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| Place | Date | Hour | Summary of Events and Information | References to Appendices |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thorpeness | 1 Feb | Strength:- Officers 55 Other Rangs 952. | ||
| 3 | Exercise ELK III attended by officers of the Regt as spectators only. | |||
| Exercise concerned attack on a German Coy hedgehog posn from the sea and included disembarkation from token landing craft. The new principle of | ||||
| flail tks working in tps of two instead of the usual five was tried. A Landing Craft Tank load on this occasion was two CRABS (Flail Sherman tanks) | ||||
| and three Assault Vehicles RE (Churchill tanks). | ||||
| 4 | Regimental Conference to work out the first division of transport by echelons in the new role. Major S.A.Wallace handed over HQ Sqn, now | |||
| reduced by new W.E. to Capt H.P. STANYON, and assumed command of A Sqn in place of Major M.H. TAYLOR posted from the Regiment. Capt H.R.V.MABSON | ||||
| left the Regiment on posting to Photo Interpretation duties. Major B.A. WALLACE, Capt M.J. CROSTHWAITE and SQMS HUDSON are now the only pre-war | ||||
| Westminster Dragoons serving with the Regiment. The Officers of the Regiment are now as follows:- (See Appendix). | appendix A | |||
| Capt R.F Bell transferred to C Sqn and Capt J.C. McMillan to A Sqn. | ||||
| 15 | Ex SPARKS I. First Exercise in Flail Role organized by the Regt. The fill Establishment of 3 SHERMAN Armoured Recovery Vehicles | |||
| arrived. | ||||
| 16 | Lt. F.J. Silver posted to 5 Assault Regt RE. | |||
| 18 | 27 ORs struck off strength and posted to 8 Hussars. 10 ORs " " " " " " 4 CLY. | Appendex B. | ||
| 9 ORs " " " " " " 9 R Tks. |
| Place | Date | Hour | Summary of Events and Information | References to Appendices |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21 Feb | Lt. H.P.Williamson posted to No.11 (Dvr Trg) Bn RACC. | |||
| 24 | Gunnery demonstration team from AFV Schools Lulworth gave advanced | |||
| instruction for two days. | ||||
| 26 | Regimental dinner attended by Lord Howard de Walden. | |||
| 28 | Major H.W. HIBBERT relinquished appointment of Second-in-Command on posting overseas. | |||
| Conference on Administration in the bridgehead at HQ 30 Armd Bde. | ||||
| Strength:- Officers 49 ORs 895. | ||||
| Tank State. Shermans - 19 Crabs - 13 Scorpions - 14 Rollers - 9 Centaur - 17 Cromwells - 4 ARVs - 3 |
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