World War 2

25 Pdr gun of 385 Battery engaging the enemy near Castel del Rio, Italy , in early 1945

97th (Kent Yeomanry) Field Regiment RA 1943-1945—

After garrison duties in Cyprus, Palestine and Syria, the Kent Yeomanry moved to Italy in March 1944.  They served there for the rest of the war, advancing up Italy ending the war on the Adriatic coast near Trieste.

97th Field Regiment lost 132 men killed in World War 2.