25 D took part in any number of actions, but what sticks in my mind is their action at the Battle of the Tunnels - reasonably close to the site of the Admin Box. The Tunnels (originally for a railway, took road tpt and was occupied by Jap. Both 6 SWB and 9 R Sussex claim to have taken them - but I know the son of the coy comd of R Sussex (and gained an MC there), who climbed to the top of the western tunnel as 25 D tanks blasted the entrance. Having been there twice and walked them both, it was a tremendous action.
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