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19 Battalion and Armoured Regiment

Contents

page ix

Contents

Page
foreword v
introduction vii
1 trentham 1
2 new zealand to egypt 8
3 egypt 14
4 the western desert 28
5 baggush box 35
6 helwan 51
7 over to macedonia 57
8 campaign in greece 68
9 reorganisation on crete 111
10 airborne invasion 126
11 back to egypt 172
12 the division in the desert 186
13 baggush to syria 232
14 back to the western desert 251
15 infantry into armour 301
16 egypt to italy 319
17 armour into action 329
18 a new year and a fresh front 358
19 cassino fortress 366
20 the break-out into the liri valley 395
21 rome and the pursuit north 418
22 back to the adriatic coast 442
23 faenza to trieste 482
24 repatriation and rehabilitation 526
appendix I: Regimental History of ‘Major’, No. 1 Dog, 2 NZ Division 531
appendix II: Tale of a Tank 537
roll of honour 542
summary of casualties 548
honours and awards 549
commanding officers 551
index 553
page x

He that outlives this day, and comes safe home,
Will stand a tip-toe when this day is nam’d,
And rouse him at the name of Crispian.
He that shall live this day, and see old age,
Will yearly on the vigil feast his neighbours,
And say, “Tomorrow is Saint Crispian”:
Then will he strip his sleeve and show his scars,
And say, “These wounds I had on Crispin’s day.”
Old men forget: yet all shall be forgot,
But he’ll remember with advantages
What feats he did that day. Then shall our names,
Familiar in his mouth as household words,—

—Shakespeare (King Henry V)