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456th Battery, Royal Artillery    78th (Lowland) Field Regiment, Royal Artillery was a territorial unit made up of 309th (1st City of Edinburgh) and 310th (2nd City of Edinburgh) Batteries, later 456th Battery was added. They served on Home Defence duties and in North Africa, Sicily and Italy. In May 1944 they became 178th Medium Regiment, RA.   6th Jun 1942 Orders   10th Jun 1942 Reinforcements   12th Jun 1942 Departure   29th Jun 1942 Postings   30th Jun 1942 Vehicles   1st Jul 1942 Reinforcements 2nd Jul 1942 Mobilisation 3rd Jul 1942 Clothing   4th Jul 1942 Clothing   5th Jul 1942 Divine Service   6th Jul 1942 Musketry   7th Jul 1942 Musketry   8th Jul 1942 Musketry   9th Jul 1942 Preparations   10th Jul 1942 Preparations   11th Jul 1942 Appointment   12th Jul 1942 Church Parade   13th Jul 1942 On the Move   14th Jul 1942 On the Move   15th Jul 1942 Preparations   16th Jul 1942 Accomodation   17th Jul 1942 On the Move   18th Jul 1942 On the Move   20th Jul 1942 At Sea 21st Jul 1942 Defence   24th Jul 1942 Defence   27th Jul 1942 Into Port   28th Jul 1942 At Anchor 31st Jul 1942 On the Move   2nd Aug 1942 At Sea 3rd Aug 1942 Uboat   4th Aug 1942 Action Stations   5th Aug 1942 At Sea   6th Aug 1942 At Sea   7th Aug 1942 Convoy   8th Aug 1942 At Sea   9th Aug 1942 At Sea   10th Aug 1942 Clothing   12th Aug 1942 Letters Home 13th Aug 1942 In Port   14th Aug 1942 Shore Leave   15th Aug 1942 Shore Leave   16th Aug 1942 On the Move   18th Aug 1942 On the Move   20th Aug 1942 On the Move   24th Aug 1942 On the Move   26th Aug 1942 On the Move   28th Aug 1942 Memorial Service   29th Aug 1942 On the Move   30th Aug 1942 On the Move   31st Aug 1942 On the Move   1st Sep 1942 On the Move   2nd Sep 1942 In Camp   2nd Sep 1942 In Camp   6th Sep 1942 Sickness   7th Sep 1942 Sickness   8th Sep 1942 Visit   9th Sep 1942 Sickness   10th Sep 1942 Defences   11th Sep 1942 Defences   12th Sep 1942 Visit 13th Sep 1942 Vehicles 14th Sep 1942 Vehicles   15th Sep 1942 Orders   16th Sep 1942 Orders 17th Sep 1942 Lectures 18th Sep 1942 Advance Party   19th Sep 1942 On the Move   20th Sep 1942 Vehicles   21st Sep 1942 Exercise   23rd Sep 1942 Visit   23rd Sep 1942 Exercise   24th Sep 1942 Exercise   25th Sep 1942 Exercise 26th Sep 1942 Exercise 27th Sep 1942 In Camp   28th Sep 1942 On the Move   29th Sep 1942 Training   30th Sep 1942 Training   1st Oct 1942 Training   2nd Oct 1942 Training   3rd Oct 1942 Exercise   4th Oct 1942 In Camp   5th Oct 1942 Bivouac   6th Oct 1942 Rear Party   7th Oct 1942 Training   8th Oct 1942 Exercise   9th Oct 1942 Exercise   10th Oct 1942 Training   11th Oct 1942 Training   12th Oct 1942 Training 13th Oct 1942 Training   14th Oct 1942 Exercise   15th Oct 1942 Move   16th Oct 1942 Move 17th Oct 1942 Training   18th Oct 1942 Orders   19th Oct 1942 Move 20th Oct 1942 On the Move   21st Oct 1942 Vehicles   22nd Oct 1942 On the Move 23rd Oct 1942 Orders 24th Oct 1942 In Action 25th Oct 1942 In Action 26th Oct 1942 Slow Progress   27th Oct 1942 Attacks   28th Oct 1942 Barrage   29th Oct 1942 Objective Gained 30th Oct 1942 Attack Made   31st Oct 1942 Tank Skirmishes   1st Nov 1942 Advance   1st of November 1942 In the battle of El Alamein 1st of November 1942 Orders   1st of November 1942 Orders   2nd Nov 1942 In Action   2nd of November 1942 In Action   3rd Nov 1942 In Action 3rd of November 1942 In Action   4th Nov 1942 In Action 5th Nov 1942 Rapid Advance   6th Nov 1942 Road Cleared   7th Nov 1942 On the Move   8th Nov 1942 Orders   9th Nov 1942 On the Move   10th Nov 1942 Maintenance   11th Nov 1942 New CO   12th Nov 1942 Introduction   13th Nov 1942 Training   14th Nov 1942 Inspection   15th Nov 1942 Church Parade   16th Nov 1942 Training   17th Nov 1942 Heavy Rain   18th Nov 1942 Recce   19th Nov 1942 Sandstorm   20th Nov 1942 Orders 21st Nov 1942 Move   22nd Nov 1942 On the Move   23rd Nov 1942 On the Move   24th Nov 1942 In Camp   25th Nov 1942 Maintenance   26th Nov 1942 Maintenance   27th Nov 1942 Orders 28th Nov 1942 Orders Received   29th Nov 1942 Preparations   30th Nov 1942 On the Move   1st Dec 1942 On the Move   2nd Dec 1942 On the Move   3rd Dec 1942 On the Move   4th Dec 1942 On the Move   5th Dec 1942 Maintenance   6th Dec 1942 Church Parade   7th Dec 1942 Maintenance   8th Dec 1942 Musketry   9th Dec 1942 Visit   10th Dec 1942 Exercise 11th Dec 1942 Exercise   12th Dec 1942 Football   13th Dec 1942 Heavy Rain   14th Dec 1942 Training   15th Dec 1942 Conference   16th Dec 1942 Training   17th Dec 1942 Training   18th Dec 1942 Target   19th Dec 1942 Training 20th Dec 1942 Training   21st Dec 1942 Training   22nd Dec 1942 Recce 23rd Dec 1942 No Transport Day   24th Dec 1942 Christmas Goods   25th Dec 1942 Festivities   26th Dec 1942 Very Wet   27th Dec 1942 Training   28th Dec 1942 Exercise   29th Dec 1942 Exercise   30th Dec 1942 Preparations   31st Dec 1942 Celebrations   1st Jan 1943 Sports   2nd Jan 1943 Exercise   3rd Jan 1943 Storm   4th Jan 1943 Rumours   5th Jan 1943 Exercise   6th Jan 1943 Training   7th Jan 1943 Training   8th Jan 1943 Training   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 456th Battery, Royal Artillery during the Second World War 1939-1945. This page is new, as yet no names have been submitted. 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 456th Battery, 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. 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