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264067 Sgt. Robert William "Tosher" Pearce British Army 100 Bty, 13th Anti Tank Regiment Royal Artillery from:Portsmouth My Father, Robert Pearce was a pre war Territorial soldier, serving in the 6th Battalion, (Duke of Conaught's Own) Hampshire Regiment. This unit converted to Anti Tank Artillery in 1938/9 forming The 59th and 69th Anti Tank Regiments. He was posted from 59th Anti Tank to 13th Anti Tank Regiment and joined 100th Battery, in Jan 1941, embarking for service overseas on 11th of April 1942, disembarking in India 12th of June 1942. One month later the Regiment embarked for the Middle East, arriving Suez on 22nd of July 1942. From there, he moved to Iraq where the Regiment formed part of PAIFORCE. After further moves to Middle East Land Forces in 1943 and then into Italy in 1944, his war ended in the far North of Italy near Trieste, from whence he was progressively moved back to UK, being released to Class Z (T) Reserve on 21st Jan 1946. He latterly served another 4 years as a Sergeant in the 4th Battalion, Royal Hampshire Regiment, finally leaving the service on 31st July 1950. 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.