51st (Westmorland and Cumberland) Field Regiment, Royal Artillery
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51st (Westmorland and Cumberland) Field Regiment, Royal Artillery
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The 51st Field Regiment, was a Royal Artillery unit of Britain's part-time Territorial Army (TA) formed after World War I from a Yeomanry Cavalry regiment recruited in Cumbria. One of its batteries served in the Norwegian campaign at the beginning of World War II. The regiment then sailed to the Middle East and took part in the Western Desert campaign, including the Siege of Tobruk and Operation Crusader. It was next transferred to Ceylon and later formed a Chindit column in the Burma Campaign.
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Military unit
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/51st_(Westmorland_and_Cumberland)_Field_Regiment,_Royal_Artillery
date created:
2022-01-21T21:24:53Z
date modified:
2024-08-31T02:31:30Z
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13
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16