23rd Field Reg. RCA, Sexton Question

[Mark W. Tonner]

Originally posted by kevinT
Firstly Mark,
Thanks for posting the photo.
According to the RA site 90th Field is listed, showing names and markings as at November 1944. AoS 1178 with bar below.
The Sexton names follow the troop letter. Only one "Challenger", is listed under C Troop.
Perhaps "Carrubba" is a 90th Field Sexton.
Anyone have any idea what "Carrubba" stands for?

Cheers
Kevin

Hi Kevin;

I received your other two photos and after seeing the last one (bridge and road sign post, which is the same location as the Sexton photo) I'm pretty sure that the first photo is that of a Sexton of 90th Field Regt while they were still part of the 50th Div Arty, more to follow on this later.

90th Field Regt were a TA unit from London, so maybe the name "Carrubba" has something to do with that? The names "Challenger" and "Carrubba" remind me of race horses for some reason?

Cheers