Operation Tractable August 15-21 1944
On the morning of 15 August, the battered remnants of the Hussars re-grouped. A-Squadron’s 7 tanks were joined with C-Squadron’s 4 to...
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- May 29
- 8 min
Operation Tractable - The Mad Charge
As soon as Operation Totalize was called off planning began for Operation Tractable set to begin on the 14th of August. The enemy were to...
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- May 18
- 4 min
Operation Totalize
The regiment used the period at Vaucelles to first and foremost ensure that their vehicles were in tip top shape, rest up, absorb new...
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- May 15
- 6 min
Operation Spring 25 July 1944
Following Operation Atlantic the Regiment withdrew to the area of Vaucelles for two days of maintenance and replenishment in preparation...
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- May 12
- 6 min
Operation Atlantic
The days immediately following Operation Charnwood were spent at the never-ending task of vehicle maintenance. On the 10th the Regiment...
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- May 8
- 3 min
Operation Charnwood Caen July 8 1944
Operation Charnwood was the renewed attempt to take the northern portion of Caen which had been an objective of D-Day a month before. The...
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- May 1
- 5 min
Aftermath
On the 12th of June most of the 1st Hussars were on “Forced Rest” that is they were ordered to spend as much of the day as possible...
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- Apr 24
- 4 min
Le Mesnil-Patry PT. 3, C-Squadron
C-Squadron was well behind B-Squadron as it passed through Norrey and was further hampered by heavy mortar and artillery fire and the...
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- Apr 17
- 6 min
Le Mesnil-Patry PT. 2, B-Squadron
Captain Harrison did not brief his crew, and Trooper Dodds his loader/operator was under the impression that the Regiment was about to...
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- Apr 12
- 9 min
One Very Lucky Trooper
B61531 Trooper Allen, Lawrence G. was a very lucky soldier. As the Loader/Operator on Sergeant James “Ace” Bailey’s tank on D-Day he very...
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- Apr 10
- 5 min
Le Mesnil-Patry Pt. 1
June 11th 1944 was indeed The Black Day of The Hussars. Many things went wrong that day and it cost the Regiment grievously. I do not...
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- Apr 3
- 2 min
The Story of Angel
One day in the beachhead, two Hussars, Joe Ritchie, and Gerry Gooding, were enjoying a rare moment away from the action. They were...
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- Mar 27
- 3 min
The Beachhead Pt. 2
The 9th of June was another very hectic day for the Regiment. The Germans continued to aggressively probe the forward positions of the...
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- Mar 20
- 3 min
The Beachhead Pt. 1
The first night in Normandy was tense and the battered Hussars got very little sleep as they worked long into the night to prepare for...
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- Mar 13
- 4 min
The Echelon-Unsung Heroes
As the title suggests and as will be the case in these blogs the tendency of any narrative on military operations is to focus on the...
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- Mar 7
- 4 min
Bruce Evans
This is the story of an ordinary soldier in extraordinary circumstances. Like many soldiers in the Regiment, Bruce Evans grew up on a...
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- Feb 28
- 2 min
A and C Squadrons move inland
Seven of A-Squadron’s tanks got inland on the first dash through Gap Yellow at about 09:15 two more would follow later. Meeting up with...
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- Feb 21
- 5 min
Off the beach
Once the beaches had been secured the tanks needed to get inland to support their assigned infantry companies. To assist with this...
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- Feb 14
- 4 min
“A cooks tour”
The information for the following is drawn primarily from a note prepared in 2004 by Captain Andy Fyfe describing his recollections of...
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- Feb 7
- 2 min
Captain John Wilson, “Jake” Powell
Captain Powell was the A-Squadron 2nd in Command (2ic) and was the first to launch from LCT 390 in the centre of the Squadron formation....
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