Arms and Armour

140th (5th London) Field Regiment, Royal Artillery

The 140th (5th London) Field Regiment, Royal Artillery was a unit of Britain's Territorial Army formed in 1939, just before World War II. During the Battle of France, in 1940, it participated in defending Cassel to protect the British Expeditionary Force's evacuation from Dunkirk. Barely half the men escaped to England, where the regiment was rebuilt. It later served in home defence, in Tunisia, and after conversion to the medium artillery role, in Italy, where it was disbanded.

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• ▸Akechi Mitsuhide
• ▸HMS Warrior (1917)
• ▸46th Infantry Division (United Kingdom)

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