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North Irish Horse    The North Irish Horse was reconstituted on the 31st of August 1939 by order of the War Office, as a wheeled armoured car unit and recruitment began. On the 11th of September the regiment transferred from the Cavalry of the Line to the Royal Armoured Corps, which it would serve with throughout the war. In November they moved to Enniskillen Castle and by January 1940 were equipped with Rolls-Royce armoured cars, armed with Vickers machine guns. In the spring they moved to to Ballykinlar training camp and were re-equipped as an armoured regiment with Mk I Valentine tanks. On the 18th of October 1941 they crossed to England and were based in Westbury, Wiltshire, re-equipping with Churchill tanks. After training in England and Wales, in February 1943 they sailed from Liverpool to Algiers going into action in Tunisia. At the end of the campaign they were sent to Naples and were in action in the Italian Campaign until May 1945. 4th Sep 1939 CO Appointed 8th Sep 1939 Authorisation 9th Sep 1939 Recruitment 10th Sep 1939 Recruitment 12th Sep 1939 Accomodation 15th Sep 1939 Office Opens 20th Sep 1939 New CO. 21st Sep 1939 2nd in Command Appointde 22nd Sep 1939 Recce 24th Sep 1939 Recce 26th Sep 1939 New Recruits 1st Oct 1939 Officers Board 3rd Oct 1939 Sergeants posted 10th Oct 1939 Recce 12th Oct 1939 Co Hospitalised 15th Oct 1939 Officers Join 17th Oct 1939 Officers Join 19th Oct 1939 Signalling Instruction 20th Oct 1939 Equipment Arrives 21st Oct 1939 Decision Made 23rd Oct 1939 Decision Made 31st Oct 1939 New Recruits 1st Nov 1939 Instructors 2nd Nov 1939 CO Returns 4th Nov 1939 Courses 7th Nov 1939 On the Move 10th Nov 1939 On the Move 13th Nov 1939 Courses 14th Nov 1939 Appointments 15th Nov 1939 Appointments 16th Nov 1939 Instructional Vehicles 18th Nov 1939 Appointments 20th Nov 1939 Courses 24th 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1943 Water Tanks 19th Feb 1943 On the Move 20th Feb 1943 On the Move 21st Feb 1943 Defence 26th Feb 1943 Enemy Attack 27th Feb 1943 Attack Imminent 27th Feb 1943 Into Position 28th Feb 1943 In Action 28th Feb 1943 In Action 1st Mar 1943 Possessions Lost 1st Mar 1943 Heavy Firing 1st Mar 1943 Infiltration 2nd Mar 1943 Prisoners Taken 3rd Mar 1943 Attack Made 3rd Mar 1943 Withdrawal 4th Mar 1943 In Defence 4th Mar 1943 Shelling 6th Mar 1943 Orders 7th Mar 1943 In Action 7th Mar 1943 Enemy Withdrawal 8th Mar 1943 Prisoners Taken 8th Mar 1943 Posiitions Held 9th Mar 1943 Minefield 10th Mar 1943 Small Engagements 11th Mar 1943 Attack Made 12th Mar 1943 In Defence 13th Mar 1943 In Defence 14th Mar 1943 Straffed 14th Mar 1943 Enemy Aircraft 17th Mar 1943 Counter Attack 18th Mar 1943 Withdrawal 18th Mar 1943 Attack Made 19th Mar 1943 Withdrawal 21st Mar 1943 Counter Attack 26th Mar 1943 Conference 27th Mar 1943  29th Mar 1943 In Reserve 30th Mar 1943 In Reserve 31st Mar 1943 Advance 1st Apr 1943 Enemy Aircraft 2nd Apr 1943 Advance 6th Apr 1943 Preparations 7th Apr 1943 In Action 8th Apr 1943 In Action 9th Apr 1943 Counter Attacks 10th Apr 1943 In Action 11th Apr 1943 Into Harbour 12th Apr 1943 Counter Attack 22nd Apr 1943 Plan 23rd Apr 1943 Attack Launched 24th Apr 1943 Attack Made 25th Apr 1943 Positions Strengthened 26th Apr 1943 In Action 26th Apr 1943 Attack Made 21st Jul 1944 Advance 2nd Mar 1945 On the Move   Churchill tank of C Squadron, North Irish Horse carrying Italian infantry of 3rd Battalion, 21st Infantry (Italian), north of Castel Borsetti, 2nd of March 1945 IWM (NA 22739) 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 North Irish Horse during the Second World War 1939-1945. Dawson RW. Green HU. L/Cpl. Gregory M. L/Cpl. Harper RL. Harrison GM. Holmes F. Reynolds LF. Rowbotham AR. 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 North Irish Horse 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 North Irish Horse? There are:642 items tagged North Irish Horse 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. AR Rowbotham North Irish Horse AR Rowbotham served with the North Irish Horse 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. LF Reynolds North Irish Horse LF Reynolds served with the North Irish Horse 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. F Holmes North Irish Horse F Holmes served with the North Irish Horse 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. GM Harrison North Irish Horse GM Harrison served with the North Irish Horse 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. RL Harper North Irish Horse RL Harper served with the North Irish Horse 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. L/Cpl. M Gregory North Irish Horse L/Cpl.M Gregory served with the North Irish Horse 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. L/Cpl. HU Green North Irish Horse L/Cpl.HU Green served with the North Irish Horse 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. RW Dawson North Irish Horse RW Dawson served with the North Irish Horse 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. Recomended Reading. Available at discounted prices.

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