Date | War Diary | Notes |
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1-10 | Firing at Riccal Bridge and Spaunton. | |
3 | Conference on exercise "HAWK". 2 x Bedford 3-tonners received. 8 x Utilities and 21 x t-tonners sent away. | |
4 | Sherman Field Trials. | |
7 | Captain Stephenson posted to M.E.F. | Captain John Cory Stephenson was to die in an air crash in Greece, en route to Albania, on 1 Dec 1943. |
8 | 35 x Other Ranks posted to draft RWYH. | |
9-10 | Rear link exercise. | |
11 | Office truck received from 8th R.B. 18 x Other Ranks taken on strength from draft "REEFER". | REEFER was an exchange of men between Home and Middle East units. 23H Story Page 22. |
14-16 | Exercise, Bridlington. | |
17 | Lieut Carlos-Clarke posted to Commando Depot. | Professional boxer, dog kennel assistant, vegetable chef and cowboy; a boyhood friend of the Prince of Wales (later Edward VIII), 'Sandy', as he was known, would become a well-known racehorse trainer. |
18 | Mine clearing TEWT. | |
19-20 | Mine clearing exercise. 2 x Office trucks sent away. | |
23 | Signal exercise. | |
30-31 | Divisional exercise. | |
31 | 2/Lieut Proctor arrived from OCTU. 3 x Daimler Scout Cars received. | James Gordon Procter censored one of my Dad's letters. |