23rd Field Reg. RCA, Sexton Question

[Mark W. Tonner]

Originally posted by kevinT
From the few names and numbers I have 147th were equipped with Sextons on D-Day.
"Ardleigh" S233813 A trp 431st Battery
"Brentwood" S233752 B trp 431st Battery
"Bramley" B trp 431st Battery Sherman OP
"Debden" D trp 413th Battery
"Dobbs Weir" D trp 413th Battery Sherman OP
"Exterminator" E trp 431st Battery
"Falaise" F trp 511th Battery
"Fontenay" F trp 511th Battery

Mark,
Can you add anything further to the above? Any names or numbers would be most useful.

Hi Kevin;

The only thing I can add to this at the moment is that the vehicle names used by the 147th were place names in Essex, but later after starting active operations, place names of where the Regiment had seen action were also used. I've managed to find two photos of Sextons of the 147th. The top one is of "Ardleigh", census number S233813. Although the name "Ardleigh" is not showing, the AoS serial of 1177 (without the 'Army' bar) is, along with the Fmn Sign of the 50th Inf Div. This photo was taken on either D-Day or D+1. The bottom photo is of "Brentwood", census number S233752, no date given, but taken in NWE.

Cheers