50th Infantry Division Tyne Tees build

[bluewillow]

My next month or so concentrating on building my British for Normandy in 44.

I intend to build long quite a bit of the division for DDay and some of the support elements

First cab off the rank will be the 69th Infantry Brigade

BHQ
 5th Battalion, East Yorkshire Regiment
 6th Battalion, Green Howards
 7th Battalion, Green Howards
 division support elements

Progress so far this week


Figures are all 20mm Britannia

I then want to do the DLI, No.47 commando and the crab flails of the Westminster dragoons, plus RMASG, and other support elements, engineers, artillery etc for Dday and inland. 

Cheers
Matt

[parttimegamer]

I look forward to seeing how this project pans out. Looking great already!

[bluewillow]

Thanks mate, back on the desk tonight

Cheers
Matt

[fred]

Nice work, lots of progress for a week!

They seem to be well served with support weapons, I assume the large bases with a few troops at the back are for guns?

[bluewillow]

Nice work, lots of progress for a week!

They seem to be well served with support weapons, I assume the large bases with a few troops at the back are for guns?

Yes mate AT guns, artillery crews are yet to be based as I like to diorama them up a bit more.

Cheers
Marr

[bluewillow]

Added some research for British Heavy Artillery batteries in Normandy



I have just completed 40 odd gunners for my guns, now some vehicles and guns to paint to complete my batteries of RA.

research includes suitable 20mm miniatures and availability
https://stormandconquest.blogspot.com/2021/06/british-heavy-artillery-units-normandy.html

cheers
Matt

[bluewillow]

Back working on my Tyne Tees, last month you may recall I built four priests. Two of these will join my Tyne Tees Northumberland regiment along with some towed 25 pounders. I competed the crew this eeek in preparation for the vehicles being completed over the weekend.

First up gun crews and drivers, figures are all PSC crews.









Cheers
Matt

[Basementboy]

Well you’re certainly off to a strong start! How far are you planning to expand the project?

[bluewillow]

Well you’re certainly off to a strong start! How far are you planning to expand the project?

I have purchased

69th Infantry Brigade Brigadier F.Y.C Knox
6th Battalion, Green Howards lt Col R.H.W.S Hastings
red flash behind cap badge
7th Battalion, Green Howards lt Col P.H Richardson
5th Battalion, East Yorkshire Regiment lt Colonel G.W White

1st Assault Brigade Royal Engineers (D-Day)
6th Assault Regiment, Royal Engineers

81 SQN

Churchill AVRE fascine Built not painted
Churchill Avre Bobbin Built not painted
Churchill bridgelayer Built not painted
Royal Armoured Corps (D-Day)
Westminster Dragoons
HQ
dingo built
M14 AA (not Purchased)
2 x trucks complete
M32 Sherman Armoured Recovery Vehicle (not built)

A sqn 2 x sherman crab flail tanks (not built)
C sqn 2 x sherman crab flail tanks  (not built)

141st Royal Tank Regiment (all of the regiments churchills names began with S)
I will model
C Squadron commanded by lt Shearman 13 troop small turret number 13
Three crocodiles from 13 Troop landed at La Riviere where one floundered in a deep underwater crater and the other two crocodiles were able to get ashore.

1 x churchill crocodiles ("Sandgate" T173174H commanded by lt John Shearman MC) Built not painted
1 x Churchill crocodile ("Sandling "T173174  commanded by Sgt Reg Webb) (not purchased)

The two crocodiles supported the 7th Green Howards (69th Brigade, 50th Infantry Division) assault on the La Marefontaine gun battery (WN32) which contained four Czech 100mm guns located in fields outside the hamlet of La Marefontaine south of Ver-Sur-Mer.

Royal Marines (D-Day)
1st Royal Marine Armoured Support Regiment

A troop
1 x centaur
No. 47 (Royal Marine) Commando

HQ coy (partial complete)
4 companies (partial complete)
Royal Artillery

74th (Northumbrian) Field Regiment

296th (4th) Durham M7 105 preists

298th (1st) Durham (towed 25 pounders?)

90th (City of London) Field Regiment

357th (1st city of London) sexton 25 pounders Sherman V observation tanks

358th (2nd city of London) sexton 25 pounders, Sherman V observation tanks

102nd (Northumberland Hussars) Anti-Tank Regiment

99th battery
2 6pdrs Guns and bren carrier
1 M10

288th battery
2 x 6pdrs and bren carriers
1 M10

198th battery (attached from 73rd AT regiment)
2 x M10

234th battery (attached from 73rd AT regiment)
2 x M10

25th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment

Polston AA 20mm gun and tow

1 x crusader AA

82nd LAA battery

Bofors AA battery


2024 project will be the DLI

151st Infantry Brigade Brigadier R.H Senior
6th Battalion, Durham Light Infantry lt Col A. E Green
8th Battalion, Durham Light Infantry lt Col R. P Lidwell

9th Battalion, Durham Light Infantry lt Col H.R Woods
(The 9th DLI left 30 November 1944, joined 131st Brigade, 7th Armoured Division)

231st Infantry Brigade Brigadier A.B.G Stainer

1st Battalion Hampshire Regiment lt Col H.D.N Smith
1st Battalion Dorsetshire Regiment lt Col E.M Norrie
2nd Battalion Devonshire Regiment lt Col C.A.R Neville

56th Brigade Brigadier E.C Pepper

2nd Battalion The Essex regiment lt Col J.F Higson
2nd Battalion Gloucestershire Regiment lt Col D.W Biddle
2nd battalion South Wales Borderers  lt Col R.W Craddock

Corps Elements
61st Reconnaissance Regiment, Reconnaissance Corps

plus assorted trucks, medical and bits