Raiding Support Regiment

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The Raiding Support Regiment was a British Army regiment that was created in mid 1943 to support raiding forces that were operating during the Second World War in Albania, Yugoslavia, Greece, and various islands in the Aegean Sea. The unit was placed under the command of Lt. Col. Sir Thomas Devitt Bt., who was formerly of the Seaforth Highlanders. Devitt by the latter part of 1943 commanded five batteries:

Machine-gun battery A containing 12 Vickers machine guns, and a captured Spandau machine-gun
Mortar battery B containing heavy mortars
Light anti-aircraft battery C containing 18 Browning anti-aircraft guns, and 50 heavy machine guns
Anti-tank battery D containing 4 Italian 47 / 32mm anti-tank guns
Mountain battery E containing 4 U.S. M8 75mm Pack Howitzers

The RSR began functioning as an independent unit in the war after Allied Forces landed in Italy. Regimental headquarters were set up at Bari in Southern Italy, with one squadron headquartered on the Island of Vis, off the Coast of Yugoslavia, that was placed under the control of Yugoslav Partisan forces. The RSR saw action in the Dalmatian Islands, Yugoslavia, Greece, and Albania, with some units fighting alongside guerilla forces in Greece, Yugoslavia and Albania. The RSR disbanded in early 1945 when the war in Europe was coming to a close.
As of April 25th 2025, there was one reported surviving veteran of the RSR: 103 year old John Morris, a resident at the Royal Hospital Chelsea.