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236602 Trpr. Donald Haigh British Army 46th Recce Regiment from:Huddersfield Donald Haigh was my grandad who was enlisted on 14th August 1941. He went to the Reconnaissance Corps in Lochmaben, Lockerbie, Dumfries to do his training and afterwards was sent down to Kent. My grandad was part of the Armoured Corps and was deployed to Algiers and then to Tunisia. After North Africa, he was deployed to Italy - Salerno - with part of the Eighth Army across Cava Bridge. He fought alongside the Gurkhas and onto Naples, Cassino. He was then redeployed to Egypt and went from there to Palestine to reinforce the Corps. From Palestine my grandad was sent back to Italy and on to Florence. From Florence he went to Greece, where there was conflict with the communists and Royalists. He was there for six months. He was then deployed to Rimini(?) Italy. From Italy they worked their way up to Austria, where they met up with the Russians and then went on to Germany. He was eventually demobbed on 20th June 1946 from the 10th Royal Hussars RAC with military conduct saying "Exemplary" on his release leave certificate. Please type your message:      We recommend you copy the text about this item and keep a copy on your own computer before pressing submit. Your Name:             Email Address:       @ **Please type the first part our your email in the first box (eg. john.smith) the @ sign is added automaticallly, please type the second part in the second box (eg. gmail.com). Do not enter your full email in each box or add an @ sign or random spaces.** Please type in the code shown here:    If you are unable to read the code please click here. If you have received an error message for incorrect code, please click to refresh the code before resending. This should overcome the error message.