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56th Medium Regiment, Royal Artillery
56th (Highland) Medium Regiment, Royal Artillery was a territorial unit based in Aberdeen. They saw action in the Battle of France in 1940 and on Home Defence Duties.
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Gnr. Hugh Thomas Arthur Pullen 28th Searchlight Regiment Royal Artillery
Hugh Pullen was posted to 25th Medium and Heavy Training Regiment on 16th of December 1942. He was subsequently posted to 56th Medium Regiment on 26th of February 1943. Following a medical, he was posted to Anti Aircraft Command and joined 28th Searchlight Regiment, Royal Artillery on 25th of December 1943.
He landed at Dieppe after D-Day and then travelled through Belgium, the Netherlands, Denmark and Germany.
After demobilisation on 26th April 1947, he joined the Territorial Army from 15th March 1952 to 30th June 1959, again as a Gunner.
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Bmbdr. Alexander John Crawford 56th (Highland) Medium Regiment, 221 Battery Royal Field Artillery My grandfather, Alex Crawford, served with the local TA (222 Battery) from 1934 to 1939. When promoted to Bombardier he was moved to 221 Battery. It would appear he was a Signaller when he was captured at either Courtrai or Moorsele in Belgium on 24th/25th May 1940 whilst serving under III Corps. He was then a POW in Stalag XXA from 9th June 1940, moved to Stalag XXB in March 1941 where he spent most of the war. He was then transferred to Stalag 357 Fallingbostel/Oerbke on 22nd of August 1944.
We had one photograph of him at XXB but since carrying out my research we have found a second. I'm not expecting to find any from Fallingbostel as I believe the conditions were atrocious by the time he arrived there.
Having looked at the War Diaries (from the National Archives) of 56 Medium Highland Regiment RA there were a number of men either captured, killed or injured on those dates in May 1940.
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