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World War Two / Royal Artillery, Coastal Defence Regiment from 1940-1943
« on: Sunday 27 July 14 14:42 BST (UK) »
Dear Sir - I have my father's (John James Kavanagh) Soldier's Service and Pay book plus a reference letter from his last commanding officer Major D.P.Lloyd with the 77th Regiment dated 19 Jan. 1946. When my father first enlisted in Aug. 1940 he was living in Birkenhead and then spent 3 years in a Coastal Defence Regiment in Devon. He met my mother there in Shaldon, near Teignmouth, but I do not know where he was actually stationed at that time? Can anyone help me with that? I'm going to be visiting Shaldon in Sept.(from Canada) and would like to see if possible, where he was stationed. He then went on to 63 Med. Regiment and shortly after DDay went to Northern Europe and towards the end of the war joined 77 (DLOY) Med. Rgmt. Angela