7th Reconanassiance Regiment 3rd Cdn. Infantry Div. WE

[John McGillivray]

Here is a link to a site which shows the organization of a recce regt in 1941.

http://www.britishsoldier.com/logistic.htm

The organization did not change very much by 1944.The size of the recce regt was increase to 41 officers and 755 other ranks, and the AA platoon was dropped. The biggest change was in the made up of the Scout troops. By 1944 these were made up of a headquarters section of one armoured car, one carrier and two motorcycles; a reconnaissance section of two armoured cars and two light reconnaissance cars; and two carrier sections, each with three carriers.

I am in the process of reading “An Historical Account of the 7th Canadian Reconnaissance Regiment (17th Duke of York’s Royal Canadian Hussars) in the World War 1939 – 1945” by Capt. Walter Pavey (Montreal 1948). When they landed in Normandy they were equipped with Humber Armoured Cars Mk IV, Humberettes (Humber Mk. III LRC) and carriers. The change over from Humber Armoured Cars to Daimler Mk. I Armoured Cars occurred in late Sept (between the 23rd and the 28th).

http://tanxheaven.com/fedcol/humber/humber.htm

From the end of Jan. 1944, the 17th Hussars also had a flame-thrower carrier (Ronson and later Wasps) added to each scout troop, probably as part of the headquarters section.