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CatOne
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War Diaries - 145th Royal Armoured Corps (8th Bn Duke of Wellington Regt) Regt
« on: Monday 28 November 05 18:29 UTC (UK) »
Hi,

Does anyone know where I can obtain a copy of the war diaries, or any other information, for the above regiment? (my great uncle Reginald Thomas Hall was KIA'd in Italy serving with them in WW2, info obtained from CWGC site)

Thanks,
Catherine  Smiley
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Re: War Diaries - 145th Royal Armoured Corps (8th Bn Duke of Wellington Regt) Regt
« Reply #1 on: Monday 28 November 05 23:05 UTC (UK) »
Hi Catherine, some links and other info here.

http://regiments.org/regiments/uk/inf/033DWR.htm

Also this http://www.dwr.org.uk/dwr.php?id=71&pa=52 Which has this on it.

The 8th Battalion was reformed in July 1940 and in the following year was converted to 145 Regiment RAC and as such served in North Africa and Italy.

And also this, doesn't say much though.

http://regiments.org/regiments/uk/cav/RAC.htm



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Re: War Diaries - 145th Royal Armoured Corps (8th Bn Duke of Wellington Regt) Regt
« Reply #2 on: Tuesday 29 November 05 07:44 UTC (UK) »
Thanks Kev, will check these out  Smiley

Regards,
Catherine
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Re: War Diaries - 145th Royal Armoured Corps (8th Bn Duke of Wellington Regt) Regt
« Reply #3 on: Tuesday 29 November 05 08:08 UTC (UK) »
WWII War Diaries are in the National Archive.

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Re: War Diaries - 145th Royal Armoured Corps (8th Bn Duke of Wellington Regt) Regt
« Reply #4 on: Tuesday 29 November 05 08:12 UTC (UK) »
Don't know if this is useful, but I ordered my grandfather's War Diaries through documents online. Once you know the Catalogue reference, you can have the documents copied by them. It costs 10£ just to get the estimate in the first place (but this can include up to 5 or so different references). If you order indeed, the 10£ are deducted.
   
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Re: War Diaries - 145th Royal Armoured Corps (8th Bn Duke of Wellington Regt) Regt
« Reply #5 on: Tuesday 29 November 05 09:14 UTC (UK) »
Thanks Steve n Tanja.

Approx. what sort of cost would you say it would be for the war diary docs? Over £50? I've just sent off for his army records at £30, plus a couple of certificates I needed, might have to wait till after Christmas at this rate!   Sad

Thanks again
Catherine  Smiley
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Bower/Woodward/Bingham/Pettinger/Shaw - Nottinghamshire
Shaw, Marland - Lancashire
Broph(e)y - Queens County, Ireland
Richards - Neath Swansea
Hunt/Fox - Lincs, Waterfield/Middleton - Staffs
Hart/Harland/Askew/Scales - Yorkshire
Brereton/Vickers - Cheshire
Gleaves/Sandford/Hulse/Hulme - Wolstanton/Audley Staffs
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Re: War Diaries - 145th Royal Armoured Corps (8th Bn Duke of Wellington Regt) Regt
« Reply #6 on: Tuesday 29 November 05 09:43 UTC (UK) »
It's based on the number of pages, and I don't remember the price of each page, so I can't really tell. I paid around 55£ (including postage to France) for the war diaries of 4 companies that I was interested in. Some were just 2 A3 pages, others were a few dozen. The whole thing was quite heavy though!

Having said that, the war diaries I actually have are not what I would call fascinating either. They tell the movements of the company and what they are generally occupied at day by day. Hadn't I been interested in the Commanding Officer, who is actually about the only person mentioned by name, I would have been sorry for spending 50£.

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« Reply #7 on: Tuesday 29 November 05 10:32 UTC (UK) »
Hhhhmmm dont know whether to get them then.....was hoping there might have been some mention of my g uncle in them. He made the newspapers here as something of a local hero. Apparently the one who stands up in the tank directing (dont know the proper name!) was killed and my uncle volunteered to take the tank through a heavily guarded area (September 1944, in Italy). Anyway he was killed by a sniper and is buried near Rimini.

His fiance, Margaret, stayed lifelong friends with his parents (my great grandparents) even calling them mum and dad.

I think I'll see what his army papers say before sending for the war diaries.

Thanks again
Catherine  Smiley
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Shaw, Marland - Lancashire
Broph(e)y - Queens County, Ireland
Richards - Neath Swansea
Hunt/Fox - Lincs, Waterfield/Middleton - Staffs
Hart/Harland/Askew/Scales - Yorkshire
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