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[John McGillivray]

The AoS 42 is for the senior Field Artillery Regiment in an Infantry Division. The three assault divisions that landed on the British and Canadian beaches on D-Day were equipped with M7 SP 105mm guns in place of their usual 25 pdr guns. These units were:

3rd Division
- 7th, 33rd and 76th Field Regiments RA

50th (Northumbrian) Division.
- 74th, 90th and 124th Field Regiments RA

3rd Canadian Infantry Division.
- 12th, 13th and 14th Field regiments RCA

Both the 3rd British and the 3rd Canadian Divisions took part in the Capture of Caen on the 9th of July. However, I have not seen any pictures of the Canadian guns with names on them. So I would think that the M7’s you are referring to, most likely belonged to the 7th Field Regiment RA.