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64th Medium Regiment, Royal Artillery
64th Medium Regiment, Royal Artillery was formed in London in 1939 from the 211st and 212nd (London) batteries, 53rd Medium Regiment. Initally equipped with iron tyres 6-inch howitzers, in August 1940 it re-equipped with 211 battery being armed with 4.5-inch Guns and 212 Battery being armed with 6-inch howitzers. They saw action in North Africa, Greece, the Middle East and North West Europe.
2nd Oct 1942 Advice
12th Oct 1942 Orders
14th Oct 1942 New Positions
20th Oct 1942 New Positions
2nd of December 1942 Instructions 
18th Sep 1944 Shelling
19th Sep 1944 Advance
20th Sep 1944 Advance
21st Sep 1944 Communications
16th Dec 1944 In Action
16th Dec 1944 Attack Made
17th Dec 1944 Paracutists
19th Dec 1944 Orders
20th Dec 1944 Orders
21st Dec 1944 On the Move
22nd Dec 1944 Bridges Held
23rd Dec 1944 Orders
23rd Dec 1944 Bridges Held
24th Dec 1944 Assalts Made
24th Dec 1944 Intelligence
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L/Sgt. Eric George "Bill" Williams 212th Battery 64th Medium Regiment Eric Williams was captured on the 29th of June 1942 at Fuka in the Northern Desert. He went through three Italian prisoner of war camps 68, 65, and 52 before being transferred into German hands and going to Stalag VIIIA and believe he was one of the British who arrived at Stalag VIIIA on the 19th of September 1943.
I know he was in the forced March. But have no other details.
I have a lot of photos of Sports teams, Concerts etc.
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Gnr. Victor Edward Martin 64th Medium Regiment Royal Artillery My dad, Victor Martin, served in Egypt, Libya and Greece. He was captured in Cyrenaica after the truck he was in went over a landmine killing some of the others and breaking his right arm and leg. He was taken to Caserta military hospital and from there to Stalag VIIIB where he was a PoW until 1944 when he was repatriated. Because of the severity of his injuries, which left him unable to write with his right hand, he trained himself to use his left one.
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