143rd Field Regiment, Royal Artillery. War Diary August 1941
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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