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    The 44th RTR was formed in 1938 in Bristol and served in various theaters. It supported operations in North Africa from 1941-1943 with Valentine tanks. In June 1943 it joined the 4th Armoured Brigade for the invasions of Sicily and Italy. It returned to the UK in 1944 and landed in Normandy on June 9th. After fighting in Normandy, it reached the River Scheldt by September 9th and supported the 101st Airborne before rejoining 4th Armoured Brigade. It later helped capture Bremen and moved to Uetersen, ending its role on VE Day when it was amalgamated with the 50th RTR.

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    The 44th RTR was formed in 1938 in Bristol and served in various theaters. It supported operations in North Africa from 1941-1943 with Valentine tanks. In June 1943 it joined the 4th Armoured Brigade for the invasions of Sicily and Italy. It returned to the UK in 1944 and landed in Normandy on June 9th. After fighting in Normandy, it reached the River Scheldt by September 9th and supported the 101st Airborne before rejoining 4th Armoured Brigade. It later helped capture Bremen and moved to Uetersen, ending its role on VE Day when it was amalgamated with the 50th RTR.

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    The 44th RTR was formed in 1938 in Bristol and served in various theaters. It supported operations in North Africa from 1941-1943 with Valentine tanks. In June 1943 it joined the 4th Armoured Brigade for the invasions of Sicily and Italy. It returned to the UK in 1944 and landed in Normandy on June 9th. After fighting in Normandy, it reached the River Scheldt by September 9th and supported the 101st Airborne before rejoining 4th Armoured Brigade. It later helped capture Bremen and moved to Uetersen, ending its role on VE Day when it was amalgamated with the 50th RTR.

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    44th RTR

    The 44th RTR was formed in 1938 from 6th Bn. The Gloucestershire Regiment at the
    same time as its duplicate battalion - 50th RTR. When war was declared on 3rd
    September 1939 44th RTR was in Bristol, attached to 21st Army Tank Brigade at the
    time. The battalion the went to the Middle East in April 1941 and by the time of
    Operation Crusader, November 1941, 1st Army Tank Brigade, equipped with Valentine
    Tanks, along with 8th and 42nd RTR, supporting 2nd New Zealand Division,
    contributing to the Divisions stand against the German and Italian armoured attacks
    on 30th November 1942. It was still part of 1st Army Tank Brigade when the Germans
    and Italians attacked at Gazala in May 1942 and also in the Cauldron battles of
    that campaign. It then supported the Australians during the withdraw during the
    'Gazala Gallop' and again during the Battle of First Alamein.

    It was then with drawn from the line for re-equipping although a small number of it
    troops used minesweeping Matilda (Scorpion) tanks during the battle of El Alamein.
    In June 1943, the battalion became part of 4th Armoured Brigade for the invasion of
    Sicily and the also for the Brigades parts in the Italian campaign. It, with the
    rest of 4th Armoured Brigade, withdrew from Italy in January 1944 to return to the
    UK ready for the Normandy landings, where it landed on 9th June 1944.

    After the fighting in Normandy it took part in the break and eventually reached the
    River Scheldt by 9th September 1944. On 17th September it came under the command of
    the 101st Airborne Div as part of Operation Market-Garden, before returning to the
    4th Armoured Brigade. In April the battalion was helped 52nd Lowland Division in
    the capture of Bremen. It then moved via Hamburg to begin its occupational role to
    Uetersen on 9th May 1945.

    The battalion was amalgamated with 50th RTR to form, 44th/50th RTR and on 31st
    October 1956, the new regiment was further amalgamated with The North Somerset
    Yeomanry, to form The North Somerset Yeomanry/44th Royal Tank Regiment, which has
    since become The North Somerset and Bristol Yeomanry.

    Sherman Tanks of the British Army and Royal Marines: Normandy Campaign 1944
    4th Armoured Brigade.
    Comprising The Royal Scots Greys (2nd Dragoons), 3rd County of London Yeomanry and
    44th Royal Tank Regiment with 2nd Battalion King's Royal Rifle Corps serving as the
    motor battalion. In June 1944, the regiments of 4th Armoured Brigade were equipped
    in the main with Sherman II tanks and Sherman VC Fireflies, each troop having one
    of the latter. Elements of the brigade began landing in Normandy on 7 June 1944 and
    were immediately sent into action to neutralise the German strongpoints around the
    radar station at Douvres with Centaurs of the Royal Marines and Churchill AVRE
    tanks of 79th Armoured Division. In late June the brigade took part in Operation
    Epsom and in July supported 159th Brigade and units of 15th (Scottish) Division and
    53rd (Welsh) Divisions in the fighting for the Odon.

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