My Dad was a Londoner but when he was conscripted in in 1940 he ended up in the Green Howards, a Yorkshire Regiment. Was regiment allocation simply based on topping up regiments regardless of location? The Green Howards had taken a mauling at Dunkirk so would have needed new recruits. Just interested that he was placed in a regiment whose depot HQ was so far from his home.
Oscar Don't know if the system changed, but b October 1942 the system went as follows, certainly in my case. 1. Primary Training Depot for about 6 weeks to learn basic infantry and assess where you were best suited 2. Having been assessed as suitable for Wireless, 12 weeks training at a Driver/Operator 3. After training, posting to a Light Ack Ack unit. 4. Posting overseas to another Light ack unit in North Africa In short, called up in Oct '42, posted overseas in April '43 Ron
