Calgary Regiment

[Mark W. Tonner]

Originally posted by kevinT
Hi Mark,

Thank you for pointing the bar out, I had not noticed it.
However that now leaves me with a problem. 175 with bar below was 48th RTR? My name database has 36 Churchill's belonging to 48th RTR, all begining with the letter T. Going on the A for 1st RTR, B for 2nd RTR principle.
Perhaps ASP were initials for something?
Any thoughts?

Cheers
Kevin

Hi Kevin;

The '175' AoS serial, with white bar below, could be any one of a number of units, depending on which Army Tank Brigade the Churchill in the photo is from. I, myself, started by looking at the 21st Army Tank Brigade.

I've been looking at the RTR battalions also, but one it doesn't belong to is the 48th RTR, I have their history and yes, all names start with the letter "T". I'm also looking at the North Irish Horse, but nothing yet.

The 'ASP', could very well be 'initials', as in 'As Soon as Possible', or it could very well turn out to be a 'name'. I will keep looking.

I've seen an image of a Churchill before with "ASP" on it, but just can't, at the moment, remember where I've seen it before.

Cheers