Bibliography
Recollections
published by The Eagle and Gun Regimental Association
(formerly the 7/59th The Essex Regiment Old Comrades
Association).
These
included contributions by;
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A.S.Davis (my dad)
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H.R.Glover
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A.S.Cross (including "59th HAA - A Brief History")
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G.W.Johnson
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Lieutenant T. W. Miller-Jones
Military Service Records for A.S.Davis
Family photos and other personal documents
Royal Artillery DRAMA Report: via RA Museum Archivists; enquiries@RoyalArtilleryMuseum.com
National Archives War Diary: WO 175/385 59 Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment Dec 1942-Jun 1943
Books
Desperate
Venture (The story of Operation Torch) by Norman Gelb (ISBN 978-0-688-09883-4)
Anti-Aircraft Artillery 1914 - 55 (History of the Royal Artillery) by Brigadier N.W.Routledge (ISBN 1 857753 099 3)
From the Internet
- The BBC WW2 Prople's War; especially the excellent memories by Sgt. Len Scott: http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/ww2peopleswar/user/70/u593170.shtml
- ...and Jim Buchan: http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/ww2peopleswar/stories/09/a2086409.shtml
- ...and George Codling: http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/ww2peopleswar/stories/57/a6068757.shtml
- The Imperial War Museum (some photos, personal accounts, etc): http://www.iwm.org.uk/
- Henry Moore (spoken history) ©Imperial War Museum (22129): http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/80020781
- Bill Church (spoken History) ©Imperial War Museum (25091)
- British Army website: http://www.army.mod.uk/
- Fort Amherst: http://www.fortamherst.com/index.php/about/modern-history ...forget the website, just go to the Fort, look at the guns & talk to the guide!
- Arnold Hague Convoy Database: http://www.convoyweb.org.uk/hague/index.html
- 7th Battalion Essex Regiment: https://www.revolvy.com/main/index.php?s=7th%20Battalion,%20Essex%20Regiment
- Nigel Evans Field Artillery site: http://nigelef.tripod.com/
- Wikipedia
- Wikimedia images: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Main_Page
- WW2Talk: http://ww2talk.com/index.php
- The Anti-Aircraft Defence of the UK (London Gazette supp. 16-Dec-1947): http://www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar/UN/UK/LondonGazette/38149.pdf
- The Days Of Glory: https://thedaysofglory2.blogspot.com/search?updated-max=2010-09-17T12:24:00-07:00&max-results=1&start=1&by-date=false
- Bristol Past: http://fishponds.org.uk/luftbri7.html
- The Royal Artillery 1939 - 1945 by Derek Barton: https://ra39-45.co.uk/
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