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4th Royal Tank Regiment    4th Royal Tank Regiment saw action in North Africa, being captured at Tobruk. 144th Regiment Royal Armoured Corps was re-designated 4th Royal Tank Regiment in March 1945 and went on to see action in North Western Europe in 1945 1st Sep 1939 Orders 2nd Sep 1939 Mobilisation 3rd Sep 1939 Mobilisation 4th Sep 1939 Reservists 5th Sep 1939 Reorganisation 6th Sep 1939 Machine Guns 7th Sep 1939 Vehicles Arrive 8th Sep 1939 Mobilisation 9th Sep 1939 On the Move 10th Sep 1939 Maintenance 11th Sep 1939 Sport 12th Sep 1939 Orders 13th Sep 1939 Advance Party 14th Sep 1939 Training 15th Sep 1939 Training 16th Sep 1939 Training 17th Sep 1939 Orders 18th Sep 1939 On the Move 19th Sep 1939 On the Move 20th Sep 1939 On the Move 21st Sep 1939 On the Move 22nd Sep 1939 Unloading 23rd Sep 1939 Unloading 24th Sep 1939 Unloading 25th Sep 1939 Training 26th Sep 1939 Advance Party 27th Sep 1939 Preparations 28th Sep 1939 On the Move 29th Sep 1939 On the Move 30th Sep 1939 On the Move 12th Oct 1939 Equipment Transferred 1st of November 1939 Digging in 2nd of November 1939 Air Raid 3rd of November 1939 Defences 4th of November 1939 Digging in 5th of November 1939 Obstacles 5th of November 1939 Return 5th of November 1939 Return 6th of November 1939 Enemy Aircraft 7th of November 1939 Exercise 8th of November 1939 Exercise 9th of November 1939 Tests 10th of November 1939 Tests 11th of November 1939 Exercise 12th of November 1939 Defences 12th of November 1939 Return 14th of November 1939 Defences 15th of November 1939 Defence work  Defences 17th of November 1939 Defences 18th of November 1939 Crossing 19th of November 1939 Reports 20th of November 1939 Commemorations 21st of November 1939 Defences 22nd of November 1939 Obstacles 23rd of November 1939 Defences 23rd of November 1939 Orders 24th of November 1939 Defence Work 25th of November 1939 Defence Work 26th of November 1939 Defences 27th of November 1939 Defence Work 28th of November 1939 Orders 30th of November 1939 Visit 1st of December 1939 Preparations 2nd of December 1939 Demonstration 3rd of December 1939 Returns 4th of December 1939 Visit 5th of December 1939 Preparations 6th of December 1939 Inspection 6th of December 1939 Orders 6th of December 1939 Orders 7th of December 1939 Orders 8th of December 1939 Visit 9th of December 1939 Advance Party 10th of December 1939 Preparations 10th of December 1939 On Strength 11th of December 1939 On the Move 12th of December 1939 Into Billets 13th of December 1939 Preparations 13th December 1939 Exercise 14th of December 1939 Exercise 14th December 1939 Exercise 15th of December 1939 Exercise 16th of December 1939 Conference 17th of December 1939 Leave 18th of December 1939 Demonstration 19th of December 1939 Preparation 20th of December 1939 Exercise 21st of December 1939 Exercise 22nd of December 1939 Visit 23rd of December 1939 Leave 24th of December 1939 Reports 25th of December 1939 Festivities 26th of December 1939 Quiet 27th of December 1939 Faulty Equipment 28th of December 1939 Training 29th of December 1939 Training 30th of December 1939 Funeral 31st of December 1939 Reports 1st of January 1940 War Diary Fienvillers 2nd of January 1940 War Diary Fienvillers 3rd of January 1940 War Diary Fienvillers 4th of January 1940 War Diary Fienvillers 5th of January 1940 War Diary Fienvillers 6th of January 1940 Orders 6th of January 1940 War Diary Fienvillers 7th January 1940 Conference 8th of January 1940 War Diary - 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Couin 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 4th Royal Tank Regiment during the Second World War 1939-1945. Barrett Jack. Tpr. Blatherwick JH. Tpr. Boyle C.. Tpr. Cliff E . Daniel RED. Dickens JW. Evinou Andrew Jeffrey. Tpr. Gardner Philip John. Capt. Goldfinch RF. Hitchon J. Holyoake Geoffrey T.. Howley TJP. Hughes HR. Jones V. Keith J. Parsons Harry. Tpr. Potter LAW. Riley LA. Watson DW. 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 4th Royal Tank Regiment 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. If you would like to support us, a donation, no matter how small, would be much appreciated, annually we need to raise enough funds to pay for our web hosting and admin or this site will vanish from the web. 19th Nov 2024 - Please note we currently have a huge backlog of submitted material, our volunteers are working through this as quickly as possible and all names, stories and photos will be added to the site. If you have already submitted a story to the site and your UID reference number is higher than 264989 your information is still in the queue, please do not resubmit, we are working through them as quickly as possible. Looking for help with Family History Research?   