| Date | War Diary | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Regimental training. Regiment moved into camp. | This was at Commondale, "a splendid camping ground at any time" 23H Story Page 17. |
| 2 | Lieut Colonel C.B. Harvey posted to 10th Royal Hussars. Command of the Regiment devolved upon Major M.F. Morley. 2 x Scout Cars, 3 x Leyland 3-ton lorries, 6 x Fordson 15-cwt trucks, 1 x Morris W/T truck, 2 x Ford 4-seater utility cars and 3 x M/C Combinations received. | 23H Story Page 17. |
| 3 | 1st Crews practised loading war flats. 3 x Leyland 3-ton lorries received. | |
| 4 | Normal training. | |
| 5 | Regimental exercise. 1 x Company 8th RB under command. | |
| 6 | Signal exercise. | |
| 7 | Normal training. | |
| 8 | 2/Lieut Beale joined the Regiment for duty. 1 x Tank, Infantry Mark III arrived. | |
| 9-10 | Regimental exercise "A". 23H v 24L. 1 x Mark III tank arrived. | |
| 11 | Normal training. 3 x Mark III tanks arrived. | |
| 12 | Lieut Colonel R.P. Harding, D.S.O., assumed command of the Regiment. | 23H Story Page 17. |
| 13 | Regimental training in camp ended. 1 x Mark III Tank received. | |
| 14 | Normal training. | |
| 15-17 | Brigade exercise No.1 (CHRIS). | |
| 18 | Regiment returned to billets in Whitby. 3 x Mark III tanks arrived. Major R.M. Milbanke, M.C. posted to 10th Royal Hussars and Major C.H. Blacker posted from 5th Royal Inniskilling Dragoon Guards. | Ralph Mark Milbanke's father, Sir John Peniston Milbanke, was awarded the V.C. during the Boer War. He was killed in 1915 during the Gallipoli Campaign. Sadly, Ralph shot himself to death in his Mayfair flat in 1949. "Monkey" Blacker would eventually become Colonel of the Regiment. |
| 19 | Normal training. | |
| 20-23 | Brigade exercise No.2 (BULL). 26 x Other Ranks arrived from Training Regiments on 23.9.41. | |
| 24 | Concentrated 2nd Crew and Echelon training starts. | |
| 25 | Umpires to Exercise "BUMPER". | |
| 26-28 | Normal training. | |
| 29 | Exercise "BUMPER". Brigade B Echelon exercises. | |
| 30 | Regiment started firing at Fylingdales , Brigade A Echelon exercise. |