Based on his service record, where was this soldier deployed in WW2?
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The 208th (SP) Field Regiment, Royal Artillery is listed on the Order of Battle for the 59 AGRA (Army Group Royal Artillery) as of May 18, 1945. It's HQ staff departed Liverpool on 28 March, 1945, arriving in Bombay 20 April. The 208th SP does not appear to have been part of 59 AGRA during the latter's post-D-Day role in N.W. Europe.
The 130 (Lowland) Field Regiment of the Royal Artillery is listed as serving in:
- UK 1938-42, attached to the 15th (Scottish) Inf. Div.
- India 1942-3 attached to the 14 and 36 Indian Inf. Divs.
- Burma 1944-5 attached to the 36 Inf. Div.
The 208th is listed as a component of the 208th (3rd West Lancashire) Battery, which first served in England during the Blitz.
A search of the UK War Office archive catalogue for "26 Gp" and "26 Group" reveal:
- Operations record sets for a Pioneer Corps 26 Gp. or 26 Group with the time line:
- B.E.F., France: June 1940
- Home Forces: 01 July 1940 - 31 December 1941
- Home Forces - 01 January 1942 - 31 October 1942
- North Africa - 01 October 1942 - 30 June 1943
- British Forces, Middle East - 01 July 1943 - 31 December 1943
- Italy - 01 January 1944 - 31 May 1944
- Home Forces - 01 June 1944 - 31 December 1944
- Burma - Movement Control: February 1945
- Burma - Indian Pioneer Corps: August 1945
- Home Forces - 01 January 1945 - 31 October 1945
and
- Operations record sets for an R.A.F. (Signals?) 26 Group:
- Administration & Organization: 1940-1946
- 362 Wireless Unit, Chicksands (Berfordshire): 01 April 1942 - 30 September 1945
- Badges and Crests: 1944
- Ground - 1944-1945
- Bomber Command - The Signals War: A Brief History of 26 Group: December 1945
- Formation of 'Tiger' Signals Units in 26 Group: 1945
Acronyms:
- Gnr: Gunner
- H.A.A.: Heavy Anti Aircraft
- S.P.: Self-Propelled
- A/S: probably anti-submarine
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