THE BRITISH ARMY IN THE TUNISIA CAMPAIGN, NOVEMBER 1942-MAY 1943 - Troops of the 6th Royal West Kents bringing in a wounded American soldier near Siliana, 31 January 1943. This man had been with a patrol six miles in advance of the West Kents positions when he was hit four times with machine gun bullets, once in the arm and three times in the was found in a lonely part of the mountains and had been lying there for three days before he was rescued by a party of Moroccan troops who carried him in blankets to British advanced positions. He was then handed over to the Royal Army Medical
THE BRITISH ARMY IN THE TUNISIA CAMPAIGN, NOVEMBER 1942-MAY 1943 - Troops of the 6th Royal West Kents bringing in a wounded American soldier near Siliana, 31 January 1943. This man had been with a patrol six miles in advance of the West Kents positions when he was hit four times with machine gun bullets, once in the arm and three times in the was found in a lonely part of the mountains and had been lying there for three days before he was rescued by a party of Moroccan troops who carried him in blankets to British advanced positions. He was then handed over to the Royal Army Medical Corps. Troops of the 6th Battalion, Queen's Own (Royal West Kent) Regiment (78th Infantry Division) arrived at Siliana (Djebel-Bargou Front) and moved through Robba to relieve a French unit in the line. They started to advance and continued to do so the following day. "C" Company carried on the advance and maintained contact with the Italians and after a severe pounding by 25 pounder artillery guns the enemy again retreated and on 29 January 1943 the Royal West Kents lost contact with them British Army, British Army, 1st Army, British Army, 78th Infantry Division, British Army, Royal West Kent Regiment, British Army, Royal West Kent Regiment, 6th Battalion, US Army
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