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Old 06-08-11, 01:12
Stevenn Stevenn is offline
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Default Sherbrooke Fusiliers Regmt D-Day

Hi all.

Can anyone confirm number of tanks and organisation of Sherbrooke Fusiliers on D-day?
Apologies if this sounds like a repeat of previous threads.

I have read previous threads/posts and have my own primary documents which pose a number of questions:

1. War Diary of Fort Garry Horse June 1944 for 15 June makes reference to FGH switching to 4 tank troop based on "Sherbrooke Fusiliers have used 4 tank troop with great satisfaction" which implies the Sherbrookes used this formation earlier in the month. So was this organisation used from D-Day?

2. I have Loading list from D-day LCTS for Sherbrook Fusiliers from War Diary and it is slightly different to a list posted from Gilbert's book 'Bloody Buron' in another thread.
Main difference is LCT 1723 which shows a recovery tank instead of 2 Humber scout cars per Gilbert. With 6 Sherman MkIII, a Vc, a 15cwt vehicle and a 5 cwt car as well in LCT (plus ARV), is it possible that this LCT is theoretically overloaded?

On first reading loading list, I read it as 5 x Sherman mk 111 as the 5 is indistinct on my copy and could either be a 5 or 6. There are also 5 porpoises and only 41 personnel....

Any light anyone can shine on these questions would be appreciated.

Cheers

Steve
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