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April 1943

DateWar DiaryNotes
4Captain Knight, REME, (C.I.M.) arrived to inspect tanks. 6 x N.C.O. Instructors attached to 2nd Northants Yeomanry.  
5Films in Regimental Theatre. 
6CSM I. Coleman replaced by S.I. Wright. C.O. to SPARTAN conference. 
7Echelon firing on Thetford Range. 6 x Medical Category Other Ranks posted away.  
8-9Visit 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.  
11Scout 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.
13A.A. Troop to 58th Light A.A. Regiment for demonstration.  
14Troop Training. Crusader Mark III to 2nd Northants Yeomanry. 
15Echelon firing on Elvedon Range. 
16-173 x Officers as Umpires on Exercise "WHITE KNIGHT". 
1816 x Other Ranks posted from 54th Training Regiment. My Dad was one the 16.
19Exercise "UBIQUE" starts. 
20Lecture by Corps Commander in Doric Cinema. Three ton lorry, Morris Utility and B.S.A. Motor cycle to "H" Vehicle group, Slough.  
218 x Other Ranks posted from 53th Training Regiment.  
24Discussion "Brigade in the Attack". 
272/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.
19Exercise "CHARGER" starts. 2 x Other Ranks to Parkeston Quay for 3¾ days (or more) on a destroyer.