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| Place | Date | Hour | Summary of Events and Information |
|---|---|---|---|
| ENSHOT 2034. | 1-9 | Bty remains out of the line in same billets. | |
| During this period much useful trg was | |||
| carried out incl - | |||
| Signal Courses for Divn Ops + New Signalers | |||
| Normal Trg - with particular | |||
| emphasis laid on Trg on Nos 1 - incl | |||
| map reading schemes tactical discussions. | |||
| Current Affairs - IO giving "up to the | |||
| minute" talks on Tactical Situation. | |||
| Div Education offr giving series of | |||
| lectures on Occupied Countries, Empire (Emphasis | |||
| on Emigration after the war) War - Peace Army??? | |||
| Education | |||
| Sports - Football league within Bty, | |||
| Inter Bty matches Hockey matches - the |
| Place | Date | Hour | Summary of Events and Information |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bty has a number of good hockey players | |||
| Entertainments - - ENSA shows | |||
| Div Cinema in TILLBURG. | |||
| 10 | Bty moves in Regtl Column to new | ||
| conc area at HEIKANTK 1586 near BREE. | |||
| This was a long and unpleasent | |||
| march - largely after dark. By 1100 hrs | |||
| 11 Nov all Bty was in, less 2 guns | |||
| with injector??? trouble + our Grounds??? | |||
| Evacuated. | |||
| HEIKANT | 14 | Composite tp of 4 x 3 in M10's give | |
| indirect fire sp to 131 Bde attach. HE | |||
| was fired on 6 Tgts, which was too |
| Place | Date | Hour | Summary of Events and Information |
|---|---|---|---|
| distant for the Effectiveness of the fire to | |||
| be obs. | |||
| 14 | Tng continues on same lines as | ||
| in previous posn , although extremely | |||
| wet weather was great hinderance. | |||
| Sig course for Offrs Most?? mm??? at RAQ | |||
| Troops took much trouble in improving | |||
| their billets with paths, mess rooms | |||
| met??? with many good results. It | |||
| is difficult in this part of the world | |||
| to find, level, dry standings for | |||
| guns + vehicles. |
| Place | Date | Hour | Summary of Events and Information |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18 | CRA addresses all Offrs + NCO's of the | ||
| Regt on the subject of Dress + Discipline | |||
| 27 | All Offrs of Bty attend talk by G.O.C. | ||
| 28 | The four 17-prs in Bty each shoot 3 rds | ||
| ApcBc + 3 rds HE (LV) at enemy Tgts. | |||
| Shoot was to try out the HE(LV) which we | |||
| have not had before + also to test the | |||
| 17-pr strike mechs. Shoot went off well | |||
| although indirect firing procedure needs | |||
| practice, and there were no missfire. | |||
| 30 | CRA pays informal visit to Bty and | ||
| speaks to all ranks present | |||
| Party sent to collect 8 x 17-pdr M10, which will make Bty complete to 12 x 17 pdrs. 3'in M10's to be returned. |
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