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| Place | Date | Hour | Summary of Events and Information |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1.5.44 | ) | A holiday was observed for all ranks. Transport was organised to take the | |
| 2.5.44 | ) | troops into local towns. | |
| 3.5.44 | 0630 | Reveille | |
| 0800 ) | |||
| 1230 ) | Hours of training | ||
| 1400 ) | |||
| 1700 ) | |||
| 4.5.44 | Normal routine | ||
| 5.5.44 | 1400 | Personnel of the unit attended a lecture in the "Desert Rat" | |
| Theatre. The subject of the lecture was "Civil administration in Western Europe during an Invasion" | |||
| Normal routine | |||
| 6.5.44 | Normal routine | ||
| 2359 | All ranks confined to camp from this hour. | ||
| 7.5.44. | Normal routine. The day spent in preparing vehicles for moving. | ||
| 8.5.44 | 0820 | Tanks moved off for "R 5" camp, which was situated in ORWELL PARK between IPSWICH & FELIXSTOWE, | |
| 0830 | The wheeled vehicles which were to be A1 echolon followed with some administrative trucks. | ||
| 1300 | Arrived at new camp. | ||
| 9.5.44 | The crews of tanks and vehicles which were going with them started to waterproof their vehicles. Normal routine. | ||
| 1830 | Officers' conference. | ||
| 10.5.44 | Normal routine |
| Place | Date | Hour | Summary of Events and Information |
|---|---|---|---|
| 11.5.44 | Normal routine | ||
| 0900 | Officers' conference | ||
| 12.5.44 | 1700 | Officers' conference - normal routine. | |
| 13.5.44 | Normal routine. | ||
| 14.5.44 | Normal routine, | ||
| 15.5.44 | 0900 | The vehicles in A2 & B echelons moved from Sugar Hill Camp, DIDLINGTON, to "S 5" camp which was about a mile & a half to the north of BRENTWOOD, ESSEX. | |
| 1400 | Vehicles arrived at "S 5" camp. | ||
| The personnel & vehicles remaining at Sugar Hill Camp were "residue" & were | |||
| to follow the others after a bridge head had been established in the future operation. | |||
| 16.5.44 | 0800 | A party of vehicles left "R 5" for "T" camp, which was at WEST HAM. | |
| 0915 | A party of wheeled vehicles left "R 5" for "S 5" . | ||
| 17.5.44 | 0930 | The C.O. met the G.O.C. 7 Armd Div at Bde HQ, "R 5". The G.O.C. walked round unit accommodation & vehicle parks, & discussed the general progress | |
| of the waterproofing with the C.O. | |||
| Major C.A. Holliman M.C. left unit on promotion to Lt. Col. to command 5 R Tks | |||
| 18.5.44 | ) | Normal routine. Waterproofing continued. | |
| 19.5.44 | ) | ||
| 20.5.44 | ) | Dajor E.H. Gibbon D.S.O. joined the régiment & apptd 2 I.C. | |
| 21.5.44 | ) | ||
| 22.5.44 | ) | ||
| 23.5.44 | Major E.H. Gibbon D.S.O. joined the régiment & apptd 2 I.C. |
| Place | Date | Hour | Summary of Events and Information |
|---|---|---|---|
| 24.5.44 | ) | Normal routino. | |
| 25.5.44 | ) | ||
| 26.5.44 | All the camps were sealed and personnel were confined to the camp areas. | ||
| 27.5.44 | Normel routine. | ||
| 28.5.44 | 1700 | The Bde Comd gave a talk on future operations in "S 5" Camp. The "B" vehicles in "S 5" prepared to move. | |
| 29.5.44 | 0845 | Tanks started move from R.5. to Mashalling area of Ipswich- Felixstowe Rd. | |
| 29.5.44 | 0900 | The "B" vehicles moved off to their assembly area on the Southend By-Pass. | |
| 1100 | The Junior officers were briefed. | ||
| 1400 | The Senior officers were briefed. | ||
| 30.5.44 | 1700 | The Senior officers were briefed. | |
| 31.5.44 | During the day all the vehicles were loaded at TILBURY on the S.S. Ignatius Donnelly, the drivers returned to "S 5" camp. | ||
| The unit was commanded throughout the month by Lt. Col. R.M.P. Carver,DS0, MC. |
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