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    The 43rd (Wessex) Reconnaissance Regiment (The Gloucestershire Regiment) (43 Recce) was a regiment of the British Army's Reconnaissance Corps, itself...
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    The 43rd (Wessex) Infantry Division was an infantry division of Britain's Territorial Army (TA). The division was first formed in 1908, as the Wessex Division...
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    Gloucestershire Regiment) was the divisional reconnaissance battalion of the 43rd (Wessex) Division. Initially, coming from infantry units, reconnaissance units...
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    Worcestershire Regiment, after serving in the garrison of Iceland it was converted to the field artillery role in 1942. It fought with 43rd (Wessex) Division...
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    in the West Country in 1860 and provided the communications for the 43rd (Wessex) Infantry Division during World War II. Its successor still serves as...
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  • Regiment. On 20 September 1943 he assumed command of the 43rd (Wessex) Reconnaissance Regiment (43 Recce). The regiment, part of the Reconnaissance Corps...
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    evacuated from Dunkirk. It then served as a unit of the Reconnaissance Corps with 43rd (Wessex) Infantry Division through the campaign in North West Europe...
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    finally becoming a full regiment (as 112th (Wessex) Field Regiment) in time for World War II. It saw action with 43rd (Wessex) Infantry Division in the...
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    38th (Welsh) Reconnaissance Regiment RAC 43rd (Wessex) Reconnaissance Regiment (The Gloucestershire Regiment) RAC 44th Reconnaissance Regiment RAC 45th Reconnaissance...
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    a regiment, but provided a replacement squadron to the 43rd (Wessex) Reconnaissance Regiment, which had suffered heavy losses when its transport was...
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  • The 43rd Infantry Brigade was a brigade of the British Army during the First and Second World Wars, and later, as 43 (Wessex) Brigade, a regional headquarters...
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  • Fortin, pp. 44 Paterson, "Artillery Regiments That Served With The 7th Armoured Division" Fire and Fury, 43rd (Wessex) Infantry Division at Hill 112, 10...
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     France: 501e Régiment de chars de combat (Bond of Friendship) Dorset Yeomanry Westminster Dragoons (2RTR) Royal Devon Yeomanry (2RTR) Royal Wessex Yeomanry...
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  • regiments required for the build-up of troops in the Normandy bridgehead. On 18 June 1944 HQ, A and C squadrons of the 43rd (Wessex) Reconnaissance Regiment...
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    defences in Cornwall. It converted to a reconnaissance role in June 1941, becoming the 43rd (Wessex) Reconnaissance Regiment on 14 October 1941 and ceasing to...
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  • active service in both World Wars. He is most notable for commanding the 43rd (Wessex) Infantry Division throughout the campaign in Western Europe from June...
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    Alfred Dudley Ward (category Dorset Regiment officers)
    lead the 43rd (Wessex) Reconnaissance Regiment (43 Recce), previously the 5th Battalion, Gloucestershire Regiment, initially the reconnaissance unit of...
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  • Regiment 40th Cavalry 41st Armoured Regiment 41st Horse 42nd Armoured Regiment 42 Armoured Regiment (India) 42nd Cavalry 43rd Armoured Regiment 43rd Cavalry...
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    manning four 15-pounder field guns. Although the 1st Wessex was officially numbered the 43rd (Wessex) Division in early 1915, it never served as a complete...
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    the Battle of Normandy in the Second World War. The objective of the 43rd (Wessex) Infantry Division (Major-General Ivor Thomas) was to capture the villages...
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  • (RE) whose history dated back to 1868. As the engineer component of the 43rd (Wessex) Division, the unit served in both World Wars, distinguishing itself...
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    a small bridgehead at Randwijk. This was only lightly held by 43rd Wessex Reconnaissance troops but on seeing the Germans they were soon reinforced by...
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  • Lt-Col and took over command. The 25th Tank Brigade had been attached to 43rd (Wessex) Infantry Division and based at Worthing in Sussex, but in September...
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    remnants of the battalion were evacuated with help from the 43rd (Wessex) Reconnaissance Regiment on the night of 25/26 September. The casualties sustained...
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  • 26/27 September German troops infiltrated the outposts of 43rd (Wessex) Reconnaissance Regiment to the left (west) and a sharp fight broke out. Brig Walton...
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  • history of the 43rd Reconnaissance Regiment (The Gloucester Regiment), 1939–1945. Bristol: White Swan. — 43rd (Wessex) Reconnaissance Regiment Sellar, Robert...
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    Battalion (formerly 5th Battalion, Gloucestershire Regiment) had been transferred to 43rd (Wessex) Division 77th Independent Recce Company – assigned...
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  • 41st Pantser Battalion "Regiment Huzaren Prins Alexander", Bergen-Hohne, (Leopard 2A4, YPR-765) 43rd Pantser Battalion "Regiment Huzaren van Sytzama", Langemannshof...
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    divisions: the 7th Armoured Division (Major-General Lewis Lyne), the 43rd (Wessex) Infantry Division (Major-General Ivor Thomas) and the 52nd (Lowland)...
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  • Osborne-Smith 43rd Reconnaissance Regiment, Lieutenant Colonel Francis Lane Fox 8th Battalion, Middlesex Regiment (Machine Guns) 43rd Divisional Signals...
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