Wikipedia
– 43rd Wessex Infantry Division
– 43rd_(Wessex)_Reconnaissance_Regiment
Facebook
– 43rd Reconnaissance Regiment Living History Group
Legasee.org.uk – “The UK’s Largest Veteran Video Archive. Military history told by the people who made it”
This site is a great resource, having made a huge effort to capture the memories of so many veterans before they were lost forever. Video interviews with three old comrades of 43rd Recce are available, and linked from their individual records.
– Trooper Vic Blake
– Trooper Bert Crane
– Trooper Stan Shore
Osprey Press
The British Reconnaissance Corps in World War II, ELI 152
– Richard Doherty (By)
– Rob Chapman (Illustrated by)
World War II Combat Reconnaissance Tactics, ELI 156
– Gordon L. Rottman (By)
– Peter Dennis (Illustrated by)
Humber Light Reconnaissance Car 1941–45, NVG 177
– Richard Doherty (By)
– Henry Morshead (Illustrated by)
Sutton Publishing on Amazon
– The Fighting Wessex Wyverns by Patrick Delaforce
Other
British Friends Of Normandy – 43rd Wessex Dvision in Normandy
Regiment Establishment. Total 850 men
• 1 Commanding Officer – Lt Col Lane Fox
• 5 x Majors,
⁃ Kinnersley,
⁃ Scott-Plummer, A Sqdrn
⁃ Carter, B Sqdrn
⁃ Faircloth, C Sqdrn
⁃ Henn, HQ Sqdrn
• 11 x Captains
⁃ Capt WH Moreland
– Capt SJ Moreland
⁃ Capt Seale (p224)
⁃ Capt Harris (p224)
⁃ Capt JGA Ellis
⁃ Capt Badham
⁃ Capt John Day
⁃ Capt Mick White
⁃ Capt JM Ellis
⁃ Capt Jackson MC (p224)
⁃ Capt Balsdon (p222)
⁃ Capt DPR Scarr (p223)
– Capt JA Leaphard
• 32 x Lieutenants
• 1 x QM – Major Benny Vigrass
• 1 x WO1 – RSM A England
• 6 x WO2s
• 5 x Colour Sgts
• 76 x Sgts
• 112 x Cpls
• 650 x L/Cpls & Troopers