Description: 7th Royal Tank Regiment Ephemera Trooper H Jarrett Sialkot India Partition 1947 Includes receipt for Sten Mk III, hospital passes, leave pass, transport duty slip etc. Meantime 7 RTR remained in Rhine Army as a tank regiment until deploying in late 1946 via Barnard Castle to Rawalpindi in North West India under command Lt Col R B P Wood. They reached the Punjab in January 1947; the Regiment was centred on Sialkot; the families were quartered at the hill station at Dalhousie. Their unenviable task was to attempt to keep the Muslims,Hindus and Sikhs apart. The growing tension preceding Independence meant that they had little respite. Using both Stuart light tanks and Fox armoured cars they raced from one crisis spot to another, attempting to calm but on occasion having to open fire to minimise atrocities. On 22 July 1947, with heavy hearts the Squadrons handed in their tanks, armoured cars and equipment. On 23 July the families were escorted down from Dalhousie to Sialkot. The Regiment entrained on 1 August for the four day journey to Kalyan, a port just North of Bombay. They had witnessed awful atrocities and left behind a terrible slaughter. But they had done all they could. Price too high? Make me an offer.
Price: 20 GBP
Location: Torquay
End Time: 2024-12-24T17:42:15.000Z
Shipping Cost: 26.2 GBP
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Conflict: World War I (1914-1918)
Time Period: 1946-1960
Service: Army
Theme: Militaria
