23rd Field Reg. RCA, Sexton Question

[Mark W. Tonner]

Originally posted by John McGillivray
The pages below shows that the 147th Field Regiment also landed on Gold Beach on June 6th. The site states that it was an SP unit but dose not indicate the type of guns.

Hi John;

From what I have, the 147 Fd Regt (2nd Army Troops) were equipped with Sextons also.

Also, you asked in an earlier post:

Originally posted by John McGillivray
When did the 90th Fd Regt get Sextons? My understanding was that they landed on D-Day with M7’s and would have converted over to towed 25pdrs, which were the standard field gun of Artillery Regiments in Infantry Divisions.

from what I've been able to dig up they were equipped with Sextons upon their return to the UK in preparation for the Normandy landings.

So for the assault over Gold Beach, the 69th Inf Bde (King) were supported by the guns of 86th Fd Regt and the 231st Inf Bde (Jig) were supported by the guns of both the 90th and 147th Fd Regts.

Cheers