Memorial bench – Sgt Ronald W. Essex – 50 RTR

TONY PYATT 105TH BIRTHDAY

Tony Pyatt was 105 on the 23rd Sept 2021, seen here with the Regtl Sec, Capt Craig Murphy and Tpr Glaysher. Tony served with 1RTR as the RSO and landed on Gold Beach on D Day +2 1944, he met up with the rest of 1RTR after leaving his landing craft with no map (someone had borrowed it) RHQ was in an orchard a mile or so from the town of Bayeux. Throughout the subsequent months the battle to take Caen progressed with difficulty, with 1RTR taking many casualties from the German Royal Tiger and Panther Tanks. Tony’s CO Lt Col Pat Hobart Commanded the Regiment for the remainder of the war and on to Berlin.