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240845 L/Cpl. Robert George Davis British Army D Sqn 2nd Derbyshire Yeomanry from:Yateley, Hampshire Bob Davis served in A Echelon 2nd Derbyshire Yeomanry as a truck driver and Regimental Carpenter. He kept a personal diary of his experiences during the regiments operations in North Africa. He was with the regiment when it deployed dismounted with the 51st Division into Normandy after D Day. He recalled the regiment suffering heavy casualties and as it could no longer operate as a unit, surviving men were used to reinforce the Hussars. On VE Day he was refused permission to march in his 2nd Yeomanry colours and so refused to parade. As a result he was charged, demoted to trooper and his demob date held back until Sep 1946. 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.