Hello,
The 172nd Field Regiment RA did indeed serve in the 46th (North Midland) Inf. Div from May 1942 to August 1945.
It consisted of 153rd, 154th and 155th Field Batteries.
They served in North Africa from Jan. 1943 to Sept. 1943, then Italy Sept 1943 to March 1944, N. Africa again in March 1943 and then to Palestine a month later until June 1944. Back to North Africa for a month and then to Italy again Sept. 1944 to Jan. 1945. Then Greece until April 1945 and then back to Italy for a month until moving to Austria until Aug. 1945.
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