Knowledge of the Canadian Army on 6 June, 1944

[Mark W. Tonner]

Hi Dave;

The dates that the 12th, 13th and 14th Field Regiments, R.C.A. and the 19th Army Field Regiment (Self-Propelled), R.C.A. converted to towed or self-propelled 25pdrs from the M7 Priest 105mm How. SPGs:

12th Fd Regt, R.C.A.:
11th Fd Bty, R.C.A. - converted to towed 25pdrs - 1 Aug 44
16th Fd Bty, R.C.A. - converted to towed 25pdrs - 1 Aug 44
43rd Fd Bty, R.C.A. - converted to towed 25pdrs - 1 Aug 44

13th Fd Regt, R.C.A.:
22nd Fd Bty, R.C.A. - converted to towed 25pdrs - 1 Aug 44
44th Fd Bty, R.C.A. - converted to towed 25pdrs - 1 Aug 44
78th Fd Bty, R.C.A. - converted to towed 25pdrs - 1 Aug 44

14th Fd Regt, R.C.A.:
34th Fd Bty, R.C.A. - converted to towed 25pdrs - First week of Aug 44
66th Fd Bty, R.C.A. - converted to towed 25pdrs - 1 Aug 44
81st Fd Bty, R.C.A. - converted to towed 25pdrs - 1 Aug 44

19th Army Fd Regt (S.P.), R.C.A.:
55th Fd Bty (S.P.), R.C.A. - converted to Sexton 25pdr SPGs - 24 Aug 44
63rd Fd Bty (S.P.), R.C.A. - converted to Sexton 25pdr SPGs - 24 Aug 44
99th Fd Bty (S.P.), R.C.A. - converted to Sexton 25pdr SPGs - 24 Aug 44

A note concerning the turned in M7 Priest 105mm How. SPGs of the 12th, 13th and 14th Fd Regts, R.C.A. - these were the 72 equipments that were converted to M7 Priest Kangaroo APC's for Operation TOTALIZE.

Cheers