War Relatives -

[Amatikulu]

My Grandfather volunteered in 1939 to join the British Army - He served in two regiments - 4th Hussars and 27th Lancers and was part of the Royal Armoured Corps - armoured car/ reconaissance units. He served all over the Middle East, North Africa and Italy and completed his service in 1946 in Austria.

During his time with the 27th Lancers, he fought in Northern Italy as part of Porterforce. Under the command of Colonel Horsburg-Porter, Porterforce included both regular and irregular units like Popski's Private Army. He was wounded by mortar fire during the battle for the capture of Ravenna but recovered and returned to his unit.

I'm busy researching his units activities part time, and would be very interested in hearing from anyone else that had a relative serving in either of his units.