Oliver Perks' Wartime Blog - The Gunner Articles and Letters
Oliver was an enthusiastic reader of The Gunner - The regimental magazine of The Royal Regiment of Artillery - and contributed the following articles and letters to the magazine:
- Random Reminiscences: February 1942, Ejectors Projectile!, Bir Hacheim tea incident. February/March 1944, Fabian Exercises, I've got my Sherman stuck, Run-in-shoot exercise at Studland. (The Gunner, September 1993, page 24)
- Martuba: 21 March 1942 (The Gunner, April 1992, pages 16-17)
- Memories of Operation Market Garden: 17-25 September 1944 (The Gunner, November 1992, page 25)
- Sextons or Rams: April 1945, Holland, Vlijmen, Premature (detonation) in the Bore (The Gunner, July 1998, page 35)
- Russian Gun at Frie Baton: 1947, Guernsey (The Gunner, June 2006, page 37)
Oliver also wrote an account of his participation in the 50th Anniversary of D-Day on 6 June 1994.
Random Reminiscences: February 1942, Ejectors Projectile!, Bir Hacheim tea incident. February/March 1944, Fabian Exercises, I've got my Sherman stuck, Run-in-shoot exercise at Studland. (The Gunner, September 1993, page 24)
Martuba: 21 March 1942 (The Gunner, April 1992, pages 16-17)
Memories of Operation Market Garden: 17-25 September 1944 (The Gunner, November 1992, page 25)
Sextons or Rams: April 1945, Holland, Vlijmen, Premature (detonation) in the Bore (The Gunner, July 1998, page 35)
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Russian Gun at Frie Baton: 1947, Guernsey(The Gunner, June 2006, page 37)
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