By the time the Sherwood Rangers were withdrawn six days later, 10 tanks had been destroyed, 15 damaged, and a further 12 lost forever in the mud. The human cost for the Sherwood Rangers was worse still: 63 casualties in all, including 16 killed in action and a further three who would later die of their wounds. The Sherwood Rangers had poets, printers and plasterers among their number. The Sherwood Rangers were operating in terrain that was unfamiliar and for which they had little training. Timeline: The Sherwood Rangers’ remarkable campaigns 12 January 1940 The Sherwood Rangers leave England for Palestine with their horses July 1940 The regiment loses its horses and retrains as artillery April–July 1941 Half the regiment is deployed as gunners during the successful defence of Tobruk.

Source: The North Africa Journal November 09, 2021 23:00 UTC