John,
You are quite correct. I've checked back on a letter that he sent by email a few years ago, and on some other files. This is the reference to the 19th that I 'misremembered':
Would you believe that I never knew the SP was called a Sexton.. We just referred to it as "The SP" Of course, the main reason for that is my Regiment, which was the 15th Field Regt., did not have those. We used the regular towed 25 pounder and the Quad vehicle. They sure were an excellent weapon. The 19th Field Regt had SP's though and one day, when 2 of them got separated from their own moving column, they wandered into a real battle in one of the small towns we were trying to take and I am sure they saved our necks..
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