97th (Kent Yeomanry) Field Regiment RA 1941-1942
From October 1941 to May 1942, the Regiment were based in Iraq in case of the enemy attacking the Iraq oilfields through Turkey
In May 1942 they were moved to the Western Desert where the Division suffered badly in the retreat to the Alamein Line.
The Regiment then supported 8th Armoured Brigade at the battle of Alam El Halfa and the 7th Armoured Division at El Alamein, remaining until the capture of Tobruk.