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471st Battery, Royal Artillery
98th (Surrey and Sussex Yeomanry) Field Regiment, Royal Artillery was a Territorial unit, at the outbreak of the Second World War it made up of 391st and 392nd Batteries. They saw action in the Battle of France and were evacuated via Dunkirk. They served on Home Defence duties and 471st Battery joined in January 1941. In September 1942 they joined 10th Armoured Division and saw action in North Africa, Sicily and Italy. In 1945 they transferred to 21st Army Group and saw action in North Western Europe until the end of WW2.
7th of January 1945 Orders
7th Jan 1945 Orders
7th of January 1945 Orders
7th of January 1945 Instructions
9th of January 1945 Orders Changed
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