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Sep 39 | 42 Infantry Division | Carlisle, Cumbria, UK |
Apr 40 | Home Forces – 203 Battery to Norway | UK |
Jul 40 | 46 Infantry Division | UK |
Sep 40 | Home Forces | UK |
Jan 41 | British Troops Egypt | N Africa |
May 41 | Tobruk Garrison | Tobruk, Libya |
Oct 41 | 8 Army | N Africa |
Feb 42 | 34 Indian Division | Ceylon (Sri Lanka) |
Feb 43 | 70 Infantry Division | Ranchi, India |
Oct 43 | Became 51 Column, Chindits | |
Oct 44 | Suspended animation as 51 Field Regiment | |
Batteries
3 Sep 39 | 203 (Cumberland), 370 (Cumberland Yeomanry) |
Oct 41 | 203, 370, 436 |
Jan 42 | 203, 370 (436 absorbed into other 2 batteries) |
Mar 42 | 203, 370, 14 Heavy Anti-Aircraft Battery |
Sep 42 | 14 Heavy Anti-Aircraft Battery to suspended animation |
Apr 40 | 203 Battery 25 pdr |
1941 | 18 pdr Gun + 4.5 Howitzer |
Feb 42 | 24 x 25 pdr |