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273rd Field Battery, Royal Artillery
69th (West Riding) Field Regiment, Royal Artillery was a territorial unit based in Leeds, at the outbreak of war it consisted of 273rd (1st West Riding) Battery and 274th (2nd West Riding) Battery. 448th Battery joined in Spring 1941. During the Second World War, they served as part of 49th (West Riding) Division in Iceland, on Home Defence duties and across North Western Europe.
30th Sep 1940 Strength
12th Mar 1941 Conference
20th Jun 1944 Enemy Targetted
1st Jan 1945 Raid
2nd Jan 1945 Raid
3rd Jan 1945 Harrassing Fire
4th Jan 1945 Experiment
5th Jan 1945 Harassing Fire
6th Jan 1945 Harassing Fire
7th Jan 1945 Calibration
8th Jan 1945 Snow
9th Jan 1945 Snow
10th Jan 1945 Snow Still Falling
13th Jan 1945 Raids
14th Jan 1945 Outpost Attacked
17th Jan 1945 Gins Checked
18th Jan 1945 Raid
19th Jan 1945 Relief Postponed
20th Jan 1945 Counter Attack
21st Jan 1945 Propaganda
22nd Jan 1945 Harassing Fire
23rd Jan 1945 Harassing Fire
24th Jan 1945 Harassing Fire
25th Jan 1945 Reliefs Completed
26th Jan 1945 Maintenance
27th Jan 1945 Snow
1st Feb 1945 Calibration
2nd Feb 1945 Relief
3rd Feb 1945 Equipment
5th Feb 1945 Recce
6th Feb 1945 Instructions
7th Feb 1945 Conference
9th Feb 1945 Preparations
10th Feb 1945 Enemy Targetted
11th Feb 1945 Flooding
12th Feb 1945 Difficult Conditions
13th Feb 1945 Night Firing
14th Feb 1945 Recce
15th Feb 1945 Enemy Raid
16th Feb 1945 Conference
17th Feb 1945 Lectures
18th Feb 1945 Recce
19th Feb 1945 Night Firing
20th Feb 1945 Air Attack
22nd Feb 1945 Accurate Fire
24th Feb 1945 Night Firing
25th Feb 1945 Enemy Targetted
26th Feb 1945 Harassing Fire
27th Feb 1945 Harassing Fire
28th Feb 1945 Counter Battery Work
1st May 1945 Restricted Firing
2nd May 1945 Food Convoys
3rd May 1945 Truce
4th May 1945 Annoucement
5th May 1945 Cease Fire
7th May 1945 Document
8th May 1945 Patrols
9th May 1945 Quiet
13th May 1945 Service of Thanksgiving
16th May 1945 Reliefs
22nd May 1945 Advance PartyIf you can provide any additional information, especially on actions and locations at specific dates, please add it here.
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273rd Field Battery, Royal Artillery
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Cpl. Kenneth Thornton Farnell 273rd Bty. 69th Field Regiment Royal Artillery
Kenneth Farnell served from the Territorial Army straight into the war and served in France, Germany, and Iceland. In France, he was nearly blown up when the truck he and his mates had been riding took a direct hit from an artillery shell while he was relieving himself by the roadside. All his mates were killed. He was buried under the debris for almost three days before being rescued. He also broke both arms after falling off a motorcycle while travelling between sites. After the accident, he remounted the bike and returned to camp unaware that he had broken his arms. He later served as a chauffeur in Iceland and was present at the declaration and signing of the peace treaty at the end of the war.Graham Neil Farnell
L/Bdr. Raymond Handy 273 Battery "A" Troop. 69th (West Riding) Field Regiment
At the end of WW2 my grandmother and grandfather met in Germany. She was a German girl, Ruth Netzker, and he was an English soldier, Raymond Handy. My mother, Barbara Netzker, was born in October 1946 from the great love they had for each other. My grandfather saw my mother just once in December 1946 when she was 1 month old. My mother has several letters, written by my grandfather to my grandmother, between December 1945 and January 1947. In his last letter, dated January 10th 1947, he said he was going on a trip to England and would write as soon as he had some news, but they never heard from him again. In 1956 my mother arrived in Mexico with my grandmother.I hope that with all the new technology it might be possible to locate him and know if he is still alive or if he died, if he is happy and if it is possible to have a picture from him. I would love him to know that I am deeply grateful to him for giving me my mother. If there are any relatives I would like them to know they have a piece of their family in Mexico, willing to know them. And, "keeping my chin up" as he used to sign his letters, I will wait for any information regarding my grandfather.
Vivian Carasco
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