The Notts Sherwood Rangers Yeomanry 1939-1946

18/10/2026

Clockwise from top left..
Lieutenant Richard Holman, Lieutenant David Render, Captain Ronald Hutton and Major John Semken.

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12/10/2026

A new publication from Colonel Jonathan Hunt
With foreword by James Holland
Available Now...

11/10/2026

This 15 minute video describes what happened to 5 Sherman tank crew members in Germany in 1945, specifically that of the crew of B Squadrons' Sgt.Harold Sage in Cloppenburg on 13th April when they were hit by a Panzerfaust.
Sgt.Sage and his operator Trooper George Fletcher were killed.
An investigation team later documented the impact the Panzerfaust had on them and their tank.
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Inside the Steel goes inside the tanks of the Second World War to t...

10/10/2026

Montgomerys only successful campaign?!
Tough and hard fighting here...

A pivotal battle in the campaign to liberate Western Europe from th...

09/10/2026

A short video about Padre Leslie Skinner on the 25th Anniversary of his death.
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Reverend Leslie Skinner was a Methodist Minister and the first Brit...

09/10/2026

Remembering Today 🌺

Reverend Leslie Skinner RAChD, who passed away on 9th October in 2001.

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09/10/2026

Celebrating Today 🎂

Trooper Eric Spyve of Woodsetts, Nottinghamshire who was born on 9th October in 1920.
Eric was taken prisoner on Crete in June 1941 but unfortunately passed away in Stalag VIIIb on 21st September 1941.
He lies in Krakow, Poland.

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09/10/2026

Celebrating Today 🎂

Sgt.William Pick MM who was born on 9th October in 1915.
Bill was C Squadron Signals Sergeant in the Noth Africa and then Regimental Signals Sergeant in NW Europe.
He passed away on 3rd October 1953.

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08/10/2026

Remembering Today🌺

Captain Hugh Erasmus Montague

Hugh Erasmus Montague was born in Middlesex, England on 23rd March 1913.
He enlisted in the Royal Tank Corps in February 1933.
Posted as a technical storeman to HQ Squadron of the 7th Light Tank Company RTC they were sent to Waziristan, in Northwest Pakistan in December 1934.
He didn't return to England until February 1939.
When war broke out he was posted to the 3rd Armoured Brigade and went to France in May 1940 from where he was evacuated a month later.
He joined the Sherwood Rangers as a QuarterMaster Sergeant in Egypt in October 1941 and served with HQ Squadron throughout the North African campaign.
He then served with the Regiment in Normandy, Belgium, Netherlands and into Germany, being Mentioned in Despatches in March 1945.
At wars end, he was given a commission and served at British Military HQ in Hanover, attaining the rank of Captain.
He eventually left the Army in March 1948 and soon after moved to Canada where he met is wife. They had five children.
Hugh Montague served with distinction throughout his Army Career, hard working and dedicated, intelligent and a keen sportsman, he finally settled in New Zealand with his family where he passed away in Auckland on 8th October 1992 aged 79.

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