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British Artillery in World War II

submitted by John Knight — last modified May 13, 2008 22:41

This is a new link to a useful source of reference material on British Artillery in World War II

There is a lot of information on this site.  However, there are some things you won't find.

  • No more than a handful of very distinguished people are named here.  Over a million men served in the Royal Artillery in WW2, please don't waste your time looking for a relative's name.  However, you should be able to get an idea of what they did if they served with field artillery.
  • This site concerns British and Commonwealth field artillery including anti-tank in World War 2.  Anti-aircraft (anti aircraft, ack ack or AA) or coast artillery are only mentioned when it was in a field artillery role, see 'Other Firepower'.  Maritime artillery and their RN comrades in DEMS are outside the scope of this site.
  • Details of guns and equipment on this site are limited to items of British, Canadian or Australian origin.
  • There are no pictures of or data about vehicles or uniforms.
  • There are no accounts of particular battles or other actions - these are the field of more conventional histories.
  • Very few specific batteries are mentioned.  
  • Very few formations are mentioned except in the pages listing regiments.
Copyright 2007, by the Contributing Authors. Cite/attribute Resource. Admin. (2008, May 13). British Artillery in World War II. Retrieved March 11, 2010, from DSA Web site: http://www.defencesurveyors.org.uk/dsa-news/british-artillery-in-world-war-ii. All Rights Reserved.
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