2ND SEARCHLIGHT REGT ROYAL ARTILLERY

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Reference WMO/97583

Address:

St Mary and St Bartholomew Church

Church Street

Cranborne

BH21 5PP

England

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Status: On original site
Type: Non freestanding
Location: Internal
Setting: Inside a building - public/private
Description: Board/Plaque/ Tablet
Materials:
  • Timber Timber (any)
Lettering: Inscribed on a plaque
Conflicts:
  • Second World War (1939-1945)
About the memorial: The regimental standard (WMO 136921) hangs close to the plaque. The plaque also specifically commemorate Brigadier T R Anderson who raised and commanded the regiment and was killed in action in 1943.
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TO RECORD WITH PRIDE AND GRATITUDE/ THEIR ASSOCIATION WITH THIS CHURCH/ AND VILLAGE THIS TABLET IS PLACED HERE/ BY THE OFFICERS AND MEN OF THE SECOND/ SEARCHLIGHT REGIMENT, ROYAL ARTILLERY,/ WHICH SERVED IN AND AROUND CRANBORNE FROM JULY 1940 UNTIL AUGUST 1944 & IN PROUD MEMORY OF BRIGADIER THURGAR ROLLAND ANDERSON MC WHO RAISED THE REGIMENT ON 24TH MAY 1939 AND COMMANDED IT AT HOME AND OVERSEAS UNTIL JUNE 1941. HE DIED ON ACTIVE SERVICE ON 7TH AUGUST 1943

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