Date | War Diary | Notes |
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4 | Captain Knight, REME, (C.I.M.) arrived to inspect tanks. 6 x N.C.O. Instructors attached to 2nd Northants Yeomanry. | |
5 | Films in Regimental Theatre. | |
6 | CSM I. Coleman replaced by S.I. Wright. C.O. to SPARTAN conference. | |
7 | Echelon firing on Thetford Range. 6 x Medical Category Other Ranks posted away. | |
8-9 | Visit by officers and N.C.O.s to Royal Military College. 31 x Other Ranks posted from Training Regiment. Appointments made to complete W.E. (II/151/2). Crusader Mark III to 2nd Northants Yeomanry. | |
11 | Scout Car to Burry Point for "Wading Trials". | "One interesting sidelight on the future invasion of the Continent was the departure of a scout car on April 11th for "wading trials". 23H Story Page 21. |
13 | A.A. Troop to 58th Light A.A. Regiment for demonstration. | |
14 | Troop Training. Crusader Mark III to 2nd Northants Yeomanry. | |
15 | Echelon firing on Elvedon Range. | |
16-17 | 3 x Officers as Umpires on Exercise "WHITE KNIGHT". | |
18 | 16 x Other Ranks posted from 54th Training Regiment. | My Dad was one the 16. |
19 | Exercise "UBIQUE" starts. | |
20 | Lecture by Corps Commander in Doric Cinema. Three ton lorry, Morris Utility and B.S.A. Motor cycle to "H" Vehicle group, Slough. | |
21 | 8 x Other Ranks posted from 53th Training Regiment. | |
24 | Discussion "Brigade in the Attack". | |
27 | 2/Lieuts. Barrett and Evans arrive on posting from R.A.C. OCTU. 9 x R.A.F. personnel attached. "Stars in Battledress" show at Icklingham for squadrons out on camp. | 2nd Lt Robert Hugh Evans would be killed at Antwerp on 4 Sep 1944. |
19 | Exercise "CHARGER" starts. 2 x Other Ranks to Parkeston Quay for 3¾ days (or more) on a destroyer. |