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153rd Regiment, Royal Armoured Corps    153rd Regiment, Royal Armoured Corps was formed in late 1941 by the conversion of the 8th Battalion, Essex Regiment. They saw action in Normandy. 14th July 1944 Orders 15th Jul 1944 Orders 15th July 1944 Orders 16th Jul 1944 Shelling 16th Jul 1944 Attack 16th July 1944 Air Raid 17th Jul 1944 Bombs 26th Jul 1944 Recce 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 153rd Regiment, Royal Armoured Corps during the Second World War 1939-1945. Eastwood B. Hampton J. Mintram William Victor Horace. Peet FJ. Soulby JH. 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 153rd Regiment, Royal Armoured Corps from other sources. 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JH Soulby 153rd Regiment Royal Armoured Corps JH Soulby served with the 153rd Regiment Royal Armoured Corps 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. FJ Peet 153rd Regiment Royal Armoured Corps FJ Peet served with the 153rd Regiment Royal Armoured Corps 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 Hampton 153rd Regiment Royal Armoured Corps J Hampton served with the 153rd Regiment Royal Armoured Corps 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. B Eastwood 153rd Regiment Royal Armoured Corps B Eastwood served with the 153rd Regiment Royal Armoured Corps 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. William Victor Horace Mintram 7th Btn Royal East Kent Regiment Bill Mintram served with the Hampshire Regiment for basic training when he was called up in December 1939. In January 1942 he transferred to the 8th Battalion, Essex Regiment a Churchill tank unit, which became 153rd Regiment, Royal Armoured Corps. He stayed with the Essex Tankies right through to D-Day, crossing the Channel on an American Landing Ship shortly after the beaches were secured. On the eve of sailing, he learnt that his brother, Roy, was nearby, so he managed to meet up with him, little knowing that he would meet him three times more in France and Belgium in bizarre circumstances. Once when he was fetching water from a farmhouse, again when he was reconnoitering a safe route for the Regiment through a heavily bombed town and finally at the Montgomery Club in Brussels. He served in Churchill Tanks in France, Belgium, Holland and Germany. He was transferred to the 7th Battalion of the Royal East Kent Regiment where he operated the Churchill MkVII. He commanded his tank right through to VE Day and recounted one of his last tasks as burning down the Typhus huts at Belsen Concentration Camp. He was released from service 9th of April 1946. The attached photo is of Bill Mintram and his crew next to their Churchill Mk VII I believe. Any assistance identifying the full tank number would be appreciated. Andrew Tickner Add to this record. Recomended Reading. Available at discounted prices.

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