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'''4 January 1943  [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pembroke_Dock PEMBROKE DOCK].'''
  
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Lt (QM) H WHITMORE joins the Regiment on being posted from 129 Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery.
  
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Lieut W G BLAXLAND leaves the Regiment on being posted to [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buffs_(Royal_East_Kent_Regiment) 10th Battalion, The Buffs].
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'''7 January 1943'''
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12:30 hours.  Major-General H O Curtis CB, DSO, MC Divisional Commander, inspects the Regiment.
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'''12 January 1943'''
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14:00 hours.  A party of Officers and NCOs visit [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAF_Angle RAF Station Angle] and are shown over the airfield.
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'''13 January 1943'''
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Captain J Wallace leaves the Regiment on being posted to [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kent_Yeomanry#143rd_Field_Regiment.2C_Royal_Artillery 143 Field Regiment, Royal Artillery].
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'''16 January 1943'''
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14:30 hours.  Lt Col H C CORY MC holds a Battery Commanders’ Conference.
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'''19 January 1943'''
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15:00 hours.  A party from the Regiment attend a lecture on aircraft recognition given by [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAF_Pembroke_Dock RAF Station Pembroke Dock].
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'''20 January 1943'''
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309 Battery shoots at [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manorbier Manorbier].
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'''22 January 1943'''
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09:00 hours.  Brigadier C H W BRUNKER C.R.A. visits the Regiment.
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308 Battery shoots at Manorbier.
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'''25 January 1943'''
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310 Battery shoots at Manorbier.
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'''27 January 1943'''
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309 Battery shoots at Manorbier.
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'''28 January 1943'''
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308 Battery shoots at Tenby Rifle Range.
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Major R F Kemp leaves the Regiment on being posted to 10th Battalion, The Buffs.
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Captain R B Skinner is posted to Regiment.
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'''29 January 1943'''
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Captain Jackson, Staff Captain 49 Division, calls on the Commanding Officer.
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308 Battery shoots at Manorbier.
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310 Battery shoots at Tenby Rifle Range.
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'''30 January 1943'''
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18:00 hours.  Lt Col H C CORY MC RA goes to inspect the Regiment’s new location.
  
  
 
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Revision as of 15:58, 27 June 2017

4 January 1943 PEMBROKE DOCK.

Lt (QM) H WHITMORE joins the Regiment on being posted from 129 Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery.

Lieut W G BLAXLAND leaves the Regiment on being posted to 10th Battalion, The Buffs.

7 January 1943

12:30 hours. Major-General H O Curtis CB, DSO, MC Divisional Commander, inspects the Regiment.

12 January 1943

14:00 hours. A party of Officers and NCOs visit RAF Station Angle and are shown over the airfield.

13 January 1943

Captain J Wallace leaves the Regiment on being posted to 143 Field Regiment, Royal Artillery.

16 January 1943

14:30 hours. Lt Col H C CORY MC holds a Battery Commanders’ Conference.

19 January 1943

15:00 hours. A party from the Regiment attend a lecture on aircraft recognition given by RAF Station Pembroke Dock.

20 January 1943

309 Battery shoots at Manorbier.

22 January 1943

09:00 hours. Brigadier C H W BRUNKER C.R.A. visits the Regiment.

308 Battery shoots at Manorbier.

25 January 1943

310 Battery shoots at Manorbier.

27 January 1943

309 Battery shoots at Manorbier.

28 January 1943

308 Battery shoots at Tenby Rifle Range.

Major R F Kemp leaves the Regiment on being posted to 10th Battalion, The Buffs.

Captain R B Skinner is posted to Regiment.

29 January 1943

Captain Jackson, Staff Captain 49 Division, calls on the Commanding Officer.

308 Battery shoots at Manorbier.

310 Battery shoots at Tenby Rifle Range.

30 January 1943

18:00 hours. Lt Col H C CORY MC RA goes to inspect the Regiment’s new location.


To contact the author by e-mail with any queries, or to send information - click here.

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