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Dec 22, 2021, 62 tweets

Welsh Spearhead
A History of the 53rd Reconnaissance Regiment 1941 - 1946
Philip Cowburn

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1943 /11

Into 1944 /12

B Squadron in Normandy /13

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The remainder of 53 Recce arrive in Normandy /15

The first patrols /16

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The Seine to Lille /21

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Into Belgium /23

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Entry into Holland /27

The Island, s'Hertogenbosch & the River Maas near Maeseyck /28

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Christmas in the Ardennes /30

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Operation Veritable /32

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Across the Rhine to Weser /35

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Across the Aller to the Elbe and Hamburg /38

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Endings /42

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Appendix /44

Roll of Honour /45

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Honours and Awards /48

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End of War Messages /50

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Some Technical Statistics /52

Hun Chasing by 53 Recce Regiment & 340 (Independent) Anti-Tank Battery /53

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Lt-Col Leo Williams /57

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Staff Tables /59

Without Further Comment /60

53 Reconnaissance Regiment
Regimental Axis
North-West Europe Campaign
June 6 1944 - May 5 1945 /end

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