Personal Diary – Major Ling 44 R.T.R.

Came across this one today through a link on ww2talk. Very good read. The CRUSADER section starts on page 5, where he has lost the date (second column). The document is here: Major Ling 44 RTR diary

I have previously posted about the 44 R.T.R.’s role in the famous night attack on Belhamed at this link. I will post accounts on the battle outside Tobruk in the coming days.

A brief history of the regiment during the war can be found at this link.

Major Ling has his own entry in Tank Men by Robert Kershaw, at this link. He was promoted to Major on 13 December 1941,

His private papers are preserved at the IWM with a description at this link.

Happy reading!

4 thoughts on “Personal Diary – Major Ling 44 R.T.R.

  1. Hi – looks interesting unfortunately top link doesn’t seem to work/do anything – just sends you back to this post – do you a pdf of the diary that can be downloaded to read? Many Thanks and keep up the great work! John (wargaming.info).

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