The list is not complete as I have difficulty tracing some batteries composition that have been attached, detached from their Field Regiments. Your inouts are most welcome - TOM
Dec 1941 Artillery Units in Malaya
11th Indian Division
137th ( 2nd West Lancashire) Field Regiment (G Holmes) – attached to 15th Indian Brigade 24 x 25pdrs
- 349th Battery 8 x 25pdr
- 350th Battery “
- 501st Battery “
155th (Lanarkshire Yeomary) Field Regiment 16 x 4.5 inch howitzers (A Murdoch) – moved to Malaya Oct 1940 from Kirkee, India
- A Battery (Gold) – stayed in India to form 160th Field Regiment
- B Battery (Wilson)
- C Battery (?) 8x25pdr/8x4.5 howitzer
80th Anti Tank Regiment (Napier)
- 2nd Battery (Clegg) 12x2 pdr antitank(40mm Vickers A/T)
- 215th Battery (Steward) 12x40mm Vickers A/T
- 272nd Battery 2 pdrs
- 273rd Battery (Gairdow) 14x40mm Vickers A/T minus 01 troop Vickers 40mm A/Tx2 attached to KROHCOL
85th Anti Tank Regiemnt ( 36x 2pdrs)
- 45th Battery
- 251st Battery
- 270th Battery
- 281st Battery
6th Indian Brigade
22nd Mountain Regiment (Huges)- 24x3.7inch Howitzers
- 4th Battery (Sawyer)
- 7th Battery (Scott)
- 10th Battery (Gowie)- attached to KrohCol
- 21st Battery ( Soper) – attached to8th Indian Brigade
28th Indian Brigade
Attached, 88th Field Regiment, from 9th Division
16th Anti-Aircraft Battery (Ivers) – 8x40mm Bofors
12th Indian Brigade
122nd ( West Riding) Field Regiment (Clegg)
- 278th Battery 12x4.5inch Howitzer
- 280th Battery 12 x 4.5inch Howitzer
KrohCol
Attached, 10th Mountain Battery (Gowie) – 8x3.7inch Howitzers, from 22nd Mountain Regiment, 6th Indian Brigade
Attached, 01 Troop (2xVickers 40mm A/T) from 273rd Battery, 80th Antitank Regiment, 11th Indian Division
9th Indian Division
5th Field Regiment - Jephson( from Rawalpindi & Nowshera, India 1939-1941) 16 x 4.5 inch howitzers
- 63rd Battery,
- 73rd Battery
- 81st Battery
88th (2nd West Lancashire ) Field Regiment (D’Aubuz) – attached to 28th Indian (Gurkha) Brigade (Indian III Corps Reserve)
- 351st Battery(Cornish)
- A)Troop 4x25pdr
- B)Troop 4x25pdr
- 352st Battery (Ford) 8x25pdr
- 464th Battery 8 x 25pdr
I have the same photos in oolour. They have red/blue/white vehicle signs.
ReplyDeleteI'm trying to trace my Uncle's Battery . Gnr G W Burroughs of 80th A/T Regt. Royal Artillery. He survived Changi only to die of Pneumonia on his way home..Can you give me some leads ..Thanks George Burroughs (i was named after him)
ReplyDeleteRe: 45th, 251st, 270th, 281st batteries form 85th Anti Tank Regiment
ReplyDeleteI believe the 85th was formed on September 22, 1941. I didn't document where I got this information. Where would I look to confirm this?