' actions during that time I would love to know, as I only accessed my dad's records after his death and he never spoke to us about any war experience during his lifetime. Jean Roberta Allan Add to this record. L/Sjt. Richard George Hatton 16th Field Regiment Royal Artillery (d.11th May 1944) Richard Hatton aka Dick was the youngest of 6 children in the Hatton family. He served in the 16th Field Regiment, Royal Artillery but died on 11th of May 1944 aged 24. He was originally buried on Jail Hill. Sarah Martin Add to this record. Recomended Reading. Available at discounted prices. Links

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