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1941 - C Troop 241/61 (H) Bute Anti Tank Battery R.A. (T.A.)


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18 pounder field gun sent to Bute to be used as an anti-tank weapon. Found to be impractical the gun is soon withdrawn from service. Battery commanded by Troop Sgt. Richard Thomson Macdonald. Illustration by John Thomson

Bute Anti Tank Battery


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Gunners 241/61 (H) Bute Anti Tank Battery R.A. (T.A.) before the start of the Second World War. Photograph courtesy of Mrs. Jan Ritchie.


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