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15-09-19, 23:44
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Jack,
There is a lot of research going on in London right now on "Holy Roller". Attached is a 1945 London Free Press article interveiwing LCol. F. White, who was 2IC of the regiment on D-Day. He describes how he wanted to name the tank "Hairless Joe", but was out voted for "Holy Roller", all before D-Day. More confusion on turret marking of a "9" in a diamond when the tank was returned to London in 1946. HQ tanks would have been marked 1 to 4 as you noted. The regiment had 63 tanks knocked out in the first 6 days of fighting, having received 23 replacements on June 9/10. Last edited by Perry Kitson; 16-09-19 at 00:56. 
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