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Title: Help Please - Unit ID for Canadian Middle East Forces Christmas Airgraph
Post by: John Cranmer on January 03, 2021, 09:20:45 PM
This is an 8th Army Christmas (1944) Airgraph sent by a Canadian serviceman to Pictou Canada .  Most of the senders details are clear and can be read as
F44744 L/Cpl C.C.Dalton 2 Cdn 

but then there is the unit designation which appears to be [u][b]Med Regt pl[/b][/u] ?? and then RCASC (Royal Canadian Army Service Corps). 

I have not be able to find out what that central part stands for.  Any ideas would be most welcome.

John Cranmer
Title: Re: Help Please - Unit ID for Canadian Middle East Forces Christmas Airgraph
Post by: Michael Dobbs on January 03, 2021, 09:30:23 PM
John

2 Medium Regiment Platoon RCASC - this is a RCASC platoon serving a Canadian artillery regiment.  I have details of the Regiment as follows:

HQ 2nd Canadian Medium Regiment RCA
- 18 Canadian Medium Battery RCA
- 25 Canadian Medium Battery RCA
- 2 Canadian Medium Regiment Platoon RCASC

2nd Canadian Medium Regiment RCA formed part of 1st Canadian Army Group RCA:
- 11th Canadian Army Field Regiment RCA
- 1st Canadian Medium Regiment RCA
- 2nd Canadian Medium Regiment RCA
- 5th Canadian Medium Regiment RCA

Sorry, I have no other information.

Mike  :)
Title: Re: Help Please - Unit ID for Canadian Middle East Forces Christmas Airgraph
Post by: John Cranmer on January 04, 2021, 03:50:46 PM
Mike

Thanks for that info.  I have had a chance to look round the web based on that and have enough for now to write it up.

John