Raiding Support Regiment
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Raiding Support Regiment
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The Raiding Support Regiment (RSR) was a British Army regiment that was created in mid 1943 to support raiding forces that were operating during the Second World War in Albania, Yugoslavia, Greece, and various islands in the Aegean Sea. The unit was placed under the command of Lt. Col. Sir Thomas Devitt Bt., who was formerly of the Seaforth Highlanders. Devitt by the latter part of 1943 commanded five batteries: Machine-gun battery A containing 12 Vickers (British) machine guns, and a captured S
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2024-02-22T18:10:24Z
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