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125th Field Regiment Royal Artillery
1st Sep 1939 Reorganisation
8th Jan 1940 Defence
7th Feb 1940 Scare
9th Mar 1940 Orders
10th Mar 1940 Information Received
11th Mar 1940 Advance Party
10th Apr 1940 On the Move
12th Apr 1940 Lecture
13th Apr 1940 On the Move
14th Apr 1940 On the Move
21st Apr 1940 On the Move
22nd Apr 1940 On the Move
27th Apr 1940 On the Move
1st May 1940 On the Move
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10th May 1940 Air Raids
12th May 1940 Defence
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13th May 1940 Orders
16th May 1940 Defence
17th May 1940 Orders
18th May 1940 Bridges
19th May 1940 In Defence
20th May 1940 No Withdrawal
21st May 1940 Orders
22nd May 1940 On the Move
23rd May 1940 Orders
24th May 1940 Transport
25th May 1940 Orders
26th May 1940 In Defence
27th May 1940 Under Attack
28th May 1940 Poor Conditions
29th May 1940 Shelling
30th May 1940 Perimeter Defence
31st May 1940 Evacuation
2nd Jun 1940 Orders
3rd Jun 1940 Reception Camp
5th Jun 1940 Reorganisation
14th Jun 1940 Divisional HQ Moves
15th Jun 1940 Reorganisation
17th Jun 1940 Reorganisation
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Those known to have served with
125th Field Regiment Royal Artillery
during the Second World War 1939-1945.
- Magrill Jack Harold. L/Sgt. (d.12th September 1944)
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L/Sgt. Jack Harold Magrill 125th Field Regiment Royal Artillery (d.12th September 1944)
Jack Magrill died on the Rakuyo Maru, sunk by the US Submarine, Sealion off East Hainan Island at around 5.00am on 12th of September 1944. 1159 PoWs were lost. The story is told at cofepow.org.ukBen Magrill
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