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| Place | Date | Hour | Summary of Events and Information | References to Appendices |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| West Tofts, | 1. | C.O. returned from a Corps conference at Cambridge. Majors | ||
| Thetford. | Phillips and Huth attended an AFV Fire Power demonstration at Lulworth. 3 RAF Offrs from a neighbouring Sqn visited the Regt. | |||
| 2. | CO's conference for Sqn Ldrs to discuss future Training Programmes | |||
| and promotions. "B" Sqn moved to concentration area for an exercise with 131 Bde. The Regt supplied 10 Umpires for the | ||||
| Recce Regt in a 49 Div exercise from 2nd to 5th. | ||||
| 3. | C.O., Maj. Gwyn, Lt. Kirkham and Lt (QM) O'Malley attended a conference on the Echelons at Div HQ. "B" Sqn taking part in | |||
| 131 Bde Exercise. C.O. Lectured to Officers and Tpt NCOs on | ||||
| composition, roles and handling of Echelons. | ||||
| 4. | C.O. gave out preliminary orders for Regtl exercises Look Out | |||
| I & II. Lt.-Col. A.T. Smail, DSO, 11H was present. | ||||
| 5. 6. | Regtl Exercise Look Out I & II. Regtl Exercise Look Out I & II. | See Appx I. | ||
| 7. | C.O. held discussion on the exercise. The Chief Umpire | |||
| Lt.-Col. A.T. Smail, DSO, 11H also spoke at this discussion. Lt.-Col. M. Carver, DSO, MC. lectured to Sqn Ldrs & 2 i/c's on | ||||
| the "Role of the Armd Regt." | ||||
| 8. | All Sqns used the watersplash at Buckenham Tofts. | |||
| 9. | Easter Day was declared a whole holiday throughout the Div. |
| Place | Date | Hour | Summary of Events and Information | References to Appendices |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| West Tofts | 10. | Special attention was paid to maintenance. The C.O. held a | ||
| Thetford. | conference for senior Regtl Offrs to discuss the Div TEWT and other points. | |||
| 11. | C Sqn moved to concentration areas for 22 Armd Bde exercise | |||
| Apr 11 - 14. B Veh drivers' left for Lowestoft to practise wading and driving onto L.C.Ts. "A" Sqn left for TITCHWELL | ||||
| AFV Ranges. | ||||
| 12. | "A" Sqn shooting at TITCHWELL. | |||
| 13. | "B" Sqn shooting at TITCHWELL. | |||
| 14. | "C" Sqn shooting at TITCHWELL. and carried out Trg on return. | See Appx II. | ||
| "C" Sqn shooting at TITCHWELL. and carried out Trg on return. | ||||
| 15. | Divisional TEWT continued. | |||
| 17. | Sqns were out on Trg in THETFORD and STANFORD Battle Areas and in the afternoon concentrated for Regimental Exercise | |||
| FLEXIBLE I. | See Appx III. | |||
| 18. | Regtl Exercise FLEXIBLE I. | |||
| 19. | Regtl Exercise FLEXIBLE II. | |||
| 20. | Day spent in maintenance. C.O. held a conference to discuss | |||
| Personnel and Echelon problems. A discussion on Regtl exercise | ||||
| was held and "B" Sqn moved to conc area for exercise KELLYS EYE II. | See Appx IV. |
| Place | Date | Hour | Summary of Events and Information | References to Appendices |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| West Tofts, | 21. | "B" Sqn exercise with 33 Armd Bde. Gen Skliarou, Russian | ||
| Thetford | Military attaché came to dinner. | C.O. issued two Trg Instrs during the | ||
| 22. | A party of Russian Generals inspected tanks and crews at maintenance and watched two tps cooperating with 1 Gren Gds. | month, attached as Appcs VIII & IX. | ||
| Orders received to start moving tanks to new location on 27 Apr. | For details of vegs received and sent | |||
| 24. | Advance party left for new location. Brig Van der Byl DSO, Colonel of the Regt, paid a visit. "A" Sqn left for BOYTON | away during the month see Appxx XI. | ||
| AFV Range. | For details of Officer postings and | |||
| 25. | "A" Sqn shooting at BOYTON. "B" Sqn left for BOYTON. C.O. attended a conference at 22 Armd Bde held by D.R.A.C. | strengths see Appx XII. | ||
| 26. | "B" Sqn shooting at BOYTON. Adv HQ under 2 i/c. left for BOGNOR. "C" Sqn moved to BOYTON. | |||
| 27. | "C" Sqn shooting at BOYTON. "A" Sqn tanks moved by rail to | |||
| BOGNOR. | ||||
| 28. | "B" Sqn tanks to BOGNOR. | |||
| 29. | "C" Sqn tanks moved to BOGNOR. C.O. and Adj attended a | |||
| conference at Div HQ. | See Appx X. | |||
| 30. | Main body and B Ech with the Scout cars moved to Bognor. Capt Chapman was left at West Tofts i/c rear party of 30 men. | For all moves to BOGNOR see Appcs. V, VI & VII. | ||
| The Regt moved into billets in BOGNOR, a school and several private hotels accommodation for personnel and the tanks were | ||||
| parked in a recreation ground. |
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