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| Place | Date | Hour | Summary of Events and Information |
|---|---|---|---|
| Summary. Nearly the whole of this month has been devoted mainly to pl and individual trg. Coys have | |||
| carried out night exercises once a week. A Bn Cadre for young offrs, junior NCOs, and selected ptes has also been held. | |||
| Feb 1 | Bn moved by rd to RIDDLESWORTH CAMP, nr THETFORD. The Bn left at 1000 hrs and arrived at RIDDLESWORTH at | ||
| 1600 hrs. | |||
| THETFORD, | Feb 2 | The day was spent in settling down in the new camp. | |
| Feb 3 | Individual and pl trg continues among all coys. | ||
| Feb 7 | A Bn Cadre run by lt. J. G. Dent commenced for young offrs, junior NCOs and selected ptes. They were | ||
| instructed in the following duties - Light inf drill, duties of an NCO, discipline, principles, of battle | |||
| drill, mine trg, and crossing of obstacles. | |||
| Feb 15 | C-in-C 21 Army Gp, Gen Sir Bernard Montgomery, K.C.B., D.S.O. visited the 70 Inf Ede and addressed the | ||
| whole Bde. The object of his visit was for him to see as many offrs and men of the 70 Inf Bde as | |||
| possible. | |||
| Feb 17 | Each rifle coy carried out a field firing exercise in the STANFORD BATTLE AREA. Each coy had two | ||
| detachments of 3" mortars and one sec carriers. Instrs are att Appendix "A" | |||
| Feb 18 | Div skeleton exercise PONTOON started today. This Bn was represented by the C.O. and the I.O. The object |
| Place | Date | Hour | Summary of Events and Information |
|---|---|---|---|
| THEtFORD. | Feb 18 (cont). | of the exercise was to practise the higher staffs in the execution of orders for a river | |
| crossing attack. | |||
| Feb 21 | 1130 | Exercise PONTOON finished. | |
| Feb 22 | The Bm carried out an M.T. drive by night. The distance covered was about 20 miles. The object of | ||
| the drive was to practise the dvrs in night driving, the police in route marking, and the dvrs | |||
| in cross country driving without lights. |