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| Place | Date | Hour | Summary of Events and Information |
|---|---|---|---|
| HEESCH480570 | 1 - 12 Nov | Locns of HQ Sqn and RHQ are given in the margin. | |
| Appendix 'A' gives activites of the Sqns for the month. Promotions, New offrs, Regtl Mentions and Cas Lists are | |||
| att as Appx 'B'. | |||
| VALKENSWAARD 417086 | 13 - 30 Nov. | During the month the activities of the Regt have been | |
| TAC HQ LOCNS. | on a rather reduced scale. One Sqn after having worked with the Cdns in the reduction of the Scheldt Pocket | ||
| ZOMERON 593117 | 1 - 7 Nov | moved into Wkshps and were re-equipped and then remained u/c 1 Aslt Bde RE in the Antwerp Area, without having | |
| been committed. 'A' Sqn moved back towards the coast and were employed in getting Inf across the Aftwaterings | |||
| Canal using the same tactics as were used by 'C' Sqn in flaming across the Canal and getting Inf across under | |||
| cover of the flame. These tactics were again extremely successful, the Inf getting across with very few cas | |||
| indeed. Towards the latter end of the month 'A' Sqn moved south into Germany u/c Drewforce sp 84 US Inf Div | |||
| where they had marked success against some of the static defs of the Siegfried Line. | |||
| Lt-Col H. Waddell relinquished comd of the Regt on 25 Oct and it was taken over by Lt-Col D.J.E. O' Flynn MBE | |||
| The activities of the Regt to date have been given some well deserved publicity in the shape of BBC | |||
| broadcasts, mentioned in the daily papers and a long article in the Kent Messenger. These are att as | |||
| Appendices 'C' & 'D'. |
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