Gunners in Normandy
The History of the Royal Artillery in North-west Europe, January 1942 to August 1944
Published on 30. October 2025
Book
Paperback/Softback
978-1-83705-034-5 (ISBN)
Description
The official account of the Royal Artillery's activities in the Normandy campaign, this volume breaks down the historic achievements of the Regiment, integrating newly published research with a detailed account of their activities, logistics and equipment in the offensive.
Essential for currently serving members of the Royal Artillery, Gunners in Normandy includes mention of every regiment that served, a Roll of Honour, and a list of the dead by unit.
This book presents the definitive record of events, assembled from interviews with veterans, papers and documents from the Firepower Archives, terrain studies, personal memoirs, war diaries and other official documents. Serious students of the battle for Normandy should find this essential reading, with comprehensive coverage of the role of the Royal Artillery, and much material not published anywhere else, including orders of battle, the details of targets engaged by the guns and their effectiveness.
Essential for currently serving members of the Royal Artillery, Gunners in Normandy includes mention of every regiment that served, a Roll of Honour, and a list of the dead by unit.
This book presents the definitive record of events, assembled from interviews with veterans, papers and documents from the Firepower Archives, terrain studies, personal memoirs, war diaries and other official documents. Serious students of the battle for Normandy should find this essential reading, with comprehensive coverage of the role of the Royal Artillery, and much material not published anywhere else, including orders of battle, the details of targets engaged by the guns and their effectiveness.
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Edition
New edition
Language
English
Place of publication
Stroud
United Kingdom
Edition type
New edition
Illustrations
35 Illustrations, color; 69 Illustrations, black and white
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 158 mm
Thickness: 60 mm
Weight
1024 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-83705-034-5 (9781837050345)
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Additional editions
Frank Baldwin | Will Townend
Gunners in Normandy
The History of the Royal Artillery in North-west Europe, January 1942 to August 1944
E-Book
03/2020
The History Press Ltd
€20.99
Available for download
Persons
Major FRANK BALDWIN is a retired artillery officer and a member of the British Commission for Military History. He has worked as a battlefield guide for the last 20 years, actively involved in writing historic material to support tours and pilgrimages undertaken by the Royal British Legion. He is the author of numerous published works and has a regular column in the Battlefields Trust Magazine. He is also responsible for the blog The Observation Post.
Lieutenant Colonel WILL TOWNEND was project officer for Firepower and secretary of the RA Historical Society. His passion, enthusiasm and meticulous research made this book possible. Sadly, Will died in 2010.
Lieutenant Colonel WILL TOWNEND was project officer for Firepower and secretary of the RA Historical Society. His passion, enthusiasm and meticulous research made this book possible. Sadly, Will died in 2010.