The Green Flash Homepage
"The Regiment lives on in the memory of those who served and the Third is gone but it is not forgotten!
So were the words of Lt Col Andrew Ridgway, the last Commanding Officer of the 3rd Royal Tank Regiment (3RTR), the West Countries own Armoured Regiment in 1992.
The Green Flash web site is about that Regiment, it's history, traditions and it's soldiers from formation in 1916 to eventual disbandment in 1992.
It takes its name from the Brunswick Green shoulder flash that Third Tankies wore on their uniform. It offers nothing really new to the reader that may not already be found in either history books or on the Internet, it has been created to ensure that Andrew Ridgway's words are not forgotten by those to come.
Where possible I have used images from the Public Domain or from private collections with the owner's permission. In particular, thanks to Malcolm Cleverley, Andy Fisher and Bob Jacobs (who it should be mentioned only allowed me to use his pictures when I told him that I was Imogen Sellers' Agent!) for allowing me to pillage their private collections. If by chance, you see a picture that is copyrighted I am truly sorry, please inform me and I will remove it or attribute it to the owner. Thanks also to my Mother for spotting those errors that only they can!
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The Green Flash Website now incorporates the Plymouth Branch of the RTR Association's Webpages. For details, please follow the link on the left or click on the Plymouth Crest. |
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