Public appeal for volunteers for the Flintshire 60th (R.W.F.) Anti-Tank Regiment R.A."

Albert Hall, Mold Road, Buckley

21 April 1939

see 91.3: George Lewis' Diary Part Four; 8th August 1939 for a note on recruiting for WWII.

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IMPORTANT NOTICE

A PUBLIC MEETING

Will be held in the Albert Hall Buckley

On Friday, the 21^st day of April, 1939

At 7.30 p.m., for the purpose of appealing

For volunteers to join the Flintshire 60^th

[R.W.F.] Anti-Tank Regiment R.A.

It is confidently anticipated that the response will be

sufficient to form a complete unit for Buckley, to be

known as the 239 Battery [Buckley].

The Chairman of the Buckley Urban District Council

Will preside, and the Meeting will be addressed by:

A. C. GLADSTONE, MAJOR FRED JONES

COL. MALDWYN DAVIES MAJOR ALLETSON

The call is an urgent one, and affords an opportunity to

all the young men to uphold the traditions of Buckley.

A Recruiting Office has been opened in Mill Lane,

Buckley, where full particulars as to conditions of

service and rates of pay can be obtained.

The Meeting will be preceded by the parade [from the

Ex-service Men's Institute in Church Road], of the

Flintshire 60^th [R.W.F.] Anti-tank Regiment R.A., with

Members of the Ex-service Men's association and V.A.D.

The Parade will be headed by the Buckley Royal

Town Prize Band.

GOD SAVE THE KING

J.H.Edwards, Ltd., Printers, Grosvenor Street, Mold Tel 77.

Author: Anon