Difference between revisions of "143rd Field Regiment, Royal Artillery. War Diary August 1941"

Latest revision as of 17:14, 13 July 2017

1 August 1941 GEITHALS, Iceland.

Force Exercise No. 7. Wet.

2 August 1941

Nothing of importance. Wet.

3 August 1941

Nothing of importance. Wet.

4 August 1941

Nothing of importance. Fine.

5 August 1941

00:01 hours. Force Exercise No. 8 begins.

04:35 hours. Air Raid Warning RED.

05:25 hours. Air Raid Warning WHITE.

6 August 1941

12:00 hours. Force Exercise No. 8 ends.

7 August 1941

Nothing of importance. Fine.

8 August 1941

Nothing of importance. Fine.

9 August 1941

386 Battery began work on new Camp. Fine.

10 August 1941

Nothing of interest.

11 August 1941

RHQ at work on new Camp. Fine.

12 August 1941

Nothing of importance. Fine.

13 August 1941

Nothing of importance. Fine.

14 August 1941

Nothing of importance. Fine.

15 August 1941

Nothing of importance. Fine.

16 August 1941

Inspection of detachments of Force by Prime Minister etc. Fine.

17 August 1941

Nothing of interest. Fine.

18 August 1941

Nothing of interest. Fine.

19 August 1941

Nothing of interest. Fine.

20 August 1941

German aeroplane over in morning. Fine.

21 August 1941

Nothing of importance. Fine.

22 August 1941

Nothing of importance. Fine.

23 August 1941

Nothing of importance. Fine.

24 August 1941

RHQ personnel to Thingvellir for day. Rather cold.

25 August 1941

70th Infantry Brigade Exercise. Recapturing Howitzer Hill. Rain intermittent.

26 August 1941

Nothing of interest. Fine.

27 August 1941

Nothing of interest. Fine.

28 August 1941

Nothing of interest. Fine.

29 August 1941

Nothing of interest. Fine.

30 August 1941

Nothing of interest. Fine.

31 August 1941

Nothing of interest. Fine.

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