August 1942
Plumpton
| Date | War Diary | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Regiment starts firing at Seaford. Brigade Camp starts. 13 x Crusaders received and 3 x Valentines sent away. 3 x Scout Cars Mark II received. | |
| 2 | Advance party leave for exercise ASPLEY, 1 x Sergeant posted to C.D.L. School. 2/Lieut K.W. Raspin posted to 52nd Training Regiment for draft. Regiment firing at Seaford. | |
| 3 | Commanding Officer admitted to hospital with appendicitis. Major Lord G.F.J. M-D Scott posted to 2nd Northants Yeomanry. Regiment firing at Seaford. 1 x Crusader received and 3 x carriers, T.C.P., sent away. | 23H Story Page 19. |
| 4 | Regiment firing at Seaford. | |
| 5 | Squadron training. | |
| 6 | Division exercise BLACKBULL - practice of attack on a narrow front. 2/Lieut S.M. Young joined on first appointment. | |
| 7 | 1 x Other Rank posted to 2nd Northants Yeomanry. 3 x Covenanters, 5 x Valentines and 6 x Matildas sent away. | |
| 9 | Divisional exercise BLACKBULL. | |
| 10 | 1 x Other Rank posted to 102nd OCTU. Road move to Norfolk. |  DIED THIS DAY |
| 11-12 | Tank trains leave for Norfolk. |
Thetford
| 14 | S.S.M. Hawkes posted from RAC OCTU. | |
| 16 | Regiment receives orders to mobilise for overseas service. | The destination was widely believed to be North Africa 23H Story Page 19. |
| 20 | Regiment leaves for A.F.V. ranges, Linney Head. 10 x Carriers, Universal received. | |
| 22 | 2/Lieuts Fraser, Harvey & Weldon posted from 13th/18th Hussars. | |
| 23 | 1 x Other Rank posted from 54th Training Regiment RAC. 2 x Crusaders received and 1 x Crusader sent away. | |
| 25 | 4 x B Vehicles, 1 x Scout Car and 2 x Carriers received and 7 x Crusaders sent away. | |
| 26 | Regiment returns from Linney Head. 3 x Motor cycles received. | |
| 27 | 1 x Other Rank posted from 60th Training Regiment; 9 x Other Ranks posted from 61st Training Regiment. | |
| 28 | 5 x B Vehicles received and 1 x Scout car sent away. | |
| 29 | 34 x Other Ranks posted from the following Regiments:- 4th/7th Dragoon Guards, 5th R.I. Dragoon Guards, 13th/18th Hussars, 15th/19th/ Hussars, 27th Armoured Brigade, 56th Training Regiment, 52nd Training Regiment. |
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| 30 | 52 x Other Ranks posted from the following Regiments:- 157th Regiment RAC, 1st East Riding Yeomanry, 147th Regiment R.A.C.. |
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| 31 | 26 x Other Ranks posted from the following Regiments:- 4th/7th Dragoon Guards, 13th/18th Hussars, 27th Armoured Brigade, 154th Regiment R.A.C., 1 x Other Rank Class W(T) TA Reserve. |