Please read our Family History FAQs The free to access section of The Wartime Memories Project website is run by volunteers and funded by donations from our visitors. If the information here has been helpful or you have enjoyed reaching the stories please conside making a donation, no matter how small, would be much appreciated, annually we need to raise enough funds to pay for our web hosting or this site will vanish from the web. If you enjoy this site please consider making a donation. Want to find out more about your relative's service? Want to know what life was like during the War? Our Library contains an ever growing number diary entries, personal letters and other documents, most transcribed into plain text. Wanted: Digital copies of Group photographs, Scrapbooks, Autograph books, photo albums, newspaper clippings, letters, postcards and ephemera relating to WW2. We would like to obtain digital copies of any documents or photographs relating to WW2 you may have at home. If you have any unwanted photographs, documents or items from the First or Second World War, please do not destroy them. The Wartime Memories Project will give them a good home and ensure that they are used for educational purposes. Please get in touch for the postal address, do not sent them to our PO Box as packages are not accepted. World War 1 One ww1 wwII second 1939 1945 battalion Did you know? We also have a section on The Great War. and a Timecapsule to preserve stories from other conflicts for future generations. Want to know more about 4th Royal Tank Regiment? There are:725 items tagged 4th Royal Tank Regiment available in our Library   These include information on officers, regimental histories, letters, diary entries, personal accounts and information about actions during the Second World War. DW Watson 4th Battalion Royal Tank Regiment DW Watson served with the 4th Battalion Royal Tank Regiment British Army. I have his unissued dogtags, made in preparation for deployment to the Far East and would love to get them home to his family. I am happy to cover all costs. If you are a family member or can put me in touch with them please get in touch. Update: The Wartime Memories Project is no longer in contact with Dan , his website, facebook page and email have all ceased to function. But if you can add any details about the person listed, please use the add to record link below. Dan Add to this record. LA Riley 4th Battalion Royal Tank Regiment LA Riley served with the 4th Battalion Royal Tank Regiment British Army. I have his unissued dogtags, made in preparation for deployment to the Far East and would love to get them home to his family. I am happy to cover all costs. If you are a family member or can put me in touch with them please get in touch. Update: The Wartime Memories Project is no longer in contact with Dan , his website, facebook page and email have all ceased to function. But if you can add any details about the person listed, please use the add to record link below. Dan Add to this record. LAW Potter 4th Battalion Royal Tank Regiment LAW Potter served with the 4th Battalion Royal Tank Regiment British Army. I have his unissued dogtags, made in preparation for deployment to the Far East and would love to get them home to his family. I am happy to cover all costs. If you are a family member or can put me in touch with them please get in touch. Update: The Wartime Memories Project is no longer in contact with Dan , his website, facebook page and email have all ceased to function. But if you can add any details about the person listed, please use the add to record link below. Dan Add to this record. J Keith 4th Battalion Royal Tank Regiment J Keith served with the 4th Battalion Royal Tank Regiment British Army. I have his unissued dogtags, made in preparation for deployment to the Far East and would love to get them home to his family. I am happy to cover all costs. If you are a family member or can put me in touch with them please get in touch. Update: The Wartime Memories Project is no longer in contact with Dan , his website, facebook page and email have all ceased to function. But if you can add any details about the person listed, please use the add to record link below. Dan Add to this record. V Jones 4th Battalion Royal Tank Regiment V Jones served with the 4th Battalion Royal Tank Regiment British Army. I have his unissued dogtags, made in preparation for deployment to the Far East and would love to get them home to his family. I am happy to cover all costs. If you are a family member or can put me in touch with them please get in touch. Update: The Wartime Memories Project is no longer in contact with Dan , his website, facebook page and email have all ceased to function. But if you can add any details about the person listed, please use the add to record link below. Dan Add to this record. HR Hughes 4th Battalion Royal Tank Regiment HR Hughes served with the 4th Battalion Royal Tank Regiment British Army. I have his unissued dogtags, made in preparation for deployment to the Far East and would love to get them home to his family. I am happy to cover all costs. If you are a family member or can put me in touch with them please get in touch. Update: The Wartime Memories Project is no longer in contact with Dan , his website, facebook page and email have all ceased to function. But if you can add any details about the person listed, please use the add to record link below. Dan Add to this record. TJP Howley 4th Battalion Royal Tank Regiment TJP Howley served with the 4th Battalion Royal Tank Regiment British Army. I have his unissued dogtags, made in preparation for deployment to the Far East and would love to get them home to his family. I am happy to cover all costs. If you are a family