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Originally Posted by Colin Alford
Apparently The ‘52 Natural’ was the Regimental Newspaper of the Canadian Grenadier Guards.
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They note: "recent issue of the Maple Leaf have featured pictures of various machines of war that have made the long trip through from D Day to VE Day. Through no fault of ours were are unable to qualify for this D to VE Day."
"Ginny", or "Old Ginny", landed in France on 26 July 1944 with the 22nd Armoured Regiment (The Canadian Grenadier Guards) as part of the 4th Armoured Brigade, 4th Canadian Armoured Division, and continued to fight in North West Europe until the end of the war.