22 CAR WD numbers

[John McGillivray]

Originally Posted by John McGillivray

I took a look in the Regimental history of CGG. There is a photo of a Sherman with a name which appears to be Genevieve. Note that the last few letters after the “i”are not very clear because the tank was burnt. According to the caption the tank was KOed on 10 Aug. 1944 at Hill 195, and was commanded by Lt Gilbert Stairs.

There appears to be an error in the CGG Regimental History.

The caption of the photo of the tank “Genevieve” states that it is the tank of Lt Gilbert Stairs who was KIA on the 10th of August 1944. The only problem is that Lt Stairs wasn’t killed on that day. In the honour roll it gives the date of Capt. G. Stairs’ death as being the 30th of Sept. In the text it gives the date of Capt. Stairs’ death as the 19th of Sept. 1944 as a result of mortar fire, i.e. not in a tank.

With a name like “Genevieve” I would think that this was one of the RHQ tanks and not form a fighting troop.

[Eugene_Watts]

Hello All newcomer to the forum.

I was wondering especially after seeing this thread as to the tactical Numbering of the tanks. I see here exp C41 and A21 what does that mean and is it the same as how I have seen a picture of the 27CAR IE 14 and 21.

So example as below would be A squadron 1st Troop and would A13 be a Firefly??

Sher V, T 147921, A1, 1,
Sher V, T 150691, A11, 1,
Sher V, T 148706, A12, 1,
Sher V, T 228753, A13, 1,

[Eugene_Watts]

Bumps up I am still searching, Also does anyone have a Photo of the Turret or rear of a CGG tank.

[MicS]

Originally Posted by Eugene_Watts

Hello All newcomer to the forum.

I was wondering especially after seeing this thread as to the tactical Numbering of the tanks. I see here exp C41 and A21 what does that mean and is it the same as how I have seen a picture of the 27CAR IE 14 and 21.

So example as below would be A squadron 1st Troop and would A13 be a Firefly??

Sher V, T 147921, A1, 1,
Sher V, T 150691, A11, 1,
Sher V, T 148706, A12, 1,
Sher V, T 228753, A13, 1,

I think the answers are "No" and "No".

A1 has to be the tac number for the first of 'A' Sqn HQ tanks, and the numbering for 'A' Sqn must be:
SHQ - A1, A2, A3
1 Tp - A11, A12, A13, A14 (not listed)
2 Tp - A21, A22, A23, A24 (not listed)
etc.

As noted by John above, there is only one Firefly in the list (labelled "Sher Vc, T 228681, C44, 3, -").

Obviously the regiment does not have its full complement of tanks yet: 'A' and 'B' Sqns only have 15 tanks each, whereas 1 & 4 Tps of 'C' Sqn have 4 tanks each, making up a total of 17 tanks, when full estalishment should be 19 tanks per squadron (3 in SHQ plus 4 in each of the 4 Tps).

Michel

[David_Osborne]

Originally Posted by John McGillivray

With a name like “Genevieve” I would think that this was one of the RHQ tanks and not form a fighting troop.

I too would like to know who the specific commands or the troops were. My father had this photo from the CGG reunion in 1980. I would assume there are other plaques that would show the other squadrons as they all started with the letter "G" and Genevieve is one of the ones mentioned in his book. He served in Giraffe and was wounded 10 Aug 1944.