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Old 05-05-15, 00:47
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I have a few photos from the 14th Field Regiment, RCA. Some of the photos are Canadian archive photos, while some are from one of the troops. I have posted the back if there is a description. I have copies of the war diary, if your interested PM me. If you want a larger copy of the photos PM me.
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14th Field Reg. page 2 of photos
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Old 05-05-15, 00:54
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14th Field Reg. page 4 of photos
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14th Field Reg. page 5 of photos
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14th Field Reg. page 7 of photos
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Old 05-05-15, 01:21
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14th Field Reg. page 8 of photos. This is about 1/2 of the photos with more from Canada and NWE. I will get to uploading some more down the road. Rick
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Old 05-05-15, 21:40
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Great photos, Rick! Thanks for sharing.

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I have copies of the war diary,
Would it contain more information about the 14th Field handing in their Priest 105mm SP Guns in August 1944 - see link?
Like number of Priests turned in, census numbers, personnel transferred, etc. Anything could be interesting!

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Hi Rick

Thanks for sharing these photos, good to see them preserved and shared. All to often photos like these are being lost, as the people who knew these men when they served their country and cherished the photos pass away.

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14th Field Reg. page 9 War Diary
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14th Field Reg. page 10 of War Diary. Of interest WD 08 reports of a Ram tank on strength, and WD10 a little glimpse of the preparations for D-Day.
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14th Field Reg. page 11 of War Diary. Hanno you will see a little comment on 105's, disappointingly all of the typing from August 1944 is very hard to read. If you pm your email I'll send Aug to you and you can try and discern what has been typed.
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14th Field Reg. page 12 of photos. The photos seem to jump back and forth from Canada to overseas a little. P54 looks to be a firefly.
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14th Field Reg. page 13 of photos. The quads look great.
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14th Field Reg. page 14 of photos. this looks to me as a M4A4?
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Great photos Rick, thanks for sharing.
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14th Field Reg. page 11 of War Diary. Hanno you will see a little comment on 105's, disappointingly all of the typing from August 1944 is very hard to read. If you pm your email I'll send Aug to you and you can try and discern what has been typed.
Thanks Rick! PM sent.

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14th Field Reg. page 14 of photos. this looks to me as a M4A4?
Correct, M4A4 or Sherman V in Commonwealth parlance.

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Great stuff Rick!

Am most interested in the bike pictures, they are Norton 16H and Indian 640's. Have both, so will pm you my email, if possible would like some high res. scans.

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Hi Rick,
We have a M7 priest in the 14th field reg. royal Canadian artillery would be very pleased to have some photo's of that same unit. We did some tours in Holland this year.

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Hanno I sent August 1944 war diary a few days ago, it was quite large (10MB). Let me know if it has not arrived, if not I will send it in 2 files to get the size down. Alex I sent 5 photos with bikes in them, the resolution is the best I have hope you can see it a little better. Paul these 5 photos are all I have with the priests in them. With any luck your priest is the one in the photos "Bathless Groggins"
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14th Field Reg. page 16 of photos.

It looks to me that the jeep has a camouflage pattern, was this common? I don't recall seeing a WW2 jeep painted with a pattern? It might be the shadows.
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Old 10-05-15, 05:59
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14th Field Reg. page 17 of photos.

I know I haven't seen white wall tires, what gives?

And with these 4 photos, this is the end of them. Hope you enjoyed.
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There is film footage of the 14th field landing at Bernières-sur-Mer as Sgt. Bill Grant and Lieut. Frank Dubervill of the Canadian Film and Photo Unit crossed the Channel with the regiment. Grant's footage and Dubervill's photographs start with the loading of the LCTs in Southampton. As they approach the beach the Shermans and Priests fire their guns from the deck. Photos show men of Régiment de la Chaudière on the LTC presumably to provide security. The sequence ends with the famous scene of the Priest driving up to "La Maison des Canadiens" on the beach. Grant and Dubervill leave the 14th Field and continue recording events on the beach.
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There is film footage of the 14th field landing at Bernières-sur-Mer as Sgt. Bill Grant and Lieut. Frank Dubervill of the Canadian Film and Photo Unit ... sequence ends with the famous scene of the Priest driving up to "La Maison des Canadiens" on the beach. Grant and Dubervill leave the 14th Field and continue recording events on the beach.
Perhaps parts of this footage are in the Canadian Newsreel #33.
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