REGIMENTAL HISTORY FOR SERIAL 0082 Page 1
1939 16 Field Regiment RA Lt Col FB.Binney
Leipsic Barracks, Ewshort with RHQ 27/72 and 34/86 Batteries
Major E.G Broomfield MBE RA (Retd)
34/86 Battery 16th Field Regiment RA
"DUNKIRK REMEMBERED "
Lt Col B.A.T Hammond OBE RA (Retd)
"THE TRAIN 1945 MANDALAY BURMA"
Lt Col B.A.T Hammond OBE RA (Retd)
"4 BRIGADE,s LAST FLING "
The title 16 Field Regiment RA was retained from 1938 until 1947
BATTERIES THAT SERVED WITH THE REGIMENT
FROM 1939 TO 1947 ARE AS FOLLOWS.
FROM 1939 THE BATTERIES REMAINED THE SAME UNTIL 1947
In 1947 the Regiment was changed to 42 Field Regiment RA. at the same time, the
Battery numbers also changed as follows.
27 became 68 - 34 became 87 and 72 became 179
THEREFORE THE BATTERIES SERVING IN THE REGIMENT IN 1947 WERE
68 - 87 - 179
THE FOLLOWING ARE EXTRACTS FROM PERSONNEL DIARIES
BY KIND PERMISSION OF THE GUNNER MAGAZINE
EVERYWHERE
WHERE RIGHT & GLORY LEAD
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1939 to 1947
