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241st Battery, Royal Artillery
61st Anti-Tank Regiment, Royal Artillery was a unit of the territorial Army based at Rothesay. It was made up of 241st, 242nd, 243rd and 244th Batteries. From the outbreak of war it was part of 9th (Scottish) Infantry Division and was engaged in the defence of the the United Kingdom. On the 7th of August 1940 it transferred to 51st (Highland) Infantry Division. they remained in the United Kingdom until 16th of June 1942 they sailed for Egypt and served in Libya and Tunisia. They landed in Sicily on the 10th of July 1943. Returning to the United Kingdom in November to begin training for the Normandy Landings. They served across Western Europe from June 1944 onwards.
77th Heavy Anti Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery was a unit of the Territorial Army, in 1939 it was made up of 239th (Glamorgan) Battery, 240th (Glamorgan) Battery, 241st (Glamorgan) Battery and 242nd (Glamorgan) Battery. They saw action in the Defence of Britain and in Java.
20th May 1940 In Action
23rd May 1940 Enemy Advance
August 1940 Guns
30th Sep 1940 Guns
2nd Jan 1941 In Action
3rd March 1941 In Action
4th March 1941 In Action
6th Dec 1941 On the Move
9th Jan 1942 Orders
13th Jan 1942 Arrival
30th Jan 1942 On the Move
3rd Feb 1942 On the Move
4th Feb 1942 Air Raid
12th Mar 1942 Surrender
22nd of November 1942 Operational Order No. 11. Appendix B
22nd of November 1942 Instructions
15th of December 1942 Orders
1st Oct 1944 Move
2nd Oct 1944 On the Move
3rd Oct 1944 Recce
4th Oct 1944 Batteries Deployed
5th Oct 1944 Recce
6th Oct 1944 Anti Tank Defence
7th Oct 1944 Enemy Targetted
8th Oct 1944 Harassing Fire
9th Oct 1944 Misty
10th Oct 1944 In Action
12th Oct 1944 Enemy Shelling
13th Oct 1944 Attack
14th Oct 1944 Quiet
15th Oct 1944 Prisoners Taken
16th Oct 1944 Demonstration
17th Oct 1944 Wet Day
18th Oct 1944 Reliefs
19th Oct 1944 Reliefs Completed
20th Oct 1944 At Rest
21st Oct 1944 Explosion
23rd Oct 1944 Attack Made
24th Oct 1944 In Action
25th Oct 1944 In Action
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Those known to have served with 241st Battery, Royal Artillery during the Second World War 1939-1945. - Argust Thomas John. L/Sgt. (d.29th Nov 1943)
- Jones Thomas John. Gnr.
- Williams Ellis Lloyd. Gnr.
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L/Sgt. Thomas John Argust 77th H A A Regiment, 241st Bty. Royal Artillery (d.29th Nov 1943) Thomas John Argust died on the Suez Maru.
He was a POW captured on the 9th of March 1942 and held in Thailand and Malai 1.
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Gnr. Thomas John Jones 241st Battery 77th Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment Thomas Jones served with 241th Battery, 77th Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery.
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