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The Reconnaissance Corps, or simply Recce Corps, was a service branch of the British Army, ... Men of the 52nd Reconnaissance Regiment of the 52nd (Lowland) Infantry ...
52nd (Lowland) Reconnaissance Regiment, Reconnaissance Corps (formed 8 January 1941 as 52nd Battalion, Reconnaissance Corps, became 52nd Reconnaissance Regiment 6 June 1942, part of the Royal Armoured Corps 1 January 1944)
This is a list of regiments within the British Army's Royal Armoured Corps during the Second World War. On the creation of the corps in 1939, just before the outbreak of the Second World War, it comprised those regular cavalry and Territorial Army Yeomanry regiments that had been mechanised, [ 1 ] together with the Royal Tank Regiment . [ 2 ]
Company E, 52nd Infantry, (LRP) was a 120 man-sized long-range reconnaissance patrol unit attached to the 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile) in Vietnam in 1967-69. Its origin begins on January 1, 1967, as "LRRP Detachment G2," 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile).
On 12 August 1944 the brigade was organised as a Brigade Group to be the sea echelon for 52nd (L) Division's projected airlanding operations. 157 Brigade Group moved to NW Europe independently with the following additional units under command: [16] 52nd Reconnaissance Regiment, Royal Armoured Corps; 79th (Lowland) Field Regiment, Royal Artillery
This is a Bibliography of World War military units and formations.It aims to include historical sources and literature (and to avoid works of fiction) about specific unit formations of World War II, such as fronts/army groups, field armies, army corps, divisions, brigades, regiments, battalions, and companies.
A Universal Carrier of 52nd Reconnaissance Regiment catches air on manoeuvres, Scotland, 10 November 1942. The seven mechanized divisional cavalry regiments in the British Expeditionary Force (BEF) in France during 1939–1940 were equipped with Scout Carriers – 44 carriers and 28 light tanks in each regiment. There were 10 Bren Carriers in ...
2nd Armoured Reconnaissance Battalion, Welsh Guards, Lieutenant Colonel J. C. Windsor-Lewis; 1st Independent Machine Gun Company (Royal Northumberland Fusiliers) No. 268th Forward Delivery Squadron, RAC; 77th Field Security Section; Guards Armoured Divisional Signals, Royal Corps of Signals, Lieutenant Colonel W.D. Tucker