The Friends of the Desert Rats
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The Desert Rat
Memorial |
The Desert Rats Memorial, The National Memorial Arboretum, Staffordshire. |
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Shoulder Flash of 4th Armoured Brigade (1942 - 1948) |
Shoulder Flash of 7th Armoured Division (1938 - 1959) |
Shoulder Flash of 7th Armoured Brigade (1942 - 1946) |
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The Desert Rats now and then. Floreat Jerboa! |
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Badge of 7th Light Mechanised Brigade Combat Team |
Badge of 4th Light Mechanised Brigade Combat Team |
This website is still under construction so in the meantime, please see the Desert Rats Association website.
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80th Anniversary of D-Day and the Battle of Normandy.
Here is an account of the Friends pilgrimage to Normandy, June 2024, by our Chairman, Lt-Col Copley-Smith
The ‘Friends of the Desert Rats’, would like
to pass on our condolences to the family, friends and our Australian cousins
of the sad passing of the last Australian Rat of Tobruk Thomas Page
Pritchard at the age of 102 on August 3rd. Tommy served with
distinction in 2/5th field ambulance throughout the middle east and the
southwest pacific campaigns during the Second World War.