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56th (King's Own) Anti-Tank Regiment
56th (King's Own) Anti-Tank Regiment was a Territorial Army unit of the Royal Artillery (RA), converted from a battalion of the King's Own Royal Regiment (Lancaster). During World War II it first served with 42nd (East Lancashire) Division in the Battle of France and Dunkirk evacuation in 1940. In 1942, it was sent to join 70th Infantry Division in India, where it was converted into a Light Anti-Aircraft/Anti-Tank Regiment. In this guise it served in the Burma Campaign, mainly with 5th Indian Infantry Division. It reconverted to the anti-tank role in late 1944 and in June 1945 it returned to India as a training unit. It continued serving in the TA postwar until 1961 when it re-merged into the King's Own.
== Origin ==
56th (King's Own) Anti-Tank Regiment, Royal Artillery was formed in 1938 by conversion of 4th Battalion The King's Own Royal Regiment (Lancaster), a Territorial Army (TA) battalion based at Ulverston in the Furness area of north Lancashire (now in Cumbria). It formed the anti-tank regiment of the TA's 42nd (East Lancashire) Division.〔Litchfield, pp. 124–5.〕〔Cowper.〕 The regiment comprised four anti-tank batteries: 221, 222, 223 and 224.〔(56 A/T Rgt at RA 39–35. )〕〔(Western Command 3 September 1939 at Patriot Files. )〕
The TA was doubled in size after the Munich Crisis and 56th A/T Rgt formed a duplicate regiment at Crosby, near Liverpool, on 9 May 1939. Originally this was to be 61st A/T Rgt, but the designation was changed to 66th Anti-Tank Regiment on 1 June, and it was recruited to full strength by July.〔〔 The regiment consisted of 261, 262, 263 and 264 A/T Btys.〔〔(66 A/T at RA 39–45. )〕
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