Name/Title
The Commanding Officer Delivers the Bad NewsEntry/Object ID
2016x.26.10Description
A black and white photo of the members of the 32nd Reconnaissance Regiment (RMR) gathered around their Commanding Officer, Lieutenant Colonel T.C. Lewis. They have been told that the Regiment would be reduced to NIL strength, in the lead up to Operation Overlord, the Invasion of Europe.
In the Lead up to the invasion of Europe, the Commander of the 1st Canadian Army was ordered to trim down his organizational structure and match the British Army's order of battle. There was no longer a place at the Canadian Army headquarters for a Reconnaissance regiment. Furthermore, in preparation for the invasion, it was necessary to flesh out existing field units. The members of the Regiment were needed to fill in the ranks of other Armoured Corps Regiments.Photograph Details
Subject Person or Organization
Lewis, Thomas CrippsSubject Place
* Untyped Subject Place
Seaford, Sussex, EnglandCountry
United KingdomContinent
Europe