User talk:Jeremy Churchill

Good afternoon, do you mind citing your East Africa edit because my source (the OH) doesn't support your figures and I don't have the ones you noted in the edit. Regards Keith-264 (talk) 13:18, 22 August 2021 (UTC)
 * * here's a template but you don't have to have everything in it. Regards Keith-264 (talk) 20:05, 22 August 2021 (UTC)

Hi. I'm completely new to editing Wikipedia and my HTML skills were never that good! However: I thought I'd provided references when I made the edit - clearly not - or I didn't do it correctly. Here they are again:

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If the Official History does conflict, I can only assume that it conflates the activities of B Squadron 6 RTR with those of B Squadron 4 RTR. B Squadron 6 RTR (with seven Cruiser Mk I (A9) & seven Light Tanks) was ordered to leave the Regiment (then at Mersa Matruh) on 9/9/1940. Entrained at Gerawla (now Garawlah) for Cairo/the Nile. Loaded on to barges and carried up-river to Wadi Halfa, then by train to Atbara. Drove to Gallabat for 5th November and took part in attack on 6th. One A9 and one Light Tank broke down on march, so only six of each type attacked. B Squadron reunited with Regiment (back at Mersa Matruh) 3/2/1941 Source: War diary - National Archives Ref. WO 169/2819 British Troops Sudan and Eritrea: 4 Royal Tank Regiment, B Squadron (4 RTR)

B Squadron 4 RTR. 4 RTR, having been re-equipped with Matilda II (A12) tanks after losing all its tanks at Dunkirk, was stationed at East Grinstead. In October 1940, B Squadron was ordered at short notice to take "sixteen fittest Matildas" to Eritrea. Shipped to Port Sudan, train to Kassala, by road to Agordat (arrived 30/1/1941). Lack of spares and severe mechanical difficulties due to terrain reduced tanks to 12 serviceable. Supported British troops in capture of Keren (15/3/1941), and Asmara (1/4/1941). Rejoined Regiment late May-June 1941. The remainder of 4 RTR had left Liverpool 18/12/1940, to be shipped to Port Tewfik and then on to Western Desert.

Hope that is sufficient Jeremy Churchill (talk) 15:28, 23 August 2021 (UTC)


 * More than enough, thanks. In the article the citation style is sfn (short foot note), which needs a sfn thus: at the end of the sentence you edit and the long footnote in the references/bibliography section at the foot of the article *  notice the lower case and = sign in each section. If you don't have the isbn, you can look for an oclc number here   which gives  for the Liddell Hart volume. If you need the right place for the hyphens in an isbn these   and  will help. You're welcome to check with me if you're unsure about anything and Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Military history is a very good page for the minutiae of wiki editing. Hope you don't mind me altering your sources to sfh so that I can copy them into the article. Regards Keith-264 (talk) 16:07, 23 August 2021 (UTC)

Hi again. Thanks very much. I can now see what you've done and have learned something about how to prepare text for publication. I have some edits for other Wikipedia articles, but have so far not done anything because I don't fullly understand the procedure. I'll read the page you mention, prepare something and submit for approval before publishing. Thanks again!Jeremy Churchill (talk) 06:42, 24 August 2021 (UTC)