The Reconnaissance Corps was established 75 years ago on 14th January 1941.
Following Dunkirk the Bartholomew Committee was set up to review and learn from the defeat of the British Expeditionary Force. It recommended a new organisation for infantry divisions that included a reconnaissance unit. The light ‘cavalry’ regiments that had carried out reconnaissance for the infantry were now in the Royal Armoured Corps, so the new specialised Reconnaissance Corps would provide one unit per army corps, with specialised training at Lochmaben and Annan in Dumfries & Galloway and at Scarborough, North Yorkshire (from ‘Only the Enemy in Front’ by Richard Doherty).
Dick was to serve with the Reconnaissance Corps for three years including fighting in France, the Low Countries and Germany.
In memory and celebration of all who served their country in the Reconnaissance Corps.
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