British tank being resupplied.

Bit of logistics action for you, from the lens of Sgt. Laing.

A Sherman II from ‘A’ Sqn, 44th RTR, 4th Armoured Brigade.
‘Refueling…ready for another attack’. ‘Baron and Eterville’, #OTD 29th June 1944.

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British tanks advance across field with tree line in distance.

#OTD 26th June 1944, Sherman II from 4th Armoured Brigade assembling for Epsom.
The markings, stowage and name, ‘RUSTLER’, of the rear most Sherman, suggests this is 44th RTR.
Photo by Sgt Laing.

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4th Armd Bde HQ mention the capture of a submarine by 44th Royal Tanks with 5th King’s Own Scottish Borderers #OTD 26 April 1945.
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Bremen street scene with rubble and ruins. British tank and infantry

Not the best quality, but to the right is one of 44th RTR’s DD tanks in Bremen.

Sgt Crocker took the photograph #OTD 26 April 1945.

44th RTR had a relatively quiet day, with the infantry finding ‘little use for the tks’.

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Sherman DD tanks

Sherman DD tanks from 44th RTR supporting 15th Scottish Division during the Rhine crossing.

Sgt Dennis Smith photographed the scene #OTD 24 March 1945.

Note the Arm of Service - White 53 on Red, on the transmission cover.

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Continuing the themes .50 cal, and 44RTR!

Captain Walter Rabson, of 44th Royal Tank Regiment, with some extra firepower on his Humber Scout Car.

No doubt the .50 cal was one of the perks of being the Battalion Technical Adjutant!

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British Sherman tank being refuelled by jerry cans unloaded from the back of a truck IWM B6192

More 44RTR and a bit of logistics action for you, from the lens of Sgt. Laing.

A Sherman II from ‘A’ Sqn, 44th RTR, 4th Armoured Brigade.
‘Refueling…ready for another attack’. ‘Baron and Eterville’, 29th June 1944.

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Two Sherman tanks passing each other in a narrow Normandy street. 1944 Canadian Archives PA-116521

Rabbit holes in the Canadian Archives… that’s a 44th RTR, 4th Armoured Brigade, Sherman Vc on the right!

(Sherman V RCA on the left)

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Original colour wartime image of 3 tank crew from Royal Tank Regiment opening a box of Christmas goods, sat on their heavily camouflaged tank. 16th November 1944, Holland.

Try not to mention the ‘c🎄’ word this early, but it’s 44RTR of 4th Armoured Brigade.

L to R, Tprs Buckley and Round, and Sgt Kirk, unpack a Christmas parcel in one of a series of photos by Edward Malindine, taken #OTD 16th November 1944.

Sherman under all that camouflage!

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