member or can put me in touch with them please get in touch. Update: The Wartime Memories Project is no longer in contact with Dan , his website, facebook page and email have all ceased to function. But if you can add any details about the person listed, please use the add to record link below. Dan Add to this record. Geoffrey T. Holyoake 4th Battalion Royal Tank Regiment Geoffrey Holyoake served with the 4th Battalion Royal Tank Regiment British Army. I have his unissued dogtags, made in preparation for deployment to the Far East and would love to get them home to his family. I am happy to cover all costs. If you are a family member or can put me in touch with them please get in touch. Update: The Wartime Memories Project is no longer in contact with Dan , his website, facebook page and email have all ceased to function. But if you can add any details about the person listed, please use the add to record link below. Dan Add to this record. J Hitchon 4th Battalion Royal Tank Regiment J Hitchon served with the 4th Battalion Royal Tank Regiment British Army. I have his unissued dogtags, made in preparation for deployment to the Far East and would love to get them home to his family. I am happy to cover all costs. If you are a family member or can put me in touch with them please get in touch. Update: The Wartime Memories Project is no longer in contact with Dan , his website, facebook page and email have all ceased to function. But if you can add any details about the person listed, please use the add to record link below. Dan Add to this record. RF Goldfinch 4th Battalion Royal Tank Regiment RF Goldfinch served with the 4th Battalion Royal Tank Regiment British Army. I have his unissued dogtags, made in preparation for deployment to the Far East and would love to get them home to his family. I am happy to cover all costs. If you are a family member or can put me in touch with them please get in touch. Update: The Wartime Memories Project is no longer in contact with Dan , his website, facebook page and email have all ceased to function. But if you can add any details about the person listed, please use the add to record link below. Dan Add to this record. JW Dickens 4th Battalion Royal Tank Regiment JW Dickens served with the 4th Battalion Royal Tank Regiment British Army. I have his unissued dogtags, made in preparation for deployment to the Far East and would love to get them home to his family. I am happy to cover all costs. If you are a family member or can put me in touch with them please get in touch. Update: The Wartime Memories Project is no longer in contact with Dan , his website, facebook page and email have all ceased to function. But if you can add any details about the person listed, please use the add to record link below. Dan Add to this record. RED Daniel 4th Battalion Royal Tank Regiment RED Daniel served with the 4th Battalion Royal Tank Regiment British Army. I have his unissued dogtags, made in preparation for deployment to the Far East and would love to get them home to his family. I am happy to cover all costs. If you are a family member or can put me in touch with them please get in touch. Update: The Wartime Memories Project is no longer in contact with Dan , his website, facebook page and email have all ceased to function. But if you can add any details about the person listed, please use the add to record link below. Dan Add to this record. E Cliff 4th Battalion Royal Tank Regiment E Cliff served with the 4th Battalion Royal Tank Regiment British Army. I have his unissued dogtags, made in preparation for deployment to the Far East and would love to get them home to his family. I am happy to cover all costs. If you are a family member or can put me in touch with them please get in touch. Update: The Wartime Memories Project is no longer in contact with Dan , his website, facebook page and email have all ceased to function. But if you can add any details about the person listed, please use the add to record link below. Dan Add to this record. Tpr. JH Blatherwick 4th Battalion Royal Tank Regiment Tpr.JH Blatherwick served with the 4th Battalion Royal Tank Regiment British Army. I have his unissued dogtags, made in preparation for deployment to the Far East and would love to get them home to his family. I am happy to cover all costs. If you are a family member or can put me in touch with them please get in touch. Update: The Wartime Memories Project is no longer in contact with Dan , his website, facebook page and email have all ceased to function. But if you can add any details about the person listed, please use the add to record link below. Dan Add to this record. Tpr. Jack Barrett 4th Btn. Royal Tank Regiment Jack Barrett joined the 8th East Lancashire Regiment in 1940 and served after with the 144th Royal Armoured Corps and 4th Royal Tank Regiment. He fought in North West Europe in 1944-45 having his tank knocked out at Noyers in July 1944 and in the Ardennes in January 1945. He was a driver in a Sherman Firefly then a Buffalo in which he took part in the Rhine Crossing. He finished the War outside Hamburg and was demobbed in January 1946. Michael Whitworth Add to this record. Recomended Reading. Available at discounted prices.

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