Sexton in Holland

[Dan Martel]

Originally Posted by Hanno Spoelstra

I consulted my friend Bert Lindeboom and he gave me some pointers, which helped me in my search.

AOS "338" denotes 98th (Surrey and Sussex Yeomanry, Queen Mary's) Field Regiment, Royal Artillery. This unit served in Italy until it was attached to 21st Army Group fighting in North West Europe. So it was sent to Belgium in March 1945, and was re-equipped with Sexton 25-pounder SP guns. It was attached to 1st Canadian Armored Brigade, which supported both the 1st Canadian Infantry Division and the 49th British Division in the closing battles of the war in western Netherlands.

Reportedly, they moved to Germany before the end of WW2. I suspect that either a few units remained and/or came back to the Netherlands for the liberation parades.

Hanno,

Great piece of research. I guess my horse artillery theory has been blown clear out of the water. The troops in the Sexton are obviously wearing Yeomanry badges. I wonder if they came to NW Europe with 1 Canadian Corps?

Cheers,
Dan.

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[Alex van de Wetering]

Here is another "338" Sexton in Culemborg 1945 , this time clearly showing the 1st Canadian Armoured Brigade formation sign.

source: https://regionaalarchiefrivierenland.nl/home

The reverse of this picture postcard has the imprint "Canadeesche tank - Stevens Photo - Haarlem".

@Hanno.....Looks somewhat like Santpoort or Driehuis maybe....
Alex

[Hanno Spoelstra]

Originally Posted by Alex van de Wetering

Here is another "338" Sexton in Culemborg 1945 , this time clearly showing the 1st Canadian Armoured Brigade formation sign.

@Hanno.....Looks somewhat like Santpoort or Driehuis maybe....

Thanks Alex, clearly they were putting up demonstrations and parades in many places.

H.

[Hanno Spoelstra]

Marco Hogenkamp found another photo of a Sexton of this unit at the Amstellaan, Amsterdam Zuid:

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Source: https://beeldbankwo2.nl/nl/beelden/d...a-30022882627b

[MicS]

The photo in Hanno's previous post above is of the same C3 Sexton as in his OP: